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Rogue Tower
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-02 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-12.
What reviewers agree on
55 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“Its as clunky as it is graphicly chunky. Good mechanics, solid even. But there's better pure TD games imo Not for me.”
“Just played another TD game that boasts superior graphics... and it felt like "we made a pretty game that has no soul". Overly simplistic gameplay and nothing unique about visuals either really. Every second I was…”
“nice game to play when chilling and the soundtrack is one of my favorite game soundtracks!!”
7 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“after surpassing bloons tower defense (yes, all of them) i seethed for a true challenge took a minute to understand how to use xp effectively but once you grasp how everything works, its deeply addictive,. Especially…”
“Easy to learn, hard to master. A bit of an overused sentiment, but it is true. This game is very simple on the surface, but it drags you in for hours and hours. If you like "Tower Defense" and Roguelite progression,…”
“A fun game to kill a quick hour or so. Sometimes i kill the run, other times it smacks me down.”
4 of the 74 reviews raise this.
4 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“Just played another TD game that boasts superior graphics... and it felt like "we made a pretty game that has no soul". Overly simplistic gameplay and nothing unique about visuals either really. Every second I was…”
“Rogue Tower is a fun little tower defense game. There's a degree of RNG which increases difficulty to a degree, but not impossibly so. It's a wonderful and worthwhile game for those of us who are fans of tower defense.…”
“Pew pew tower. Worth the money. nice way to chill for a bit.”
3 of the 74 reviews raise this.
“nice game to play when chilling and the soundtrack is one of my favorite game soundtracks!!”
“Very good. Fun to test different strategies. Music is real good. Would love a fast forward.”
“The music in this game is very addictive.”
11 of the 74 reviews raise this · 5 of them still recommend the game.
“I'm so sick and tired of all these people with giant monitors and 10k resolution that sit five inches from the screen making UI that is flat out impossible to read for most normal people. This is such a stupid reason to…”
“Its as clunky as it is graphicly chunky. Good mechanics, solid even. But there's better pure TD games imo Not for me.”
“Awful, unless you mod it for simple QoL stuff that should already be there, but even then it's not a particularly fun game. The vanilla game does not value your time in the slightest though, and should be avoided at all…”
9 of the 74 reviews raise this · 4 of them still recommend the game.
“Awful, unless you mod it for simple QoL stuff that should already be there, but even then it's not a particularly fun game. The vanilla game does not value your time in the slightest though, and should be avoided at all…”
“after surpassing bloons tower defense (yes, all of them) i seethed for a true challenge took a minute to understand how to use xp effectively but once you grasp how everything works, its deeply addictive,. Especially…”
“This game has brought me many hours of fun, but it's difficult to recommend this game due to it's highly-addicting gambling aspect to it. There's a lot of balancing still needed, and I don't think the developer is…”
9 of the 74 reviews raise this · 6 of them still recommend the game.
“The game is balanced somewhat poorly with enemies ALMOST scaling too fast to deal with. The robots that can spawn in from wave 26 onward are the bane of my existence and they seem to spawn in VERY frequently. It's not a…”
“I've been having fun with the Steam challenges, which are quite difficult, at least they have been for me. Randomness is definitely a big factor in this game -- if you get a bad tile, or consecutive bad upgrades, you're…”
“great little game. Can be random at times, but still fun to play.”
7 of the 74 reviews raise this · 1 of them still recommend the game.
“Balance issues, dev isn't approachable, high RNG with a set of dedicated fans who just "skill issue" people to death without any insight or intelligence. See Steam's Discussion thread for people who've better hammered…”
“Awful, unless you mod it for simple QoL stuff that should already be there, but even then it's not a particularly fun game. The vanilla game does not value your time in the slightest though, and should be avoided at all…”
“A great tower defense rougelite, but it is difficult, and it does take some time to actually get to a winable point. It does lack variety in what towers do (somewhat), how the world generates, and enemies. However;…”
4 of the 74 reviews raise this · 3 of them still recommend the game.
“Great TD game with many challenges to complete. It'd be nice if the scenery was nicer to look at and if there was some great music. But I don't have any serious criticisms. Well worth checking out!”
“Its as clunky as it is graphicly chunky. Good mechanics, solid even. But there's better pure TD games imo Not for me.”
“Really fun randomly created maps that are never the same. Some runs you have bad luck and you know you can't get a high score. Others you get a perfect setup and mess it up still... really addictive. If only the…”
Counted across 74 English reviews, sampled to match this game's 82.6% positive rating · as of 2026-05-12
“It is lacking in some features. "save and quit" being one I would love... However I do come back to this game fairly often while I'm on the phone or something. Since I'm not frantically placing towers the entire time. I just accept some rounds I'll lose because that's how the…”
— a player, Steam review · 170 hrs played“been loving this game so far but definitely feels like it could use a speed up time button.”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs played“It's a very basic unity game with a nice-looking unlock tree. The UI and settings are also laughable. It is still a roguelike, so you're only getting the chance to draw the tower's card. It doesn't feel very tactical and more about throwing enough stuff at the wall and hoping…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 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 2026-09-05.
Price tracking
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Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Rogue Tower 2 In Development!
Rogue Tower 2 is in the works! Development is coming along slow and steady. I don't have much to show off yet, but it is coming along well enough that I feel comfortable finally announcing it. I have
Patch Notes 1.3.2.0
I hope everyone has enjoyed the April fools mode. I have decided to keep it in the game permanently for whenever you feel like touching that sweet grass in first person. Bug Fixes -The right shift key
Touch Grass
Spring is about new beginnings and new perspectives. New Features: - Added ability to touch grass.
Rogue Tower Forever
The End is Nigh! One year from release this third and final planned major update brings many new things to Rogue Tower, and on its birthday no less. Happy birthday Rogue Tower. Endless Mode! Endless m
1.2.1.0 Patch Notes
1.2.1.0 Patch Notes Just some small tweaks and fixes in between working on bigger things. Changes Right shift now works for building multiple towers. Fixes Fixed the existence of 'ghost' buildings on
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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 | Casual, Strategy |
| Player tags | Tower Defense · Strategy · Rogue-like · Casual · Procedural Generation · 3D · Minimalist · Base-Building · Rogue-lite · Singleplayer · Building · Colorful (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English |
| Achievements | 140 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: Intel i5 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: AMD Radeon Vega 8 Storage: 145 MB available space