Idle TD: Heroes vs Zombies
Released Jan 2022
An endless Tower Defense game of epic heroes vs evil zombies. Unlock and upgrade countless Heroes, artifacts, and technologies to defend against the infinite zombie swarms. Strategize the most effective placement of Heroes to synergize their skills and abilities.
73% positive · 166 reviews
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Released, ongoing live service game
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Live Service
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Released, ongoing live service game
High confidence
Live Service
Where to get it
Free on Steam
Evaluation
Idle TD: Heroes vs Zombies is a free-to-play idle tower defense game explicitly designed as an endless, ongoing experience. The store description prominently advertises "Non-stop, endless gameplay!" and "never-ending" gameplay, with bi-weekly PvP tournaments, daily missions, rotating maps, and a monetized progression system involving gem packs and card packs. These are hallmarks of a live service game — one that is built to run and evolve indefinitely rather than reach a completion state. The game officially released on January 24, 2022. Developer news posts from the pre-release period (August through October 2021) show active feature development adding new content systems like Hero Ascension, map selection, and map-specific perks. The structure of the game itself — with rotating tournaments, seasonal competition, and idle progression designed around returning players — confirms this is a game intended to be an ongoing service rather than a finite product.
Evidence
Store description explicitly advertises 'Non-stop, endless gameplay!', bi-weekly PvP tournaments, daily missions, and rotating maps — all hallmarks of a live service game designed to run indefinitely.
Pre-release update added Hero Ascension system and new card tier packs, demonstrating ongoing feature development and monetized content systems.
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Details
Developer
Publisher
Swell Games LLC
Achievements
24
Platform
Windows, macOS
Controller
—
Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
An endless swarm of evil zombies are invading from The Darkness… it is up to you to stop them! As commander of the Heroes of Light, you’ll defend what’s left of the world in Idle TD: Heroes vs Zombies.
This never-ending take on tower defense puts you in charge of powerful Heroes trying to stop evil zombie invaders from reaching The Light. Strategically place allies like Earth Surfer for extra-speedy attacks, or use Light Bringer for heavier damage. And if things get real dicey, just wipe the map clean with a firestorm spell!
Eradicating zombies gives you upgrades to bolster power, speed, and other stats - and the more zombies you obliterate, the more Heroes you’ll unlock. Idle TD: Heroes vs Zombies’s menagerie is filled with awesome heroes, like surfers with guns and fire blowing wizards. Discovering new heroes is part of the fun.
Like any loyal pal, Idle TD: Heroes vs Zombies takes care of itself when you’re away. Come back in a few days to claim offline progress and resources to power up your defenses. Those zombies don’t sleep - but neither do your heroes.
Features:
Idle TD: Heroes vs Zombies is a perfect blend of the Idle and Tower Defense genres. The game is endless and can mostly play itself without much interaction. However, an immense amount of strategy is required to play efficiently and place well against your peers on the leaderboards. Go on an epic never-ending quest, explore a fantastic world, battle heroes and zombies, and defeat epic bosses in Idle TD: Heroes vs Zombies!
This never-ending take on tower defense puts you in charge of powerful Heroes trying to stop evil zombie invaders from reaching The Light. Strategically place allies like Earth Surfer for extra-speedy attacks, or use Light Bringer for heavier damage. And if things get real dicey, just wipe the map clean with a firestorm spell!
Eradicating zombies gives you upgrades to bolster power, speed, and other stats - and the more zombies you obliterate, the more Heroes you’ll unlock. Idle TD: Heroes vs Zombies’s menagerie is filled with awesome heroes, like surfers with guns and fire blowing wizards. Discovering new heroes is part of the fun.
Like any loyal pal, Idle TD: Heroes vs Zombies takes care of itself when you’re away. Come back in a few days to claim offline progress and resources to power up your defenses. Those zombies don’t sleep - but neither do your heroes.
Features:
- Unlock 40 unique heroes, all of which have different skill sets that make tower synergy crucial to success.
- Strategize by placing up to 10 heroes at a time. Determining the most effective combination of their skills will keep you entertained and speculating for weeks!
- Rotate through several different maps, each of which requires different strategies to defend most efficiently.
- Bi-weekly PvP tournaments give this casual game a competitive edge.
- Discover countless upgrades, research, spells, artifacts, technology, and more to level up with a variety of different resources.
- Several rewarding mini-games such as Zombie Swarms, Grave Diggers, and Evil Scientists.
- Offline progress rewards you even while the game is closed!
- Complete tons of daily missions and achievements.
- Fantasy RPG-based world and classes.
- Non-stop, endless gameplay!
Idle TD: Heroes vs Zombies is a perfect blend of the Idle and Tower Defense genres. The game is endless and can mostly play itself without much interaction. However, an immense amount of strategy is required to play efficiently and place well against your peers on the leaderboards. Go on an epic never-ending quest, explore a fantastic world, battle heroes and zombies, and defeat epic bosses in Idle TD: Heroes vs Zombies!
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Last evaluated Jun 23, 2026
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