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Tower Wars

SuperVillain Studios · 2012-08-14

Steam

ActionIndieStrategy

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative

Releases: Jul 02, 2012 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Jul 02, 2012 (Mac)

Tower Wars combines elements of tower defense, RTS, and all-out multi-player mayhem to bring you a completely unique experience, delivered with a fun and funny not-so-old world style!

Tower Wars is an Action, Indie, Strategy game released in 2012, priced at $7.99, with an estimated 200,000 .. 500,000 owners and a Mostly Positive review sentiment (72% of 1754 reviews).

2
playing now
72%
positive of 1.8k reviews
Mostly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
50/100
IGDB user rating (4 ratings)
gold
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$7.99
steam price (US)

2 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 05:00 UTC (census sample)

Health check

Quiet
  • · 2 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 7 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~1/week).
  • · Review velocity down 46% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 12% of 27,908 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-30

Estimated sales: 70k–140k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 1,755 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $1.09 at MacGameStore (2026-07-28) · bundled 8×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $1.09 · on sale 0 of 1 observed days (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
9920162026Week of 2016-11-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2016-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2016-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-01-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-02-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2017-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-04-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2017-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-07-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-07-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2017-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2017-10-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2017-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2017-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-06-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2019-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-11-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-02-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2020-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2020-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-09-01: 4 negativeWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-03-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2024-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-01-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-08-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-04-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negative
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

502026-09-15 14:00 — 4 players2026-09-16 22:00 — 2 players2026-09-18 06:00 — 2 players2026-09-19 13:00 — 2 players2026-09-20 21:00 — 1 players2026-09-22 05:00 — 2 players2026-09-23 12:00 — 2 players2026-09-24 20:00 — 3 players2026-09-26 03:00 — 3 players2026-09-27 11:00 — 0 players2026-09-28 18:00 — 1 players2026-09-30 02:00 — 4 players2026-10-01 09:00 — 1 players2026-10-02 17:00 — 5 players2026-10-04 01:00 — 1 players2026-10-05 08:00 — 1 players2026-10-06 16:00 — 1 players2026-10-07 23:00 — 0 players2026-10-09 07:00 — 2 players2026-10-10 14:00 — 4 players2026-10-11 22:00 — 4 players2026-10-13 06:00 — 2 players2026-10-14 13:00 — 1 players2026-10-15 05:00 — 2 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
3372Aug 2012May 2026Aug 2012 — avg 337 · peak 830Jan 2013 — avg 50 · peak 167Jun 2013 — avg 59 · peak 295Nov 2013 — avg 79 · peak 401Apr 2014 — avg 29 · peak 63Sep 2014 — avg 52 · peak 168Feb 2015 — avg 41 · peak 117Jul 2015 — avg 24 · peak 49Dec 2015 — avg 22 · peak 58May 2016 — avg 16 · peak 43Oct 2016 — avg 14 · peak 37Mar 2017 — avg 12 · peak 29Aug 2017 — avg 8 · peak 27Jan 2018 — avg 8 · peak 24Jun 2018 — avg 6 · peak 17Nov 2018 — avg 5 · peak 17Apr 2019 — avg 5 · peak 21Sep 2019 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2020 — avg 6 · peak 20Jul 2020 — avg 5 · peak 17Dec 2020 — avg 5 · peak 15May 2021 — avg 4 · peak 12Oct 2021 — avg 4 · peak 13Mar 2022 — avg 5 · peak 12Aug 2022 — avg 5 · peak 11Jan 2023 — avg 4 · peak 9Jun 2023 — avg 3 · peak 12Nov 2023 — avg 4 · peak 11Apr 2024 — avg 4 · peak 13Sep 2024 — avg 4 · peak 12Feb 2025 — avg 3 · peak 9Dec 2025 — avg 2 · peak 5May 2026 — avg 2 · peak 9
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$9.99$1.092015-01-012026-07-282015-01-01 — best price $3.992015-01-09 — best price $9.992015-02-16 — best price $7.992015-06-22 — best price $7.992015-07-15 — best price $1.992015-07-21 — best price $1.992015-11-02 — best price $7.992015-12-01 — best price $7.992016-01-04 — best price $7.992016-02-12 — best price $7.992016-07-04 — best price $7.992016-09-05 — best price $2.492016-10-18 — best price $7.992018-07-17 — best price $7.992019-03-08 — best price $7.992020-03-17 — best price $7.992020-03-25 — best price $6.612020-04-14 — best price $6.612020-05-12 — best price $6.612020-07-15 — best price $7.992023-10-20 — best price $7.992024-06-10 — best price $7.992026-07-28 — best price $1.09
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Completion

35
achievements tracked
37.4%
earned "I R GUD LERNR"
1.1%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPOnline PvPCo-opOnline Co-opCross-Platform MultiplayerSteam AchievementsSteam Trading CardsSteam Workshop

2 supported languages: English, Russian

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
Steam (Steam)10,0290%35

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

Player tags

Co-opIndieActionStrategyDifficultSteampunkMultiplayerOnline Co-OpSingleplayerTower Defense

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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