The Thing: Tower Defense overview

booblyc, parafeks | Nov 10, 2016 | game

Released

1players observed · 23 September 2026 - 11:47:30 UTC

Action Indie Strategy Tower Defense Steam Store

Latest observed players1 · 23 September 2026 - 11:47:30 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak25
Units sold (VGI)2,867
Revenue (VGI)$10,014
Review score64% positive

The Thing: Tower Defense dated player observations, monthly player trends, reviews, and game metadata are tracked on SteamPulse.

Latest observed players1 · 23 September 2026 - 11:47:30 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak25
Units sold (VGI)2,867
Revenue (VGI)$10,014
Review score64% positive
Total reviews77
Release dateNov 10, 2016
Developerbooblyc, parafeks
PublisherBooblyc OU

Genres: Action, Indie, Strategy

Company pages: Developer: booblyc, parafeks Publisher: Booblyc OU

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Game overview

Overview

The Thing: Tower Defense comes from booblyc, parafeks and is published by Booblyc OU. It arrived on Steam on Nov 10, 2016, 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

The Thing: Tower Defense's latest SteamPulse observation recorded 1 players at 23 September 2026 - 11:47:30 UTC, with a tracked peak near 25. This peak is the highest value in the available SteamPulse record and may not include activity before tracking began. Player reaction is 64% positive across 77 reviews.

Language and system requirements

The Thing: Tower Defense is available in 1 languages including:

English languages with full audio support

regional rating details listed by Steam when available

Platform	Type	OS	Processor	Memory	Graphics	Storage
Windows	Minimum	Not listed	1 GHz processor (recommended)	1 GB RAM	Not listed	Not listed

Sales, recommendations, and streams

The Thing: Tower Defense has sold up to 2,867 units and has recommendation data pending. The estimated VGI revenue is $10,014. On Twitch, 0 streamers are live with around 0 total watchers.

Detailed game overview

The Thing: Tower Defense overview details

The Thing: Tower Defense combines live player counts with reviews, pricing, platform support, Store metadata, dated player history, media, recent news, and related games.

Steam Store description

With over 50,000,000 plays over the previous parts, the game series has enthralled and challenged many players over the years. Now you can save your world from darkness in new The Thing. Bigger! Faster! Stronger! Join Targa Wrathbringer and Kel Hawkbow on their journey to save Danalor from hordes of monsters, undead and demons. Find powerful runes, construct armies, upgrade your heroes abilities and battle against epic bosses in this Tower Defense RPG hybrid. [h1]Highlights:[/h1] - Survival Challenge - 50+ enemies, each with unique abilities and weaknesses. - Terrifying bosses that will put you to the test. - 8 different heroes to enhance your play, with special attacks! - 25+ game stages and 16 special army upgrades - 60+ achievements. Can you get them all?

SteamPulse editorial summary

The Thing: Tower Defense is listed as a game with $4.99. It supports Windows, belongs to Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, and Family Sharing, and is associated with Action, Indie, and Strategy. SteamPulse's latest observation records 1 players at 23 September 2026 - 11:47:30 UTC, a tracked peak of 25, and 64% positive reviews.

Overview facts

Field	Value
Game	The Thing: Tower Defense
Steam App ID	549670
Type	game
Release date	Nov 10, 2016
Developer	booblyc, parafeks
Publisher	Booblyc OU
Price	$4.99
Platforms	Windows
Genres	Action, Indie, Strategy
Categories	Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing
Supported languages	English * * languages with full audio support
Website	Not available

Player and review overview

Metric	Value
Latest observed players	1 · 23 September 2026 - 11:47:30 UTC
SteamPulse tracked peak	25
Positive reviews	49
Negative reviews	28
Total reviews	77
Positive percent	64%
Review type	Mixed
Recommendations	Not available
Average playtime	Not available

SteamPulse record freshness

Field	Value
Steam release date	Nov 10, 2016
Official Steam feed update (UTC)	Not available
SteamPulse last record update (UTC)	23 September 2026 - 11:47:30 UTC
Live player count updated (UTC)	23 September 2026 - 11:47:30 UTC
Store metadata updated (UTC)	23 September 2026 - 11:47:30 UTC

Overview tags

Strategy Action Indie Tower Defense

Highlighted achievements

Achievement	Description
First Defence	No description
Catch Them All	No description
Strategist	No description
Excellent Defense	No description
Support Your Army	No description
Weapons of Mass Destruction	No description
Steer Clear	No description
Battlefield General	No description
No Hesitation	No description
Go Go Go	No description

Support and legal notes

Field	Value
Support email	[email protected]
Support URL	Not available
Legal notice	Not available

References

Official and third-party reference links for checking this Steam app outside SteamPulse.

Reference	Link
SteamPulse canonical	https://steampulse.org/game/549670
Steam Store	https://store.steampowered.com/app/549670/
Steam Community	https://steamcommunity.com/app/549670
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Game FAQ

Real questions answered from SteamPulse data, including live players, monthly momentum, review sentiment, regional audience signals, Twitch activity, and current Steam pricing.

What is the latest observed Steam activity for The Thing: Tower Defense?

The Thing: Tower Defense's latest SteamPulse observation records 1 players at 23 September 2026 - 11:47:30 UTC, with a tracked peak of 25 concurrent players in the available SteamPulse record. The tracked peak is the highest value stored by SteamPulse and may not cover activity from before tracking began.

Is The Thing: Tower Defense growing or declining recently?

September 2026 is still in progress. The month-to-date average is 0 players; the highest observed daily value is 3 players. Available values are provisional and will continue changing until the UTC month closes. The completed comparison month is August 2026.

What country-level audience data is available for The Thing: Tower Defense?

In the observed sample of public reviewer profiles with a visible country, the leading shares are United States (50%), Netherlands (25%), Poland (25%). The separate directional player-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (33.9%), Poland (17.1%), Netherlands (12.1%). The directional follower-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (40.5%), Poland (17.8%), Netherlands (14.1%). The directional wishlist-region model assigns its leading shares to United States (30.9%), Poland (13.6%), Netherlands (10.3%). Only the reviewer view is based on observed public profile countries; the other percentages are modeled relative weights, not verified account locations or country-level user counts.

What does the Steam review footprint look like for The Thing: Tower Defense?

The Thing: Tower Defense currently sits at 64% positive across 77 Steam reviews tracked by SteamPulse, including 49 positive reviews and 28 negative reviews. Steam labels the current review summary as Mixed.

How much follower and Twitch attention does The Thing: Tower Defense have?

The Thing: Tower Defense currently has about 199 tracked Steam followers as of 23 January 2026 - 00:00:00 UTC. On Twitch, SteamPulse is matching roughly 0 live viewers across 0 active streams for the game's category.

What is the current Steam price for The Thing: Tower Defense?

The Thing: Tower Defense is currently listed at $4.99 on Steam. SteamPulse uses the current store snapshot and historical price records to show whether the page is at full price or in a discounted window.

Reviews, pricing, and metadata

Review summary

Mixed

64% positive, 49 positive, 28 negative

Price and discount

$4.99

Platforms

Windows

Categories

Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Trading Cards, Family Sharing

Achievements

Platform releases

Steam 10 November 2016

DLC and packages

Incursion The ThingBuy The Thing: Tower Defense #136059$4.99

System requirements

Minimum requirements

Minimum: OS *: Windows 10, Windows 8, Windows 7, Vista, or XP Service Pack 3 Processor: 1 GHz processor (recommended) Memory: 1 GB RAM Additional Notes: OpenGL 2.1

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