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
- Players
- 2
- daily peak, Nov 7, 2026
- Steam Deck
- Playable
- Last update on Steam
- 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
Minimum: with DX10 (shader model 4…, 4 GB RAM, 3 GB of disk space.
As published by the developer.
Can my PC run Taur?
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- 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
Does Taur have co-op or multiplayer?
No: single-player only, no multiplayer modes declared.
Does Taur run on Steam Deck?
Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.
- 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
PC version details
- DRM
- None declared on Steam
- Controller
- Keyboard and mouse
- Platforms
- Windows
- Steam features
- Family Sharing
- Languages
- Full audio: English.
Does Taur use AI-generated content?
No AI-generated content is disclosed on the game's Steam page.
Self-reported by the developer under Steam rules: it covers AI content that ships in the game, not tools used to make it. Steam page checked on Oct 25, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam
Tags
- Tower Defense
- Strategy
- Action
- Base Building
- Indie
- Sci-fi
- Singleplayer
- RTS
- 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
