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Wool at the Gates
A minimalist tactical base defense game where you fight as a hero, command troops, and build powerful class synergies while fortifying your city against relentless waves of invading sheep.
What players say
Steam review score and the most-helpful voices, which may include critical ones. Score via Steam as of 2026-09-26.
“yeah it's like thronefall but with more build variety for your hero, towers and units. Also there are a lot of different challenges. Not many levels but they all have 12 waves and starting from 10th can be quite difficult.”
— a player, Steam review · 8 hrs played“When I'm reviewing a game I always like to make sure my expectations for the game are realistic. How much value am I getting for what I'm investing? This mainly comes down to three factors -- game cost, total play hours, and overall enjoyment/satisfaction. I was able to beat the…”
— a player, Steam review · 6 hrs played“Honestly, I could not recommend this game enough. Pure enjoyment”
— a player, Steam review · 12 hrs playedAchievement 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.
Latest official news
Developer announcements via the Steam news API — links go to the original posts. More across all games on the news hub.
Fixed Rath hero ability AOE hit detection
Rath's Death Fall ability would incorrectly calculate its hit area, sometimes causing it to fail to do damage to enemies. This has been fixed.
Fixed locked content bug when updating from Early Access saves
Fixed a bug where some unlockable content would be locked despite your account level being higher than the required unlock level when updating from older save files to the full release.
V1.0 Out Now!
The full release of Wool at the Gates is finally out after over a year in Early Access! We are celebrating the release with a 25% discount for the next 2 weeks! Completed Roadmap In version 1.0, we ha
Full Release June 10th
One year ago today, Wool at the Gates launched into Early Access! Wool at the Gates has evolved into a much larger, more polished, and more complete experience than it was at launch thanks to all of y
Tower Defense Fest
Wool at the Gates is 20% off during Steam’s Tower Defense Fest ( March 9th - 16th) . If you’ve been waiting to pick it up, now’s a great time! We’re also excited to share that the 1.0 release update i
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Screenshots
Official Steam store screenshots — click any shot to enlarge.
Facts & details
From the Steam store record, snapshot 2026-09-26.
| Genres | Strategy |
| Player tags | Tower Defense · Strategy · City Builder · Action RTS · Medieval · Minimalist · Action · Class-Based · 3D · Building · Colorful · Isometric (SteamSpy community voting) |
| Features | Single-player · Steam Achievements · Full controller support · Custom Volume Controls · Adjustable Difficulty · Playable without Timed Input · DualShock Controller Support · DualShock Controller Support |
| Languages | English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Korean, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian, Simplified Chinese |
| Controller | Full support |
| Achievements | 38 |
Minimum system requirements (PC)
Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX970 Storage: 1 GB available space