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TDS - Tower Defense Strategy

TDS - Tower Defense Strategy

TOWER ▪ DEFENSE ▪ STRATEGY. Control Vessels. Utilize their uniquely deep set of towers. Create an everchanging defense. Play with friends. Protect your Basin at all costs. An absolute Tower Defense, Real-Time Strategy Hybrid

Released May 23, 2025 Developer Blockage Platforms Windows · Mac · Linux Tower DefenseRTSCo-opAtmosphericMultiplayer
View on Steam ↗ $17.99 (US · as of 2026-09-26)

What players say

Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-04 · quoted reviews as of 2026-05-15.

81.4%positive371 reviews
Recommended · 2 found this helpful

“An innovative tower defense with a unique art style and UI/UX. Fun with friends. 10/10”

— a player, Steam review · 16 hrs played
Recommended · 1 found this helpful

“UI is wonky, but you learn it after a few rounds. After you learn it, this game is really awesome. It's a shame there are so many negative reviews because aside from learning the UI, it's a great game that I think about often. My friends and I have done all maps on all…”

— a player, Steam review · 146 hrs played
Not recommended · 5 found this helpful

“The gameplay is pretty difficult unless you're playing cooperatively, which makes it a bit easier as you can actually synergize a bit. Map design is seemingly designed against the player, many maps are multi-layered with only a few seconds to understand pathing via a tiny almost…”

— a player, Steam review · 34 hrs played
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Player activity

Monthly average concurrent players. Live data self-collected from the Steam API · history through 2026-06 via SteamCharts.

166all-time peak
0 25 50 2025 2026 No data collected for this period 32 avg · May 2025

Achievement stats

Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-09-26.

45achievements
18.3%median completion
1.2%rarest: Bird Watching
74.5% of players 52.6% of players 48.9% of players 46.7% of players 45.6% of players 44.0% of players 36.8% of players 34.0% of players 32.9% of players 28.0% of players 25.1% of players 24.8% of players 24.7% of players 24.6% of players 23.5% of players 23.0% of players 22.2% of players 22.1% of players 21.5% of players 21.0% of players 18.4% of players 18.4% of players 18.3% of players 18.0% of players 15.8% of players 15.7% of players 15.7% of players 15.3% of players 14.4% of players 14.3% of players 12.6% of players 11.3% of players 11.1% of players 11.0% of players 10.7% of players 9.9% of players 9.5% of players 8.9% of players 8.6% of players 6.5% of players 6.4% of players 6.2% of players 5.8% of players 4.4% of players 1.2% of players 74.5% 0% most earned rarest
Almost everyone has
74.5%Fresh Boat — Onward to Defense Strategies with... Towers!
52.6%Really Cool Guy — Have Sno Sno join your crew
48.9%Better with Friends! — Conquering, er I mean saving the world together!
Rarest badges of honor
1.2%Bird Watching — Hidden achievement
4.4%Fishy Fishy! — Drown the rather strong fish
5.8%That's all of em! — Completely clear the Bounties

Price tracking

US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-08-12. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.

$17.99current · sampled 2026-09-26 21:12 UTC
$12.95lowest since tracking began2026-09-04
US17.99 USD
EU17.49 EUR
UK14.99 GBP
Australia26.50 AUD
Canada23.49 CAD
Japan2,000 JPY
Brazil54.99 BRL
China68.00 CNY

Regional prices at last sample, in local currency — Steam sets each region's price independently.

China≈$10 Brazil Japan Canada US Australia UK EU≈$20

Cheapest → most expensive, converted to USD at ECB reference rates (2026-09-25). Relative comparison only.

$0 $10 $20 08-12 08-21 08-30 09-08 09-17 09-26

Latest official news

Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.

Jun 10, 2026
PATCH 1.1, More Languages, QoL, more!

Hey everyone it's been a while! I bring you a quick update full of goodies yay! This update was spurred by a fix I found working on BOOST VECTOR EX (the current project! And my newest game! Check it o

Jan 11, 2026
1.0 Hotfix/Micro patch 4

This is just a patch to fix a nasty softlock that's been looming for quite some time! I finally was able to get it to happen myself... Sorry it took so long! - Fixed a white-screen bug that soft-locke

Oct 06, 2025
1.0 Hotfix/Micro patch 3!

This is mainly just a sanity patch to fix the game up for the future! But there is still a tabled something something patch wayyy later. As to not simply be a internal patch I figured I'd just knock o

Jun 29, 2025
A Quick Thank You!

Hello! I just wanted to jump on here to let anyone that likes reading these messages what's up and what is being worked on over here whatever yada yada! But first, I wanted to recollect a tad bit, bec

May 26, 2025
1.0 Hotfix Part 2

UI scaling has been fixed, no longer can it cause your UI to disappear Gabby now follows a bit better when recruited (and also counts as a fish) Fixed various journal entry links Added a backdrop to t

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Screenshots

Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.

Facts & details

From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-15.

GenresAdventure, Indie, Strategy
Player tagsTower Defense · RTS · Co-op · Atmospheric · Multiplayer · Building · 2.5D · Pixel Graphics · PvE · Action RTS · Online Co-Op · 3D (SteamSpy community voting)
FeaturesSingle-player · Multi-player · Co-op · Online Co-op · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Adjustable Text Size · Camera Comfort
LanguagesEnglish * , French * , German * , Japanese * , Korean * , Polish * , Portuguese - Portugal * , Simplified Chinese * , Spanish - Latin America * , Italian * , Spanish - Spain * , Portuguese - Brazil * , Russian * , Vietna…
ControllerFull support
Achievements45
Official sitehttps://tds-game.com/
Minimum system requirements (PC)

Minimum: OS *: Windows 7, 10 Processor: 2.1 GHz Single Core Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: 2 GB DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 750 MB available space Sound Card: Your voice!