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Element Studios · Published by Element Studios
Very Positive — 86% positive (799 reviews) · 82 achievements
Last updated 27 Sept 2026
Axon TD lets you expand the map boundaries themselves. A huge arsenal of towers and a wide variety of enemies clash in a battlefield that grows to your whims. Engage in single, cooperative, and roguelite gameplay.
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Indie, Strategy · 2024 · More £15 - £30 games
Experience dynamic tower defense in Axon TD: Uprising from Element Studios, where expanding maps and battling a vast array of foes define the gameplay.
About this game
Axon TD infuses a new layer of strategy into Mazing Tower Defenses. Typically, you build towers on the path to obstruct enemies and make the path longer. But what if you could take control of the map layout itself and expand things directly? In Axon TD, you're given a brush, and the map is your canvas!
The name of the game is map manipulation. Place down tiles to make longer paths and support more towers. Tiles can also bridge to various islands scattered around the map; these provide entire new chunks to maze with. On various maps, you can even place a new destination point!
A roguelite mode where you face the gauntlet of randomized maps, towers, and techs. Adapt to a rapidly expanding map area and take advantage of an accelerated tower technology progression. Surviving earns you a place on the global leaderboard.
You play as a defense contractor on a routine mission. As you arrive, your ship is shot down, and you're attacked by a robotic force called the Axons. Your only way off the planet is to fight. Build towers against hoards of enemies, progress through a tech upgrade tree, and defeat epic bosses! You may even find out the truth behind the ongoing war…
While we have created a lot of singleplayer and co-op maps, there is no doubt that unique and novel experiences which we didn’t think of exist. One of the founders of our studio started game development by modding games back in WarCraft 3. So, we understand the importance of player created content. The map editor gives you all of the tools needed to create any singleplayer or co-op map that we could create ourselves.
Online co-op supports up to 4 players. With maps designed for 2, 3, and 4 players you'll find a wide variety of battlefields to conquer and make your own. A global leaderboard allows you to see how you compare to other teams. Will your team come out on top?
Both the Campaign and the roguelite Survival support 2 players.
With so many map layouts at your disposal, you want a huge arsenal of towers to play with. Dozens of towers, each with their own effect, fulfills that need. Towers also have three possible upgrades, and these upgrades add either new effects or change existing ones.
What complements a ton of towers and a lot of maps? A wide variety of enemies having different abilities, of course. From those that move faster around corners to those that teleport nearby enemies forward, the Axons are devious in their onslaught.
40 Towers and Traps
10 Castable Abilities
Mechanics for Map Manipulation
35+ Unique Enemies
Co-op with up to 4 Players
Roguelite Survival Mode
Campaign with 40 Levels
PvP Mode with 4 Procedurally Generated Maps
21 Quickplay, 18 Co-op, and 4 Survival Maps
Leaderboards for Quickplay, Co-op, and Survival
Map Editor with Steam Workshop support
Cosmetic customizations for Towers
With a wide selection of tower variations to upgrade and an array of complex strategic maps to test your defenses, even the most skilled Tower Defense players will meet a challenge in Axon TD.
System Requirements
Will my PC run this? →Minimum
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS *: Windows 8
- Processor: Dual Core 2.6+ GHz Intel or AMD
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: 1024 MB VRAM
- DirectX: Version 11
- Network: Broadband Internet connection
- Storage: 8 GB available space
Recommended
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
Supported Languages
*languages with full audio support
Latest news
Patch NotesOfficial
Version 1.2.4 Patch Notes
Fixes Fixed an issue with Multiplayer where returning to the lobby after losing from a Co-op checkpoint wouldn't properly refresh the lobby seed. Fixed an issue where Axons could disappear mid-wave, making the wave unclearable. Fixed Splitter Axons missing an animation. Fixed some issues with Credit sourcing(when you hover over your Credits at the top of your screen to see a breakdown of where they came from). Fixed Electron Launcher counting Blockers for its Global Upgrade range. Fixed an issue in the Map Editor where all Axons would spawn as Berserkers. Fixed an issue where the "All Inclusive" Tech didn't always give the right reward. Put in a failsafe that should fix errors caused by an interaction between Radiation Vent and spawned units.Read full article on Community Announcements (Karawasa)Patch NotesOfficial
Version 1.2.3 Patch Notes
Survival All single target Defenses now have +20% damage in Survival and Co-op Survival to help them with scaling a little better into the lategame. Slightly bumped the HP scaling beyond wave 90 of Blank Canvas and Islands. Balance The default targeting has been adjusted. Before, it prioritized support units in the order they were spawned. Now it's prioritized in the following order: - Mass Cloaker(because it prevents priority targeting on other things) - Purger - Architect - Mass Teleporter - Lifter - Carrier - Replicator - Supply Tank - Disruptor - Protector Towers Artillery - Base impact damage reduced from 9 to 8. - U3 damage reduced by from 12 to 11. Drilling Laser - Base damage reduced from 10 to 9. Duplicator - U3 Upgrade cost increased from 25 to 30. Plasmathrower - Base damage reduced from 20 to 18. - U1 damage reduced from 18 to 16. Siphon Cannon - Damage reduced from 175 to 170. Techs - "Conservative" Credit cap has been increased from 50 to 100, and lives gained increased from 3 to 5. - "Concentrated Fire" damage bonus increased from 6% to 8%, and now takes 6 Defenses to decrease, up from 5. - Meta Tech "Power Grid" Power per wave reduced from 6 to 5. Fixes Fixed an issue where destroyed Axons would remain visually on the field. Fixed an issue where Duplicator could Transform into Defenses that had been used for Transformation within the last 60 seconds.Read full article on Community Announcements (Karawasa)Patch NotesOfficial
Version 1.2.2 Patch Notes
Survival Adjusted a particularly difficult wave a little bit. Fixes Fixed an issue where if you clicked the hotkey for a slot in your loadout on any page beyond your first one, it'd throw an error. Fixed an issue where Architects and loading checkpoints could trigger Techs that required you to Extend the Path. Fixed an issue where Gravity Field U2 was using an incorrect Slow value. Attempt #2 at fixing an error caused by Teleporting Axons throwing errors. Put in a failsafe to hopefully prevent another error caused by referencing Axons that no longer exist.Read full article on Community Announcements (Karawasa)Patch NotesOfficial
Version 1.2.1 Patch notes
Survival Adjusted the HP multiplier and some of the waves on Big Islands to make it a little easier. Fixes Fixed an issue where there was a missing reference to the backend of the new Quickplay maps for leaderboards. Fixed an issue where Gravity Generator U3 could lift Omega's Beacons. Fixed an issue where Reroll costs and Overloads used did not get saved when loading a checkpoint. Fixed an issue with the removal of the wave 30 Defense causing desyncs in Co-op Survival replays. Fixed an issue where the Creator Boss HP got multiplied on stage transitions. Fixed a NullReferenceException caused by Creeps teleporting. Fixed an issue where the new Survival Big Islands image on the Co-op leaderboard was incorrect.Read full article on Community Announcements (Taencred)AnnouncementsOfficial
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