The Game Census
Bloons TD Battles cover art

Bloons TD Battles

Ninja Kiwi · 2016-04-20

SteamMicrosoft Store

ActionStrategyFree To Play

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

Releases: Apr 20, 2016 (Mac), Apr 20, 2016 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 18, 2013 (Android), Jul 18, 2013 (iOS)

Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 6, this all new Battles game is specially designed for multiplayer combat, featuring the ability to control bloons directly and send them charging past your opponent's defenses.

Bloons TD Battles is a free-to-play Action, Strategy and Free To Play game released in 2016, with an owner estimate of 1,000,000 .. 2,000,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 29319 reviews).

157
playing now
91%
positive of 29k reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
1,000,000–2,000,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
74/100
IGDB user rating (28 ratings)
36
Nexus mods (92k downloads)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
Free
steam price (US)

157 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 11:00 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
  • · 157 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 531 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~66/week).
  • · Review velocity down 7% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 3% of 27,667 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-27

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$0.00

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $0.99 at Steam (2021-08-06)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $0.00 · on sale 7 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
76876820182026Week of 2018-01-01: 178 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 30 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 149 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 25 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 166 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 121 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 145 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2018-08-01: 24 negativeWeek of 2018-09-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2018-10-01: 95 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 193 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 134 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 91 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 108 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 28 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 99 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 27 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 253 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 355 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 153 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 47 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 126 positiveWeek of 2019-10-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 716 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 44 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 768 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 665 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 64 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 517 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 38 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 595 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 495 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 50 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 435 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 432 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 441 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 34 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 434 positiveWeek of 2020-08-01: 26 negativeWeek of 2020-09-01: 370 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 33 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 408 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 447 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 37 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 594 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 740 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 74 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 609 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 35 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 656 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 56 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 658 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 52 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 597 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 53 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 575 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 55 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 682 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 57 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 695 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 59 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 762 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 49 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 748 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 41 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 477 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 43 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 366 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 32 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 334 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 271 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 293 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 262 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 254 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 249 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 274 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 216 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 173 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 199 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 224 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 217 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 18 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 192 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 202 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 189 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 200 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 186 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 23 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 188 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 167 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 154 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 151 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 140 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 113 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 21 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 116 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 119 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 106 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 22 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 102 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 15 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 114 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 111 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 12 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 89 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 16 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 86 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 101 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 84 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 83 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 81 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 72 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 66 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 57 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 65 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 63 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 56 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 61 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 20 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 53 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

2841212026-09-15 12:00 — 192 players2026-09-16 20:00 — 220 players2026-09-18 03:00 — 146 players2026-09-19 11:00 — 194 players2026-09-20 18:00 — 284 players2026-09-22 02:00 — 161 players2026-09-23 10:00 — 179 players2026-09-24 17:00 — 222 players2026-09-26 01:00 — 211 players2026-09-27 08:00 — 165 players2026-09-28 16:00 — 220 players2026-09-29 23:00 — 192 players2026-10-01 07:00 — 135 players2026-10-02 14:00 — 224 players2026-10-03 22:00 — 213 players2026-10-05 06:00 — 135 players2026-10-06 13:00 — 189 players2026-10-07 21:00 — 237 players2026-10-09 04:00 — 135 players2026-10-10 12:00 — 168 players2026-10-11 20:00 — 243 players2026-10-13 03:00 — 154 players2026-10-14 11:00 — 157 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1.2k169Apr 2016Aug 2026Apr 2016 — avg 1,205 · peak 2,577Aug 2016 — avg 538 · peak 822Dec 2016 — avg 592 · peak 1,239Apr 2017 — avg 741 · peak 1,390Aug 2017 — avg 548 · peak 849Dec 2017 — avg 922 · peak 1,734Apr 2018 — avg 660 · peak 1,159Aug 2018 — avg 614 · peak 934Dec 2018 — avg 483 · peak 839Apr 2019 — avg 560 · peak 992Aug 2019 — avg 647 · peak 1,166Dec 2019 — avg 685 · peak 1,200Apr 2020 — avg 688 · peak 1,065Aug 2020 — avg 583 · peak 855Dec 2020 — avg 687 · peak 1,045Apr 2021 — avg 802 · peak 1,181Aug 2021 — avg 1,027 · peak 1,713Dec 2021 — avg 657 · peak 1,232Apr 2022 — avg 449 · peak 697Aug 2022 — avg 427 · peak 647Dec 2022 — avg 394 · peak 620Apr 2023 — avg 391 · peak 625Aug 2023 — avg 338 · peak 501Dec 2023 — avg 270 · peak 490Apr 2024 — avg 253 · peak 378Aug 2024 — avg 253 · peak 371Dec 2024 — avg 213 · peak 316Apr 2025 — avg 213 · peak 314Aug 2025 — avg 170 · peak 268Dec 2025 — avg 183 · peak 285Apr 2026 — avg 221 · peak 331Aug 2026 — avg 206 · peak 321
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$0.00$0.002016-04-192026-10-082016-04-19 — best price $0.002026-08-27 — best price $0.002026-09-03 — best price $0.002026-09-10 — best price $0.002026-09-17 — best price $0.002026-09-24 — best price $0.002026-10-01 — best price $0.002026-10-08 — best price $0.00
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

2031132026-05-29 — 179 pageviews2026-06-02 — 165 pageviews2026-06-06 — 162 pageviews2026-06-10 — 163 pageviews2026-06-14 — 145 pageviews2026-06-18 — 165 pageviews2026-06-22 — 132 pageviews2026-06-26 — 168 pageviews2026-06-30 — 173 pageviews2026-07-04 — 149 pageviews2026-07-08 — 147 pageviews2026-07-12 — 157 pageviews2026-07-16 — 129 pageviews2026-07-20 — 182 pageviews2026-07-24 — 144 pageviews2026-07-28 — 196 pageviews2026-08-01 — 152 pageviews2026-08-05 — 145 pageviews2026-08-09 — 160 pageviews2026-08-13 — 161 pageviews2026-08-17 — 151 pageviews2026-08-21 — 149 pageviews2026-08-25 — 152 pageviews2026-08-29 — 126 pageviews2026-09-02 — 155 pageviews2026-09-06 — 151 pageviews2026-09-10 — 136 pageviews2026-09-14 — 203 pageviews2026-09-18 — 153 pageviews2026-09-22 — 156 pageviews2026-09-26 — 164 pageviews2026-09-30 — 144 pageviews2026-10-04 — 167 pageviews2026-10-07 — 192 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Twitch viewers

002026-10-02 01:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 02:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 03:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 04:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 05:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 06:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 07:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 08:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 09:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 10:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 11:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 12:34 — 0 viewers2026-10-02 13:34 — 0 viewers
Hourly Twitch viewers (census snapshots).

Completion

16
achievements tracked
72.9%
earned "Winner"
24.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIn-App PurchasesSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2016-05-26 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)28,6622%16

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

2DModPvPCo-opFunnyActionCasualStrategyCompetitiveMultiplayer

Census log

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

Recent updates

Players also track

Star Control®: OriginsSurvivalistTanziaReverse CrawlCitadel: Forged with FireForce of NatureDude SimulatorEternity: The Last Unicorn

Similarity via IGDB.

Official site ↗Wikipedia ↗Discord ↗Reddit ↗