THE RIFT IS OPEN

Hold the road.
Master the elements.

Tower Defence Riftward is a single-player siege of lanes, timing, and elemental counterplay. Set your defenses, read the wave, and keep the Rift from crossing your core.

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60waves

9tower families

4routes

Ember Pass in combat: elemental towers cover a winding road as enemies advance toward the core. — LIVE CAMPAIGNEmber Pass Wave 20

01 OFFLINE SINGLE-PLAYER

02 TACTICAL BUILD PHASES

03 ESCALATING 60-WAVE CAMPAIGN

CHOOSE YOUR GROUND

Four roads into
the same hard choice.

Pick a route in the campaign menu. Later maps tighten the firing windows and the space you have to prepare.

01 / OPENING125m

Verdant Crossing

Long approach. Open ground. Room to learn where every tower matters.

36 build padsFOUNDATION

02 / SWITCHBACK126m

Ember Pass

Exposed switchbacks demand a plan for the gaps between your firing lanes.

34 build padsTEMPERED

03 / TIGHT WINDOW122m

Frostcut Ravine

Closely spaced turns leave little time to recover from a weak counter.

34 build padsSEVERE

04 / LAST LINE120m

Rift Bastion

Shortest approach and fewest sites. Every placement has to earn its ground.

30 build padsFINAL GAUNTLET

SET THE PRESSURE

One campaign.
Four ways to hold.

Enemy toughness and wave population scale by mode. Hardcore awards more bounty so harder counters remain within reach.

Beginner

Learn the counters and route rhythms.

−20% HP / −15% troops

Normal

The original campaign balance.

BASELINE

III

Expert

Fewer wasted shots. Sharper enemy reserves.

+5% HP

Hardcore

More bodies, more durability, richer bounties.

+10% HP / +10% troops

NINE FAMILIES / NINE ANSWERS

Build for the threat,
not the habit.

Pierce, crush, fire, frost, storm, earth, nature, arcane, and siege rewards counterplay. A tower is strongest when its target calls for it.

01Pierce◆

02Crush⬟

03Siege✦

04Fire✦

05Frost❄

06Stormϟ

07Earth⬣

08Nature❋

09Arcane◈

Scout the wave preview. Build the counter. Adapt when the route changes the engagement.

FIELD REPORTS

See the line
before it breaks.

Real campaign captures. Choose a screenshot to inspect the route and defense.

THE CORE STILL HOLDS

Take your place
on the wall.

Single-player. Offline. Sixty waves between the realm and the Rift.

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