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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

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.

143
playing now
95%
positive of 12k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
72/100
IGDB user rating (54 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)

143 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 02:00 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.

Health check

Healthy
  • · 143 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 10% of 10,903 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 299k–717k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 11,955 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 7 of 14 observed days · $9.00 above the all-time low (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

197872026-08-06 23:00 — 135 players2026-08-07 07:00 — 87 players2026-08-07 15:00 — 132 players2026-08-07 23:00 — 151 players2026-08-08 07:00 — 121 players2026-08-08 15:00 — 157 players2026-08-08 23:00 — 169 players2026-08-09 07:00 — 103 players2026-08-09 15:00 — 179 players2026-08-09 23:00 — 163 players2026-08-10 07:00 — 97 players2026-08-10 15:00 — 140 players2026-08-10 23:00 — 151 players2026-08-11 07:00 — 96 players2026-08-11 15:00 — 197 players2026-08-12 23:00 — 145 players2026-08-14 06:00 — 109 players2026-08-15 14:00 — 147 players2026-08-16 22:00 — 169 players2026-08-18 06:00 — 128 players2026-08-19 13:00 — 148 players2026-08-20 21:00 — 165 players2026-08-22 04:00 — 132 players2026-08-23 12:00 — 127 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 165 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 121 players2026-08-27 12:00 — 118 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 157 players2026-08-30 02:00 — 143 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$0.992015-01-012026-08-292015-01-01 — 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 $4.992026-08-29 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2051072026-05-31 — 152 pageviews2026-06-03 — 180 pageviews2026-06-06 — 162 pageviews2026-06-09 — 138 pageviews2026-06-12 — 139 pageviews2026-06-15 — 173 pageviews2026-06-18 — 165 pageviews2026-06-21 — 119 pageviews2026-06-24 — 172 pageviews2026-06-27 — 149 pageviews2026-06-30 — 173 pageviews2026-07-03 — 132 pageviews2026-07-06 — 147 pageviews2026-07-09 — 165 pageviews2026-07-12 — 157 pageviews2026-07-15 — 139 pageviews2026-07-18 — 139 pageviews2026-07-21 — 175 pageviews2026-07-24 — 144 pageviews2026-07-27 — 161 pageviews2026-07-30 — 155 pageviews2026-08-02 — 146 pageviews2026-08-05 — 145 pageviews2026-08-08 — 154 pageviews2026-08-11 — 161 pageviews2026-08-14 — 154 pageviews2026-08-17 — 151 pageviews2026-08-20 — 147 pageviews2026-08-23 — 132 pageviews2026-08-26 — 158 pageviews2026-08-28 — 146 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…

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.

Player tags

2DCo-opFunnyActionCasualSandboxColorfulStrategyMultiplayerOnline Co-Op

Census log

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

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