Desktop Tower Survivor 1.0 is out!🎉
After months of playtesting, Desktop Tower Survivor officially leaves beta today. A huge thank you to everyone who played the playtest, reported bugs and shared ideas: this version exists because of you. If you played the playtest, your progress carries over.
New: Artifacts
Artifacts are powerful abilities that trigger on their own during a run. Pick your loadout before you start, and they do the rest.
- 15 artifacts in three families: Offensive, Defensive and Economic.
- Up to 9 equipped at once: 3 slots per family, unlocked as your account levels up (the first one at level 25).
- Your first artifact is free. After that, spend Essence to draw 3 random artifacts and keep the one you like. Not happy with the draw? Reroll it once with gems.
- Every artifact has its own upgrades, also paid with Essence.
- Earn Essence from Tournaments, the Guild shop and the Season Pass shop.
Offensive
- Shockwave: waves that push enemies back and mark them to take extra damage.
- Storm Core: your shots can chain lightning between enemies.
- Missile Salvo: homing missiles that explode on impact.
- Void Rift: leaves a void pool that damages enemies and pulls them in.
- Mortal Circle: a deadly red ring around your range that finishes off whatever gets inside.
Defensive
- Bastion: extra max HP and defense.
- Energy Shield: regenerates your shield and raises its cap.
- Frost Aura: an icy aura that heavily slows nearby enemies.
- Emergency Reactor: at low HP, gain a shield and freeze every enemy for a moment.
- Safeguard: when you die, it clears the screen and brings you back.
Economic
- Golden Tower: a golden zone where kills give multiplied coins.
- Midas Touch: for a few seconds, every hit pays out coins.
- Looter: kills can drop extra coins.
- Bounty Hunter: big coin bonus for bosses and elites.
- Temporal Reliquary: bosses can drop Chronoliths, and elites drop more.
Also in 1.0
- Tiers up to 10 (the playtest stopped at 5).
- Season Pass: the first season starts with the launch.
- A fresh look: the default tower and its color variants redrawn after the energy orb from our logo, 13 backgrounds rebuilt from scratch, and a brand-new Blue Planet tower.
- Halloween arrives in the gem shop this October.
- Founder emblem for playtest players and everyone who joins during launch week.
- Supporter Pack DLC: double coins forever, more gems from the floating gem, 1,000 gems and an exclusive tower skin. It's the best way to support development.
The game is free to play. Jump in, build your loadout and see how far your tower can survive!
Join us on Discord to share your builds, report bugs and suggest ideas.
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