Hydraulic Empire overview

Overview

Hydraulic Empire comes from Batholith Entertainment and is published by Batholith Entertainment. It arrived on Steam on Jul 31, 2015, and it sits naturally among Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, 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

Hydraulic Empire's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 09:58:38 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 51% positive across 73 reviews.

Language and system requirements

Hydraulic Empire is available in 1 languages including:

regional rating details listed by Steam when available

Sales, recommendations, and streams

Hydraulic Empire has sold up to 10,976 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $71,259. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Hydraulic Empire overview details

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

Steam Store description

"Hydraulic Empire looks to be that entry into the genre that I have been waiting for." - What is it? Hydraulic Empire is a Tower Defense game with RPG elements focusing on strategy, interactions between mobs, and persistent upgrades. What we are doing with Hydraulic Empire is taking the best of what we have experience over the years, and then we are adding elements that are unique. How much Content is there? We have over 20 levels (21 at launch and we will continue to add more as time goes on), 10 mobs, 10 towers, a builder that levels as you play, and tons of mob interactions. All in all at launch there is about 15 hours of gameplay. Whats Different about our TD? Tower Defenses are not new, and they are not evolving much anymore. We aim to change that by adding in a variety of unique mob interactions. We are also adding in tons of RPG elements and we have a hero/builder that will allow you to take part in more of the battle. Mob interactions are our major innovation. Where as they are not 100% new to the tower defense genre, they are typically simple or not very interesting. We have taken this to the next level, and centered our game squarely around them. Mob interactions will take place all over a level, and will change where and how you choose to build in a level. The interactions vary greatly based on which mob die in which order. This aspect of the game has given the game almost endless replay ability. Most of our mobs will interact with at least 2 or 3 other mobs. Some interactions open up new interactions, and others will lock out some interactions. A Taste of t…

SteamPulse editorial summary

Hydraulic Empire is listed as a game with $7.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Casual, Indie, RPG, and Simulation. SteamPulse's latest observation records 0 players at 22 September 2026 - 09:58:38 UTC, a tracked peak of 1, and 51% positive reviews.

Overview tags

CasualTower DefenseStrategyActionIndieRPGSimulationSteampunkSingleplayerFantasyRetroReplay ValueCharacter Customization

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