The Tower - Idle Tower Defense

Name: The Tower - Idle Tower Defense
Rating: 3.9986794 (151246 reviews)
Author: Tech Tree Games

Tech Tree Games

★ 4.0 (151,246 ratings)

⬇ 5,000,000+ downloads

Est. actual: 7,397,896

Style: Simulation

Free

Released: Aug 18, 2021

IAP: $1.99 - $99.99 per item

Contains ads

Rated: Everyone

Mechanics Tower defense Idle / incremental

Signals

4 this week · 3 positive All of this week's signals →

📈Last 7 days +22K installs — 80% faster than the week before (+12K) · 2.6K/day since Sep 18
🏆Among Simulation games top 3% by installs gained this week (23110 peers growing)
⭐Rating steady at ★ 4.00 since Sep 18
🛠Updates actively updated · updated 11 days ago · every ~8 days (7 updates tracked)

Installs since launch

+134,312 installs · +1,140 ratings since Sep 18

SDKs in the app · version 29.1.3, analysed Oct 24, 2026

Ad mediationAppLovin MAX ironSource / Unity LevelPlay
Ad networkAppLovin SDK Google Mobile Ads (AdMob)Meta Audience Network 6.22.0 Tapjoy Unity Ads 4.21.0
AnalyticsFirebase Analytics 23.2.0
AttributionAppsFlyer
BackendCloud Firestore Firebase Authentication 24.2.0 Firebase Realtime Database
ConsentGoogle User Messaging Platform 4.0.0
Crash reportingFirebase Crashlytics
Engagement & messagingFirebase Cloud Messaging 25.1.3
Game engineUnity (engine)
Game servicesPlay Games Services 22.0.0
PaymentsPlay Billing Library 9.0.0
Remote configFirebase Remote Config 23.1.0
SecurityPlay Integrity API 1.3.0
Social & loginGoogle Sign-In 21.1.1

5 mediation adapters

Adapters connect a mediation SDK to an ad network. An adapter alone does not mean the network’s own SDK is bundled.

AppLovin MAX adapter → AppLovinironSource/LevelPlay adapter → unityads 5.16.0ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → unityads 5.9.0ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → unityads 5.5.0ironSource/LevelPlay adapter → unityads 5.14.0

Found by static analysis of the app package; bundled is not the same as active. All SDKs →

Update history

29.1.4 Oct 29, 2026 · seen Nov 2, 2026

- Fixed issue causing occasional Cell balance reductions - Summon chip no longer able to reactivate on game restart - Added Elite Balance Mastery to the Harmony Tree - Added functionality to change Tower skin mid run - Bounce Shot and Knockback effects apply more consistently to low mass enemies - Improved Chrono Field and Chain Lightning visual effects - Various text and UI Impr

29.1.3 Oct 19, 2026 · seen Oct 22, 2026

- Addressed an issue where event missions were sometimes displaying very high values

29.1.2 Oct 16, 2026

- Fixed an issue where Cells balance was incorrect after upgrading to 29.1 - Applied a correction on the account of the affected players

29.1.0 Oct 13, 2026 · seen Oct 15, 2026

- Tournament adjustments to Wave Speed Up mechanic for Gold and up - Added activation and recharge limitations to some tournament mechanics - Ultimate Weapons with full uptime now fire immediately on run start - Added functionality to level up a module slot to unlock a new sub-module effect slot - Improved save data integrity and anti-cheat systems - 4 new Labs: Primary Module Bonus

29.0.6 Oct 6, 2026

- Internal system adjustment

29.0.5 Sep 21, 2026 · seen Sep 26, 2026

Fixed an issue that caused save/load issues with some accounts when loading the game.

29.0.3 Sep 9, 2026 · seen Sep 18, 2026

- Improved Ad Gem and Gem tracking in the in-run stats pages - Improved Vault respecing to properly lock previously unlocked gameplay features - Removed locked Bots from Synchronicity menu after Bots are impacted by a respec

Trailer

The Tower - Idle Tower Defense screenshot

The Tower - Idle Tower Defense is a simulation game by Tech Tree Games with 5,000,000+ downloads (about 7.4M estimated). +22K installs in the last 7 days. Rated 4.0 from 151K ratings. Released Aug 18, 2021. Install growth, rank history, SDKs and ad networks.

From the store listing: “Build Your Perfect Tower of Defense!🏰 Idle Tower Defense – The ultimate upgrade game for strategy idle game lovers and incremental gamers. 🔫 The Tower, where the worlds of idle games and defense games seamlessly converge. This is not your typical incremental game; it's an idle defense experience like no other. Dive…”