# CytoCore — Living Tower Defense

> Living Tower Defense (iPhone/iPad app by Volkan Alanya.)

- Source: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cytocore/id6802754508 (this page in markdown: same URL + `.md`)
- Developer: [Volkan Alanya](https://appshunter.io/developer/6784566902)
- Category: Games, Action, Strategy
- Price: Free with in-app purchases
- Age rating: 9+
- Requires: iOS 15.0 · 23 MB
- Languages: American English
- Released: 2026-09-10
- Data updated: 2026-09-12
- User reviews in markdown: https://appshunter.io/ios/app/cytocore/id6802754508/reviews.md

## What is CytoCore?

Your tower is not a machine. It is a living organism.

CYTOCORE is a portrait-first tower defense where the core you defend breathes, mutates and grows new organs — and the enemy learns from everything you build. Stack fire rate and the swarm brings armor. Stack raw power and the flickers scatter. Every run is a conversation with an opponent that adapts.

• FIFTY LIVING WORLDS — one hundred waves each, no final level
• THREE ORGANISMS — Hunter Nest, Lumen Spear, Gravity Bloom: different targeting, physics and counters
• SIXTEEN PREDATOR SPECIES — swarms, parasites, armour, support and deceivers, plus three-phase bosses
• EVOLUTION WINDOW — pick one mutation every three waves; the others vanish for that run
• FIVE MORPH STAGES — your weapons visibly reshape the organism as it evolves
• PERMANENT RESEARCH — carry boss archive into every future run
• LIVING MARKET — the store reads the battle and suggests what you actually need
• DAILY DIRECTIVE — a new objective every day, completed in a single run
• AUTO AND SEMI MODES — automate the grind, keep the decisions that matter
• SIX LANGUAGES — English, Türkçe, العربية (RTL), 한국어, 日本語, Español

The core loop plays offline and your progress is stored on your device — no account and no sign-up. Optional rewarded ads can revive a run, and token packs can be bought if you would rather not grind; everything in the game can also be earned by playing.

## Pricing and in-app purchases

Base price: Free.

**One-time purchases**

| Purchase | Price | Type |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Crimson Rift Theme | $3.99 | one-time |
| 200 Genome Tokens | $5.99 | one-time |
| 25 Genome Tokens | $0.99 | one-time |
| 80 Genome Tokens | $2.99 | one-time |



## Version history (last 1 release)

### 1.0 — 2026-09-10

No release notes.

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