Soyjak Siege

A wave survivor in the mould that has taken over the genre: enemies spawn continuously and in increasing numbers, your attacks happen largely on their own, and the decisions are the upgrades chosen between waves. The meme dressing is loud and the structure underneath is solid. What makes these games work is that the build matters more than the dodging, and this one respects that. Upgrade choices multiply against each other — area, frequency, damage, movement — and a run that picks three things that combine will clear waves that a run with four individually better choices cannot. Recognising which combination your current offer supports is the skill, and it develops across runs rather than within one. Movement is the other half: you are always surrounded, so standing still is never correct, and the correct path is usually a wide circle that keeps the crowd behind you. Runs last ten to fifteen minutes and end decisively. Progress between runs unlocks starting options. It plays with one stick or four keys, runs on modest hardware, and is a competent example of a very crowded genre. The meme presentation will either amuse you or not, and it makes no difference to the game underneath: the waves, the upgrade offers and the movement discipline are the same whatever the sprites look like.