Destroy the Monoliths

Destroy the Monoliths is a single-player real-time strategy tower offense roguelike. You explore randomly generated maps, mine terrain for resources and build turrets to protect your base and attack monoliths. The monoliths continually spawn more minions, and you cleanse infested worlds as the dangers increase.

Explore the worlds

Maps are procedurally generated, with different biomes such as arid, volcanic and frost, and shapes such as dense, archipelago and river. You can find useful structures, including treasures and shrines. The game uses 3D pixel art with dynamic lighting.

Mine and build

Destroy blocks to collect resources. Use different weapons to mine faster and more efficiently, or let automated buildings do the work. You place buildings from four categories—offensive, status effects, support and biome specials—and combine their effects to defend your base and attack enemy monoliths.

Fight and upgrade

Your main offensive buildings attack monoliths, while your other turrets protect your base from the minions they summon. You can also fight alongside your turrets using weapons, a shield and a dash. Damaging monoliths yields XP, which you use to get upgrades.

You acquire new weapons, building blueprints and relics that enhance your stats or provide unique effects. Upgrades apply to an entire world and carry over to later missions. As you cleanse more sectors, the dangers increase.

World challenges

Across procedurally generated worlds, you can unlock packs of starting technologies for different playthroughs and activate doomed relics to raise the difficulty. The game also includes achievements and journal entries to discover.