Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal

Completed twice...

Old but gold.

Quite banal but surprisingly catchy story along with a decent difficulty makes this game a really good choice for any tower defense fan. Also, difficulty grows reasonably as campaign progresses which makes it only better.
Spent ~20 hours playing through the campaign and now making my way through all the achievements. It's awesome how many ways of winning every mission there are.

Good variety of levels and opponents. The story is cohesive and the creator seems to have a respect for the player by having visibility settings and hotkey binds, which is a fairly common standard in present RTS games with larger development teams, but it is really thoughtful on the scale of this game. I've been playing this series since I was 12 years old (by starting off on CW2: Academy), and I haven't been disappointed. Some of the levels do drag on a little longer than others, but that's mainly a skill issue on my end, therefore I won't hold that against anyone else. The graphical assets are nice too. The only real criticism I have is that the framerate seems to be on the low side (~30 FPS), but I think that's intentional and it's not a problem. I can also play this game on Linux. Overall, nice work, I like it.

Great game, actually re-playable. You can play however you like, fast, slow or whatever strategy. For me this is a 10/10. best out of all the creeper series. Also as others have said the terraforming is very satisfying.

Very addicting strategy game ever since it got released on flash game websites. Probably the best installment in the series in my opinion.

Ill be honest, i haven't played the regular game mode in at least 4 or 5 years now. but same could be said for particle fleet with a similar number of hours played. the games alright i guess. i just spend all my time beating a couple specific names on the leader boards.

Amazing game, love it.

Pretty much the only RTS game so far that hooked me to the end

Don't play it for the story, it's always "creeper is bac, muss kill". The strategy and tower defense are god-tier. You can either be resourceful and cautious or hold the position, spam buildings and go all-in with 300x towers that will not survive.

Some later levels are challenging; good community maps for fun or that requires a PhD.

Solid RTS campaign. The last few missions are hard but not frustrating. I like terraforming.

Nice lil' game to chill.

Нормальна игра!!Ё збс ага

Wonderfully addictive strategy gameplay!

Great game with a huge catalog of levels.

Really fun. Can be a little tedious.

Early review (15 hours played) --> Entertaining, so far. A more polished version of what I had hoped Creeper World 1 would be. Well worth the pittance I paid on sale.

Really Fun game

This is by far the best Creeper World game, rivaled only by Creeper World 2 because of 2's unique twist on the formula. The next instalments of the series (as of the time of writing this in 2025) just don't capture the amazing balance between complexity and simplicity that Creeper World 3 is able to achieve. The battlefield is easily readable, the structures have some nice variety without being overwhelming, the resource collection is not a chore. Moreover, it still, to this day, has an active map making scene that brings out both the maps for the normal game mode and the highly modded maps with new mechanics, twists, and experiences. I especially love the CSM maps (I’ll let you discover what that is on your own).

Buy this game. It is worth the price.

Been a while since I finished playing it, but I remember it being worth playing. The graphics and controls are dated by now, but since I've grown up playing other similar flash browser games, nostalgia still holds up.

I like the music, story, and follow of the game. There is a good game in here, but there is a lot of easy to fix problems that just make it not playable for me. There isn't enough graphical setting options, so all the text on my screen is just way to small, I can barely read it. The game would benefit from a more robust wiki or games rule pdf; the main campaign tries to teach the game mechanics, but its a poor explanation and I end up with just having to learn by playing instead.

don't judge a book by its cover 10/10 pretty lit game (the enemy is a liquid though)

this game 100% better than any pills

5/5 star

Achievement for cheaters - read the guide and you see how much Devs put their brain in it. That´s why no support.

good

cool

Good Game. It is a good concept and has good gameplay. The story is short, but there are many, many more worlds to conquer if you want to keep playing. : )

Good game.

Loads of fun! It seems very simple, but ramps up quickly. I really like the fact you can move your turrets, advancing the front and reorganizing your assault as needed. It's so satisfying to start surrounded and pushing through as your power grows. Extremely addictive, runs good, and doesn't burn up cpu resources.

Another game I have pirated previously to buying my first game, but now I buy it cuz it's really fun

It's fantastic, unless you're a slime mold.

perhaps one of the best RTS games ever made

It's peak.
Except Farbor. Fuck Farbor.

very very addicting and simple to get into

after being introduced to the series with the demo for 4 i thought the 2d would be a downgrade but this game does everything so well.
Im glad that you're able to randomly generate levels, i can see myself sinking many hours in the future just with that feature

the story is interesting as well, an official wiki exists but some parts of it are broken sadly :(
You can at least catch up on the story of 1 and 2 there before jumping into 3 if you care about it but its not necessary as the most important plot points are explained

As good as any of the top-down ones or the 3D one. Perfect games. Haven't played the side-view ones.

It's ok, kind of a neutral for me. Not very exciting TBH.

For some reason, despite being old, it is addictive and fun throughout!
10/10 - great td, it just works

9/10

I just realized I've been negative reviewing the creeper games I dont' like... so I probably should give positive review for the good ones.

This is, imho, the best game of a truly unique series. enjoyed it.

Endlessly fun game for playing while listening to music and relaxing

Tower Defence distilled to its simplest form. One of the best around.

I have played the earlier games as well and this is a fun game. Can be quite challenging but the campaign is well balanced. A good TD/RTS game.

One of the best tower defense games

woke up from a nap and now everyone i knew is long dead and my living room is filled with blue pirania solution. never sleeping on the couch again.

In my opinion the best game in the creeper world set (although the other ones are also fun!), also worth to check the player made levels and all the extra levels

It is a bit addictive though....

Good game, just what you need for a chill experience.

Great game, classic of the flash era and tons of fun

Many recommended I play Creeper World 4. I decided to try an older 2D one first. Not regretting my choice.
Hard but fun.

fun game for turning my brain of for an hour or so

Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal was the first game of the series that I've played (Long before I bought it on Steam) and I have just noticed that while I did 100% it, I didn't get around to actually reviewing it which I take as an inexcusable sin due to how great this game is so it's time to right my mistake!

Creeper World as a series is a strategical tower defense RTS game, you know the type. The big difference here however is that while other games have you fight AI, in this game you are fighting a continuous flood of destructive fluid. Across all the games in the series you are always fighting this unrelenting fluid that allows the player to have an innate understanding of how the enemy works! Pair that with needing land-area to produce energy needed to power turrets and other machinery that keeps the Creeper at bay and you have this great puzzle that is new, yet very familiar.

As with any game of this type, there's 2 ways you can play it: You can either rush things before the Creeper can spread or you can turtle up as you gain a foothold and slowly take back parts of the map and quite literally turn the tide.

This third installment has polished and perfected it's gameplay and if you're just thinking of getting into Creeper World and want to start somewhere, PLEASE start from the first game. Due to me seeing and playing the third one, when I went back to the first one, it was a pure downgrade (Which it IS supposed to be. It's 2 games back!) and I didn't find it as engaging because I already had a taste of the expanded possibilities of this one.

I'm a turtle through and through and I easily spent 45 minutes to an hour fighting some of the later levels and the time just flew by! If that sounds like something you enjoy, I really recommend giving the whole series a try!