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Idle Tower Defense
Idle Tower Defense is a game where you control a single tower to fight off hordes of enemies. No randomization. Choose from a variety of modules to create unique builds and upgrade modules and survive endless waves.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“I love this game the graphics are good but just a little bit boring”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“boring but good for no internet moments”
— a player, Steam review · 5 hrs played“After 1.1.0 update game isbdead for me dev reworked game so much removed so many core and QoL stuff”
— a player, Steam review · 269 hrs playedAchievement 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.
Latest official news
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Version 1.1.8
- Fixed an issue where the framerate dropped to 0 under certain circumstances.
Version 1.1.6
- Fixed the bug that causes game crash. If the game crashes again, please let me know.
Version 1.1.5
- Fixed a bug causing automation modules to upgrade out-of-order - Resolved animation playback issues - Corrected localization errors - Removed achievement: Ascension 100 Times!
Version 1.1.4
Fixed a bug where waves occasionally failed to end. Fixed a bug preventing Ascension functionality. Fixed animation playback bugs.
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Clicker · Tower Defense · Idler · Bullet Hell · Minimalist · Colorful · Casual · Indie · Relaxing · Combat · Strategy · 2D (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, Simplified Chinese, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Japanese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Portugal, Korean |
| Achievements | 80 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: windows 10+ Processor: 2 Ghz Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Intel HD Graphics 4000 or equivalent Storage: 1 GB available space