Defense Grid: The Awakening

December 8, 2008
Strategy
Adventure
Action
87 trophies

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Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.From the store

Trophies

Store rarity, read on October 2, 2026.

Core Container
Earn a Gold medal on all 40 modes in the Containment campaign.
Steam 1.2% · ultra rare
Beating A Dead Potato
Earn a gold medal on any 35 missions in the You Monster campaign.
Steam 1.3% · ultra rare
Fully Contained
Earn at least a Bronze medal on all 40 modes in the Containment campaign.
Steam 1.3% · ultra rare
Clear Skies
Earn a Gold medal in the Campaign Reversed mode of Passage without building any Meteor or Missile towers or using the Orbital Laser.
Steam 1.3% · ultra rare
Best Friends Forever
Earn a gold medal on all story challenge missions in the You Monster campaign.
Steam 1.4% · ultra rare
Supreme Strategist
Earn a gold medal on any 150 missions in The Awakening campaign.
Steam 1.4% · ultra rare
This is…spartan.
Earn a Gold medal on the Story or Story Challenge mode of Volition building fifteen towers or less without selling.
Steam 1.4% · ultra rare
So Many Spaces to Build On, So Little Time
Earn at least a Bronze medal on the Story or Story Challenge mode of Foothold building ten towers or less without selling.
Steam 1.5% · ultra rare
Faithful Companion
Earn a gold medal on 10 challenge modes in the You Monster campaign.
Steam 1.7% · ultra rare
Clean Getaway
Prevent the aliens from stealing a core until they have arrived safely at the second core housing in the Story or Story Challenge mode of Auger.
Steam 1.7% · ultra rare
Master Strategist
Earn a gold medal on any 100 missions in The Awakening campaign.
Steam 2.1% · ultra rare
Overflowing
Earn a gold medal on all the modes of Overflow.
Steam 2.1% · ultra rare
A Temporal Would've Been Nice
Earn at least a Bronze medal on the Story or Story Challenge mode of Occupation using only Gun, Inferno, and Laser towers.
Steam 2.1% · ultra rare
Top of the Class
Earn a gold medal on the Story and Story Challenge modes of Ghost in the Machine and Divided Attention.
Steam 2.2% · ultra rare
You Monster
Earn a gold medal on all story missions in the You Monster campaign.
Steam 2.2% · ultra rare
Contains Trace Amounts of Gold
Earn a Gold medal on all eight Story modes in the Containment campaign.
Steam 2.9% · ultra rare
Mostly Dead
Earn a silver medal on all story missions in the You Monster campaign.
Steam 3.2% · ultra rare
Firebug
Beat an advanced mission with only Inferno towers.
Steam 3.5% · ultra rare
Circular Hazard
Earn a gold medal on the Campaign mode of Risk Exposure and Roundabout.
Steam 3.6% · ultra rare
Civil Divergence
Earn a gold medal on the Campaign mode of Urban Planning and Tactical Diversion.
Steam 3.8% · ultra rare
Combat Turmoil
Earn a gold medal on the Campaign mode of Service Interruption and Height of Confusion.
Steam 4% · ultra rare
Regional Deluge
Earn a gold medal on the Campaign mode of Kill Zone and Overflow.
Steam 4.2% · ultra rare
Savant Genius
Earn a gold medal on any story mission past 'Divided Attention' in the You Monster campaign.
Steam 4.9% · ultra rare
The Container
Earn at least a Bronze medal on all eight Story modes in the Containment campaign.
Steam 5% · ultra rare
Master Siege Breaker
Survive 100 waves on any Super Grinder challenge mode.
Steam 5.3%
Majestic Pony
Earn a bronze medal on all story missions in the You Monster campaign.
Steam 5.6%
Alien Tears
Earn a gold medal on all missions in the Story mode.
Steam 6.1%
Out of Bullets
Beat all 5 "Out of Bullets" challenge modes without using Gun or Cannon towers.
Steam 6.3%
Foresight is 20/20
Earn a Gold medal on any Containment mission without going back to a save checkpoint.
Steam 6.4%
Shell-shocked
Beat an advanced mission with only Cannon towers.
Steam 7.1%
Full House
Build all upgrades of all tower types in one mission.
Steam 7.4%
Planet Defender
Earn a silver medal on all missions in the Story mode.
Steam 8.1%
Few and Proud
Earn at least a silver medal on the Story or Story Challenge mode of Divided Attention.
Steam 8.5%
Kickstarter
Begin playing any mode of the Containment Campaign.
Steam 9.5%
Nail Biter
Win mission with the last core less than 10 seconds away from the map exit.
Steam 9.9%
Minimalist
Beat an advanced mission with only level 1 towers.
Steam 10%
Gun Crazy
Beat an advanced mission with only Gun towers.
Steam 10%
Xenocide
Kill 50,000 aliens.
Steam 12%
Untouchable
Beat an advanced mission with zero cores captured.
Steam 14%
Well Invested
Gain 10000 resources from interest in a single mission.
Steam 14%
Siege Breaker
Survive 100 waves on the Grinder challenge mode.
Steam 14%
If At First You Don't Succeed, Retry Again
Reload an earlier save checkpoint five times in a single mission.
Steam 16%
The Long Road
Alien time until exit exceeds 5 minutes.
Steam 17%
Flurry
Earn a gold medal on an adrenaline challenge mode.
Steam 17%
Diversity
Build all tower types in one mission.
Steam 18%
Full Potential
Beat an advanced mission with only level 3 towers and no selling.
Steam 18%
Relay Race
Witness 1 core handed off 10 times within 20 seconds.
Steam 21%
Base Defender
Complete the Story mode.
Steam 25%
Tower Expert
Build every tower and upgrade.
Steam 26%
Indecisive
Sell 10 towers in a single mission.
Steam 28%
Full Defense
Build 50 towers in one mission.
Steam 33%
Annihilator
Kill 10,000 aliens.
Steam 36%
Overseer
Build 5 Command towers.
Steam 41%
Retry
Reload an earlier save checkpoint.
Steam 44%
Head Trauma
Build 5 Concussion towers.
Steam 48%
Power Builder
Build 6 towers within 10 seconds.
Steam 51%
Pyrrhic Victory
Shoot down flying alien carrying a core.
Steam 51%
The Not-So-Friendly Skies
Build 5 Missile towers.
Steam 54%
Death From Above
Fire the orbital laser.
Steam 54%
High Voltage
Build 5 Tesla towers.
Steam 60%
Filthy Rich
Win with 10,000 resources remaining.
Steam 62%
Liquidator
Sell 5 towers.
Steam 65%
No Sale
No towers sold in a single mission.
Steam 69%
Kaboom!
Build 5 Cannon towers.
Steam 69%
Sharpshooter
Shoot down a flying alien.
Steam 70%
Great Ball of Fire
Build 5 Meteor towers.
Steam 70%
Not So Fast
Build 5 Temporal towers.
Steam 72%
Confident
Use speed up controls for a total of 30 seconds in any one mission.
Steam 74%
Boot Camp
Finish the first 3 missions.
Steam 74%
Flawless Victory
Earn at least one gold medal.
Steam 74%
Exterminator
Destroy 1000 aliens.
Steam 76%
Arsenal
Build 20 towers in one mission.
Steam 79%
What IS that?
Inspect 10 aliens.
Steam 80%
Close Call
Save a core less than 10 seconds away from the map exit.
Steam 81%
Pew Pew
Build 5 Laser towers.
Steam 82%
I Spy
Activate reconnaissance system.
Steam 82%
Penny Pincher
Win with 5,000 resources remaining.
Steam 83%
Salvage Rights
Destroy at least one boss alien.
Steam 85%
Burn Baby Burn
Build 5 Inferno towers.
Steam 85%
Yellow Beats Green
Upgrade a tower.
Steam 86%
Surplus
Win with 1,000 resources remaining.
Steam 89%
Eradicator
Kill 100 aliens.
Steam 90%
Leadhead
Build 5 Gun towers.
Steam 90%
Field Promotion
Earn at least one silver medal.
Steam 91%
Happy Returns
Recover a loose core.
Steam 93%
Hey! That's mine!
Kill an alien carrying a power core.
Steam 93%
First Blood
Kill 1 alien.
Steam 93%