Easy to learn but hard to master, Touhou Monster TD is a unique Tower defense Game. Control your character, level up and unlock tower skills and character talents, use your wisdom to defeat incoming enemies. Travel the Gensokyo, find out why the “Incident” happened this time.
Players can directly control a playable character, in addition to placing and upgrading towers. The player character can move around the map, jump, and even pick up and reposition towers. This allows players to carefully manage both their towers and their own positioning to effectively defend against enemies. The ability to reposition towers on the fly is particularly useful for dealing with difficult enemy waves or adjusting to changing map conditions.
The game features over 60 unique enemy types, each with their own special abilities and attributes. This variety forces players to carefully consider their tower placement and upgrades to counter the different enemy threats. For example, the game offers over 15 distinct tower units, each based on a character from the Touhou universe. These towers have unique skills and effects that can be unlocked and upgraded through a skill tree system. This wide selection of towers and enemies allows for significant strategic depth and replayability.
As players progress through the game's story levels, they earn stars that can be spent on permanent upgrades in the skill tree. This progression system encourages experimentation with different tower and skill combinations, as players seek to optimize their builds for increasingly challenging levels. The game also features additional challenge levels and a new roguelike mode, further expanding the gameplay options and replayability.
The game expertly blends its tower defense mechanics with the iconic Touhou universe. The levels represent various locations from the Touhou series, such as the Hakurei Shrine and Scarlet Devil Mansion. Additionally, the towers themselves are embodiments of popular Touhou characters, each with their own unique abilities and visual designs. This tight integration with the Touhou franchise is a major draw for fans of the series, who can enjoy seeing their favorite characters in a new gameplay context.