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Tower Escape
Tower Escape is a reverse tower defense game, where instead of defending against incoming enemies, you play the baddies and guide your minions to the exit. Recruit a team of minions, and collect powerful gems and relics that make each run unique.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via SteamSpy as of 2026-05-13.
“Pretty fun concept of "tower defense avoidance". Few factions to choose from, bunch of interesting synergies and of course bunch of decisions to make to maximize income. Also quite neat energetic music. The only minus for me is the key/enemy RNG, sometimes like 2 keys spawn near…”
— a player, Steam review · 3 hrs played“Little game? I see nothing little about it. Yes, it has a compact loop and doesn't waste your time with micromanagement fluff and narrative bull. But the vast array of cards to unlock, synergies to explore, and strategies to try! This game stands to me on equal terms with…”
— a player, Steam review · 20 hrs played“I wanted to play this on my Minisforum V3. Typically games that are steam deck verified work pretty well with a controller and tablet. Unfortunately I just couldn't play this no matter what I tried. I was a frustrating experience. I will have to try it on my actual steam deck…”
— a player, Steam review · 0 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players. Live count fetched 2026-08-02 20:55 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.
SnekromancY Is Out Now - Return to the World of Tower Escape!
Hello, Necromancers! You escaped the tower. Now the elves are coming for it. SnekromancY is out now on Steam! Set in the same world as Tower Escape, SnekromancY transforms its undead armies, powerful
Tower Escape Trading Cards Are Now Available!
Hello, Necromancers! Steam Trading Cards are now available for Tower Escape! Play Tower Escape to earn card drops featuring characters and artwork from the game. You can trade cards with other players
Localization update
v1.12.5 adds: Full French language localization, thanks so much to LinuxFriend for testing this! Adds some missing items in other languages, mostly the later additions like the new gems. Added a link
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-05-13.
| Genres | Casual, Indie, Strategy |
| Player tags | Rogue-lite · Roguelike Deckbuilder · Creature Collector · Tower Defense · Indie · Auto Battler · Retro · Perma Death · Rogue-like · Strategy · 2D · Top-Down (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Partial Controller Support · Steam Cloud · Stats · Family Sharing |
| Languages | English, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, French |
| Achievements | 29 |
| Estimated owners | 20,000 – 50,000 (SteamSpy) |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS *: Windows 7 Processor: 2.0GHz Memory: 2 GB RAM Graphics: Integrated Graphics Storage: 200 MB available space