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Element TD 2 - Tower Defense

Element TD 2 - Tower Defense

Element TD 2 sees you combine powerful elements to create unique towers. Prove your defenses against challenging foes, and compete or cooperate with others to determine who has mastered the elements.

Released Apr 2, 2021 Developer Element Studios Platforms Windows Tower DefenseReal Time TacticsMultiplayerFantasyStrategy
View on Steam ↗ $14.99 (US · as of 2026-07-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Data as of 2026-05-20.

89.6%positive3,013 reviews
Recommended · 18 found this helpful

“Its element TD, one of the OG tower defense games in wc3 made into standalone. Its good.”

— a player, Steam review · 9 hrs played
Recommended · 9 found this helpful

“If you're tired of installing Warcraft III just to play this classic TD, then worry no more! It's nice to see that these guys escaped the horrors of Blizzard's greed by forming their own dev studio to put out a definitive version of this. No idea who actually came up with the…”

— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“Takes a while to understand all mechanics. Once you do, this is the best tower defense game available.”

— a player, Steam review · 496 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-07-11 13:11 UTC · history via SteamCharts.

88playing at last check
11524-hour peak
1,490all-time peak
0 500 1k 2021 2022 2023 2024 2025 2026 669 avg · Apr 2021

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-07-25.

456achievements
0.8%median completion
0.1%rarest: Space To New Extremes
57.1% of players 19.9% of players 14.4% of players 11.3% of players 9.5% of players 8.4% of players 7.7% of players 6.9% of players 6.1% of players 5.7% of players 5.1% of players 4.7% of players 4.0% of players 3.6% of players 3.2% of players 3.0% of players 2.7% of players 2.5% of players 2.4% of players 2.1% of players 2.0% of players 1.8% of players 1.6% of players 1.5% of players 1.4% of players 1.3% of players 1.2% of players 1.1% of players 1.0% of players 1.0% of players 0.9% of players 0.9% of players 0.8% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.7% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.6% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.5% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.4% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.3% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 0.2% of players 57.1% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
57.1%Cow Farmer — Clear Mission 1 in less than 4 Minutes and 15 Seconds
35.3%Just Drag and Build — Clear Mission 2 using only Arrow & Cannon Towers
31.0%Initiate — Clear all Missions in Chapter 1
Rarest badges of honor
0.1%Space To New Extremes — Clear Wave 55 on Extreme + Turbo + 2 Path
0.1%Mazing - Winter Extremist — Clear Wave 55 on Extreme
0.1%Mazing - Winter Alternate Maze — Clear Wave 55 on Hard + Advanced Paths

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-07-11. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$14.99current · sampled 2026-07-26 08:39 UTC
$14.99lowest since tracking began2026-07-11
US14.99 USD
EU14.79 EUR
UK12.79 GBP
Australia21.95 AUD
Canada19.49 CAD
Japan1,700 JPY
Brazil40.00 BRL
China60.00 CNY

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

Brazil≈$7.9 China Japan Canada US Australia EU UK≈$17

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-07-24). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 07-11 07-13 07-16 07-19 07-22 07-26

Latest official news

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

Dec 13, 2025
Version 1.9.6

A small update for the holidays. Fixed potential causes of desync for Windstorm, Flamethrower, Root, and Archdruid towers Upgraded Unity game engine version Poison tower base damage decreased from 150

Sep 05, 2025
Version 1.9.5 - P2P Networking Added, Leaderboard Reset, New Ranked Season

Peer to Peer Networking We've added Peer To Peer Networking support. Both public and LAN options are available. Public is for playing with anyone anywhere. LAN is for private lobbies within an interna

Feb 22, 2025
Version 1.9.5.alpha7

With the upcoming 5th year anniversary of Element TD 2, it felt time to release something meaty. We've pushed an alpha build that adds Peer To Peer Networking support. Both public and LAN options are

Jan 13, 2025
Leaderboard Issues Resolved

There have been issues with scores not submitting to the leaderboards correctly. This has now been fixed. We apologize for the inconvenience this has caused.

Oct 04, 2024
A note on Cheating, Leaderboards, and Bans

Let me start by saying that we don't condone cheating. That said, we don't care if you cheat in singleplayer. But when you cheat for the leaderboard or multiplayer then it hurts other players. If you

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-20.

GenresIndie, Strategy
Player tagsTower Defense · Real Time Tactics · Multiplayer · Fantasy · Strategy · PvE · PvP · Team-Based · Competitive · Character Customization · RTS · 3D (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · PvP · Online PvP · LAN PvP · Co-op · Online Co-op · LAN Co-op
LanguagesEnglish * , Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Romanian, French, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech, Portuguese - Brazil, Japanese, Turkish, Korean *
Achievements456
Estimated owners200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy)
Official sitehttps://www.eletd.com
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 8 Processor: Dual Core 2.6+ GHz Intel or AMD Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: 1024 MB VRAM DirectX: Version 11 Network: Broadband Internet connection Storage: 15 GB available space