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Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD
While a formidable evil emerges, an unexpected alliance is taking shape! It will take the finest warriors of Linirea and the relentless Dark Army to stop it. Beware! Though they may journey side by side the ever-changing winds of fate could swiftly alter their course.
In short, Steam reviewers most often praise “engaging tower and hero variety” (69 of 103 reviews) and “beautiful and vibrant visuals” (15); the most common complaint is “base campaign too easy” (13). What reviewers agree on ↓
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-30 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
69 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I really like this game beacuse of strategy and i love this series of kingdom rush i played them all not evbery i completed but i have all of them and i can say it is very good ---{Graphics}--- ☐ You forget what reality…”
“Amazing art, music, addicting gameplay. Nostalgic for me.”
“Would reccomend this game, entertaining level design, and fun to play with lots of funny animations. Far better than BALOONS TOWER DEFENCE 6, BALOONS SUCKS!11!!!!!1!”
15 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“I really like this game beacuse of strategy and i love this series of kingdom rush i played them all not evbery i completed but i have all of them and i can say it is very good ---{Graphics}--- ☐ You forget what reality…”
“Amazing art, music, addicting gameplay. Nostalgic for me.”
“Would reccomend this game, entertaining level design, and fun to play with lots of funny animations. Far better than BALOONS TOWER DEFENCE 6, BALOONS SUCKS!11!!!!!1!”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Not much to say, its fully functional, but it's pretty boring, everything feels to slow, stages feel like they take to long, towers feel like they don't deal quite enough damage, even when completeing a stage it feels…”
“I was dubious as Vengeance missed the mark on a bunch of things, but honestly I was pleasantly surprised. It still doesn't beat Frontiers and Origins for me, but its up there with the original. The good: - Hero-tower…”
“Yes fun game. The difficulty level is adjustable so if you just wanna have fun and fool around it is possible and also some hardcore scenarios. FUN, I Like it.”
4 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“Overall,the series of KINGDOM RUSH are really excellent and attractive.I am so imersed in it because it has many abundant and legendary heros and every hero all have their own stories and special skills.These heros…”
“7/10 - Top TD Fun! Simple but effective TD fun, expanded upon. Gameplay The good old trusted Kingdom Rush gameplay at it's finest, with plenty of returning and new towers and heroes (or enemies) to play with! Being able…”
“The game is well done and one of the best in the series. I played all of KR games since armor games era, this is a step up. It combines all of the previous mechanics and then some new ones, it's fun and anyone could…”
3 of the 103 reviews raise this.
“each level/mission is exiting and you have enough control to make the play challenging and interesting”
“Great buy on a discount, even work good on the Steam Deck with the touch screen.”
“Great use of the controller, wish they implemented it in past games”
13 of the 103 reviews raise this · 13 of them still recommend the game.
“It's Kingdom Rush Lite 2. A baby's first Kingdom Rush. After completing the campaign, the only mission that felt interesting and took some thinking is the final boss stage in the main campaign. Unlike the original…”
“Pretty decent kingdom rush game, the bosses feel slightly less interesting compared to the past kingdom series (i.e (spoiler hidden) ) since it felt like I was attacking an enemy with more health. The main story took me…”
“I really like this game, it keeps giving me so many wonderful memories. I’ll definitely support it as long as I can. However, some levels are almost impossible to beat. The hero system is such a key part of the game, so…”
11 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Only thing I would have to say is most of the towers and heroes are practically useless throughout a good majority of the game. They are either too weak to do anything unless fully leveled up or are their attack rates…”
“Its great to have the iconic characters back but, this is just weird with the changes, Its super annoying to have towers disappear. You have to work on improvements on rewarding players when a situation occurs, it isn't…”
“Not a great PC tower defence game. I loved previous ones but this one isn't great. Every lovel or two you're unlocking something new which gets very overwhelming very quickly. There's no way to speed up waves either. It…”
7 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“No way to speed up waves Cant custom shortcut keys No drag select or box select with mouse”
“Its great to have the iconic characters back but, this is just weird with the changes, Its super annoying to have towers disappear. You have to work on improvements on rewarding players when a situation occurs, it isn't…”
“Not a great PC tower defence game. I loved previous ones but this one isn't great. Every lovel or two you're unlocking something new which gets very overwhelming very quickly. There's no way to speed up waves either. It…”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Overall,the series of KINGDOM RUSH are really excellent and attractive.I am so imersed in it because it has many abundant and legendary heros and every hero all have their own stories and special skills.These heros…”
“This game gets old fast. The rounds last way too long and it effects the game. Boring!”
“Better than Vengeance. I love its DLCs and it'll be greater if its campaigns are diversified, in every sense.”
5 of the 103 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“invisable enemies stopping missions from being completable ruins it”
“good game overall and not bad concept overall. There are one or two little things that should be mentioned. This DLC was filled with a different kind of enemies and an 'evolve' feature that keeps the tower progression…”
“My game is not launching. I have selected the game from my library this month (Mar 2026) and it does not launch. When I select start, the game appears as though it is starting, then just stops. The first page or…”
Counted across 103 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 88.0% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“Kingdom Rush is where I fell in love with Tower Defense Games... Kingdom Rush 5 is a wonderful continuation of the game/franchise/story, lovely art work as always, great maps and hidden secrets on the levels. Base game is a little shorter than the original but with the 3 DLC's…”
— a player, Steam review · 37 hrs played“Surprisingly good after the mediocrity of Vengeance and abomination of Legends. Very easy though, needing self-set restrictions to keep it challenging. (Pity we can't go straight to impossible, this is the first KR game where i've cruised through Veteran.) Edit: I originally…”
— a player, Steam review · 22 hrs played“Yes it's good. It's still a fun game. I don't like the pricing change. You used to buy the game and the extra levels just came out for free when they came out. Now they're pay-for DLCs.”
— a player, Steam review · 39 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-20.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-12.
| Genres | Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Strategy · Tower Defense · 2D · Cartoon · Cartoony · Singleplayer · Fantasy · Dragons · Building · Funny · Indie · Medieval (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English * , French, German, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Traditional Chinese * |
| Achievements | 98 |
| Official site | https://www.kingdomrushalliance.com/ |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 Processor: Dual Core CPU Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: OpenGL 3.0 compliant with 1.0GB of video RAM. Storage: 1 GB available space