Taur
Released Feb 2020
Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?
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All announced content has been released
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Done
All announced content has been released
Medium confidence
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Evaluation
Taur launched on February 19, 2020 and received a steady stream of post-launch updates from the solo developer at Echo Entertainment. Four major content updates were released: Update 1.1 (June 23, 2020), Update 1.2 (February 12, 2021), Update 1.3 (April 30, 2022), and Update 1.4 (December 6, 2022). These updates added new maps, enemy units, game mechanics (Rebels, Sentinels, Trade), new research tech, and weapons. The intervals between major updates were roughly 8 months, 14 months, and 8 months respectively, establishing a cadence of roughly 8–14 months between major releases. The last developer communication of any kind was the December 6, 2022 Update 1.4 patch post. As of June 25, 2026 — over three and a half years since that final post — the developer has gone completely silent, which far exceeds the established update interval. There are no unreleased DLC listings, no announced future content, no roadmap, and no developer statements indicating further development is planned. The pattern of updates appears to have concluded with Update 1.4 in December 2022.
Evidence
Update 1.4 released, adding customizable keybindings and new Ranger research techs (Lightning Arrows, Wildfire Arrows, Dodge, Retaliation Shot). This is the last developer communication on record.
Update 1.3 released, adding three major new game mechanics: Rebels (infantry units), Sentinels (powerful individual units), and a Trade system
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Developer
Publisher
Echo Entertainment
Achievements
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Platform
Windows
Controller
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Steam Deck
Playable
Players
Single-player
About this game
Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Inspired by a multitude of games in classic genres such as tower defense, shooter, real-time strategy and more, creating a unique type of gameplay. Created by one-person indie studio Echo Entertainment.
Gameplay
- Prime Cannon: Control the powerful Prime Cannon, equipped with a primary and a secondary weapon that can be fired simultaneously.
- Weapons: Unlock and upgrade different weapons, and bring them to bear at any time on the battlefield.
- Abilities: Unlock multiple, powerful abilities and use them to turn the tide of battle.
- Build: Use the resources gained from secured war zones to expand your Taur defenses by building a variety of auto-turrets, droids, aircraft and more.
- Destruction: Every unit, structure, tree and plant is fully destructible, leading to tactical advantages or disadvantages over the course of a battle as the environment is destroyed.
- Attacks: Plan your defenses for different types of attacks such as full-scale invasions, air raids, tank sieges and infantry skyfall attacks.
- Imperion: Defeat the increasingly massive armies of the warmongering galactic droid empire known as the Imperion.
Campaign
- Control: Prevent the planet of Taurea, home of the Tauron droids, from falling into Imperion hands. Control of the planet will either be gained or lost over time, depending on your success on the battlefield. Should the Imperion gain full control of Taurea, the campaign will be lost.
- War Zones: The Taur can only be deployed to one war zone per day, forcing you to abandon the remaining ones. Abandoned war zones may incur loss of control, and their resources are lost, so choose carefully.
- Resources: Obtain resources by successfully securing war zones. Use them to build new structures, reforge weapons and research new tech.
- Forge: Use the Forge to reshape the quality and damage of your Prime Cannon weapons.
- Research: Unlock new tech to be used in battle.
- Overlord: In order to win the war and end the campaign, you must find a way to defeat the extremely powerful Imperion Overlord in battle.
Are these done yet?
Last evaluated Jun 25, 2026
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