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TowerFall Ascension cover art

TowerFall Ascension

Maddy Makes Games Inc. · 2014-03-11

SteamGOGPlayStation StoreEpic Games StoreMicrosoft Store

ActionIndie

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative · Perspectives: Side view

Releases: Aug 01, 2014 (Ouya), Mar 11, 2014 (PlayStation 4), May 29, 2014 (Mac), May 29, 2014 (Linux), Jan 24, 2017 (Xbox One), Mar 11, 2014 (PC (Microsoft Windows))

TowerFall Ascension is the definitive version of the hit archery combat game. Inspired by classics from the golden age of couch multiplayer, it's a 4-player local party game centering around hilarious, intense versus matches. The core mechanics are simple and accessible, but hard to master and combat is fierce.

TowerFall Ascension is a $2.99 Action and Indie game released in 2014, estimated to have 200,000 .. 500,000 owners, with an Overwhelmingly Positive sentiment from 95% of 3622 reviews.

18
playing now
95%
positive of 3.6k reviews
Overwhelmingly Positive
steam's rating (official)
200,000–500,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
87/100
critic score (6 outlets, IGDB)
76/100
IGDB user rating (90 ratings)
4.15★
PlayStation Store rating (31,293 ratings)
platinum
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
Playable
Steam Deck (Valve)
SteamOS: Playable
$2.99
steam price (US)

18 players in-game as of 2026-10-15 20:00 UTC (census sample)

TowerFall is an action indie video game created by Maddy Thorson through her company Maddy Makes Games, which would later become Canadian developer and publisher Extremely OK Games. In the game, players control up to four archers in a multiplayer platform fighter. It was released on the Ouya microconsole in June 2013 and was later ported to PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Linux, OS X, and Windows as TowerFall Ascension and to the Nintendo Switch under its original title of TowerFall.

Trailer

TowerFall Ascension trailer thumbnail

Towerfall Ascension Launch Trailer (PS4)

≈153,631 YouTube results for this game's trailer search

Health check

Quietly active
  • · 18 players in-game at the last census sample.
  • · 111 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~14/week).
  • · Review velocity up 34% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 8% of 28,202 Action games in the census by review count.

Health tier since 2026-08-29

Estimated sales: 91k–217k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 3,622 total reviews — how this is computed.

Current store prices

Steam$2.99-80%
GOG$14.99
Microsoft Store$14.99

Deal snapshots via CheapShark, refreshed daily.

All-time low: $2.99 at Steam (2020-01-23) · bundled 6×via IsThereAnyDeal

12-month high $19.99 · on sale 95 of 100 observed days · at its all-time low (census price snapshots)

Review momentum

PositiveNegative
555520182026Week of 2018-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2018-01-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2018-02-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-04-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2018-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-07-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2018-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-10-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2018-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2018-12-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2018-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2019-01-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-03-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-04-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2019-05-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 38 positiveWeek of 2019-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-07-01: 50 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2019-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2019-10-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 55 positiveWeek of 2019-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2019-12-01: 46 positiveWeek of 2019-12-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-02-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-03-01: 40 positiveWeek of 2020-03-01: 5 negativeWeek of 2020-04-01: 21 positiveWeek of 2020-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-05-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 35 positiveWeek of 2020-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2020-07-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2020-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2020-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2020-11-01: 31 positiveWeek of 2020-12-01: 39 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2021-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-02-01: 22 positiveWeek of 2021-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2021-04-01: 19 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-05-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2021-06-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-07-01: 23 positiveWeek of 2021-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-08-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-09-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2021-11-01: 25 positiveWeek of 2021-12-01: 28 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 30 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-02-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-03-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-04-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-06-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2022-07-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-08-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-09-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2022-10-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2022-11-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2022-12-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2023-01-01: 20 positiveWeek of 2023-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2023-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2023-03-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-04-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 27 positiveWeek of 2023-08-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2023-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2023-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2023-12-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2024-01-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-02-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2024-04-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-06-01: 9 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-07-01: 17 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2024-08-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-09-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2024-10-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2024-12-01: 16 positiveWeek of 2024-12-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2025-01-01: 18 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-03-01: 3 negativeWeek of 2025-04-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-05-01: 5 positiveWeek of 2025-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-06-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-07-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-08-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2025-09-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-11-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2025-12-01: 12 positiveWeek of 2025-12-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-01-01: 15 positiveWeek of 2026-02-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-03-01: 14 positiveWeek of 2026-04-01: 10 positiveWeek of 2026-05-01: 13 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 11 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 24 positiveWeek of 2026-08-01: 8 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Players online

3102026-09-16 06:00 — 5 players2026-09-17 14:00 — 6 players2026-09-18 21:00 — 23 players2026-09-20 05:00 — 12 players2026-09-21 12:00 — 6 players2026-09-22 20:00 — 10 players2026-09-24 03:00 — 12 players2026-09-25 11:00 — 10 players2026-09-26 18:00 — 31 players2026-09-28 02:00 — 15 players2026-09-29 09:00 — 6 players2026-09-30 17:00 — 19 players2026-10-02 00:00 — 12 players2026-10-03 08:00 — 3 players2026-10-04 16:00 — 24 players2026-10-06 00:00 — 11 players2026-10-07 07:00 — 0 players2026-10-08 15:00 — 14 players2026-10-09 22:00 — 19 players2026-10-11 06:00 — 4 players2026-10-12 13:00 — 11 players2026-10-13 21:00 — 18 players2026-10-15 04:00 — 8 players2026-10-15 20:00 — 18 players
Concurrent players, hourly average, last 30 days (census samples).
9211Mar 2014Aug 2026Mar 2014 — avg 55 · peak 228Jul 2014 — avg 47 · peak 123Nov 2014 — avg 28 · peak 73Mar 2015 — avg 32 · peak 91Jul 2015 — avg 51 · peak 126Nov 2015 — avg 58 · peak 199Mar 2016 — avg 37 · peak 99Jul 2016 — avg 39 · peak 104Nov 2016 — avg 31 · peak 88Mar 2017 — avg 32 · peak 105Jul 2017 — avg 34 · peak 80Nov 2017 — avg 26 · peak 94Mar 2018 — avg 24 · peak 71Jul 2018 — avg 26 · peak 60Nov 2018 — avg 22 · peak 72Mar 2019 — avg 18 · peak 49Jul 2019 — avg 21 · peak 58Nov 2019 — avg 32 · peak 131Mar 2020 — avg 33 · peak 94Jul 2020 — avg 25 · peak 63Nov 2020 — avg 23 · peak 79Mar 2021 — avg 17 · peak 53Jul 2021 — avg 22 · peak 56Nov 2021 — avg 18 · peak 68Mar 2022 — avg 17 · peak 61Jul 2022 — avg 18 · peak 52Nov 2022 — avg 14 · peak 52Mar 2023 — avg 16 · peak 60Jul 2023 — avg 18 · peak 50Nov 2023 — avg 14 · peak 39Mar 2024 — avg 13 · peak 47Jul 2024 — avg 16 · peak 50Nov 2024 — avg 15 · peak 52Mar 2025 — avg 14 · peak 58Jul 2025 — avg 14 · peak 45Nov 2025 — avg 16 · peak 46Mar 2026 — avg 15 · peak 48Jul 2026 — avg 16 · peak 48Aug 2026 — avg 14 · peak 46
Monthly average players (source: steamcharts.com) — history via steamcharts.com; live census sampling since Aug 2026.

Price history

$19.99$2.992015-01-012026-10-152015-01-01 — best price $11.242015-05-25 — best price $14.992015-06-19 — best price $5.092015-09-18 — best price $14.992016-01-04 — best price $14.992016-07-04 — best price $14.992016-12-12 — best price $14.992017-07-05 — best price $14.992018-07-05 — best price $14.992019-10-28 — best price $7.492019-12-21 — best price $19.992020-04-02 — best price $3.992020-11-12 — best price $3.742021-02-11 — best price $2.992021-11-01 — best price $14.992022-01-04 — best price $14.992022-04-07 — best price $19.992022-07-28 — best price $19.992022-11-04 — best price $2.992022-12-15 — best price $3.992023-04-06 — best price $3.992023-07-07 — best price $14.992023-11-06 — best price $14.992024-03-21 — best price $14.992024-06-27 — best price $3.742024-11-03 — best price $14.992025-07-10 — best price $14.992025-10-22 — best price $14.992025-12-18 — best price $2.992026-03-12 — best price $14.992026-05-28 — best price $14.992026-08-14 — best price $2.992026-08-27 — best price $2.992026-09-06 — best price $2.992026-09-16 — best price $14.992026-09-26 — best price $14.992026-10-06 — best price $2.992026-10-15 — best price $2.99
Lowest recorded price across tracked stores, per day (census snapshots).

Attention

151862026-05-31 — 134 pageviews2026-06-04 — 109 pageviews2026-06-08 — 126 pageviews2026-06-12 — 102 pageviews2026-06-16 — 103 pageviews2026-06-20 — 87 pageviews2026-06-24 — 119 pageviews2026-06-28 — 87 pageviews2026-07-02 — 104 pageviews2026-07-06 — 116 pageviews2026-07-10 — 104 pageviews2026-07-14 — 108 pageviews2026-07-18 — 107 pageviews2026-07-22 — 124 pageviews2026-07-26 — 102 pageviews2026-07-30 — 117 pageviews2026-08-03 — 115 pageviews2026-08-07 — 104 pageviews2026-08-11 — 100 pageviews2026-08-15 — 92 pageviews2026-08-19 — 87 pageviews2026-08-23 — 105 pageviews2026-08-27 — 86 pageviews2026-08-31 — 100 pageviews2026-09-04 — 99 pageviews2026-09-08 — 151 pageviews2026-09-12 — 118 pageviews2026-09-16 — 110 pageviews2026-09-20 — 119 pageviews2026-09-24 — 92 pageviews2026-09-28 — 102 pageviews2026-10-02 — 104 pageviews2026-10-06 — 126 pageviews2026-10-09 — 99 pageviews
Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Completion

30
achievements tracked
39.4%
earned "Way of the Order"
4.8%
median achievement earned by

Global achievement rates from Steam.

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxFull controller supportSingle-playerMulti-playerPvPShared/Split Screen PvPCo-opShared/Split Screen Co-opShared/Split ScreenSteam AchievementsFull controller supportSteam Trading Cards1 DLC

Post-launch support: 1 DLC released, first 2015-05-12 (Steam store data)

Console footprint

PlatformPlayers trackedCompletionTrophies/achievements
PS4 (PlayStation)16,8331%23
Steam (Steam)7,0490%30
Xbox One (Xbox)4260%23

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

Where its players are

Share of Steam reviews by language (top languages measured) — a proxy for where the player base lives.

Player tags

2DCo-opIndieActionArcadeFightingAdventure2D FighterControllerPlatformer

Census log

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

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Similarity via IGDB.

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