Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense

When it gets good

Share of positive reviews by how many hours the reviewer had played when writing the review.

before it gets good opening up fully opened up

Based on all 810 Steam reviews in every language. Median playtime in a sample of 299 reviews: 18h for positive, 6.2h for negative. Almost every game is rated lower in the first 2–3 hours: that window includes refunds and quick first impressions. What matters is how deep the dip is and how fast the game recovers.

Where players quit

Share of players who started the game and reached each story milestone. 100% is the most common achievement (42.6% of owners), so people who bought the game and never launched it don't count.

Story milestones aren't labeled yet; all achievements are listed below.

All achievements (82)

• So It Begins Complete chapter 1 of the campaign 100%
• Sightseeing Complete an Optional Objective in the Campaign 93%
• Energizer Generate at least 500 Power in one game 75%
• You Know Nothing Complete the Tutorial 71%
• Activation Complete Activate 50 pre-placed Towers 61%
• A Continuation Complete chapter 2 of the campaign 60%
• Look Ma! Place in the top 25 on any Leaderboard 50%
• Taking Advantage Complete 5 Optional Objectives in the Campaign 34%
• Big Boys Destroy 10000 Axons in Survival 33%
• Survivor: Blank Canvas Finish wave 30 of Survival 'Blank Canvas' on Normal difficulty 32%
• No Going Back Complete chapter 3 of the campaign 31%
• Reshaping the World Open the Map Editor 25%
• Perfect Survivor Finish wave 30 of Survival with 100 lives 25%
• Not Souls Like Defeat 10 Bosses in Survival 23%
• No Way Out Complete the 4th Chapter of the Campaign 21%
• Learning from the Best Watch a Replay from the Leaderboards 20%
• The Collector Acquire at least 40 different Techs in Survival, but you must finish wave 30 for a Tech to count 19%
• All Decked Out Unlock one of the highest tier options in each of the Survival Upgrade trees 19%
• Practice Makes Perfect Complete any Quick Play map without losing a life 17%
• Repeat Caster Cast an Overload at least 20 times in a game 16%
• Long Long Road Finish wave 30 of Survival with a path length of 180 or above 16%
• Speed Demon Complete Survival wave 30 in under 30 minutes 16%
• To Infinity Get a career path extension of 7500 16%
• Minimalism Finish wave 30 of Survival using no more than 36 Defenses 15%
• Score! Get a score of 500000 or more in Survival 13%
• The Finale Complete the 5th Chapter of the Campaign 12%
• Casual Fun Complete 5 Quick Play maps 11%
• Axon Destroyer Destroy 100000 Axons 9.9%
• Fun with Friends Complete any 3 Co-op maps 9.6%
• The Harder They Fall Complete the first Boss mission on Hard difficulty 9.6%
• Survivor: Islands Finish wave 30 of Survival 'Islands' on Normal difficulty 7.0%
• Seen it All Beat 66 Waves in any Survival Map on any difficulty 7.0%
• Perfectionist Complete 3 Quick Play maps without losing a life 6.8%
• Don't Blink Defeat the wave 30 boss of Survival in less than 90 seconds 6.8%
• Co-op Survivor - Divider Finish wave 30 of Co-op Survival 'Divider' on Normal difficulty 6.3%
• Survivor: Platform Finish wave 30 of Survival 'Platforms' on Normal difficulty 6.3%
• Trojan Horse Complete the second Boss mission on Hard difficulty 6.1%
• Efficient Finish wave 30 of Survival with a path length of 60 or lower 6.1%
• Serious Fun Complete 10 Quick Play maps 5.9%
• All Together Now Complete any Co-op map without losing a life 5.6%
• Epic Survivor: Blank Canvas Finish wave 30 of Survival 'Blank Canvas' on Hard difficulty 5.6%
• Power Overwhelming Cast 500 Overloads 5.4%
• Probably Not A Meatball Complete the third Boss mission on Hard difficulty 4.7%
• Boss Hunter Complete a map with Boss Mode enabled 4.7%
• Co-op Survivor - Big Platforms Finish wave 30 of Co-op Survival 'Big Platforms' on Normal difficulty 4.7%
• Party Time Complete any 6 Co-op maps 4.5%
• The Big Drop Extend the path length by at least 50 when placing destination tile 4.2%
• I Like Trains Complete the fourth Boss mission on Hard difficulty 3.8%
• Not Optional Complete all optional objectives in the campaign 3.8%
• Bob The Builder Build 10000 Towers or Traps 3.3%
• The Creator Complete the 5th Boss mission on Hard difficulty 3.1%
• Omega Complete the 6th Boss mission on Hard difficulty 2.8%
• Overload Machine Destroy 1000 Axons affected by Overloads 2.8%
• Isolated the Problem Complete the Quickplay map Isolation on Hard difficulty 2.6%
• Route Planner Change destination 25 times 2.3%
• Epic Survivor: Platform Finish wave 30 of Survival 'Platforms' on Hard difficulty 2.3%
• Epic Survivor: Islands Finish wave 30 of Survival 'Islands' on Hard difficulty 2.1%
• Random Rush Complete any Quick Play map with both Random and Rush mode on 1.9%
• Broke the Code Complete the Quickplay map Matrix with a path length of at least 120 1.9%
• Iconic Complete the Quickplay map Relic with a score of at least 18000 1.9%
• Epic Co-op Survivor - Divider Finish wave 30 of Co-op Survival 'Divider' on Hard difficulty 1.4%
• Incorporated Beat wave 30 in any Survival with a loadout consisting of only MegaCorp Defenses 1.4%
• Makeshift Solutions Beat wave 30 in any Survival with a loadout consisting of only New Frontier Defenses 1.4%
• Red Eyes Beat wave 30 in any Survival with a loadout consisting of only Vex Industries Defenses 1.4%
• Going It Alone Complete a Co-op map Solo on Normal difficulty 1.2%
• Field Research Beat wave 30 in any Survival with a loadout consisting of only Astrosys Defenses 1.2%
• Epic Co-op Survivor - Big Platforms Finish wave 30 of Co-op Survival 'Big Platforms' on Hard difficulty 1.2%
• The Architect Use each of the 40 Defenses in Survival, but you must finish wave 30 for a Defense to count 1.2%
• Chaos! Complete any Co-op map with both Random and Rush mode on 0.9%
• Don't Need Your Help Complete a Co-op map Solo on Hard difficulty 0.9%
• Tried Them All Unlock all 40 Global Defense Upgrades across multiple sessions 0.9%
• Full House Unlock 8 Global Defense Upgrades in a single Quickplay or Co-op game 0.9%
• Ultimate Rush Complete any Advanced Quick Play map with both Random and Rush mode on 0.9%
• Survivor: Two Sides Finish wave 30 of Survival 'Two Sides' on Normal difficulty 0.9%
• Defender (Co-op) Complete all Co-op maps 0.7%
• All Mode Complete any Quickplay or Co-op map on Hard difficulty with Chaos, Rush Mode and Boss Mode enabled 0.7%
• Adaptation Complete the Contingency Quickplay map on Hard difficulty with Chaos Mode turned on 0.7%
• No Distractions Complete the Distraction Quickplay map without activating any pre-placed Towers 0.7%
• Networking Complete the Network Relay Quickplay map while using at least 10 Network Towers 0.7%
• Co-op Survivor: More Island Finish wave 30 of Co-op Survival More Island on Normal difficulty 0.5%
• Epic Survivor: Two Sides Finish wave 30 of Survival 'Two Sides' on Hard difficulty 0.5%
• Epic Co-op Survivor: More Island Finish wave 30 of Co-op Survival More Island on Hard difficulty 0.2%