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Refactor
Refactor is a hard-core tower defense game that combines modular building, route planning, and element composition.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-12.
“Refactor is a thoughtfully designed and mechanically ambitious tower defense game that challenges many of the genre’s long-standing conventions by giving players unprecedented control over both the battlefield and their defensive tools. Developed by GAGA and published by LightOn…”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs played“An interesting twist on TD with some unique game mechanics & an attractive female character. Lack of Steam Cloud support is annoying (you will lose your progress if you delete the game).”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Seems interesting at first but the game mechanics are convoluted and the RNG ruins it. Building paths is a pain with the stupid ass Tetris blocks. Also the translations are REALLY bad in some spots, like wtf does "It MUST be criticl if shoot" mean??”
— a player, Steam review · 13 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:26 UTC · history via SteamCharts.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
[0.88 Version Update Announcement]
1. Fixed the freezing issue that may be caused by Miner + Chase Bullet 2. Fixed the issue where the minefield area of Miner did not increase with the attack range 3. Fixed the issue that the 15*15 map
【Recent Update Fixes】| Update 0.87 Version
【Recent Update Fixes】 1. Fixed the issue where certain rules in Daily Endless Mode caused save files to load improperly 2.Fixed the issue where the technology "Mortar Upgrade" caused the splash range
Summer Sale Discount | 0.84 Version Update
Dear Commanders, we have launched a 2-week summer discount from June 29th to July 13th , with a discount of 50% off . At the same time, based on the feedback from everyone, we have made some significa
0.80BIG UPDATE-Challenge Mode
In order to let the players have a richer game experience, we have added a new game mode - challenge mode for Refactor in this update. Challenge mode is a fast-paced mode that pays more attention to s
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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 | Strategy |
| Player tags | Tower Defense · Rogue-lite · Building · Turn-Based Tactics · Strategy · Pixel Graphics · Voxel · Sci-fi · Indie · Space · 2D · Singleplayer (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | Simplified Chinese * , English * * |
| Achievements | 23 |
| Estimated owners | 200,000 – 500,000 (SteamSpy) |
| Official site | https://discord.gg/bPgMZ6kgBH |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS *: Windows 7+ Processor: AMD Athlon X4 5350, Intel Core i3-2100T or equivalent Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: GeForce GTX 480M, Radeon HD 6790 or equivalent Storage: 200 MB available space