PewPew TD is a tower defense game with a roguelite structure around it. A run takes you through four acts on a branching map, each act ends in a boss, and the horde spends the whole run adapting to the way you play. Between runs you unlock new content and try again.

Merging towers
Three copies of the same tower can merge into a starred form, and each tower has two starred paths that play very differently. The electric coil, for example, becomes either a fast zapper that clears crowds or a slow, heavy arc for armored flyers. There are 62 towers and 372 starred forms in the pool, and a typical run has the budget for about eight of them.

The horde adapts
There are 13 damage types, and the horde picks up counters to the ones doing the most work. Lean on frost for long enough and enemies show up that can't be slowed. Lean on poison and something arrives that heals through it. Every counter is shown to you as the horde learns it, so you always know what you're up against and can build around it.

Ten factions
Every faction pairs a strong ability with a real drawback. The Coin Cartel earns compound interest on its treasury but collects half the usual gold from kills. The Hermits' towers grow stronger with every kill and jam if their ranges overlap. The Conscripts hold the line with infantry while their towers fire slower. The High Rollers hit 20% softer, but their crits can crit again.

Between runs
Every run pays out Cores, win or lose. They go toward new towers, relics, boons and factions for future runs, plus a set of small permanent upgrades with hard caps. Most of what you earn is new options rather than raw power.

• 62 towers merging into 372 starred forms

• 10 factions, each with its own trade-off

• 95 relics, 53 boons and 44 tower items to draft

• Nearly 40 enemy types, including medics, necromancers, a drummer that sets the marching pace, and a pig that runs off with your gold

• 4 acts of branching routes, each ending in a boss

• A 10-tier difficulty ladder and 6 Ascension Runes for when winning gets comfortable

• Steam achievements, cloud saves, 11 languages

No ads, no in-app purchases, no season pass. It's a tower defense game.