9to5: Office Defense
Strategy In-app purchases
Your inbox is under attack! Build your team, beat deadlines, impress the CEO.
- Downloads
- 17+
- on Google Play
- Price
- Free
- In-app purchases
- Updated
- Oct 17
- 2026 · v1.0.1
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About 9to5: Office Defense
9to5: Office Defense turns overflowing inboxes, endless meetings, and last-minute deadlines into a workplace-themed tower defense strategy game. Hire employees, place them along office routes, and complete incoming tasks before they reach the CEO's office.
It's Friday, 5:59 PM. Someone wants “just one tiny change.” Someone else hit Reply All. A “quick 15-minute sync” just landed on your calendar. Looks like you're staying late.
HIRE THE TEAM. BUILD THEIR CAREERS.
Recruit interns and specialists, position them around the office, and promote your best employees. Develop two career paths—specialist and management—and use every bit of your limited Budget wisely.
NINE DEPARTMENTS. DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.
IT chains attacks between tasks. HR slows incoming work. Finance helps break through armor. Marketing, Sales, Legal, Operations, R&D, and General bring their own strengths and trade-offs.
Smart placement and the right team can change the outcome of a wave.
THE INBOX FIGHTS BACK.
Emails, client requests, urgent jobs, reports, and meetings arrive in increasingly demanding waves. Presentations split into slides. Reply All multiplies the problem. Compliance audits come armored, while coffee runs rush past your defenses.
Then come the boss tasks: Monday and Quarter End.
Naturally.
COFFEE IS A RESOURCE. STRESS IS THE REAL ENEMY.
Activate Overtime to speed up your team, cancel meetings when necessary, and choose whether to spend Budget on promotions or Company Stress relief.
If stress reaches 100%, it's BURNOUT.
Welcome to management.
YOUR NEXT SHIFT INCLUDES:
• 20 chapters in the first season, each with 20 waves
• Distinct office routes and tactical workstation placement
• Nine departments, employee promotions, and two career paths
• Boss encounters and tasks with unique behaviors
• Coffee-powered abilities, Budget decisions, and stress management
• Chapter stars, career statistics, and adjustable game speed
• Offline core gameplay with progress saved on your device
The game contains ads and optional in-app purchases. Some optional features require an internet connection.
You can't cancel Monday. But you can defend the office.
Clock in. Build your team. Clear the workload. Try not to burn out!
It's Friday, 5:59 PM. Someone wants “just one tiny change.” Someone else hit Reply All. A “quick 15-minute sync” just landed on your calendar. Looks like you're staying late.
HIRE THE TEAM. BUILD THEIR CAREERS.
Recruit interns and specialists, position them around the office, and promote your best employees. Develop two career paths—specialist and management—and use every bit of your limited Budget wisely.
NINE DEPARTMENTS. DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.
IT chains attacks between tasks. HR slows incoming work. Finance helps break through armor. Marketing, Sales, Legal, Operations, R&D, and General bring their own strengths and trade-offs.
Smart placement and the right team can change the outcome of a wave.
THE INBOX FIGHTS BACK.
Emails, client requests, urgent jobs, reports, and meetings arrive in increasingly demanding waves. Presentations split into slides. Reply All multiplies the problem. Compliance audits come armored, while coffee runs rush past your defenses.
Then come the boss tasks: Monday and Quarter End.
Naturally.
COFFEE IS A RESOURCE. STRESS IS THE REAL ENEMY.
Activate Overtime to speed up your team, cancel meetings when necessary, and choose whether to spend Budget on promotions or Company Stress relief.
If stress reaches 100%, it's BURNOUT.
Welcome to management.
YOUR NEXT SHIFT INCLUDES:
• 20 chapters in the first season, each with 20 waves
• Distinct office routes and tactical workstation placement
• Nine departments, employee promotions, and two career paths
• Boss encounters and tasks with unique behaviors
• Coffee-powered abilities, Budget decisions, and stress management
• Chapter stars, career statistics, and adjustable game speed
• Offline core gameplay with progress saved on your device
The game contains ads and optional in-app purchases. Some optional features require an internet connection.
You can't cancel Monday. But you can defend the office.
Clock in. Build your team. Clear the workload. Try not to burn out!
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Version 1.0.1 · Updated October 17, 2026
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