Axon TD: Uprising

Axon TD: Uprising is a tower defense game about manipulating maps to shape enemy routes and make room for your defenses. You play as a defense contractor whose ship is shot down on a routine mission. Attacked by the robotic Axons, you must fight your way off the planet by building towers, advancing through a tech upgrade tree and defeating bosses; the campaign may also reveal the truth behind the ongoing war.

Shape the battlefield

Instead of only placing towers beside an existing path, you place tiles to lengthen routes and create space for more towers. Tiles can connect to islands scattered around each map, opening up new areas to maze. On some maps, you can also place a new destination point.

The game includes 21 Quickplay maps, 18 co-op maps and 4 Survival maps. A map editor provides the tools to create singleplayer and co-op maps, and supports sharing through Steam Workshop.

Towers and enemies

You can use 40 towers and traps, along with 10 castable abilities. Each tower has three possible upgrades that add new effects or change existing ones, and towers can also be customized cosmetically. The Axons include more than 35 unique enemies with different abilities, including some that move faster around corners and others that teleport nearby enemies forward.

Campaign and modes

The campaign has 40 levels and supports two players. The roguelite Survival mode also supports two players, sending you through randomized maps, towers and techs as the map area expands and tower technology advances more quickly. Surviving earns a place on its global leaderboard.

PvP includes four procedurally generated maps. Online co-op supports up to four players, with maps designed for two, three and four players. Quickplay, co-op and Survival each have leaderboards; co-op teams can compare their results with other teams.