Tower Wars

 PC
User Score
6.6

Mixed or average reviews- based on 57 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 57
  2. Mixed: 18 out of 57
  3. Negative: 12 out of 57

Review this game

  1. Your Score
    0 out of 10
    Rate this:
    • 10
    • 9
    • 8
    • 7
    • 6
    • 5
    • 4
    • 3
    • 2
    • 1
    • 0
    • 0
  1. Submit
  2. Check Spelling
view
per page
  1. VitaminK
    Aug 19, 2012
    5
    Just left me wanting more, too few maps, fun for a brief amount of time then gets old fast. Hopefully it will be developed more and then may be worth the 10$ they are asking...
  2. AWG
    Aug 9, 2013
    4
    Terrible framing, chaotic gameplay, ridicolous tutorial... and no single player mode. Yeah, what about no?
  3. Willybach
    Jun 28, 2013
    5
    The game had a lot of potential. That's why I bought it. Well, okay it was cheap that's also why I bought it. And I played it loads. It was kinda addictive. Though not in a good way. See, you get addicted cos you get determined to stop being a doormat, and having high level guys walk all over you. So you practice and practice and practice, and lo and behold, you start winning more gamesThe game had a lot of potential. That's why I bought it. Well, okay it was cheap that's also why I bought it. And I played it loads. It was kinda addictive. Though not in a good way. See, you get addicted cos you get determined to stop being a doormat, and having high level guys walk all over you. So you practice and practice and practice, and lo and behold, you start winning more games than you lose. Great. Problem is, there are so few strategies and the game just become this frantic race to level up to certain troops. Its actually pretty stressful. And not fun. Which surely ranks fairly high in any list of criterion for what makes a 'game'. But there are some guys who really really love it. Perhaps it might get better. It certainly needs more than the 4 maps currently employed in the main 1 v 1, ranked game.… Expand
  4. starsh3ro
    Sep 5, 2013
    4
    as the name states, its a tower defense game.
    got it from a bundle so i was curious how it is.
    well the graphics are sweet, thats the good part. there are only 3 different maps, and they arent so large either so it gets boring after a short amount of time. the controls are weird and annoying if youre trying to build fast. the tutorial for noobs only explains the basics,    as the name states, its a tower defense game.
    got it from a bundle so i was curious how it is.

    well the graphics are sweet, thats the good part.
    there are only 3 different maps, and they arent so large either so it gets boring after a short amount of time.
    the controls are weird and annoying if youre trying to build fast.

    the tutorial for noobs only explains the basics, multiplayer seems to be dead already.
    when youre lucky to find a match, you either play vs a complete autist or a 578347593845 skill guy whos playing day&night. pretty bad matchmaking.

    maybe its fun in coop, but all together its far away from being as good as warcraft 3 tower defense mods that i loved to play.

    7€ are not much, but because of the few maps and dead multiplayer, even this seems to be overpriced.    … Expand
  5. PattonMcCrotch
    May 31, 2013
    0
    Rude developers who shut down all dissent on forums and NO SINGLEPLAYER ruin what otherwise could have been a nice title. As it is it's a borefest missing major game modes that any other modern tower defense or even moba style game would have.
    This game had a high potential and failed hard. SupervillainStudios are ungrateful jerks. Don't give them your money.
  6. thetechnation
    Oct 17, 2013
    2
    i believe this game is still in beta and will need much more work before it is going to be a good game hardly no map selection available 3 maps and online is depressing i would not buy again
  7. ChunkySaurus
    Aug 18, 2012
    6
    Not a typical TD game in that the game play is mostly focused on player versus player instead of player vs AI. You create a wave of attackers while trying to fend off enemy waves using your own towers. There is a limited single player mode where you play against an AI that sends endless waves of progressively harder enemies. This mode is more of a time-attack as you can never "win".Not a typical TD game in that the game play is mostly focused on player versus player instead of player vs AI. You create a wave of attackers while trying to fend off enemy waves using your own towers. There is a limited single player mode where you play against an AI that sends endless waves of progressively harder enemies. This mode is more of a time-attack as you can never "win".

    Games take a long time to play out, even when you are losing badly. When you start to lose, the enemy waves get a little closer each time. It is a painfully slow way to go. My first game had me losing pretty badly because I had no idea what I was doing. Even so, it would have taken another 10 minutes for the other player to finish me off.

    Rather than wait for my inevitable defeat, I left the game (there is no surrender option). For that, I got a rage quit achievement ... so thanks for that.

    If there was a single player or co-op campaign mode, I would have given a higher score. TD versus players kind of feels like a really simplified RTS. If you've always wanted to play TD with a friends, this is for you. If you like classic TD, skip it.    … Expand
  8. Private_B
    Aug 16, 2012
    8
    I think this game is still the beta version and will be updated regularly. My first impression is very positive...the graphics look really good, the gameplay is smooth and the sound fits perfectly. You have a COOP-Mode, you can play 1 Vs 1, 2 Vs 2 and 3 Vs 3, random teams and custom ones. When you start playing, take 15 minutes for the tutorial mission! Then start a multiplayer game or theI think this game is still the beta version and will be updated regularly. My first impression is very positive...the graphics look really good, the gameplay is smooth and the sound fits perfectly. You have a COOP-Mode, you can play 1 Vs 1, 2 Vs 2 and 3 Vs 3, random teams and custom ones. When you start playing, take 15 minutes for the tutorial mission! Then start a multiplayer game or the single player mode. There are only few maps (so far I can see there are 3) and there is still a lot balancing work to do (custom coop-teams against random coop-teams are unfair, matchmaking systems needs an improvement)! But the developers are on a good way and due to the steam based ranking system, the motivation is pretty high!… Expand
  9. TheOddy
    Feb 20, 2013
    9
    Tower Wars is right up my alley simply because I get to fight real intelligence instead of predictable AIs. Don't get me wrong, I'm a sucker for classic TDs as well, and have completed just about every popular version out there, but to get real longevity you just need to fight real people. This game provides that.

    Also, the bugs and shortcomings posted at launch are pretty much fixed by    Tower Wars is right up my alley simply because I get to fight real intelligence instead of predictable AIs. Don't get me wrong, I'm a sucker for classic TDs as well, and have completed just about every popular version out there, but to get real longevity you just need to fight real people. This game provides that.

    Also, the bugs and shortcomings posted at launch are pretty much fixed by now. The game is bug free, new maps have been added, and the coop-mode people asked for was added months ago. I see little reason not to buy this game now, if you are a fan of TDs or TWs you will get loads of fun out of this title, for a great price to boot. See ya in-game!    … Expand
  10. Repentant
    Aug 21, 2012
    2
    As far as Tower Defense games goes it is quite good. If you are familiar with the Tropical Tower Wars mod for Warcraft III you would feel right at home. The major glaring problem I have with this game is the lack of AI available to play against in a single player mode. The learning curve is steep for a TD game (due to income, upgrading and battle point denying) and it would be nice to beAs far as Tower Defense games goes it is quite good. If you are familiar with the Tropical Tower Wars mod for Warcraft III you would feel right at home. The major glaring problem I have with this game is the lack of AI available to play against in a single player mode. The learning curve is steep for a TD game (due to income, upgrading and battle point denying) and it would be nice to be able to hone your skills against some good AI instead of having to go PVP. Sadly the only single player mode is a classic TD where you try to defeat waves. It is boring and gets old fast. Taking into account that you can get better classic tower defense games online for free (I.e. Gemcraft, Cursed Treasure), I feel that this game was a terrible disappointment. Being able have a game by yourself or with friends against AI would elevate this score much more. Hopefully there will be a patch in the future that rectifies this mistake.… Expand
  11. Panface
    Aug 19, 2012
    10
    This game is pretty good. At first i thought the game was a bit slow but as soon as you learn new tactics you can easily win quite fast. The game is only going to get better, since the developers are currently working on updates which will dramatically improve the game for many people. If you even slightly considered buying the game I would do so. However I would definitely buy it if itThis game is pretty good. At first i thought the game was a bit slow but as soon as you learn new tactics you can easily win quite fast. The game is only going to get better, since the developers are currently working on updates which will dramatically improve the game for many people. If you even slightly considered buying the game I would do so. However I would definitely buy it if it comes on sale in the future.… Expand
  12. Kassdhal
    Aug 25, 2012
    5
    Very disappointing as the core of the game is not available in single player. It s an interesting concept and realization but way to poor in single player to be worthy a acquisition.
  13. Butcher
    Aug 16, 2012
    5
    Do not be fooled. COOP usually means Players vs AI. This is not the case. It's all PvP. No coop in a Tower Defense game. This pretty much summarizes my thoughts. The lack of coop (multiple players against the AI) is unacceptable for a TD game. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_gameplay
  14. FlynnLives
    Sep 1, 2012
    10
    FINALLY! Someone made an actual Tower Wars game! The mods were so much fun, so it's awesome that SuperVillain made an actual game to pretty much officially kick off the genre (I think?)! Basically, not only do you set up your towers and maze to defend, but you send out your own armies to attack the other castle! Lots of units to unlock and upgrade by using an RTS system (tech tree). AndFINALLY! Someone made an actual Tower Wars game! The mods were so much fun, so it's awesome that SuperVillain made an actual game to pretty much officially kick off the genre (I think?)! Basically, not only do you set up your towers and maze to defend, but you send out your own armies to attack the other castle! Lots of units to unlock and upgrade by using an RTS system (tech tree). And the humor is a nice touch too. Who doesn't love a robot named Stanley Clunkerbottom? The meat of the experience is the multi-player for sure! It supports local hosted and ranked matches, so you can play with friends until you're ready to head out into a ranked match. 2v2 is probably my favorite, and the game goes all the way up to 3v3 (and 1v1 of course). And there IS a single player "Classic" mode, which is like other normal Tower Defense games where you just defend as long as you can. But this thing REALLY shines in multi-player modes that it's built for!

    And, for what it's worth, the game is gorgeous if you have a gaming PC with some muscle. But it also lets you customize all settings for weaker machines too, and even looks pretty good at lower settings. Looks like a miniatures set up! I want to play this in real life!

    Highly recommended for fans of Tower Defense, RTSs, Table-Top Games, or multi-player with friends! Oh, and for $10? No brainer!    … Expand
  15. SackPhantom
    Nov 28, 2012
    9
    Very good game ! I love the idea of a tower defense where you have to attack you opponents too. Lacks a few functionalities like being able to play against AI but still great ! :)
  16. foxocs
    Jun 25, 2013
    0
    Beautiful graphics thats all ...Singleplayer is low, only 3 maps to play, and multiplayer rules is not good. For exam when u set 2vs1 in multiplayer team of to have 2xgain of gold, and 2xgain of battle points. It´s unreal to beat team of 2 or 3 with only one player ....wasting timme this game
  17. Thoryr
    Mar 13, 2013
    10
    Many people didn't get the point of this game. Yes it might not be so obvious for new players and means that you must perseverate to learn the basics. Ok the single player content is poor... Well it's already a blessing there is one. Come on people, game used to be 10 times harder and with 10 times less content! Do you need everything to be explained? There are fan videos out there! TheMany people didn't get the point of this game. Yes it might not be so obvious for new players and means that you must perseverate to learn the basics. Ok the single player content is poor... Well it's already a blessing there is one. Come on people, game used to be 10 times harder and with 10 times less content! Do you need everything to be explained? There are fan videos out there! The whole strength of this game lies with the multiplayer. It is one of the most addictive game I have played in the past 10 years. Those guys are better than many top notch studios. They got the point. Keep it simple yet deep. One of the main reason why people don't buy the game is because of the 59/100 rating this website gives. But still there are many strong opponents out there. Many new players too. Try it out, you won't regret it! See you in-game!… Expand
  18. orctown-troll
    Oct 31, 2013
    1
    Bought on steam, the game crashes to desktop from the first loading screen. AVOID this POS and those associated with it.Bought on steam, the game crashes to desktop from the first loading screen. AVOID this POS and those associated with it.Bought on steam, the game crashes to desktop from the first loading screen. AVOID this POS and those associated with it.Bought on steam, the gameBought on steam, the game crashes to desktop from the first loading screen. AVOID this POS and those associated with it.Bought on steam, the game crashes to desktop from the first loading screen. AVOID this POS and those associated with it.Bought on steam, the game crashes to desktop from the first loading screen. AVOID this POS and those associated with it.Bought on steam, the game crashes to desktop from the first loading screen. AVOID this POS and those associated with it.Bought on steam, the game crashes to desktop from the first loading screen. AVOID this POS and those associated with it.Bought on steam, the game crashes to desktop from the first loading screen. AVOID this POS and those associated with it.Bought on steam, the game crashes to desktop from the first loading screen. AVOID this POS and those associated with it.Bought on steam, the game crashes to desktop from the first loading screen. AVOID this POS and those associated with it.

    orctowmgrot    … Expand
  19. los_majklos
    Nov 14, 2014
    10
    I cant understand how this brilliant piece of strategy, the tower defense that changed the genre forever, can have such bad reviews. You don't have to be genius to understand the logic. But maybe I expect too much from average players.
    I say this is the best tower defense game I ever played. Better than fiedrunners, an much better than any other classical title.
    Most negative or mixed    I cant understand how this brilliant piece of strategy, the tower defense that changed the genre forever, can have such bad reviews. You don't have to be genius to understand the logic. But maybe I expect too much from average players.
    I say this is the best tower defense game I ever played. Better than fiedrunners, an much better than any other classical title.
    Most negative or mixed reports that I read here are outdated. The single player was buffed a lot, but don't be fooled. This thing is about playing man vs man, brain vs brain. And there is plenty of active players around.    … Expand
  20. mijxero
    Aug 2, 2014
    5
    Not great, but not terrible. I got it on sale on steam for 1.99 and I enjoyed it at least two dollars worth. Other than that I haven't really touched it after the first couple hours.
  21. naroom
    Dec 9, 2013
    7
    I had a lot of fun with this one. Figuring out how the different mechanics in the game was neat, and the game mechanics themselves are very interesting. There are some interesting choices to be had here. And, there's a lot going on in every match.

    Still, there are a lot of small issues that add up to the game not realizing its full potential. The game really throws you in the deep    I had a lot of fun with this one. Figuring out how the different mechanics in the game was neat, and the game mechanics themselves are very interesting. There are some interesting choices to be had here. And, there's a lot going on in every match.

    Still, there are a lot of small issues that add up to the game not realizing its full potential.

    The game really throws you in the deep end when you start out. I lost for four hours straight against the easiest AI while I learned to play, and I've played a whole lot of tower defense games before. So it's not very friendly to new players.

    As you get more experienced in the game, however, it's not your skill that starts to hold you back, it's the interface. Moving units around in the queue is awkward, and the queue itself is very unresponsive. To load up a Trojan horse, I typically have to click on the horse icon 4 or 5 times to get it to respond. This is inexcusable in a competitive game.

    I absolutely love the tower wars mechanics, and it's a lot of fun to play. But ultimately, there are too many flaws for this to be a good game.    … Expand
  22. Baterdanface
    Dec 26, 2013
    0
    My buddy got this in a bundle for us to play when we were bored. It's pretty unplayable at the moment, which is pretty unfortunate considering there's not a lot of head to head tower defense games, so i was slightly excited to play this. Every time anything involving the game is clicked, whether it be host match, start match, load match, switch map, pretty much anything, the game goes intoMy buddy got this in a bundle for us to play when we were bored. It's pretty unplayable at the moment, which is pretty unfortunate considering there's not a lot of head to head tower defense games, so i was slightly excited to play this. Every time anything involving the game is clicked, whether it be host match, start match, load match, switch map, pretty much anything, the game goes into "not responding" and you end up having to wait anywhere between 1-10 minutes for it to actually get out of the "not responding". Both me and my buddy had the same issue, there's no computer problem, i haven't experienced this in any other game i've played, and i play a lot of video games.… Expand
  23. The1Fox1
    Dec 9, 2014
    10
    I honestly feel that this game deserves an 8. But i see to many needless negative reviews, (I.E. This deserves a 0 because the multiplayer isn't properly working). Which is why i'm over-scoring it. I don't really give a **** about the multiplayer, yet i hear there are still bugs in the singleplayer, none of which I've encountered so i can't tell you about them. I love tower defense andI honestly feel that this game deserves an 8. But i see to many needless negative reviews, (I.E. This deserves a 0 because the multiplayer isn't properly working). Which is why i'm over-scoring it. I don't really give a **** about the multiplayer, yet i hear there are still bugs in the singleplayer, none of which I've encountered so i can't tell you about them. I love tower defense and this game is beautiful and really cheap, so i definitely recommend. If you do happen to find a game breaking bug, then oh well, your out a whole 7$, not really a big deal.… Expand
  24. Lord_Of_Sabers
    May 15, 2016
    10
    Tower Wars is a tower defense game combined with army building. This indie title was released in August 2012, so has been around for a while coming in with about 400k owners on Steam.

    As with other tower defense games, you start out with a blank battlefield, although this version of tower defense is slightly different to others, you are also fighting against an opponent, who is also    Tower Wars is a tower defense game combined with army building. This indie title was released in August 2012, so has been around for a while coming in with about 400k owners on Steam.

    As with other tower defense games, you start out with a blank battlefield, although this version of tower defense is slightly different to others, you are also fighting against an opponent, who is also building towers on their blank battlefield. The aim of the game is to get your army into the enemies base to destroy their castle before they destroy yours. Tower Wars has two currency systems, Gold and Battle points - you are able to generate gold via the mines which are already located on your map; you can do the usual technique with tower defense games and upgrade them so that they generate more gold and are quicker at it. Battle points come through sending units to your opponent and working their way to the castle, this of course requires gold though.

    You build units from your barracks with gold, there is a build queue which you can fill up however you please with different assorted units which you can train, and then push them all out in one go. Your barracks has a cool down so you can only push one wave out every 40 seconds or so. Some units are basic, some have their own special abilities, and some even increase the stats of the whole wave, regardless of whether they are near the units or not.

    The tower building side of things is again, very similar to other tower defense games, you are able to position your towers pretty much anywhere you want on the map, allowing you to create all sorts of death traps, and corridors that your foe has to battle through, obviously the more ground the opponent has to cover, the more damage you can do to them with your turrets. There are plenty of the normal sort of turrets, such as cannons and arrow launchers, but there are also some really unique ones, such as a huge fan that pushes your opponents back in a certain direction, this makes for some great end of hallway traps! All of the turrets are able to be upgraded in the usual fashion too, however I didn't really find the need to do that in the single player mode.

    Tower Wars has a really nice looking graphic and art style; they are really polished and it looks like a lot of care and attention has gone into making this a beautiful steam-punk looking game.

    The difficulty in Tower Wars takes a huge ramp up once you get past the tutorial. I will say though, the game's tutorial is really helpful and gets you to grips with the UI and all of the basic elements of the game. It does leave out a few bits that mean you have to go digging around and use a bit of trial and error to see what is what, but that's part of the fun of this type of game. There are also an abundance of guides, and wiki posts out there if you really want to get into the nitty gritty of it.

    Since the game is almost four years old now, the multiplayer scene seems to have died down a bit, at the time of writing this there are only ~30 people playing the game, but thankfully the game does have the option for co-op, so that may peek the attention of some people

    Technically, this game has a lot of graphical options, allowing you to cater it for your rigs power and capability, coming with plenty of resolution options too.

    I have put about six hours into Tower Wars so far, and given that matches against the UI/Bots can sometimes last anywhere between 45 minutes and an hour, you can expect to get a lot of gameplay out of this even on the single player mode. If you manage to find yourself a group of friends to play this with, you are looking at a major time sink with ample amounts of fun and content. I will definitely be carrying on playing Tower Wars after writing this review, since it also has that addicted sort of gameplay that I just cannot put down.

    Thankfully, due to the price of Tower Wars being £5,59, I am going to strongly recommend this title, if it was any more I would have just said to pick it up when on sale due to the lack of multiplayer activity, but because it is already a low price as it stands, I can easily say you will get at least five or six hours of enjoyment out of it. Hardcore tower defense fans should not miss out on this game!    … Expand

Critic Reviews

All reviews »
Metascore
59

Mixed or average reviews - based on 6 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 6
  3. Negative: 0 out of 6
  1. LEVEL (Czech Republic)
    Oct 29, 2012
    50
    Interesting variation of the tower defense genre suffers from chaotic gameplay and an absence of single-player mode. [Oct 2012]
  2. Absolute Games
    Sep 25, 2012
    60
    Tower Wars looks colorful and steampunk-y, but doesn't offer much. Three maps, one race… And this is in a multiplayer-oriented game?
    Read full review
  3. DarkStation
    Sep 17, 2012
    60
    Tower Wars feels as if it were designed specifically for hardcore strategists. With a tutorial that skips important concepts and the tendency for matches to become one sided, the result is an uncomfortable and frustrating experience for beginners.
    Read full review
See all critic reviews »