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9 Lives to Defend

Face a pest infestation and survive until Loki's parents return from their trip! Defend the house with your 9 lives. Choose upgrades, and play with different versions of Loki, with unique weapons and abilities…

16 January 2025

9 Lives to Defend is an arcade developed by Goldarait, released 16 January 2025 on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch and PlayStation 4.

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What 9 Lives to Defend is

9 Lives to Defend is an arcade game developed by Goldarait and released in 2025. It is available on PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on Unreal.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Face a pest infestation and survive until Loki's parents return from their trip! Defend the house with your 9 lives. Choose upgrades, and play with different versions of Loki, with unique weapons and abilities to fight this war ^.^
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

What it launched against

9 Lives to Defend launched on 16 January 2025, within three weeks of Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist, Eternal Strands and Donkey Kong Country Returns HD. It arrived 5 years into the PlayStation 5's life, so it was built for hardware developers already knew well.

Released around the same time: Kingdom Come: Deliverance II, Ender Magnolia: Bloom in the Mist, Eternal Strands, Donkey Kong Country Returns HD.

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When did 9 Lives to Defend come out?
9 Lives to Defend was released on 16 January 2025 for PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X|S, Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and PC (Microsoft Windows).

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