Tower defense and storytelling come together in the 2D RPG dungeon-crawler Dwerve, where players take on the role of a dwarven warsmith. Players must venture across a beautiful but treacherous realm and battle with trolls and all manner of monsters to protect the kingdom from the Witch Queen Vandra. Dwerve puts a unique twist on some of the features typically found in many tower defense games, so to appeal to many kinds of gamers whether they are used to tower defense strategy gameplay or not.