Last updated on December 16th, 2025 at 02:25 pm
Idle Fortress Tower Defense – Strategy Game Review
Idle Fortress Tower Defense is a Strategy/Simulation/Entertainment game from Thu Hien, first launched in 16th April 2022.
It’s rated 9+ and currently has 1,556+ ratings on the App Store.
What Makes Idle Fortress Tower Defense Stand Out
You will become a great general to build a Base strong enough to resist all monsters. You can upgrade your Base to be stronger, faster, more and more skilled.
After each round, your stats will be reset and you will have more Gold to upgrade. you can go further after upgrading
Features:
- Awsome card with incredible power.
- So many stats you can upgrade.
- Many worlds to discover.
- Upgrade every week.
- Simulate defense tower resisit monsters.
If you get any problems, dont mind leave your comment, we will fix that.
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This Strategy game offers engaging gameplay and regular updates for mobile players.
Player Feedback
As a newer release, Idle Fortress Tower Defense is building its player community. Early feedback suggests .
Recent Updates & Development
Latest Update: 3rd October 2024
Recent improvements include:
Hi, We added and changed:
New allies have been arrived: Flame gun
New cards and lab items have arrived to buff out allies
Balancing
Enemies World 2,3,4…
- Worlds start harder and end easier
Fortress- Increase HP in the Factory
- Increase level step of HP in Fortress level from 5% to 8%
- Increase the max of shield recovery time (keep your max)
- Decrease the max of life leak percent (keep your max)
- Reduce the level step value of Deadhit card
- Increase Deadhit gold price
- Reduce strength of knockback
- Decrease the target of Quest upgrade ATK/HP for high-level players
Fix bugs
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Download & Availability
Idle Fortress Tower Defense is available through the official App Store for iOS devices.
Get Idle Fortress Tower Defense on App Store
Requirements: Requires iPhone 5s / iPad Air / iPad Air (Cellular) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina) / iPad Mini 2 (Retina, Cellular) / iPhone 6 / iPhone 6 Plus / iPad Air 2 / iPad Air 2 (Cellular) / iPad Mini 3 or later.
Compatible with iPhone and iPad devices.
Player Experience Highlights
Community Insight:
We love the game. But please fix the bug where you pay for more Satellites and it stays 0. And nothing happens. Even when buying with gold or coins. Ill change to 5 stars when its fixed.
5/5 for no forced ads, decent gameplay.
Ive played the game for awhile now and Ive unlocked and upgraded all of the cards. But Ive found that only a handful of cards are actually worth using while the others are bland. Itd be nice to have a reason to use them.
We would really like to see a discord or something other than just updates listed under here for comments from the dev. Game is great upgrading seems fair.
We like this game but it is a little hard to progress.
This game is very addicting but it falls into microtransaction hell unfortunately. If they put as much effort into the game as they did their battle pass and purchase options, then this game would be 10/10. Our biggest gripe is that the difficulty scaling of the levels seems fine tuned to frustrate players into paying money. Most of the time when we lose, its simply because of the number of enemies. Level 14 has 7 enemies, level 15 has 8 enemies and level 16 has 20 enemies(not real numbers). This makes the only worthwhile upgrade attack speed. Which is a shame because there are a ton of cool upgrades, but we feel they just dont matter because of the microtransaction oriented level scaling. We can only watch so many ads before uninstalling the game and we dont feel like the game is worth paying actual money for. Such a strange catch 22. Devs need to make money and deserve to for their effort. Its a great game. But from our perspective, theyve sacrificed too much in the pursuit of money that the game has lost sight of its purpose. To be fun.
We have internet connected but will not play ads other apps work perfectly fine on internet but not this app, one add will work for bonus then have to refresh multiple times.
Epic fail. This is a tower defense game. There is a flat platform on top of the tower where you would ASSUME the laser gun would be mountedNOPE! It sits on the ground off to the side and looks like a weird mushroom.
The newest update allows for daily quest and a few new things that we dont remember off the top of the head.. None the less the point Im bringing to the forefront are the new daily quest. The first Daily list we got was lvl up HP 40times which cost us about 8.9k gold each lvl up. Then it wants us to use 2 different rare cards in battle 5 times.. Which the only way to get rare cards or any card in general are with purple crystals.. 25 crystals will get you 1 card and 115 will get you 5 cards with low chances of a rare.. Ive spent somewhere between 800-1000 crystals and only have 2 rare cards that are useless to us right now.. Keep in mind you only get 5 free crystals every 4 hours and occasionally while youre playing a little green dude will pop up and give you 2. Point is, its virtually impossible to complete these daily quest without spending money which is lame because this game is fun Make doable quest for everyone please.
Play it if you what a fun game that can last for months.
Started off as a really cool game that we genuinely enjoyed, but the longer we played, the more impossible it became to play without paying for something. First they take away your free x2 boosts, then they take away your ads so that you cant get any boosts at all (Video not ready is the excuse), and then they suddenly drop your boss bonus coins to 0. From there, the game becomes impossible to continue. Not to mention the little Gold Tribe event mini game is rigged against you and the coin and gold discount upgrades do absolutely nothing. Find another game to play. Dont waste your time here.
One of the best mobile idle games Ive ever seen. Amazing graphics, steady progression, loads of content, and plenty of strategy. We believe this game has an invaluable design and end product, and should be played by many. We rate this game 5 stars out of 5 due to all of its creative, innovative, and otherwise clever features. We would recommend this game to anyone looking for an idle game, a mobile game that takes a lot of time, or something just for fun here and there.
We found a bug on the app that isnt necessarily a problem but Id like to bring it to the devs attention if possible. Im not sure how to go about that.
This is a cool game to play if you have bad internet or traveling.
We like idle games, but we cant stand the ones that really dont have much to do/interact with. This has plenty of things to do and several worlds to beat.
Its a classic defense game but there are so many choices on what to upgrade you have to be strategic about. If you really want to move up, watch ads and get all kinds of cool stuff. When youre just starting out, attack speed and strength are more important than health. Then work on health and then work on special stuff like multi shot and double shot. Really fun.
Game is full of cheaters devs dont ban any of them :_(.
Decrease the basic critical strike effect,the new card look like the new rubbish,if u want kill world 4 and world 5,u just need add hp.Not good update very boring.
Has lots of little bugs one of which is losing all your round coins at the start of a new wave. Makes it almost unplayable.
Its fun at first but after round 10 progress crawls by and it didnt explain much of the game you kinda just get left to fend for yourself.
Fun but limited as a glitchy game.
Would be a good Christmas present just saying. Kevin G.
The game is fun, and the right amount of challenging. There is one annoying issue that Ive experienced though. Every time there is an ad after a battle it freezes our game. We havent had a single time where this didnt happen. Its a quick fix just quit and re open the game. Other than that the game is great.
We have been playing a while, when the fortress upgrade points came around at first they worked good and now when they are earned the points dont match when research or upgrades complete the reward points for those arent matching our fortress upgrade progress.
The gold boss is still broken. Im on level like 37 or something and the only reason we lose to it is because it doesnt come out till the timer is half over. THE TIMER SHOULDNT STSRT TILL we CAN HIT THE BOSS. Ill lose one then the very next one it comes out way earlier near the start of the timer and we destroy the boss. Another thing he cant be hit sometimes while moving. All he does is move its like you purposely have it programmed to be we kill or based off youre current stats just so people have to watch an ad to get the gold. So stupid please fix this. Wish we could attach a picture just took one. Lv37 the timer got down to the start of the 7 about 1/4th of the timer is gone before the boss is even on screen and we still cant hit it cause its moving. So stupid.
So we paid for the crystals, the 2.99 pack. And it charge us 9.99. You gotta be kidding us. Definitely not spending any more money on this trash.
Game is very fun and its fun to grind to get your base stronger, we would like to buy the no ads pack but its 30 dollars and that is nuts for a mobile game. We pay less for full games on steam.. Even if it was 15 we could justify that at least.
UI needs some big changes while playing. The vertical UI when playing is really awkward and it's weird to have the coins so far from the cards, especially considering the currencies you cant use during the waves are closer than the silver coins. We think all they need is to adopt Bloons TD UI and keep it horizontal with upgrades on the right or left and coins right next to it.
The game is overall good, but it takes a LOT of time to get anywhere. World 3 is hard to get past, but once you do you can make it through 4 and much of 5 quite quickly. Our current issue is that we seem to be unable to get ads, which becomes necessary to advance. We cant seem to get ads for the Gold Tribe, Daily Rewards, or to speed up Lab. Its really making late game impossible and we suspect its to cause frustration and get us to put money in, which we havent done and refuse to do. Ad revenue should be more than enough with how much Ive played. Overall a good game, fix the issues and we will increase our rating.
The game is fun if you are bored of every game on your phone or tablet or anything that you use and if you like challenging games where it takes like 8 months to pass the first world then its a good game.
We enjoy playing this game, but it is obvious that they are trying to get money from ads and the store. The progression in game is incredibly slow, so you are tempted to buy currency from the store, which is incredibly overpriced. We have played it 70 times, and only got to level 39. Fun to play, but hard to get anywhere.
Cool game, but yea if you dont spend money you will be soft locked on world 3.
Amazing gameplay for the first few days, but can start to feel dry after enough upgrades have been bought. A lot of other simulation games have this same flaw but offer other ways of staying engaged, repetition is fun sometimes but not while receiving less for the same amount of time.
Its an ok game, but you have to use the rare real world currency all the time, or its a grindfest. What was the final nail in the coffin was seeing $30 to remove ads. Get over yourselves, the game isnt that good.
We get the same day 1 daily gifts every day, no matter how many days its been.
The progression turns from fun and satisfying on world 1 to unbearably slow and rigorous on just WORLD 2. Theres invisible guys that get a guaranteed hit off your base that are the only reason anyone will ever upgrade defense stats. Im on world 4 now and cant even beat it with 1.6+ million health. It isnt even worth getting past world 2, as world 3 and 4 are just identical copies with different textures and higher numbers. If you wanna play this game, beat world 2 at max, then play something else.
The 14.99 sub does not remove ads for 1.4 bonus like it states. False advertising. Do not buy stay away.
Stop shoving tutorial down our throat and let us play the game. Stop forcing us to claim idle rewards. Stop forcing us to upgrade abilities. Stop forcing us to buy cards. Stop forcing us to equip cards.
The paid/ad bonus option would be different sides in different menus.
We have very much enjoyed our time with this game. Only thing Id say is to let it save your progress to your iCloud. We deleted the game and when we re-downloaded the next day all our progress was gone. The game itself has a good flow, the money give for upgrades isnt aggravatingly slow and the upgrades feel useful. The ads arent too excessive and are on your choice to further your progress. We went looking for another one to replace this after we lost our progress but they all sucked and so we are back again to grind at it. Thanks for the game.
Ive played hundred and hundreds of both idle games and tower defense games. We must say this has been the most enjoyable Ive come across so far. The leveling system is very simplistic yet still rewarding and progress is easily achievable. Idle rewards take just a second to claim, and with the amount of in game diamonds you achieve through normal gameplay, it makes it a non P2W kind of game. Its been our go to on breaks at work the last 3 weeks or so, and Im still not bored and dont see an end to our playing in the near future. Must add, when you choose to watch ads to double rewards, occasionally it will say ad not available, but if you swipe out of the app or swipe down and bring your accessories up, then enter back, the ad is available. No issues playing any ad and the rewards are worthwhile imo. Great game and cant see what comes next! (2nd world, wave 39, and just got the gold events recently, making easy 70K gold twice daily, more if we watch ads!).
We think this game is amazing but that is just us.
In the Hall of Fame, a JogG'o SWU user suddenly played 2347 Boskill. Is that a possible game.
Although we enjoy the concept of the game, and it seems free and fun at first, it is clearly just conditioning players to adjust to a pay-to-win game style. Ive noticed that after about 30 rounds that the game has started to have us watch ads for bonuses that it originally did not have us watch ads for. Its as if it said, Oh no, hes getting too good at clicking the 2X rewards button in the time allotted so it stuck a nice ADS button on there so now we can now longer receive double rewards unless watching ads. Funny enough, they even advertise their in-app purchases as ways to get rid of those annoying advertisements like we dont know that they are the ones who put them in place. We enjoy games like this, but unless they stop with the follow-the-leader style of ads profiteering then Ill gladly uninstall it and continue to raise awareness of the marketing techniques. No game is worth your loss of life savings to addiction of purchasing in-app content. Create games for gamers, not yourselves.
Im unable to progress any further and have maxed out almost all useful stats, collected 5 stars for the offense/defense cards, but am stuck in the low 50s on events and lvl 30ish on island 3. At this point its become frustrating. Fun while it lasted, though.
Good overall game but needs a lot of balancing 1. Bosses have way too much HP for a boss thats so weak it cant kill us it has so much HP so neither can we especially past 50 2. Those invis guys are way too OP they hit like a truck and you cant kill them before they hit you Few suggestions is just lower their damage or you can use a card to make them not invisible within a certain radius to have at least a chance to Kiel them 3. While were talking about cards you call some cards legendary that we wouldnt touch with a ten foot pole. Even fully upgraded 7 percent discount is nothing in what world would that ever be useful maybe it would be useful at 25 percent or higher but id rather have not the only card with balancing issues but that one is completely useless.
Just another typical phone game that staggers progress significantly unless you watch ads. The remove ads feature is laughably $20. The games progress seems to be intentionally designed to be incremental, which is fine we think those types of games have their own value; but annoyingly advertisements will be prompted on almost every screen. Collecting rewards, finishing stages, finishing achievements, unlocking new content, its a lot and frequent. Unless you enjoy feeling being looked at as a walking wallet and customer being sold something, as opposed to just being able to enjoy a game and the experience it offers, Id say find something better.
We dont know if it does this for everyone or just us but for some reason every time we log into the game it just gives us 1,000 gems.
The game itself would be way better if they toned down the adds a bit. We get they have to make money but it really does hurt the game experience a lot with the sheer number of adds you get bombarded with.
Despite being a completely offline game it wont let you play without wifi, so it can show you ads every 2 rounds.
User feedback from Apple App Store
App Details
- Version: 5.0.1
- Size: 241.82 MB
- iOS: 13.0 or later
- Languages: EN
- Content Advisory: Infrequent/Mild Cartoon or Fantasy Violence
- Developer: Thu Hien
Last updated: 3rd October 2024 | Genre: Strategy, Simulation | Developer: Thu Hien