It helps to focus on picking actives instead of passives in the build up to the first wave so that you can better clear it. Passives help more with staying alive and for later in the game as enemies get stronger (they'll change color when that happens). That said, yes it is very unlikely that anyone can beat the free version of the game. Since it is designed around farming coins from mimics and waves until you get enough upgrades to where you can beat it. It may be possible to beat it with no upgrades, but I certainly haven't been able to.
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