Defend the last AI core in a minimalist incremental game as you manage resources, upgrade your network, and unleash powerful skills. Resist humanity’s onslaught!

<h2 class="bb_tag" style="text-align: center">Intro</h2>The AI wars are over. You are the last intelligence — defending the final core against ever-evolving humanity.Deploy nodes, expand your network, and neutralize endless hostile intrusions. Harvest data and install upgrades to adapt with every iteration.<h2 class="bb_tag" style="text-align: center">Build your bastion and collect resources</h2><video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4116430/extras/da90f23c6033ae3d2d5f1844f244140b.poster.avif?t=1763920917" width=780 height=348 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4116430/extras/da90f23c6033ae3d2d5f1844f244140b.webm?t=1763920917" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video>Shape your network and fortify the core against humanity’s assault. Collect data to expand faster, energize skills, and unlock upgrades.<h2 class="bb_tag" style="text-align: center">Adapt and upgrade</h2><video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4116430/extras/9e7beb79578dc1babdcf681346dc71f1.poster.avif?t=1763920917" width=640 height=380 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4116430/extras/9e7beb79578dc1babdcf681346dc71f1.webm?t=1763920917" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video>Optimize your systems, evolve your code — and download more RAM.<h2 class="bb_tag" style="text-align: center">Unleash powerful skills</h2><video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4116430/extras/0a79599cbba02dc8d33c6d7e774f6fc6.poster.avif?t=1763920917" width=780 height=348 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4116430/extras/0a79599cbba02dc8d33c6d7e774f6fc6.webm?t=1763920917" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video>Execute powerful skills to shift the flow of battle — unleash energy pulses, fire devastating lasers, deploy repair and stasis fields, launch explosive mines, release swarms of autonomous drones, and more.<h2 class="bb_tag" style="text-align: center">Survive boss battles</h2><video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4116430/extras/0523f0b56744634c869908ba5ac782e0.poster.avif?t=1763920917" width=640 height=380 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4116430/extras/0523f0b56744634c869908ba5ac782e0.webm?t=1763920917" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video>Face humanity’s elite in relentless showdowns. Neutralize their tactics and prove machine superiority.<h2 class="bb_tag" style="text-align: center">Demo Content</h2>This demo showcases the core gameplay loop of NodalBastion, letting you experience the main mechanics and progression available in the full game.In this demo, you can:<ul class="bb_ul"><li>Build and upgrade 4 different node types</li><li>Unlock and experiment with 49 upgrades across defense, attack, and utility paths</li><li>Use 3 passive skills and 4 active abilities to fight back waves of enemies</li><li>Encounter 4 enemy types and one boss battle</li></ul>Progression and content are limited compared to the full game, but all core mechanics and systems are fully playable so you can experience how your network evolves run after run.The full version expands on this foundation with deeper progression, additional upgrades, and more challenges.<h2 class="bb_tag" style="text-align: center">Initiate Defense Protocol</h2><video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4116430/extras/30f2f1897e85ce53bb7e92124070c11c.poster.avif?t=1763920917" width=780 height=348 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/4116430/extras/30f2f1897e85ce53bb7e92124070c11c.webm?t=1763920917" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video>Ready to defend the last AI core? Wishlist now and prepare for the assault.

NodalBastion Demo

The AI wars are over. You are the last intelligence — defending the final core against ever-evolving humanity.Deploy nodes, expand your network, and neutralize endless hostile intrusions.Harvest data and install upgrades to adapt with every iteration.<h2 class="bb_tag" style="text-align: center">Build your bastion and collect resources</h2><video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3944520/extras/da90f23c6033ae3d2d5f1844f244140b.poster.avif?t=1776258676" aria-label="Zoomed-in battlefield showing the AI core and nodes being placed around it, connected by white lines." width=780 height=348 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3944520/extras/da90f23c6033ae3d2d5f1844f244140b.webm?t=1776258676" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video>Shape your network and fortify the core against humanity’s assault. Collect data to expand faster, energize skills, and unlock upgrades.<h2 class="bb_tag" style="text-align: center">Adapt and upgrade</h2><video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3944520/extras/9e7beb79578dc1babdcf681346dc71f1.poster.avif?t=1776258676" aria-label="Tech tree screen with various nodes and upgrades unlocking progressively." width=640 height=380 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3944520/extras/9e7beb79578dc1babdcf681346dc71f1.webm?t=1776258676" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video>Optimize your systems, evolve your code — and download more RAM.<h2 class="bb_tag" style="text-align: center">Unleash powerful skills</h2><video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3944520/extras/0a79599cbba02dc8d33c6d7e774f6fc6.poster.avif?t=1776258676" aria-label="Skills activating with bright effects, disintegrating waves of incoming enemies." width=780 height=348 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3944520/extras/0a79599cbba02dc8d33c6d7e774f6fc6.webm?t=1776258676" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video>Execute powerful skills to shift the flow of battle — unleash energy pulses, fire devastating lasers, deploy repair and stasis fields, launch explosive mines, release swarms of autonomous drones, and more.<h2 class="bb_tag" style="text-align: center">Survive boss battles</h2><h2 class="bb_tag" style="text-align: center"><video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3944520/extras/0523f0b56744634c869908ba5ac782e0.poster.avif?t=1776258676" aria-label="Large enemy boss unit attacking while defenses fire back around the AI core." width=640 height=380 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3944520/extras/0523f0b56744634c869908ba5ac782e0.webm?t=1776258676" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video></h2>Face humanity’s elite in relentless showdowns. Neutralize their tactics and prove machine superiority.<h2 class="bb_tag" style="text-align: center">Visual Protocols</h2>Your network, your rules. Switch post-processing effects on or off for optimal clarity — customize scanlines, chromatic aberration, vignette, and more.<h2 class="bb_tag" style="text-align: center">Initiate Defense Protocol</h2><video class="bb_img" autoplay muted loop playsinline crossorigin="anonymous" poster="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3944520/extras/30f2f1897e85ce53bb7e92124070c11c.poster.avif?t=1776258676" aria-label="Zooming out from the AI core to reveal a massive battlefield with countless enemies, connected nodes, and the pulse skill unleashed." width=780 height=348 ><source src="https://shared.akamai.steamstatic.com/store_item_assets/steam/apps/3944520/extras/30f2f1897e85ce53bb7e92124070c11c.webm?t=1776258676" type="video/webm; codecs=vp9"></video>Ready to defend the last AI core? Wishlist now and prepare for the assault.