Broken Universe - Tower Defense

Broken Universe - Tower Defense

Worth it · Strategy · 2023

Steam Deck Playable

The verdict

BUY IT.

Worth it at $9.99.

Length
20h
Value
$0.50/hr
Reviews
91% of 313 positive
No price makes it a BANGER.
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.

What drives the score

How to read this

Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work

Raising the score
Value$0.50/hr
Price per hour of game. It moves the score inside the ceiling reviews set
Engagement2% finish
How far players actually get (achievements), a top-end bonus
Holding it back
Reviews91% positive
Gates the score. Weak reviews cap it, and nothing reaches BANGER without strong ones Scored as 88% after the small-sample adjustment
For context
MonetizationNot known
No monetization record for this game, so nothing is assumed either way
Refunds0 of 289 reviews
Steam-purchase reviews sampled whose writer refunded the game. Nothing is docked
AI contentNone disclosed
From the developer's own Steam disclosure. No disclosure is not proof of none, so it does not move the score

About the game

Get ready to rethink all your defense strategies! Build barricades to stop monsters, or lure them into a maze and attack. A variety of stages that change each time depending on how you play them.
Description from the Steam store page.
Minimum specs

Minimum on the Steam store: 4 GB of memory, OpenGL 3.0 compliant with 512MB of video RAM., 1 GB of storage. Windows only.

The value story

The lowest price on record is $9.99, set in June 2026. In 4 months of price history it has never once been discounted.

Against its own genre it lands in the top 3 percent on value. It is pricier than 65 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 93 percent. Among the games that feel like it, Minimalist Tower Defense ($4.99, scores 90) beats it on value, while it beats Yokai Art: Night Parade of One Hundred Demons ($6.99, scores 67).

More about Broken Universe - Tower Defense

Steam's global achievement data puts about 2 percent of players at this game's ending achievement. On a 20-hour game, the hours short of it still count in its price per hour. None of the 289 Steam-purchase reviews sampled here come from buyers who refunded the game, sampled from reviews written May 2021 to May 2026.

The drop-off

96% start to 2% finish
050100rarestfirst achievement

Steam counts fewer than one in ten of its players at the ending achievement. Steam global achievements

What players say

Sorry for late review for this excellent TD... very inventive! Bad: bland story & simple graphics (press skip). Good: gameplay becomes challenging later on, have to think of new strategies on most levels. Oh yeah, Christ is King!
FakeHollocozRecommendedafter 141hJan 2024Read on Steam
2 more reviews, 1 not recommended
A fun, intense TD game. There's a lot of play your way options in terms of weapons/upgrades/etc., with good level/strategy variety. Can get a bit much if you play on hard difficulty and upwards.
SparkbomberRecommendedafter 9.2hNov 2023Read on Steam
I really like TDS games but I found this one to be really boring. I was excited to play but was let down with the gameplay as it got boring after an hour and made me not wanna return. Tried to refund the game but wasn't able to. Rip $9.99. Wishing something would change my mind.
JJAFK37Not recommendedafter 1.9hJun 2025Read on Steam

Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.

No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).

Cite this score

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Broken Universe - Tower Defense scores 76/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/1487680/broken-universe-tower-defense
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Reviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 29, price as of Oct 13. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.

Tags

Steam user tags as SteamSpy recorded them

Details

DeveloperJinthree Studio
PublisherJinthree Studio
GenreStrategy
Released2023
Players35Kowners, SteamSpy estimate
Achievements57