Developer: Hourwisp Studio
At a glance
2 Steam reviews rate it “Not enough reviews” (100% positive). Released on July 10, 2026 by Hourwisp Studio. Current price: $7.99.
Description
The Anchored Hour is a roguelite tower-defense strategy game about defending a displaced royal keep after a mysterious black orb tears the castle into a hostile timeline.
Build up your defenses, scout through fog-covered lands, gather resources, and send your own waves of units down the path to destroy enemy towers, outposts, and the enemy base. Each run pushes the kingdom farther through unstable biomes while relics, upgrades, and hard choices shape how your defenses survive the next assault.
Key Features:
- Tower-defense strategy with an offensive twist: defend your keep while sending your own units into enemy territory.
- Build and upgrade towers, support buildings, collectors, and scouting tools.
- Scout fog-covered maps to reveal resources, threats, and points of interest.
- Fight through enemy towers, outposts, elite enemies, and biome-based pressure.
- Collect relics and upgrades that change your run and support different strategies.
- Manage resources, workers, routes, and timing as each day escalates.
- Designed for replayable runs with different maps, biomes, and build paths.
The game is planned for Early Access, with active development focused on balance, readability, art/audio polish, and expanded content over time.
Supported languages: english
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System Requirements
Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10
- Processor: Dual-core 2.0 GHz
- Memory: 4 GB RAM
- Graphics: DirectX 11 compatible graphics card or integrated GPU
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 1 GB available space
- Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device
- Additional Notes: Keyboard and mouse recommended.
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: Windows 10 or Windows 11
- Processor: Quad-core 2.5 GHz
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: Dedicated or modern integrated DirectX 11 compatible GPU
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 2 GB available space
- Sound Card: Windows-compatible audio device
- Additional Notes: Keyboard and mouse recommended.
Mac
Linux
User Reviews
Some really cool and interesting concepts here. A true to form tower defense games with good story building and atmosphere. Top notch work from a small developer. Was very impressed on how fleshed out the game is so far and looking forward to updates and additions from the dev.
Almost returned the game because I couldn't get the tutorial to work, but I'm glad I didn't. Janky but pretty fun. Clearly still needs work, but it's got a neat blend of ideas that I think works really well and I see the vision.
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Additional Information
| Developer | Hourwisp Studio |
| Platforms | Windows |
| Age rating | None |
| Release date | July 10, 2026 |
| User reviews | 100% positive (2) |