Idle Hero TD - Tower Defense (2024)
- Developer
- Swell Games LLC
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Genres
- Action, Casual, Indie, Strategy, Free To Play, Early Access
- Rating
- 4.2 of 5, 1,217 player ratings
- Typical playtime
- about 18 hours
- Where to get it
- Steam
How it feels
A laid-back tower defense where you watch heroes grind away while gradually unlocking bigger numbers and strategic upgrades.
casualidlestrategicrepetitivefantasygrindyaccessiblescalable
What players say
Players call it more idle game than tower defense, focused on repeating maps for incremental hero boosts. The monetization is the main complaint: microtransactions are aggressive and some basic features are locked behind paywalls, though a few long-time players find the grind tolerable if they ignore the store.
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