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Bloons TD 5 cover art

Bloons TD 5

Ninja Kiwi · 2014-11-19

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ActionStrategy

Franchise: Bloons TD · Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Bird view / Isometric

Releases: Oct 03, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 15, 2012 (iOS), Dec 14, 2011 (Web browser), Mar 03, 2017 (Xbox One), May 09, 2017 (PlayStation 4), Jun 13, 2018 (Nintendo Switch)

Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability. The Bloons are back in full HD glory and this time they mean business! Build awesome towers, choose your favorite upgrades, hire new Special Agents, and pop every last invading Bloon in the most popular tower defense series in history.

Bloons TD 5 is an Action and Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Very Positive (95% of 11974 reviews) rating.

155
playing now
95%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (54 ratings)
21
Nexus mods (25k downloads)
4.56★
PlayStation Store rating (1,639 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

155 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 12:00 UTC (census sample)

Bloons Tower Defense is a series of tower defense games under the Bloons series created and produced by Ninja Kiwi. The game was initially developed as a browser game, built upon the Adobe Flash platform and released in mid 2007. Later games in the series expanded to support various mobile platforms, including Android, iOS, Windows Phone, PlayStation Portable, Nintendo DSi, Windows, Linux and MacOS. Older games in the Bloons series are available through the Ninja Kiwi Archive on Steam, with the newest game in the archive being Bloons TD 5.

Trailer

Bloons TD 5 trailer thumbnail

Bloons TD 5 Official trailer

≈403,787 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Healthy
  • · 155 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 326 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~41/week).
  • · Review velocity down 17% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 4% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 299k–718k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,974 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2019-11-26) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 6 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
28928920182026Week of 2018-01-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 69 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 75 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 37 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 155 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 190 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 191 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 289 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 220 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 120 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 105 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 117 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 261 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 137 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 127 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 156 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 131 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 123 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 179 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 204 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 196 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 85 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 94 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 112 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 58 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 60 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 124 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 80 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 70 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 73 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 45 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 62 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 78 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 51 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 79 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 48 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 41 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

232962026-09-15 13:00 — 120 players2026-09-16 21:00 — 170 players2026-09-18 05:00 — 110 players2026-09-19 12:00 — 128 players2026-09-20 20:00 — 186 players2026-09-22 03:00 — 142 players2026-09-23 11:00 — 129 players2026-09-24 18:00 — 180 players2026-09-26 02:00 — 161 players2026-09-27 09:00 — 129 players2026-09-28 17:00 — 173 players2026-09-30 00:00 — 161 players2026-10-01 08:00 — 126 players2026-10-02 15:00 — 163 players2026-10-03 23:00 — 206 players2026-10-05 07:00 — 137 players2026-10-06 15:00 — 186 players2026-10-07 22:00 — 163 players2026-10-09 06:00 — 113 players2026-10-10 13:00 — 176 players2026-10-11 21:00 — 194 players2026-10-13 04:00 — 123 players2026-10-14 12:00 — 155 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
668125Nov 2014Aug 2026Nov 2014 — avg 251 · peak 476Mar 2015 — avg 154 · peak 303Jul 2015 — avg 409 · peak 1,630Nov 2015 — avg 277 · peak 518Mar 2016 — avg 267 · peak 477Jul 2016 — avg 346 · peak 791Nov 2016 — avg 314 · peak 578Mar 2017 — avg 391 · peak 708Jul 2017 — avg 396 · peak 733Nov 2017 — avg 507 · peak 1,099Mar 2018 — avg 364 · peak 634Jul 2018 — avg 429 · peak 790Nov 2018 — avg 278 · peak 478Mar 2019 — avg 240 · peak 452Jul 2019 — avg 221 · peak 407Nov 2019 — avg 194 · peak 470Mar 2020 — avg 201 · peak 335Jul 2020 — avg 242 · peak 458Nov 2020 — avg 173 · peak 422Mar 2021 — avg 255 · peak 501Jul 2021 — avg 221 · peak 388Nov 2021 — avg 248 · peak 492Mar 2022 — avg 177 · peak 273Jul 2022 — avg 168 · peak 249Nov 2022 — avg 180 · peak 276Mar 2023 — avg 179 · peak 313Jul 2023 — avg 224 · peak 408Nov 2023 — avg 159 · peak 263Mar 2024 — avg 158 · peak 239Jul 2024 — avg 153 · peak 253Nov 2024 — avg 150 · peak 238Mar 2025 — avg 168 · peak 270Jul 2025 — avg 201 · peak 346Nov 2025 — avg 146 · peak 232Mar 2026 — avg 167 · peak 287Jul 2026 — avg 131 · peak 212Aug 2026 — avg 141 · peak 239
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-10-102015-01-01 — best price $9.992015-07-22 — best price $9.992016-01-04 — best price $9.992016-07-04 — best price $9.992016-11-01 — best price $9.992017-01-02 — best price $9.992017-05-25 — best price $9.992017-09-21 — best price $9.992017-11-22 — best price $4.992018-01-11 — best price $4.992018-06-21 — best price $4.992018-11-15 — best price $4.992019-01-03 — best price $9.992019-05-23 — best price $9.992019-09-12 — best price $9.992019-11-26 — best price $0.992019-12-19 — best price $0.992020-02-17 — best price $4.992020-05-07 — best price $4.992020-08-27 — best price $4.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-07-08 — best price $9.992021-12-01 — best price $9.992022-02-03 — best price $9.992022-10-31 — best price $9.992023-01-05 — best price $9.992023-07-13 — best price $9.992023-11-28 — best price $9.992024-03-21 — best price $9.992024-08-05 — best price $9.992024-12-04 — best price $9.992025-03-20 — best price $9.992025-07-10 — best price $9.992025-11-03 — best price $9.992026-03-09 — best price $4.992026-06-25 — best price $4.992026-09-12 — best price $9.992026-10-10 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2031102026-05-31 — 152 pageviews2026-06-04 — 186 pageviews2026-06-08 — 176 pageviews2026-06-12 — 139 pageviews2026-06-16 — 152 pageviews2026-06-20 — 150 pageviews2026-06-24 — 172 pageviews2026-06-28 — 173 pageviews2026-07-02 — 163 pageviews2026-07-06 — 147 pageviews2026-07-10 — 125 pageviews2026-07-14 — 165 pageviews2026-07-18 — 139 pageviews2026-07-22 — 134 pageviews2026-07-26 — 167 pageviews2026-07-30 — 155 pageviews2026-08-03 — 130 pageviews2026-08-07 — 202 pageviews2026-08-11 — 161 pageviews2026-08-15 — 113 pageviews2026-08-19 — 148 pageviews2026-08-23 — 132 pageviews2026-08-27 — 169 pageviews2026-08-31 — 144 pageviews2026-09-04 — 155 pageviews2026-09-08 — 177 pageviews2026-09-12 — 128 pageviews2026-09-16 — 178 pageviews2026-09-20 — 171 pageviews2026-09-24 — 176 pageviews2026-09-28 — 179 pageviews2026-10-02 — 187 pageviews2026-10-06 — 181 pageviews2026-10-10 — 110 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
60.4%
earned "MOAB Assassin"
6.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing18 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Danish, Finnish, Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese - Brazil, Russian…

Post-launch support: 18 DLC released, first 2017-08-17, latest 2022-11-15 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)2,58413%48
Xbox One (Xbox)1,6883%47
Switch (Nintendo)620%0

Players tracked by Exophase (achievement/trophy trackers) — a sample of the player base, not total sales.

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCo-opFunnyActionCasualSandboxColorfulStrategyMultiplayerOnline Co-Op

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

Recent updates

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