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Tower Escape

Final Screw · 2023-02-15

SteamGOG

CasualIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player

Releases: Feb 15, 2023 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Feb 15, 2023 (Linux), Feb 15, 2023 (Mac)

Tower Escape is a reverse tower defense game, where instead of defending against incoming enemies, you play the baddies and guide your minions to the exit. Recruit a team of minions, and collect powerful gems and relics that make each run unique.

Tower Escape is a Casual, Indie and Strategy title released in 2023, priced at $2.39, with an estimated 20,000 .. 50,000 owners and a Very Positive review sentiment (84% of 411 reviews).

0
playing now
84%
positive of 415 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Verified
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.39
steam price (US)

0 players in-game as of 2026-10-14 22:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 0 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 18 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity down 31% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (152 reviews).
  • · Top 14% of 29,286 Casual games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 8.3k–19k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 415 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

GOG$7.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.39 at Steam (2026-06-25) · bundled 1×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $7.99 · on sale 61 of 87 observed days · $5.60 above the all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
13813820232026Week of 2023-02-01: 138 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 14 negativeWeek of 2023-03-01: 33 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 7 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-06-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 19 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

402026-09-15 23:00 — 0 players2026-09-17 07:00 — 0 players2026-09-18 15:00 — 1 players2026-09-19 22:00 — 4 players2026-09-21 06:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 21:00 — 0 players2026-09-25 04:00 — 1 players2026-09-26 12:00 — 1 players2026-09-27 19:00 — 1 players2026-09-29 03:00 — 2 players2026-09-30 10:00 — 2 players2026-10-01 18:00 — 0 players2026-10-03 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-04 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 17:00 — 4 players2026-10-07 01:00 — 2 players2026-10-08 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-09 16:00 — 0 players2026-10-10 23:00 — 2 players2026-10-12 07:00 — 3 players2026-10-13 14:00 — 1 players2026-10-14 22:00 — 0 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
1362Feb 2023Aug 2026Feb 2023 — avg 136 · peak 281Mar 2023 — avg 24 · peak 65Apr 2023 — avg 21 · peak 68May 2023 — avg 6 · peak 18Jun 2023 — avg 6 · peak 26Jul 2023 — avg 6 · peak 14Aug 2023 — avg 4 · peak 14Sep 2023 — avg 4 · peak 19Oct 2023 — avg 3 · peak 8Nov 2023 — avg 5 · peak 14Dec 2023 — avg 4 · peak 12Jan 2024 — avg 5 · peak 20Feb 2024 — avg 3 · peak 10Mar 2024 — avg 3 · peak 12Apr 2024 — avg 3 · peak 8May 2024 — avg 2 · peak 12Jun 2024 — avg 2 · peak 9Jul 2024 — avg 4 · peak 11Aug 2024 — avg 2 · peak 10Sep 2024 — avg 2 · peak 5Apr 2026 — avg 4 · peak 15May 2026 — avg 3 · peak 12Jul 2026 — avg 3 · peak 10Aug 2026 — avg 2 · peak 7
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$7.99$2.392023-02-152026-10-152023-02-15 — best price $7.192023-06-05 — best price $7.992023-07-24 — best price $7.992023-10-10 — best price $5.992023-11-28 — best price $7.992024-03-14 — best price $5.192024-05-13 — best price $7.992024-07-29 — best price $4.792024-10-08 — best price $7.992024-11-07 — best price $4.792024-12-09 — best price $5.992025-01-03 — best price $7.992025-01-27 — best price $7.992025-03-10 — best price $7.992025-04-21 — best price $3.992025-05-19 — best price $7.992025-06-27 — best price $3.992025-07-31 — best price $7.992025-09-12 — best price $3.992025-09-29 — best price $3.992025-10-20 — best price $7.992025-12-11 — best price $3.592026-01-23 — best price $3.592026-03-11 — best price $4.792026-04-03 — best price $7.992026-05-04 — best price $3.192026-06-02 — best price $3.992026-07-29 — best price $2.392026-08-30 — best price $3.992026-09-04 — best price $3.992026-09-09 — best price $3.992026-09-14 — best price $3.992026-09-19 — best price $3.992026-09-24 — best price $3.992026-09-29 — best price $3.992026-10-04 — best price $3.992026-10-09 — best price $7.992026-10-14 — best price $7.992026-10-15 — best price $7.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

29
achievements tracked
96.9%
earned "Under Lock & Key"
20.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerSteam AchievementsPartial Controller SupportSteam CloudStatsFamily Sharing

9 supported languages: English, German, Japanese, Korean, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese, Portuguese - Brazil, Spanish - Latin America, French

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)8852%29

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

Player tags

2DCuteIndieRetroHorrorStrategyTop-DownRogue-likeRogue-litePerma Death

Census log

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

Recent updates

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