According to Pocket Gamer’s Top 25 Mobile Indie Developers list, the Uruguayan studio based in Montevideo Ironhide Game Studio deserves to be in the top 5:
#5: Ironhide Game Studio
Notable Works:Kingdom Rush, Iron Marines
Ironhide is perhaps best known for its Kingdom Rush series, a collection of tower defence games that rise above the rest thanks to smart design decisions and clever twists on the formula.
But it’s also the developer behind Iron Marines, which is perhaps one of the finest real-time strategy games you’ll ever play on a mobile device.
It’s slightly scaled-back compared to RTS’ on other platforms, but the gameplay – taking inspiration from Kingdom Rush – is perfectly built for mobile, and it’s the type of game that will make you ease back in your chair, exhale, and wonder where it’s been all your life.
Ironhide is currently hard at work on a new entry in the Kingdom Rush series, and we can’t wait to see what their return to true tower defence brings.