Gnomes

Gnomes

Released Apr 2025

Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde

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Evaluation

Gnomes launched on April 4, 2025 and has received a steady stream of updates ever since. The developers — a two-person team (Tommy and Patrick) at DYSTOPIAN — have shipped five major content updates in just over a year: - **Patch 1.2** (July 28, 2025): Added global language support across 13 languages. - **Gnomes 1.3** (August 5, 2025): Added 4 new maps, 8 new guilds, 16 new relics/items, and 17 new achievements. - **Gnomes 2.0** (March 9, 2026): Added another 4 new maps, 8 more guilds, and a large batch of new buildables and relics — described as a major free update. - **Patch 2.1** (April 10, 2026): Balance improvements and technical work described as making "future updates easier." - **Patch 2.2** (June 10, 2026): Added controller support, described as a highly requested feature that took significant effort to implement. In November 2025, the developers noted they had been working 7 days a week for over a year on the game and were taking a short break, after which they explicitly committed to "one more major content update" — which was delivered as Gnomes 2.0 in March 2026. The April 2026 patch notes specifically mention technical improvements made to "make future updates easier," suggesting ongoing development intentions. The most recent post was on June 10, 2026, just nine days before today's date. No specific future content has been formally announced at this time, but the developers have maintained an active and consistent update cadence since launch, with major content arriving roughly every 3–6 months, and show no signs of concluding development.
Evidence
Gnomes 2.0 launched as a large free update adding 4 new maps, 8 new guilds, and numerous new relics and items.
news post · Mar 9, 2026 source content shipped
high
Developer statement: after over a year of working 7 days a week, the team took a short break and then committed to working on 'one more major content update' targeting early 2026.
news post · Nov 14, 2025 source content planned
high

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Details

Developer
Publisher
DYSTOPIAN
Achievements
69
Platform
Windows
Controller
full support
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player

About this game

Gnomes: Turn Based, Tower Defense, Roguelike

Defend Your Garden From the Goblin Horde

Use your gnomes to defend your crops from the goblins on a map that expands every day. On your turn, position your gnomes, prepare your defenses and grow your economy. Test your strategy against endless, procedurally generated encounters and survive long enough to face the goblin king.

Every run in Gnomes is created one of a kind and using a carefully crafted combination of bespoke content and procedurally generated elements. Purchase randomly dealt upgrades and create strategic combinations to unlock your build’s potential. As you progress you gain access to more maps and guilds, each with unique gameplay and challenges.

Features:

  • Turn Based Tower Defense

On your turn, you can move your gnomes as often as you like. Use different combinations of relics and plant abilities to help them survive the night.

  • Relics, Crops and Upgrades

Each plant, relic, tool and building creates a different possible synergies. Manipulate your environment an and exploit the resources the map provides you. Grow your economy quickly, but don’t forget to defend it.

  • Diverse Procedurally-Generated Biomes

Distinct biomes with procedurally generated environment, map specific enemies, different hazards and resources. Every run is different.

  • Guilds with Unique Starts

Each guild stars a different type of gnome accompanied by their own starting economy and a game changing relic. Every guild has different strengths and weaknesses. Some will struggle where others thrive.

  • Endless Mode

Test your strategy against randomized waves of enemies that become exponentially more difficult every night. After you defeat the goblin king for the first time, you're given the option to continue your run until the goblins overwhelm you. How many nights can you survive?

Last evaluated Jun 19, 2026
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