Brutal TD overview

Overview

Brutal TD comes from Merriman Games and is published by Merriman Games. It arrived on Steam on Nov 5, 2023, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Includes level editor, and Family Sharing. SteamPulse tracks it across Windows and Steam so readers get a quick useful snapshot, not just a wall of numbers.

Players and reviews

Brutal TD's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 12 September 2026 - 22:28:50 UTC, with a tracked peak near 1. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 80% positive across 5 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Brutal TD is available in 1 languages including:

3 regional rating boards including dejus, steam germany, and igrs

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Brutal TD has sold up to 150 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $210. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Brutal TD overview details

Brutal TD combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

Brutal TD is a minimalist retro-styled game that combines elements of tower defense games and classic space shooters. Brutal TD puts you in complete control of a single tower. You can choose what enemies to fire at, which enemies you prioritize, and how to spend your resources. You can build differently for different situations. Brutal TD has different power-ups, tons of unique enemy types, and unshockable helper towers. Unlike other tower games that have static levels that are the same every play-through, most waves have semi-random spawn times, pathing, and spawn locations. Each level of Brutal TD gets progressively more challenging. Wave bosses go from simple blocks that fire at you to large enemy planets. Brutal TD features custom CRT shaders to replicate that old-school retro feel. Levels have different dynamic backgrounds that help add to that classic space shooter feel. In addition to the CRT shaders and other visual level effects, you can enable or disable object blooming and glow tracing. Each level has unique chip/synth tunes composed for that level to amp up the retro feel. If you like the music in the trailer, you will love the music in the game. A mouse and keyboard are recommended to play, but the game does have full controller support and native support for the Steam Deck (docked or undocked). Controller support includes optional tilt-to-fire controls and shoulder button quick-action macros. Brutal TD is balanced to be a difficult challenge, but rewarding the more you play. Most levels feature random enemy spawn points for replay value and to keep you from g…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Brutal TD is listed as a game with $1.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Partial Controller Support, Steam Cloud, Includes level editor, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Casual and Indie. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 12 September 2026 - 22:28:50 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 80% positive reviews.

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