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Monster Tiles TD: Tower Wars

Monster Tiles TD: Tower Wars

Free Tower Defense game with unique roguelike elements. Custom base building mechanics allow you to create your own base and maze with tiles earned after each wave. Unleash a variety of monsters, each with its own evolution path and unique skills, and evolve them into legendary creatures.

Released Feb 11, 2024 Developer Swell Games LLC Platforms Windows · Mac CasualStrategyTower DefenseAction RoguelikeAuto Battler
View on Steam ↗ Free (US · as of 2026-09-25)

What players say

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

82.2%positive507 reviews
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“i like this game to watch tv andplay games fun me like it how about you”

— a player, Steam review · 21 hrs played
Recommended · 0 found this helpful

“Super fun castle defense game with a good progression system that allows you to keep your interest! This is a game I keep going back to over time. Another important note is that while you CAN pay to play, it's completely unnecessary. I reached almost the highest challenge level…”

— a player, Steam review · 319 hrs played
Not recommended · 0 found this helpful

“jogo muito desbalanceado. De um round para o outro as torres que estão passando facilmente pelas waves de repente perdem do nada. muito mais do que combinação de torres e sinergias, o jogo depende dos upgrades, que só são conseguidos ao longo de bastante tempo de jogo ou…”

— a player, Steam review · 65 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.

327all-time peak
0 50 100 2024 2025 2026 94 avg · Feb 2024

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-25.

18achievements
5.8%median completion
2.8%rarest: Grand Master
34.6% of players 27.9% of players 15.4% of players 13.2% of players 13.0% of players 9.3% of players 8.4% of players 7.0% of players 6.5% of players 5.8% of players 5.3% of players 5.2% of players 5.0% of players 4.3% of players 4.1% of players 3.7% of players 3.2% of players 2.8% of players 34.6% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
34.6%Beginner — Pass wave 35 on Normal difficulty.
27.9%Hooked — Pass wave 50 on Normal difficulty.
15.4%Novice — Pass wave 35 on Hard difficulty.
Rarest badges of honor
2.8%Grand Master — Pass wave 100 on Impossible difficulty.
3.2%Champion — Pass wave 100 on Challenge difficulty.
3.7%Accomplished — Pass wave 100 on Extreme difficulty.

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 01, 2023
Patch v48 (Dec 1)

Changes: Slightly buffed damage and skills for Galaxia and Bolt Cat divine towers. Bug Fixes: Improved targeting logic when manually clicking on an enemy to force target it. Improved targeting logic w

Nov 11, 2023
Patch v46 (November 11)

Changes: Lowered cost of energy income upgrade in SWARM mode. Increased wave requirements for some SWARM related Leaderboard Titles. QoL Improvements: Performance improvements. UI improvements. Bug Fi

Oct 31, 2023
Major Update v44 (October 31)

New Content: New "Sudden Death" progression game mode featuring significantly stronger enemies than Endless mode with some unique mechanics to make it even more challenging. New "SWARM" competitive ga

Oct 21, 2023
Update v43 (October 21)

New Content: MAX a tower at level 30 for a final +100% DPS boost. Changes: Rerolling a tile will always give a different tile than the last. You can now reroll away from the cross-path tile on a boss

Oct 17, 2023
Update v42 (October 17)

New Content: Spend energy to reroll the original tile you are given. Tier 11 research upgrades. New achievements and daily missions. Changes: Unlock and use up to five divine towers, rather than just

Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

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

GenresAction, Casual, Indie, RPG, Strategy, Free To Play
Player tagsCasual · Strategy · Tower Defense · Action Roguelike · Auto Battler · Strategy RPG · Roguelike · Idler · Roguelite · Tactical RPG · 3D · Colorful (Steam store community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Steam Achievements · In-App Purchases · Family Sharing
LanguagesEnglish
Achievements18
Official sitehttps://www.swellgames.org/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 and above Processor: 1Ghz or faster processor Memory: 2 GB RAM