Nine Marches

Single-player tower defense

Nine Marches is a single-player tower defense game set on the Ming frontier. You command a garrison, prepare its defenses and direct troops against Later Jin Eight Banner armies as the conflict spreads across the borderlands.

A frontier campaign

The game’s open world stretches from Jiayuguan in the west to the Yalu River in the east. Deserts and passes in Hexi give way to forests and forts in Liaodong, with the Great Wall, border towns and marching armies sharing one continuous frontier. Battles take place along defensive lines, and their gains and losses remain part of the wider campaign.