Catnip Wars

About the game

Catnip Wars is a 1–4 player co-op tower defense game. You and your friends are scrappy Catbots — the last line of defense between a precious catnip farm and endless waves of hungry monsters. Build, repair, shoot, and hold the line together, or alone.

The farm is the economy. Catnip fields fund your guns, windmills power your turrets, and every hex you plant is another hex you have to defend. Place turrets, walls, farms, windmills and repair stations anywhere on the grid — your layout is your strategy. Overbuild and you lose it all. Grow catnip too fast and you may attract unwanted attention.

Fourteen monster types push back, from swarming chompers to armored giants and boss Necros that shrug off small-arms fire. Man the BFG when a wave gets ugly, revive teammates who go down, and climb a 43-node tech tree across matches. Eleven playable Catbots, 100 achievements, global leaderboards. One farm. Four Catbots. Infinite monsters.

Features

• Hex-grid base building — Turrets, walls, farms, windmills and repair stations, placed anywhere you like.
• 1–4 player online co-op — Drop in via Steam invite. In-game text chat and Steam voice built in.
• A farm that funds the war — Catnip pays for the guns; windmills keep them firing. Balance the economy or lose it.
• 14 monster types — Swarmers, armored giants, ranged casters, elite variants, and boss Necros.
• A 43-node tech tree — Earn XP across matches to unlock better turrets, tougher walls, wilder abilities.
• 100 achievements & leaderboards — Lifetime stats and global rankings. How many waves can your squad hold?

Factsheet

AI disclosure

Catnip Wars discloses generative-AI-assisted art on its Steam page. Assets were also purchased from working artists. The full disclosure text is on the Steam store page and we're happy to answer questions about it.

The developer

Ender Knight — a one-person studio.

Ender Knight is a solo developer and a single dad who spent years running game-server communities before deciding to build the game he always wanted to host. Catnip Wars is his first commercial release — designed, built and shipped by one person so he could spend more time at home with his kids.

Available for interviews about the game, about shipping solo, or about running game-server communities. Just email.