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The Deadly Tower of Monsters

Top-down sci-fi action set inside a fictional low-budget monster movie

ACE Team · Published by SEGA · Released Jan 19, 2016

ActionAdventureIndie

Reviews
Very Positive
89% of 1,109
Recent reviews
Not enough recent
Players
0
daily peak, Oct 30, 2026
Steam Deck
Playable
Last update on Steam
9 years ago
Jan 25, 2017
Minimum PC
HD 5750
2 GB RAM · 4 GB disk
Full requirements

Metacritic: 73/100 (critic reviews)

What is The Deadly Tower of Monsters?

This action-adventure follows a stranded explorer trying to overthrow a tyrannical emperor on the alien planet Gravoria. You fight monsters while climbing a tower, leap from its heights to seek secrets, and glide across gaps while a fictional film director comments on the action.

For you if...

  • +you like mixing melee combat with ranged weapons
  • +you want local split-screen cooperative play

Not for you if...

  • −you prefer serious science fiction to campy movie parody

What players say

89% of 1,109 reviews are positive

Players praise the tower's vertical layout, platforming, and movie humor. Recurring complaints concern fixed camera angles that make it difficult to see where players want to go.

Screenshots and trailer

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The Deadly Tower of Monsters system requirements

Minimum: HD 5750, 2 GB RAM, 4 GB of disk space.

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Minimum

OS
Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4 GHz or AMD Athlon X2 4800+
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce 9800M GTS 1024MB or ATI Radeon HD 5750/6670 1024MB
Memory
2 GB RAM
Storage
4 GB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0c

Recommended

OS
Windows XP, Vista, 7, 8, 10
Processor
Intel Core i5
Graphics
NVIDIA GeForce GTX 280
Memory
4 GB RAM
Storage
4 GB available space
DirectX
Version 9.0c

Does The Deadly Tower of Monsters have co-op or multiplayer?

Yes: co-op split-screen. It also has a single-player mode. With Remote Play Together, one copy is enough to play the local modes online with friends.

Does The Deadly Tower of Monsters run on Steam Deck?

Playable Playable: it runs on Steam Deck with some adjustments.

  • Some in-game text is small and may be hard to read
  • All functionality is accessible with the default controller configuration
  • Shows Steam Deck controller icons
  • Default graphics settings perform well on Steam Deck

PC version details

DRM
None declared on Steam
Controller
Full controller support
Platforms
Windows
Achievements
25
Steam features
Cloud saves, Family Sharing, Trading cards
Languages
Full audio: English. Text only: French, Italian, German, Spanish - Spain, Russian, Simplified Chinese.

Does The Deadly Tower of Monsters 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 27, 2026. How to filter AI games on Steam

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