Big variety of towers and heroes
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 positive reviews
“Really enjoyed the tower and hero variety compared to previous entries.”
Steam review · 15.5 h played ↗
Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD
Worth buying? What 300 Steam reviews say.Worth buying? Here’s what 300 Steam reviews actually say.
Very Positive · 88%Very Positive · 88%Ironhide Game Studio2024Tower Defense · Strategy · Action
$19.99
Open on Steam ↗US Steam price, checked 6 h ago
The verdict
A polished, charming Kingdom Rush entry with a fun two-hero system and great art, but short, pricey with paid DLC and easier than older games. Skip it if you want hard, tower-focused TD or hate DLC.
Great for
Series fans and tower defense players who enjoy hero micro, Easter eggs and cartoon art, ideally on sale
Main risk
Short base campaign, easy difficulty and paid DLC make it feel poor value at full price
What changed in the last 30 days
23 recent reviews
Recent negative reviews cite slow, long levels, weak towers and heroes, easy Veteran difficulty and general disappointment versus older games. Evidence is thin and no single patch or bug stands out.
23 recent reviews
What players love
Beautiful art, music and humor
Mentioned in ~1 in 6 positive reviews
“The art is fantastic, especially the music, which features some absolute bangers.”
Steam review · 26.1 h played ↗
Two-hero system adds fun tactics
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“The two heroes approach really enables you to do a lot with microing and positioning, I really enjoyed the game.”
Steam review · 27.9 h played ↗
Great value on sale, strong DLC levels
Mentioned in ~1 in 10 positive reviews
“I would also highly recommend getting the DLCs, as they contain some of the coolest levels in the entire game.”
Steam review · 26.1 h played ↗
Hidden Easter eggs and references
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“I love all the niche references to other games/series/movies in like almost every level”
Steam review · 27.1 h played ↗
Classic Kingdom Rush feel, relaxed yet challenging
Mentioned in ~1 in 11 positive reviews
“Fun game, challenging, but not very difficult, so relaxing at the same time”
Steam review · 16 h played ↗
What players complain about
Too short, too much locked behind DLC
Mentioned in ~1 in 3 negative reviews
“It feels like the studio found the perfect amount of levels to give you in order to keep you happy when you buy the game, and then locked down the rest of the levels as a DLC.”
Steam review · 8.2 h played ↗
Too easy, weak or unbalanced towers and heroes
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“I beat most levels on impossible difficulty on the first or second try.”
Steam review · 12.7 h played ↗
Overpriced for the content
Mentioned in ~1 in 5 negative reviews
“it has the same exact amount of content as the other games excluding post campaign extra levels”
Steam review · 21.8 h played ↗
Towers get disabled or destroyed by enemies
Mentioned in ~1 in 14 negative reviews
“they really should stop with the tower delete mechanic,tower you spend so much gold to upgrade get one shot by boss,that is just not fun.”
Steam review · 75 h played ↗
No speed-up, slow waves and missing PC options
Mentioned in ~1 in 15 negative reviews
“No way to speed up waves Cant custom shortcut keys No drag select or box select with mouse”
Steam review · 1.6 h played ↗
Window size and resolution problems at launch
Mentioned in ~1 in 21 negative reviews
“I can't get this game to run at a reasonable resolution.”
Steam review · 0.1 h played ↗
System requirements
From the Steam store page
Steam Deck: Playable1 GB
Minimum
OSWindows 10
ProcessorDual Core CPU
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL 3.0 compliant with 1.0GB of video RAM.
Storage1 GB available space
OSWindows 10
ProcessorDual Core CPU
Memory4 GB RAM
GraphicsOpenGL 3.0 compliant with 1.0GB of video RAM.
Storage1 GB available space
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