Tower Tactics II enters Steam Early Access in October
Assemble Entertainment’s deckbuilding tower-defence sequel launches on Steam Early Access on Oct. 8 with more than 80 hours of planned content.
Tower Tactics II is bringing its deckbuilding and tower-defence mash-up to Steam Early Access on Oct. 8, 2026. Assemble Entertainment and solo developer Asraworks say the sequel is built for long, replayable runs, with more than 80 hours of content planned at launch.
What’s actually going on
The sequel combines roguelike deckbuilding with tower defence. Players build a deck, deploy towers, collect trinkets and cast spells while fighting through the new Sector 4. The announcement says the Early Access version will include five playable characters, four with unique card pools, plus a fifth character built around special deck twists.
New systems include hero cards, temporary effects, card items, new status effects such as Burn, Poison and Frail, revised metaprogression and a Sanctuary for upgrading loadouts. The game also includes a map editor, Steam Workshop support, controller support and Steam Deck support. The developer expects Early Access to last around one to two years while more cards, enemies, quests and features are added.
The story follows a new generation of heroes guided by Kaya as they investigate the Sal’koth invasion. The Steam version is scheduled to launch on Oct. 8, with the publisher positioning the game as a bigger follow-up to Tower Tactics: Liberation rather than a simple content top-up.
Our opinion
Deckbuilders and tower defence are a surprisingly sensible pairing: one asks you to plan the tools, the other asks you to deploy them before the next wave turns up. Tower Tactics II at least understands that the fun is in the combination, not in slapping two genre labels on the same store page and hoping nobody notices.
The one-to-two-year Early Access plan is a serious commitment, so the crucial question is whether the foundations are strong enough to justify the wait. Five characters, Workshop tools and a meaty first version are promising signs, but “80 hours” means little if the runs blur together. This is one to watch for strategy fans — just remember that Early Access is a roadmap, not a finished product.
Sources: Assemble Entertainment and Asraworks announcement; Tower Tactics II on Steam; official trailer.