Taur
Sci-fi tower defense with a cannon you control directly
Echo Entertainment · Released Feb 19, 2020
- Reviews
- Mostly Positive
- 80% of 2,110
- Recent reviews
- Not enough recent
- Playing now
- 2
- peak 24h 3
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update
- 3 years ago
- Dec 6, 2022
Metacritic: 70/100 (critic reviews)
What is Taur?
This single-player action-strategy game takes place on Taurea, a planet under attack by a droid empire. You fire a cannon to defend war zones, then spend resources on turrets, units, and research. Each day, you choose one war zone to defend while control of the planet shifts with your results.
For you if...
- +you like deciding which territory to defend next
- +you enjoy upgrading weapons and planning defenses
Not for you if...
- −you want purely hands-off tower defense
- −you prefer multiplayer strategy matches
What players say
80% of 2,110 reviews are positive
Players praise the mix of direct shooting and tower defense. Common complaints include uneven difficulty, limited content, and a double-cursor bug; players also say the game has gone without updates for years.
Screenshots and trailer
Taur system requirements
As published by the developer.
Minimum
- OS
- Microsoft Windows 7.1/8/8.1/10
- Processor
- Dual Core CPU
- Graphics
- Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities
- Memory
- 4 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 10
Recommended
- OS
- Microsoft Windows 7.1/8/8.1/10
- Processor
- Quad Core CPU
- Graphics
- Graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities
- Memory
- 8 GB RAM
- Storage
- 3 GB available space
- DirectX
- Version 11
PC version details
DRM, required accounts, controller support and Steam features.
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
Steam Deck: Playable
- Default controller config not fully functional
- Sometimes shows mouse, keyboard or non-Deck controller icons
- Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
- Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck
Tags
- Tower Defense
- Strategy
- Action
- Base Building
- Indie
- Sci-fi
- RTS
- Singleplayer
- Robots
- Real Time Tactics
- Futuristic
- Tactical
- Destruction
- Top-Down Shooter
- War
- Minimalist
Recent updates
- Dec 6, 2022 · Update 1.4
- May 24, 2022 · Patch 1.31
- Apr 30, 2022 · Update 1.3
- Feb 12, 2021 · Update 1.2
- Jun 25, 2020 · Minor update 1.11
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