Fit check
Is Deathtrap worth it for you?
We tell you who should skip it, too.
Play it if you…
Good fit- Tower-defense fans who want direct action-RPG combat alongside defensive planning
- Small groups seeking cooperative campaigns with shared hero play
- Players who enjoy building custom maps and monster encounters
Skip it if you…
Saves you a refund- Players seeking a minimalist tower-defense game without character progression, equipment, or spells
- Those who prefer a linear campaign without competitive modes, exploration tasks, or custom-content tools
- Players looking for a non-violent fantasy game, since combat includes blood and dismemberment imagery
Our take on Deathtrap
The game presents a broad mix of defense building, role-playing progression, custom content, cooperation, and player-versus-player play. That breadth means its core experience is less narrowly focused than a conventional tower-defense campaign, with several systems competing for attention.
What is Deathtrap?
Deathtrap combines tower defense with action-RPG combat in a dark fantasy setting.
Players choose one of three classes—Mercenary, Sorceress, or Marksman—and defend strongholds using spells, equipment, traps, and trap upgrades. The single-player campaign pits heroes against monster hordes, while a cooperative campaign provides maps for multiple heroes. A competitive mode lets one player prepare defenses while another controls invading creatures and uses abilities to weaken the defender. Character progression reaches 100 levels, with more than 50 skills for each class. The game also includes map and monster editors for creating and sharing custom levels and mini-campaigns, plus side quests, hidden areas, artifact crafting, leaderboards, and a rank system.
How Deathtrap plays
- 01Three character classes
- The Mercenary, Sorceress, and Marksman use different skills and combat approaches.
- 02Trap-based defense
- Players can deploy 25 trap types and apply more than 150 upgrades to them.
- 03Cooperative campaign
- Special maps support campaigns played with other heroes.
- 04Competitive battles
- One side arranges defenses while the opposing player directly controls creatures and uses abilities against them.
- 05Custom content editors
- Map and monster editors support user-created levels and mini-campaigns that can be shared.
- 06Long-term progression
- Each class has 100 character levels and more than 50 skills.
- 07Exploration rewards
- Hidden map areas, neutral creatures, side quests, and loot provide activities beyond the main battles.
Deathtrap compared to similar games
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened also combines cooperative action-RPG combat with tower defense, loot, leveling, pets, and character customization. Deathtrap instead adds competitive attacker-versus-defender play, map and monster editors, three classes with 100 levels each, and 25 trap types with more than 150 upgrades.
Deathtrap: platforms & release
Is Deathtrap worth it?
It is worth it if: tower-defense fans who want direct action-RPG combat alongside defensive planning. Skip it if: players seeking a minimalist tower-defense game without character progression, equipment, or spells.
Where can I download Deathtrap?
Use the Download Now button on this page: it opens Deathtrap's store page, where you can choose how to get it.
What platforms is Deathtrap on?
Windows only.
