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ASCII Tower Defense

ASCII Tower Defense Steam metadata

David Segal Games | Jul 21, 2024 | game

Released

0players observed · 24 September 2026 - 17:09:28 UTC

StrategySteam Store

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak1
  • Units sold (VGI)No data available
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score83% positive

ASCII Tower Defense metadata records Steam app facts, developer and publisher details, platform support, store categories, language support, and reference links.

  • Latest observed playersNot available
  • SteamPulse tracked peak1
  • Units sold (VGI)No data available
  • Revenue (VGI)No data available
  • Review score83% positive
  • Total reviews6
  • Release dateJul 21, 2024
  • DeveloperDavid Segal Games
  • PublisherDavid Segal Games

Genres: Strategy

Company pages: Developer: David Segal GamesPublisher: David Segal Games

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ASCII Tower Defense Steam metadata

ASCII Tower Defense metadata records Steam app facts, developer and publisher details, platform support, store categories, language support, and reference links.

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Steam Storehttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2943260/
Steam Communityhttps://steamcommunity.com/app/2943260
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Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

6 user reviews

83% positive, 5 positive, 1 negative

Price and discount

$2.99

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Family Sharing

Achievements

Not available

Platform releases
  • Steam 21 July 2024

Latest Steam announcements

  • NVIDIA Driver Bug - 15 February 2025

    The glitchy text driver bug has been fixed as of the NVIDIA Driver 572.60! The text should be back to normal and readable again :D

  • Prestige Rebalancing - 30 July 2024

    Hello all, hope you're enjoying the Tower Defense Fest that started today! I've been working on rebalancing the prestige scaling. For those that haven't unlocked it yet, you get it by beating the game on Hard difficulty. It then scales the enemy health every time you beat the game. However, before today it scaled it very aggressively. To the point where beating prestige 20, which I think is a pretty standard number to have be the 'ultimate challenge', was absolutely impossible. I've eased up on the scaling so that it should be roughly half as hard as before. Beyond that, I've also done a couple of rebalances to make sure that it is possible. The start of that is rebalancing how enemy regeneration works. Regeneration of all kinds are max health percentages. However, as enemy health scaled, this regeneration made waves with high health enemies impossible to fully clear. So now, as enemy h…

  • Game Release - 22 July 2024

    Thanks for everyone's patience! ASCII Tower Defense is on the market! Thanks so much to all of the beta testers for their bug reports and suggestions! The game wouldn't be what it is without it! I made an official discord server for the game, if you feel interested. It will also be the place to post any bugs or suggestions you find! A special role will be given to those whose PBs are higher than mine. It doesn't particularly do anything, but it's something to commemorate your hard work. In the future, look forward to achievements being added. Some will be the expected 'beat the game' type stuff, others will be more niche, like killing a boss with a certain type of tower, or having a certain amount of money left over at the end. Again, thank you to everyone who helped out, you all are awesome.

  • Small Update, New Stuff! - 19 June 2024

    Hi all! It's been a bit since I gave everyone their beta keys, so I thought I'd make an update on the changes since then! First some big ones. Based on feedback, I added: A fast forward button A discount on your first tower of each type on easy mode Better descriptions on some of the towers (and some typo fixes) Fixed a decent amount of crashes, errors, and other stuff (WOO!) Found a couple blatantly overpowered towers and overpowered waves For some changes: The regen creeps have now had their regen cut when they have higher health, since their regen is based on their max hp. Based both on feedback (and my own testing), regen creeps became very hard to deal with if you didn't counter them with the right path Melee tower. This shouldn't be as necessary now. It may still be hard, I still want more feedback to make sure it's getting there I added a hotkey for pausing and unpausing (escape)…

Patch notes and updates

S.noRelease datePatch nameGID number
130 July 2024Prestige Rebalancing5963413094364502953
222 July 2024Game Release5969041959978000465
319 June 2024Small Update, New Stuff!5759622039971030647

Complete SteamPulse Game Data

Full game metadata

FieldValue
Steam app typegame
Steam App ID2943260
Live current players0
SteamPulse tracked peak1
Live count (today's peak floor)0
Price$2.99
Free to playNo
Discount0%
Original price USD$2.99
Current price USD$2.99
Release dateJul 21, 2024
DeveloperDavid Segal Games
PublisherDavid Segal Games
Owners estimatedNot available
SteamSpy owner estimate minimumNot available
SteamSpy owner estimate maximumNot available
Review type6 user reviews
Positive review percent83%
Positive reviews5
Negative reviews1
Total reviews6
Steam recommendationsNot available
AchievementsNot available
Average playtime foreverNot available
Windows supportYes
macOS supportNo
Linux supportNo
Parent gameNot available
Store URLhttps://store.steampowered.com/app/2943260/

Short description

Wave after wave of enemy shapes are looking to break through your defenses and ravage the land of Language. Build your defenses, all made of ASCII characters, to repel the invaders!

About this game

Shapes are attacking! Wave after wave of enemy shapes are looking to break through your defenses and ravage the land of Language. Build your defenses, all made of ASCII characters, to repel the invaders! ASCII Tower Defense is a strategy game inspired by the game Desktop Tower Defense, as well as older tower defenses like Warcraft's custom game Wintermaul. Use your money to build defenses, made of ASCII characters, to defeat invading shapes. Use the money gained from defeating them to upgrade your defenses and take on the next wave! There is no set path, make the enemy follow one of your design! key Features Build Your Own Maze 50 Waves Of Enemies 15 Enemy Types 12 Tower Types to Defend Yourself With Two Upgrade Paths Per Tower 3 Main Difficulty Modes An Infinitely Scaling Difficulty

Supported languages

English

Steam categories

Category IDCategory
2Single-player
62Family Sharing

Regional ratings

BoardRatingDescriptors
dejus6Violência fantasiosa
steam germany6Fantasy-Gewalt
igrs13Kekerasan

Steam marketplace comparison data

Price History Overview

USD uses SteamPulse's own locally recorded daily store snapshots, so this overview reflects the exact regional price history that SteamPulse has captured for this currency.

Coverage And Tracking Window

  • Snapshots: 1
  • Coverage: Sep 24, 2026 to Sep 24, 2026
  • Lowest observed: $2.99
  • Highest observed: $2.99

ASCII Tower Defense's USD price history spans from Sep 24, 2026 to Sep 24, 2026, with 1 recorded snapshot across 1 calendar day. Each row records the available final price, listed base price, and discount metadata for that observation. Within this coverage the lowest recorded price is $2.99, the highest is $2.99, and the first visible tracked price is $2.99. These comparisons apply only to the snapshots SteamPulse holds; missing observations can contain changes that are not represented here.

For USD, SteamPulse uses locally captured regional storefront snapshots and does not reconstruct older prices with exchange-rate conversion. The chart and table show the values recorded for this exact currency from the stated coverage start. Additional snapshots extend that record, but they do not fill unobserved days or prove what the storefront displayed between observations.

Discount Windows And Sale Timing

  • Discount windows: 0
  • Discounted days: 0 days
  • Deepest markdown: No discount tracked
  • Latest sale window: No sale window tracked

ASCII Tower Defense's tracked USD rows do not contain a discount window. This means no available snapshot in the stated coverage has usable discount metadata; it does not prove that the game was never discounted. Missing snapshots or archived rows without complete metadata can hide a sale, so SteamPulse does not infer pricing strategy from this absence.

If a later snapshot includes discount metadata, it will appear here with its recorded depth, price, date, and sale name when available. Until then, this section should be read only as a description of the available rows, not as evidence about the publisher's promotion policy.

Observed Price Changes And Stable Runs

  • Observed price drops: 0
  • Observed price rises: 0
  • Longest stable run: 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking
  • Current run: 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking

Outside rows carrying discount metadata, the tracked price has not recorded a separate price rise or drop yet. That means the observed undiscounted level has stayed stable across the snapshots SteamPulse currently holds. This is a statement about the recorded coverage only; it does not prove that an older or missing price change never happened.

The longest unchanged price stretch in the current record lasts 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking at $2.99, from Sep 24, 2026 through Sep 24, 2026. Among rows without discount metadata, the longest unchanged run lasts 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking at $2.99. The latest run records $2.99 for 1 day of uninterrupted daily tracking as the same recorded undiscounted price. Run lengths describe consecutive stored observations only and do not establish that a price is permanent.

Latest Snapshot And Sales Context

  • Current price: $2.99
  • Current list price: $2.99
  • Distinct observed prices: 1
  • Source mode: SteamPulse local tracking

The latest tracked snapshot records ASCII Tower Defense at $2.99 in USD, with no active discount metadata. Across the available history SteamPulse has recorded 1 distinct final price in this currency. This supports comparisons with the lowest, highest, and most common values present in the retained record, subject to the stated coverage limits.

The live sales view and Steam sales record provide calendar context for these dates. A date overlap can be compared with a named Steam event, but it does not prove why a publisher changed a price. As new daily rows arrive, this overview recalculates its observed prices, discount windows, and run lengths automatically.

Regional Steam prices

CountryCurrencyFinal priceOriginal priceDiscount
United StatesUSD$2.99$2.990%
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United Arab EmiratesAENot availableNot availableNot available
Saudi ArabiaSANot availableNot availableNot available
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TaiwanTWNot availableNot availableNot available
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ArmeniaAMNot availableNot availableNot available
ArgentinaARNot availableNot availableNot available
TurkeyTRNot availableNot availableNot available
PakistanPKNot availableNot availableNot available

Tracked regional price history

The tracked Steam price is stable at $2.99.

CountryCurrencySnapshotsFirst trackedLatest trackedChangeLatest discount
United StatesUSD1$2.99$2.99No changeNo discount
United KingdomGB0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
Euro AreaEU0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
AustraliaAU0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
CanadaCA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
IndiaIN0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
BrazilBR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
RussiaRU0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ChinaCN0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
JapanJP0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
South KoreaKR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
MexicoMX0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
NorwayNO0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
PolandPL0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
SwitzerlandCH0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
New ZealandNZ0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
SingaporeSG0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
Hong KongHK0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
South AfricaZA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
UkraineUA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
KazakhstanKZ0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
IndonesiaID0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ThailandTH0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
MalaysiaMY0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
PhilippinesPH0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
VietnamVN0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
United Arab EmiratesAE0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
Saudi ArabiaSA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
IsraelIL0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ChileCL0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ColombiaCO0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
Costa RicaCR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
KuwaitKW0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
PeruPE0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
QatarQA0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
TaiwanTW0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
UruguayUY0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ArmeniaAM0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
ArgentinaAR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
TurkeyTR0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount
PakistanPK0Not tracked yetNot availableTracking starts nowNo discount

United States price history (USD)

Tracked price is stable at $2.99.

DateCurrent priceOriginal priceDiscountSource
2026-09-24$2.99$2.99No discountSteam Store

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