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Ash & Adam's Existential Treads

Ash & Adam's Existential Treads

A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.

Released May 3, 2026 Developer Ash & Adam's Games Publisher Ash & Adam's Games, CC Games Platforms Windows · Mac StrategyActionTower DefenseCity BuilderArcade
View on Steam ↗ $6.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-25.

92.6%positive392 reviews
Recommended · 3 found this helpful

“I enjoyed it for the most part, took about 6 hours to complete the campaign, but that included plenty of restarts. The balancing and pacing is a little strange, and after restarting some maps several times, I found that there would be less towers, or maybe just fewer massive…”

— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“fun little tank action game that combines tower (HQ) defense and city building elements. build stuff that protects your base or buffs your tank, then take out the enemy before they get you. perk choices between levels and a nice little compact campaign. bonus challenges to dip…”

— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“Limit on building make it less enjoyable for old players.”

— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-08 via SteamCharts.

295all-time peak
0 50 100 49 avg · May 2026

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

22achievements
33.1%median completion
0.7%rarest: Unbelievable
92.4% of players 91.4% of players 73.5% of players 65.9% of players 61.6% of players 57.0% of players 55.1% of players 55.0% of players 44.2% of players 36.9% of players 36.7% of players 33.1% of players 30.7% of players 30.4% of players 22.4% of players 18.3% of players 3.7% of players 2.5% of players 1.5% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 0.7% of players 92.4% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
92.4%It Takes a Village — Build a settlement with a population of 10
91.4%Graduation — Reclaim your first island
73.5%Green Sea — Create 500 tiles of grass from buildings or Sower's Seeds
Rarest badges of honor
0.7%Unbelievable — What?! you got gold on all mini missions! You rule! Sincerely, Ash & Adam
1.1%Trophy Case — Complete all Mini Missions on any difficulty
1.2%Skirmisher — Complete a total of 10 Island Skirmishes

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-26. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$6.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$6.99lowest since tracking began2026-09-26
US6.99 USD
EU7.19 EUR
UK6.29 GBP
Australia9.75 AUD
Canada8.29 CAD
Japan905 JPY
Brazil26.75 BRL
China28.56 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$4.3 Brazil Japan Canada Australia US EU UK≈$8.3

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Sep 22, 2026
Update Notes Sept 22nd

Reclaimators rejoice, some improvements! 5-20x performance improvements when facing large waves of Noise. Skirmish: Add random option for biome. Fixed houses sometimes not connecting their path to oth

Sep 07, 2026
Tank Customization

Hey Reclaimators! We have a fun, oft-requested update for you today; tank customization. Available via the main menu, you're now able to select from six different body types for your turret and pick a

Jul 15, 2026
Patch Notes July 16th

Added the ability to cancel picking a building and return to it later. Fixed restoring the island while picking a building could result in a soft lock. Fixed losing a tank while placing a building cou

Jul 14, 2026
Mini Missions Update

We've added a completely new way to play Existential Treads, called Mini Missions. These are a set of 9 challenges which each shake up the way the base game works. We've had a blast inventing and play

May 27, 2026
Update Notes for May 27

Fixed very embarrassing bug where Sniper Tower was only doing 1x instead of 5x damage. Sorry!! Decreased Sniper Tower cooldown time. Made defense towers line of sight work through Sprawl buildings. Fi

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-25.

GenresAction, Casual, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsStrategy · Action · Tower Defense · City Builder · Arcade · Exploration · Top-Down Shooter · 3D · Base Building · Colorful · Stylized · Top-Down (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Color Alternatives · Custom Volume Controls · Playable without Timed Input · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support
LanguagesEnglish * , Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Polish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain *
ControllerFull support
Achievements22
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Win 10 64 bit Processor: 2.4GHZ Dual Core Processor Or Higher Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 760, Radeon R9 270 DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Sound Card: DirectX compatible