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Tower Lab
Enemies have no health, push them off instead. Weaponize physics in this physics-sandbox-inspired tower defense game with multiple game modes. Draft a deck, chain towers into living contraptions, grow and shrink every projectile, and launch hordes of robots off the edge.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-28.
“There seems to be a misconception that this is trying to be a serious roguelike deck builder. It's really not. It's a physics building game that happens to have casual versions of those features. The campaign does not try to force failure or an improvement loop. It moves you…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“Tower Lab is an 8/10 idea with a 4-5/10 execution. Having physics be your way of taking down the enemies feels great. There's just something so inherently satisfying about blowing robots to their deaths, instead of plinking away at health bars. In that regard, I feel like Tower…”
— a player, Steam review · 2 hrs played“I wanted to like this. The visuals are clean. Physics based TD is a really great concept. Short Review: If you want a neat little physics sandbox, you might enjoy this. If you're looking for roguelike mechanics, deck building, or anything to keep different runs fresh, this game…”
— a player, Steam review · 1 hrs playedPlayer activity
Monthly average concurrent players, self-collected from the Steam API since Aug 2026.
Achievement stats
Global completion rates across all Steam players — a data view of how far people actually get. Source: Steam official stats · as of 2026-10-18.
Price tracking
US-region pricing (USD), sampled twice daily by our own tracker since 2026-09-29. Steam prices vary by region — always confirm your local price on Steam.
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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.
Patch 0.1.0.1
Gameplay Reduced width of oversized unit colliders to better fit the models and reduce chances of stuck enemies. Removed run failed banner from the ending sequence of Endless Mode. Increased Sandbox d
Localization Hotfix
Fixed an issue that prevented changing languages in Settings. You may need to select your preferred language again. Thank you to the player who reported this through the in-game bug report tool!
Tower Lab is Released!
Tower Lab is now available! What's in the Early Access Launch? 3 Regions with a roguelite deck-building campaign mode with meta progression. Unlock new towers, cores, machines, traps, utility cards, a
EARLY ACCESS RELEASE DATE!
Hey everyone! We're excited to announce that... Tower Lab is coming to Early Access on September 7th! Early Access initially includes: 3 Regions with a roguelite deckbuilding campaign mode with meta p
The Road to Early Access!
Hey everyone! We wanted to take a minute to say thank you all for playing Tower Lab's demo! The demo has already been live for over 6 months, and we've received tons of valuable feedback, suggestions,
Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-28.
| Genres | Action, Casual, Indie, Simulation, Strategy, Early Access |
| Player tags | Physics · Sandbox · Simulation · Tower Defense · Building · 3D · Sci-fi · Strategy · Base Building · Roguelike · Roguelite · Action (Steam store community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Steam Workshop · Camera Comfort · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Mouse Only Option · Playable without Timed Input |
| Languages | English, French, German, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Japanese, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Spanish - Latin America, Korean, Polish, Turkish, Italian, Thai, Ukrainian, Vietnamese, Spanish - Spain |
| Achievements | 19 |
| Official site | https://www.playtugstudio.com/tower-lab |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system OS: Windows 10 64-bit Processor: Intel Core i5-4590 / AMD FX-8350 or equivalent Memory: 8 GB RAM Graphics: NVIDIA GTX 960 / AMD R9 280 (DirectX 11 compatible, 2GB VRAM) DirectX: Version 11 Storage: 2 GB available space Additional Notes: Requires 64-bit processor and operating system