tower-defense
Outhold Steam IGDB
Dec. 12, 2025
genre: Casual / Simulation platform: PC developer: Tellus Games publisher: Tellus Games
Outhold is a tower defense game with incremental-style meta-progression. It's intended to be a short and compact experience, offering around 4-5 hours of gameplay  across 10 levels, with some additional endgame content for those who like min/maxing builds.
Addictive game loop Start a run, see how far you get. Use your collected resources to buy upgrades and try again. Become powerful enough to obliterate everything coming against you. 



Deep upgrade tree Create unique builds that fit your playstyle. Experimentation is rewarded, and all upgrades can be refunded for free.


Strategize Focus on upgrading just one specific tower, or find unique tower synergies. There are many ways to progress through Outhold, the choice is up to you. 




Jan. 20, 2026 played
Jan. 20, 2026 Review Steam Review - Let me preface this by saying I am not a tower-defense fan. Outhold is a tower-defense game, stripped down to its absolute basics. No lore, no fancy mechanics, no distracting minigames - just the core gameplay loop of survive a wave -> upgrade -> next wave. And it has been presented so well that playing is just fun. It is living proof that gameplay makes a game enjoyable, not graphics. The balance is nicely scaled so that you are never too weak or powerful for a level. The upgrades are varied and unlock new playstyles to experiment, which interplay with one another. Some challenges do force you to figure out the "meta". Completing the full game is not a momentous task, it took me just shy of 12 hours for 100%. It can be done easily in bite-sized sessions or in one sitting. After finishing, I wish there was a bit more content - I was having so much fun I wanted to continue playing more. But at this price, really can't complain. Recommended for veterans of the genre and newbies alike!
incremental tower-defense