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Element TD 2 - Tower Defense cover art

Element TD 2 - Tower Defense

Element Studios · 2021-04-02

Steam

IndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Apr 02, 2021 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Element TD 2 sees you combine powerful elements to create unique towers. Prove your defenses against challenging foes, and compete or cooperate with others to determine who has mastered the elements.

30
playing now
90%
positive of 3.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
70/100
IGDB user rating (7 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

30 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 03:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 30 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 140 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~18/week).
  • · Review velocity up 21% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (424 reviews).
  • · Top 12% of 17,990 Indie games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 65k–145k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,232 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $5.99 at Steam (2026-05-02) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 7 of 14 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
37637620202026Week of 2020-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2020-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 74 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-01-01: 71 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 107 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2021-03-01: 67 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2021-04-01: 376 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 48 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 129 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 17 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 76 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 11 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 54 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 13 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 122 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2021-12-01: 59 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 44 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 34 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 32 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-10-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2022-12-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 26 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-01-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 47 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 10 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 9 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 29 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-09-01: 36 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 8 negativeWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 6 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-06-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 4 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

102232026-08-07 00:00 — 39 players2026-08-07 08:00 — 40 players2026-08-07 16:00 — 71 players2026-08-08 00:00 — 54 players2026-08-08 08:00 — 52 players2026-08-08 16:00 — 81 players2026-08-09 00:00 — 55 players2026-08-09 08:00 — 42 players2026-08-09 16:00 — 69 players2026-08-10 00:00 — 43 players2026-08-10 08:00 — 34 players2026-08-10 16:00 — 70 players2026-08-11 00:00 — 40 players2026-08-11 08:00 — 36 players2026-08-11 16:00 — 57 players2026-08-13 00:00 — 33 players2026-08-14 07:00 — 34 players2026-08-15 15:00 — 63 players2026-08-16 23:00 — 44 players2026-08-18 07:00 — 28 players2026-08-19 14:00 — 47 players2026-08-20 22:00 — 36 players2026-08-22 05:00 — 44 players2026-08-23 13:00 — 62 players2026-08-24 20:00 — 66 players2026-08-26 04:00 — 35 players2026-08-27 13:00 — 47 players2026-08-28 20:00 — 102 players2026-08-30 03:00 — 30 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$5.992020-02-282026-07-092020-02-28 — best price $9.992020-05-04 — best price $9.992020-07-09 — best price $9.992020-12-01 — best price $9.992021-01-05 — best price $9.992021-02-15 — best price $9.992021-06-24 — best price $13.492021-11-24 — best price $12.742021-12-22 — best price $11.992022-01-29 — best price $11.992022-06-23 — best price $10.492022-11-22 — best price $8.992022-12-22 — best price $7.492023-03-16 — best price $7.492023-06-29 — best price $7.492023-08-28 — best price $7.492023-11-21 — best price $7.492023-12-21 — best price $7.492024-02-06 — best price $7.492024-03-14 — best price $7.492024-05-12 — best price $7.492024-06-27 — best price $7.492024-07-29 — best price $7.492024-09-27 — best price $7.492024-11-27 — best price $7.492024-12-19 — best price $7.492025-01-27 — best price $7.492025-03-13 — best price $7.492025-06-26 — best price $7.492025-09-05 — best price $7.492025-09-29 — best price $6.742025-12-18 — best price $6.742026-03-09 — best price $6.742026-03-19 — best price $6.742026-05-02 — best price $5.992026-06-25 — best price $5.992026-07-09 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

60+
achievements tracked
57.1%
earned "Cow Farmer"
9.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPLAN PvPCo-opOnline Co-opLAN Co-opSteam AchievementsSteam Cloud1 DLC

15 supported languages: English, Italian, German, Dutch, Spanish - Latin America, Swedish, Romanian, French, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Czech…

Player tags

3DPvEPvPRTSFantasyBuildingStrategyTacticalTeam-BasedCompetitive

Census log

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

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