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Tower Factory

Gius Caminiti · 2024-11-07

Steam

ActionIndieSimulationStrategyEarly Access

Modes: Single player

Releases: Nov 07, 2024 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?

Tower Factory is an Action, Indie, Simulation, and Strategy game released in 2024, priced at $14.99, with an owner estimate of 20,000 .. 50,000 and a Very Positive review sentiment (89% of 1240 reviews).

68
playing now
89%
positive of 1.2k reviews
Very Positive
steam rating
20,000–50,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
10h
to beat · rushed 5h · completionist 15h
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$14.99
steam price (US)

68 players in-game as of 2026-08-30 11:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Cooling
  • · 68 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 26 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~3/week).
  • · Review velocity down 57% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Current weekly pace is under 5% of the all-time peak week (173 reviews).
  • · Top 32% of 10,791 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 25k–56k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,240 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $11.99 at Steam (2024-12-19)via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $14.99 · on sale 10 of 20 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
14914920242026Week of 2024-11-07: 149 positiveWeek of 2024-11-07: 24 negativeWeek of 2024-11-14: 53 positiveWeek of 2024-11-14: 7 negativeWeek of 2024-11-21: 29 positiveWeek of 2024-11-21: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-11-28: 36 positiveWeek of 2024-11-28: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-05: 18 positiveWeek of 2024-12-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-12-12: 5 negativeWeek of 2024-12-19: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-19: 4 negativeWeek of 2024-12-26: 20 positiveWeek of 2024-12-26: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-01-02: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-09: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-01-09: 7 negativeWeek of 2025-01-16: 33 positiveWeek of 2025-01-16: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-23: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-01-23: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-01-30: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-01-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-02-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-02-06: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-02-13: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-02-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-02-27: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-02-27: 5 negativeWeek of 2025-03-06: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-03-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-13: 15 positiveWeek of 2025-03-13: 4 negativeWeek of 2025-03-20: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-20: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-03-27: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-03-27: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-04-03: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-04-10: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-04-17: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-04-24: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-05-08: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-05-15: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 13 positiveWeek of 2025-05-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-29: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 3 positiveWeek of 2025-06-05: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-06-12: 20 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-06-19: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-26: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-06-26: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-03: 9 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-07-10: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-17: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-07-17: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-24: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-07-24: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-07-31: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-07-31: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-08-07: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-08-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-14: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-08-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-21: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-08-28: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-04: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-09-11: 17 positiveWeek of 2025-09-11: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-18: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-09-18: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-09-25: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 16 positiveWeek of 2025-10-02: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-10-09: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-10-09: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-16: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-10-23: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-10-30: 10 positiveWeek of 2025-10-30: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-06: 8 positiveWeek of 2025-11-06: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-11-13: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-11-20: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-11-27: 7 positiveWeek of 2025-12-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-12-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-12-18: 4 positiveWeek of 2025-12-25: 8 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-08: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-08: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-01-15: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-01-15: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-22: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-01-22: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-29: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-02-05: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-02-12: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-19: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-02-26: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-03-05: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-12: 25 positiveWeek of 2026-03-12: 4 negativeWeek of 2026-03-19: 17 positiveWeek of 2026-03-19: 3 negativeWeek of 2026-03-26: 20 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-04-02: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-09: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-16: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-23: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-04-23: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-04-30: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-04-30: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-07: 9 positiveWeek of 2026-05-07: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-14: 2 positiveWeek of 2026-05-14: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-05-21: 7 positiveWeek of 2026-05-28: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 6 positiveWeek of 2026-06-04: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-06-11: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-18: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-06-25: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-02: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-07-09: 3 positiveWeek of 2026-07-16: 5 positiveWeek of 2026-07-23: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-30: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-08-06: 2 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

68172026-08-12 00:00 — 17 players2026-08-12 15:00 — 25 players2026-08-13 07:00 — 20 players2026-08-13 23:00 — 22 players2026-08-14 15:00 — 35 players2026-08-15 07:00 — 19 players2026-08-15 22:00 — 27 players2026-08-16 14:00 — 35 players2026-08-17 06:00 — 21 players2026-08-17 22:00 — 23 players2026-08-18 14:00 — 39 players2026-08-19 06:00 — 21 players2026-08-19 21:00 — 34 players2026-08-20 13:00 — 38 players2026-08-21 05:00 — 19 players2026-08-21 21:00 — 44 players2026-08-22 12:00 — 40 players2026-08-23 04:00 — 27 players2026-08-23 20:00 — 47 players2026-08-24 12:00 — 26 players2026-08-25 04:00 — 23 players2026-08-25 19:00 — 46 players2026-08-26 12:00 — 37 players2026-08-27 04:00 — 27 players2026-08-27 20:00 — 52 players2026-08-28 12:00 — 26 players2026-08-29 03:00 — 43 players2026-08-29 19:00 — 58 players2026-08-30 11:00 — 68 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).

Price history

$14.99$11.992024-11-072026-07-202024-11-07 — best price $14.992024-12-19 — best price $11.992025-01-02 — best price $14.992025-01-13 — best price $11.992025-01-20 — best price $14.992025-02-24 — best price $11.992025-03-03 — best price $14.992025-03-13 — best price $11.992025-03-20 — best price $14.992025-04-07 — best price $11.992025-04-14 — best price $14.992025-06-16 — best price $11.992025-06-23 — best price $14.992025-06-27 — best price $11.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-07-28 — best price $11.992025-08-04 — best price $14.992025-09-08 — best price $11.992025-09-15 — best price $14.992025-09-29 — best price $11.992025-10-06 — best price $14.992025-11-03 — best price $11.992025-11-10 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $11.992026-01-12 — best price $14.992026-03-09 — best price $11.992026-03-16 — best price $14.992026-03-19 — best price $11.992026-03-26 — best price $14.992026-04-20 — best price $11.992026-04-27 — best price $14.992026-06-01 — best price $11.992026-06-08 — best price $14.992026-06-25 — best price $11.992026-07-09 — best price $14.992026-07-13 — best price $11.992026-07-20 — best price $14.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

21
achievements tracked
69.8%
earned "Silent Meadows"
18.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsSingle-playerSteam AchievementsSteam CloudFamily Sharing1 DLC

10 supported languages: English, French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Simplified Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Russian, Spanish - Latin America

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)6063%21

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

Player tags

RTSCraftingStrategyAction RTSAutomationManagementRogue-likeRogue-liteSimulationCity Builder

Census log

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

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