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Broken Universe - Tower Defense cover art

Broken Universe - Tower Defense

Jinthree Studio · 2023-02-04

SteamPlayStation StoreMicrosoft Store

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: May 24, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Oct 14, 2022 (Nintendo Switch), Dec 02, 2022 (Xbox One), Nov 07, 2023 (PlayStation 4)

Get ready to rethink all your defense strategies! Build barricades to stop monsters, or lure them into a maze and attack. A variety of stages that change each time depending on how you play them.

Broken Universe - Tower Defense is a Casual, Indie and Strategy game released in 2023, priced at $9.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (91% of 313 reviews).

0
playing now
91%
positive of 313 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$9.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 06:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 18% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (113 reviews).
  • · Top 17% of 29,032 Casual games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 6.3k–14k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 313 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Microsoft Store$9.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

12-month high $9.99 · on sale 0 of 7 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
10310320212026Week of 2021-05-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 103 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

302026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 1 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 3 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 1 players2026-09-23 05:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 1 players2026-09-25 20:00 — 2 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 11:00 — 2 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 1 players2026-10-01 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 1 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 06:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$9.99$9.992026-08-302026-10-112026-08-30 — best price $9.992026-09-06 — best price $9.992026-09-13 — best price $9.992026-09-20 — best price $9.992026-09-27 — best price $9.992026-10-04 — best price $9.992026-10-11 — best price $9.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

57
achievements tracked
95.6%
earned "Ready!"
16.6%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudSteam LeaderboardsFamily Sharing

5 supported languages: English, Korean, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Spain

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)3213%57
Xbox One (Xbox)2154%54
PS4 (PlayStation)5614%55
PS4 (PlayStation)5118%55
PS4 (PlayStation)2821%55
PS4 (PlayStation)277%55
Switch (Nintendo)130%0

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

Player tags

2DPvECuteIndieSpaceCasualBuildingCartoonyColorfulStrategy

Census log

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

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