Yet another review from some dude who played the game for dozens of hours and in the end said "yeah this isn't fun." That's a very bad trend to see.

This could be a really awesome game. That's why I played for so many hours. But I don't have confidence it will get fixed. There are many elements of the game that just aren't fun. There are too many meaningless gameplay decisions. Too much RNG. Income is so slow that it makes the game uninteractive and predictable. These are all solvable problems but they require the developer to recognize they are problems.

The developer is very positive, engaged, and communicative. That's great. But it's clear they are focused on... "optimized problem solving" let's call it. A developer comment from another review:

"First, a message of hope. Good players achieve a winrate above 95% on difficulty 4, so the game is not about RNG. Your actions have meaning."

Yeah that's a major "show don't tell" problem. If you have to tell users your product is XYZ because they see it as ABC, then you really need to reconsider whether your product is XYZ. And seriously consider why users think the product is ABC.

The game was designed in such a way I thought there'd be an endless variation of options and playstyles I could experiment with... because of RNG and the other things I mentioned, that is not the case. And the game developer's response is "well maybe you're just bad at the game?" There's like 50 threads in the forum complaining about income rate. Developer mentioned in one of those threads they NEVER pick supply in the reinforcements tree, and implied YOU, the PLAYER, must be doing something wrong if you play differently from the developer and lose. Your income should be good enough without supply reinforcements. It is for me! ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

"1v1 me bro" is not the kind of energy a developer should bring to the table. You should be focused on figuring out how to make the game better. Not telling me how to play better. Maybe I just don't want to play that way? Climb out of my treehouse bud.

That is why I'm skeptical the game will be fixed. I spend all day dealing with SWEs for a living. I can tell when someone is struggling to get into the user-interview mentality. I've seen many SWEs --- highly paid SWEs with PhDs. "Good SWEs" to borrow the developer's language --- delegitimize and dismiss the feelings/experiences of their users and not even realize it. It's a common problem. Very few SWEs overcome it without some sort of coaching.

Recommendation to the developer: users rarely know what they want. They are often wrong about what the solution is. But they are never wrong about their experience. They know what annoys/hurts/bothers them extremely well. And most of your customers are never going to be "good players." Most players in League aren't in challenger.

If a champ in league has a 80% winrate in plat and below but has a 45% winrate in challenger because players at that level can finally with their gimmick, that doesn't mean the champ is balanced. Most players aren't Tyler1. You can't optimize your game around Tyler1. You can't respond to player feedback by saying "well but Tyler1!!!" The game will die very quickly. Players aren't your fellow players when you are a developer. They are your customer. You have to interrogate their experience very differently. Because it's USER FEEDBACK.

This game is hard. Like, unbelievably hard. You aren't given the tools for success, and when you are, your base gets blown up anyways because you go for anti-shields and oops, there's some invisible enemies you can't fight because you didn't build for cloaking. Everything's too expensive too, can't do anything fun because you just aren't given the 1000+ supply the game demands out of these expensive upgrades. Some of these upgrades are useless too AND are required to get some of the future upgrades. Flying enemies just suck as despite your buildings saying "anti-air prioritize" they'll still just fire at the small creeps, reload, and then you're dead; not only that but they are a constant threat from wave 1. Some buildings are also just, useless to play because their range isn't what you'd expect it to be. You'd expect longer range to be useful, but I've had towers just fire at the enemies 3 squares away when another enemy just walks right on by into your base despite the game claiming to prioritize enemies close to the base. Recon's too precious of a resource to reliably use because you get none to start (with exception of one army that you have to tech into, yet another precious and almost unusable resource that you cannot replenish by ANY means) and have to use expensive resources to get a tiny trickle which by the time you need it it's already too late to use effectively. The map will also happily betray you since you can't build many buildings without using platforms (which are also given via rng so you may not even have them) and you just have to take blow after blow after blow only for you to realize "oh, I can't actually use the 2x2 mortar because they need to be at level 0" which good luck with that. I'm not having fun, the game does not want you to have fun. Can't build too close to the base because shield enemies soak bullets or need a pulse weapon (which ALL of the pulse weapons are expensive except one which doesn't have any range and to get said range you need that recon), or are flying and take half damage from stuff because why??? Can't build too far from the base because enemies like to just drop from the sky (which are also shielded) and just waltz to your base and explode. Then there's this one enemy that you can't slow, soaks a million bullets, and then one shots your base. Can't build just buildings as precious upgrades that they need to even compete against certain enemies is too expensive to get. Can't upgrade the buildings you want because, again, everything is too expensive. I truly cannot recommend this game to those that want a casual time playing a tower defense.

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I want to love Tower Dominion — it has excellent core ideas, solid visuals, and genuinely fresh mechanics for a tower defense game. But the sheer lack of information provided to the player makes it feel unfinished and borderline unplayable at times.

The game asks you to make complex strategic decisions — with no access to the most basic stats. Want to know how much damage a tower deals? How many enemies your mortar can hit? What a medic unit does? How tower targeting works? Sorry — the game doesn’t tell you. Ever. You have to either guess, memorize, or build a spreadsheet.

I kept wondering after launch: is this an actual game or a scam? It’s not — the devs are real, updates are coming — but it currently feels like a paid beta.

• Beautiful minimalist art style, reminiscent of tilt-shift visuals — clean, readable, and charming.
  
• Multiple factions with distinct bonuses and HQs — each feels different to play.
  
• Large variety of buildings and upgrades — 3 upgrade tiers per building, with 2 branching paths at each level.
  
• Many heroes to unlock — not all are impactful, but the variety is appreciated.
  
• Roguelite elements (random maps, building pools, bonuses) keep things fresh.
  
• When it works, the strategic depth is excellent — tons of viable synergies and tactics (if you can figure them out).

❌ Severe lack of in-game information:

• No visible damage values, ranges, AoE sizes, or unit stats.
  
• Upgrade descriptions are vague (“great vs. strong enemies” isn’t helpful).
  
• Tower targeting logic is inconsistent and undocumented.
  
• Building costs don’t show breakdowns or discounts until after placing.
  
• Infantry (for factions that use it) has no visible HP or effect info — no idea what medics, sergeants, or banner-bearers actually do.
  
• No preview of building upgrades when selecting rewards — just a short flavor text.
  
• The “encyclopedia” is nearly useless — no stats, no upgrade trees, just a name and short summary.
  
• If you want to play seriously, you’ll need to manually create a spreadsheet or rely on the community.

❌ Balance issues:

• One faction is almost unplayable on higher difficulties (devs are aware and patching).
  
• Most heroes feel too similar or weak — only a handful are strong picks.
  
• Enemy wave difficulty can spike or drop without warning.
  
• Endless mode is wildly unbalanced — most runs end within 1–2 bonus waves.

❌ Quality-of-life pain points:

• No tutorial.
  
• No undo for map tiles or upgrade choices.
  
• Can’t fully reset a build phase.
  
• Music is bland.
  
• Game is a bit overpriced for its current state — could use a ~20% price drop until patched up.

• 🟡Playable, but not officially supported.
  
• No default controller layout — you’ll need to make your own.
  
• UI not fully optimized for handheld.
  
• Major scrolling bug at launch (now patched).
  
• Functional but clunky experience overall.

• Tower Dominion has huge potential — and with a few key patches (better tooltips, detailed stats, interface improvements), it could become one of the best modern tower defense titles.
  
• For now, it feels unfinished. The game expects players to make critical strategic decisions blindfolded — no stats, no context, no clarity. It's not broken, but it's exhausting.
  
  
• 💡Buy later after a few key patches.
  
• 📉 If you buy now, be prepared to alt-tab into Reddit, spreadsheets, and fan-made wikis — a lot.