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Steam News21 June 202613d ago

Map Editor, Steam Workshop & Daily Challenges

This is our biggest update yet. Build your own maps, share them with the community, and put your defenses to the test in a fresh challenge every single day.

In this update5

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Full Crystal Tower Defense update

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What changed

0 fixes3 additions16 changes0 removals
  • Maps
  • Workshop
  • Events
  • Balance
  • Gameplay
  • UI and audio
changedThis is our biggest update yet . Build your own maps , share them with the community , and put your defenses to the test in a fresh challenge every single day .
changedNew Map EditorDesign your own tower defense maps from scratch.
changedNew Map EditorDesign the grid, place obstacles, gates, and shape the enemy path however you like
changedNew Map EditorComplete stage editor with waves, formations, timing as well as per wave enemy sequences Let them get auto generated or hand craft every spawn yourself
changedNew Map EditorDifficulty tuning per enemy type stat multipliers spawn limits enemy variants per-stage scaling
changedNew Map EditorSet starting money, lives, turret limits, upgrade costs, and pre-placed turrets

Crystal Tower Defense changes

changedThis is our biggest update yet . Build your own maps , share them with the community , and put your defenses to the test in a fresh challenge every single day .
changedDesign your own tower defense maps from scratch.
changedDesign the grid, place obstacles, gates, and shape the enemy path however you like
changedComplete stage editor with waves, formations, timing as well as per wave enemy sequences Let them get auto generated or hand craft every spawn yourself
changedDifficulty tuning per enemy type stat multipliers spawn limits enemy variants per-stage scaling

This is our biggest update yet. Build your own maps, share them with the community, and put your defenses to the test in a fresh challenge every single day.

New Map Editor

Design your own tower defense maps from scratch.

  • Design the grid, place obstacles, gates, and shape the enemy path however you like

  • Complete stage editor with waves, formations, timing as well as per wave enemy sequences

    • Let them get auto generated or hand craft every spawn yourself

  • Difficulty tuning

    • per enemy type stat multipliers

    • spawn limits

    • enemy variants

    • per-stage scaling

  • Set starting money, lives, turret limits, upgrade costs, and pre-placed turrets

Steam Workshop Integration

Share your maps and play maps made by others. Compete in per map leaderboards

  • Publish your maps to the Workshop

  • Browse, subscribe and launch workshop maps directly in the game

  • Maps must be beaten by their creator before they can be published

  • Per map leaderboards

New Daily Challenges

A new challenge every day with global leaderboards.

  • 30 unique challenge archetypes (Boss Rush, Swarm, Shield Breaker, Armor Piercer, and more)

  • Four difficulty tiers: Easy, Medium, Hard, and Hell

  • Every challenge has its own modifiers, per-stage scaling, available turrets and abilities

  • Compete on global leaderboards and climb the ranks

  • Earn loot boxes for completing runs

  • Only currency earned during the run can be spent and personal turret upgrades are not taken into account, so the leaderboard stays even for everyone

Leaderboards

  • Redesigned leaderboards/statistics screen

  • Added a leaderboard panel to the game end screen, to show your new rank and how much you climbed

Polish & Quality of Life

  • Smooth fade transitions between scenes to reduce freezing when loading

  • Faster statistics and leaderboard screens

  • Per-turret kill counter and live DPS readout in the side panel

  • Restart button added to the pause menu

  • Some UI readability and styling fixes

Please provide us with your feedback and share your map creations on our Discord.

We can't wait to see the maps you build!

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Steam News / 21 June 2026

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