Bloons TD 6

I caught a glimpse of myself in the monitor—motionless, expressionless—staring into my own eyes at 2am while chaos unfolded before me.

I should’ve stopped then. I couldn’t then. I cannot now. Every time I try to quit, a free Dart Monkey whispers sweet nothings in my ear: “Just one more medal.” The Banana Farm is thriving. The Glue Gunner is vibing. My social life? Gone. My sleep schedule? Irrelevant. But my defenses? Immaculate.

This isn’t just a tower defense game. It's a commitment. A vow to never let a single bloon live to see the other side of the screen.

My friends ask what I’ve been up to lately. I tell them I’ve become spiritually one with the Super Monkey. They've stopped asking.

This is a game that has monkeys and the monkey pop balloons and its fun cause the balloons pop when the monkeys pop them.

I bought this game thinking it would be a casual little tower defense experience. You know—place a monkey, pop some balloons, sip some coffee, move on with my day. What actually happened is that I am now 347 hours deep into debating whether a monkey with a crossbow is superior to a monkey in a helicopter with an Apache gunship.

The balloons aren’t even threatening me in real life, but somehow they’ve infiltrated my dreams. I wake up at 3 a.m. sweating, whispering “round 63…” while my wife asks if I’m okay. No. I am not okay. These balloons don’t play fair. They come in ceramics, camos, regrows, leads, and then suddenly a purple one shows up like it owns the place. Why does purple make my entire strategy useless? Who decided this?

And don’t get me started on Paragons. I spent three days farming enough money to summon one, and when I finally did, it felt like unlocking God himself, except God was a giant dart-throwing monkey with glowing eyes. Watching balloons melt under its power gave me more satisfaction than my last five birthdays combined.

The worst part? My bank account. I bought this game for like $7. Since then, I’ve purchased every hero skin, every cosmetic, and I’m seriously considering buying that banana farmer just because my clicking finger hurts. I now measure real-life purchases in terms of how many Banana Farms I could build with that money. “Should I buy lunch today?” No, that’s a whole marketplace upgrade, are you insane?

My social life is gone. My boss asked why I’ve been late to work three days in a row. I told him “round 98 fortified BADs” and he just nodded like he understood.

In conclusion:
• 10/10 monkeys.
• 0/10 balloons.
• Would sacrifice friendships, relationships, and possibly my sanity again.

Maybe the greatest Tower Defense game ever made. Hilariously cheap for the amount of content and time this game offers. It is deep and there are tower combinations to learn. Every map has multiple difficulties, additional modes and challenges. There's even "black boarding" a map - getting all modes for a map completed. Aside from maps there are community maps, events, boss events, races, so much content to go through and it never gets boring. It can also be played casually and it is really a great "background" game while you're listening to a podcast, music, or doing something on a 2nd monitor.
Since it's release in late 2018 this game gets frequent updates, balance patches, new towers, heroes... It's seriously laughable how cheap it is compared to what it offers. Do yourself a favour and give this magnificent gem a chance. You will probably get addicted.

If you were to tell me in 2007 at the computer lab that BTD 6 would have 72+ maps, new and improved monkeys who can talk, Co-op, a map builder, and a cool upgrade tree, I would've looked at you like you were crazy but here we are. From Coolmath to Steam, this series is still fun as hell!

Let me review the game based on what I didn’t like — because that’s more fun.

The worst thing about BTD6 is that you have no idea what the actual stats of towers are. Pierce, damage, bonus damage vs. certain bloons — none of that is shown. Upgrades often just say “increases attack speed” without telling you if it’s 10%, 50%, or 2%. You’re left guessing from the animation. You could argue they want the game to feel less technical, but an option for advanced stats would fix this easily. Some upgrades are even worse, saying things like “bloons will fear you” with no explanation of what that actually means.

You also don’t know which bloons spawn on which rounds unless you memorize them. If you want real info, you basically have to open the wiki.

Each map has way too many “easy” challenges, forcing you to replay them several times if you want a black border (all challenges + CHIMPS without retrying). It’d be nice if we could do multiple challenges at once, especially the easier ones, to speed things up. Personally, I would have preferred if CHIMPS was balanced with Monkey Knowledge for more progression, but it’s fine as is.

The game can flood you with abilities, many of which aren’t explained well, leading to a messy UI with 20+ buttons. The Tech Bot helps automate abilities but costs monkey money and space; there really should be a built-in auto-cast option, similar to what the DLC game mode does.

As a live service, BTD6 has added tons of content — but much of it feels unnecessary. Bosses and Paragons are cool, but they don’t add much outside their specific modes. Paragons are trial-and-error, since you don’t know the degree before buying them, and thresholds are extremely important. Because of their cost, you mostly end up using the same few Paragons while ignoring the rest. Some are only used when the “good” ones are disabled, which feels artificial. Honestly, Paragons and bosses could have been the foundation of a future BTD7, instead of being bolted onto 6.

The in-game purchases also leave a bad taste. They’re not really worth it (which is good and bad), but just having a store in what is mostly a single-player game feels off. You earn a lot of monkey money, but I don’t like spending it — it feels bad. Instant monkeys are similar: they feel cheesy to use, so you hoard them instead of playing with them.

Biggest reason I still recommend BTD6: you quickly know if the game is for you. If you don’t enjoy the first hour, you won’t enjoy your 50th. The game does plenty right and feels cozy thats why i have so many hours, but I don’t like glazing expecially in a live service game — others can do that for me.

One of the best casual games with a relatively high skill ceiling for players who want to accomplish the hardest challenges the game has to offer. Whatever you do don't go for 100% achievements like me or you'll end up wasting hundreds if not thousands of hours doing menial repetitive tasks all for a pointless blue ribbon. Some of the achievements in this game are just virtually impossible to get playing normally so you'll have to spend so many hours going out of your way to pop golden balloons, complete monkey teams, or doing daily challenges. Overall I would highly recommend playing the game casually but absolutely do not go for 100% achievements.