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Dwarf Tower cover art

Dwarf Tower

iosoftware · 2014-12-23

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer

Releases: Dec 23, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Dec 23, 2014 (Mac)

Dwarf Tower is a turn-based tactics game of tower building and spellcasting. Each turn you develop your tower by placing blocks, constructing rooms, and play various spells. Your tower can have Libraries (store spells), Crystals (generate mana), Dwarf Dwellings (give you dwarves to repair the tower) and some other rooms.

Dwarf Tower is an Indie and Strategy game released in 2014, priced at $0.99, with an estimated 20,000 to 50,000 owners and a Mostly Positive sentiment (71% of 278 reviews).— census verdict as of 2026-09-20

0
playing now
71%
positive of 278 reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
60/100
critic score (1 outlets, IGDB)
60/100
IGDB user rating (0 ratings)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Unknown
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: 0
$0.99
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 07:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 9 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 10% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 21% of 49,562 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-09-01

Estimated sales: 7.0k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 278 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $0.49 at Steam (2016-10-28) · bundled 3×via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920142026Week of 2014-12-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2014-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2015-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2015-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-03-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2015-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2015-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2015-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2015-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2015-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2015-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2015-12-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2016-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2016-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2016-07-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2016-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-11-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2017-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

002026-09-15 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-16 16:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-19 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-20 14:00 — 0 players2026-09-21 22:00 — 0 players2026-09-23 06:00 — 0 players2026-09-24 13:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-27 04:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 12:00 — 0 players2026-09-29 19:00 — 0 players2026-10-01 03:00 — 0 players2026-10-02 10:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-05 02:00 — 0 players2026-10-06 09:00 — 0 players2026-10-07 17:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 00:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 08:00 — 0 players2026-10-11 15:00 — 0 players2026-10-12 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-14 07:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$2.99$0.492015-01-012020-05-272015-01-01 — best price $2.002015-03-02 — best price $2.992016-01-15 — best price $1.492016-01-29 — best price $2.992016-05-08 — best price $1.792016-05-18 — best price $1.012016-05-20 — best price $2.992016-07-18 — best price $1.492016-07-25 — best price $2.992016-09-08 — best price $1.492016-09-22 — best price $2.992016-10-03 — best price $0.992016-10-10 — best price $0.592016-10-11 — best price $0.992016-10-28 — best price $0.492016-11-01 — best price $0.992016-12-22 — best price $0.492017-01-02 — best price $0.992017-01-12 — best price $0.892017-01-26 — best price $2.992017-02-01 — best price $0.892017-03-01 — best price $1.002017-05-11 — best price $1.492017-05-25 — best price $0.892018-01-03 — best price $2.992020-05-27 — best price $0.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
16.7%
earned "First Steps"
4.7%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsIncludes level editorFamily Sharing

12 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Dutch, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Russian, Turkish, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Spain, Hungarian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)2422%45

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

Player tags

DwarfIndieSandboxBuildingStrategyTacticalMultiplayerTower DefenseTurn-Based Tactics

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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