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TDS - Tower Defense Strategy

Blockage · 2025-05-23

Steam

AdventureIndieStrategy

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

Releases: May 23, 2025 (Linux), May 23, 2025 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), May 23, 2025 (Mac)

TOWER ▪ DEFENSE ▪ STRATEGY. Control Vessels. Utilize their uniquely deep set of towers. Create an everchanging defense. Play with friends. Protect your Basin at all costs. An absolute Tower Defense, Real-Time Strategy Hybrid

TDS - Tower Defense Strategy is an Adventure, Indie, Strategy game released in 2025, priced at $17.99, with an estimated 0 .. 20,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (81% of 369 reviews).

81%
positive of 376 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
1
Nexus mods (0 downloads)
60h
to beat · rushed 40h · completionist 75h
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$17.99
steam price (US)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 17 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 22% of 29,201 Adventure games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 7.5k–17k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 376 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $9.89 at Humble Store (2025-05-26) · bundled 2×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $17.99 · on sale 9 of 18 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
424220242026Week of 2024-08-21: 42 positiveWeek of 2024-08-21: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-28: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-08-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-09-04: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-09-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-09-18: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-13: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-11-20: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-11-27: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-12-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-12-11: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2024-12-25: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-15: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-22: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-01-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-12: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-02-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-02-26: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-03-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-03-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-02: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-04-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-16: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-04-23: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-21: 26 positiveWeek of 2025-05-21: 11 negativeWeek of 2025-05-28: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-05-28: 6 negativeWeek of 2025-06-04: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-11: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-06-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-18: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-25: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-25: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-02: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-07-02: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-07-09: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-07-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-16: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-16: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-07-23: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-06: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-13: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-08-13: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-20: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-08-20: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-27: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-09-03: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-17: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-15: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-10-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-29: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-05: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-12: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-26: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-11-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-10: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-24: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-31: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-21: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-01-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-02-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-02-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-25: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-04: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-03-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-18: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-03-25: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-04-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-29: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-05-20: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-06-10: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-08: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-15: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Price history

$17.99$9.892024-08-212026-08-032024-08-21 — best price $14.932024-08-30 — best price $14.932024-09-07 — best price $17.992024-09-22 — best price $17.992024-10-21 — best price $17.992024-11-01 — best price $17.992024-11-28 — best price $14.392024-12-09 — best price $13.492024-12-19 — best price $13.492025-02-03 — best price $13.492025-03-13 — best price $12.952025-03-24 — best price $17.992025-03-28 — best price $13.492025-04-26 — best price $17.992025-05-26 — best price $9.892025-06-21 — best price $17.992025-07-10 — best price $12.952025-09-05 — best price $12.952025-09-29 — best price $12.952025-10-19 — best price $12.952025-12-18 — best price $12.952026-01-24 — best price $12.952026-03-09 — best price $12.952026-03-19 — best price $12.952026-04-18 — best price $10.792026-06-01 — best price $12.952026-06-25 — best price $10.792026-07-20 — best price $10.792026-08-03 — best price $17.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

45
achievements tracked
73.9%
earned "Fresh Boat"
18.2%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerCo-opOnline Co-opSteam AchievementsFull controller supportAdjustable Text SizeCamera ComfortCustom Volume ControlsAdjustable Difficulty1 DLC

14 supported languages: English, French, German, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese - Portugal, Simplified Chinese, Spanish - Latin America, Italian, Spanish - Spain, Portuguese - Brazil…

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2025-05-22 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)1423%45

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

Player tags

3DPvERTS2.5DCo-opFantasyBuildingAction RTSAtmosphericExploration

Census log

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

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