Artificer's Tower

About this game

Artificer’s Tower is a cozy colony sim resource management game that features base-building, tower defense systems, and powerful enemies to defeat. You are tasked with building and defending an out-of-this-world tower that would make even Merlin himself proud! Keep your mages happy and your tower safe by building up your tower, gathering resources and crafting everything you might need. Build your tower however you like and unleash your inner architect wizard. It's like Hogwarts, but with more explosions (and less sorting hat drama).



Are you ready to let your architectural creativity run wild? Build the wizard tower of your wildest dreams - whether that's a snowman-shaped tower, or something even more bizarre. The possibilities are endless and the only limit is your imagination (and, you know, boxy rooms). So go ahead, unleash your inner wizard-architect, and design the tower you've always wanted!




Are you tired of dealing with unhappy, unproductive wizards? Keep your tower running like a well-oiled magical machine by managing your mages like the boss that you are, and train the next generation of powerful wizards! Pay generous wages, fulfill their needs, and teach them the ways of the wizard – watching as they grow from low-potential, bumbling novices to masterful artificers before your eyes!





What started as simple recipes will quickly become complex crafting chains as your ambitions grow and your mages advance. You'll want to invest research into administration so you can spend less time micromanaging to turn your essence into gold.



Are you tired of pesky monsters waltzing into your wizard tower uninvited? Want to keep your tower safe and secure? Fill your entrance with traps, and watch as the monsters drop like flies. Experiment with different types of traps – or even summon bosses you’ve defeated to help defend your tower – to find the perfect build for your tower's security.

Features:

• Defend Your Base: Fill the entrance of your tower with traps and watch as the monsters trying to take down your tower drop like flies.
  
• Manage Your Mages: Keep your tower running like a well-oiled magical machine by managing your mages. Pay them generous wages, fulfill their needs and keep them happy.
  
• Summon Powerful Bosses: Challenge the biggest bad guys in their area and their lackeys. Show off your tower’s strength by defeating these foes and taking home all the bragging rights.
  
• Train and Practice: Train your next generation of powerful wizards! Watch as they grow from low-potential, bumbling novices to full-fledged artificers.
  
• Flex Your Alchemy Skills: Start with simple recipes and watch as your expertise grows and you can start making even more advanced items. Invest research into administration so you can spend less time micromanaging your mages.

Latest news

• Patch Notes·7 Oct 2025Official

  Unity Security Fix + Enemy Stability

  This patch attempts to make the enemies more stable, as there are some rare reports (thanks @TDFEnforcer) where the game does not save due to the enemies appearing off the path. I haven't been able to replicate the issue so not 100% sure on this one! If you hadn't heard Unity has rolled out an update across all versions to deal with a vulnerability: https://unity.com/security/sept-2025-01 which this also fixes up. Thanks, Jason
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• Patch Notes·11 Dec 2024Official

  Hospital Patch!

  Good morning/afternoon/evening Thanks to @Fox for pointing out an issue with the Hospital where the mages couldn't climb into the beds. This quick patch should make sure they stop spinning in circles and actually get healing! Thanks! Jason
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• Patch Notes·16 Nov 2024Official

  Steam Deck - Manufacturary

  A quick patch to fix up the Manufacturary on controllers/Steam Deck to select the first craftable item as other rooms. Thanks to @hardtofindname for the feedback report this helped nail it down quickly. If anyone has any troubles don't hesitate to reach out on Discord as well to get fast responses if I'm awake =) Thanks, Jason
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• Patch Notes·11 Aug 2024Official

  Stability Patch

  Hello Artificers! This isn't one of the fun new UI/controller fixes but a stability one! At least I hope so, I can't seem to replicate the troubles out there where the AI just starts misbehaving by not doing what they're supposed to. I have run through the entire codebase to clean up all the little areas I could the last few days to hopefully address the issues! If you have any troubles please send a feedback report in as that should have a log that will help trace these issues. Thanks, Jason
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• Announcements·28 Jul 2024Official

  Not So Simple Crafting

  Hello Artificers! Thanks again to @Victor and @Murometz for their continued feedback. I still haven't completed all the points, but I'll keep patchin' to get everything in. Simple Crafting With trying to help diagnose some crafting troubles Murometz discovered a rather nasty habit of Simple crafting to flood the rooms with tasks! I managed to see it go from 6 items in the Fabrica to 200 items in under two minutes. Thankfully this has been fixed up for those who still use the Simple crafting system. {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44225778/a28d2b5909ce359056b5f491c41fac38be41d700.png Wages & Tuition This was a silly mistake on my part as I've never tested the Headmaster's + Administration Offices back to back before. It turned out which ever one you opened first grabbed ownership of the Wages or Tuitions tab and never let go making it impossible to tweak these in the tower unless you reloaded the game. With the Steam Deck there was also confusion on being able to edit the Wages + Tuitions as you couldn't even highlight the bars to get the tooltip. To make this more clear I've updated the UI to let you know to upgrade the room to get the feature: {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44225778/9058997f78ef5efefe0295d90e9de98c8f16bf51.png More Fixes: Controller Support - Order panel should no longer reset row selection when the room is active Controller Support - Editing/Adding roles in the Admin Office should work now with L1/R1 selection Thanks, as always, for all your feedback! Jason {STEAM_CLAN_IMAGE}/44225778/275f272a46ed5cbbe67e9ee0c5924b8b045ae0cb.png
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