Element TD vs Astrea
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both games, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Element TD
Build towers by combining elements to create unique defenses against waves of creeps. Explore countless strategies with a variety of towers, creep types, and game modes. Compete globally on leaderboards in this challenging tower defense experience.
- Elemental tower combinations
- 44 unique towers with upgrades
- 56 different creep types
- Global leaderboard
- Multiple game modes and difficulties
- 30 achievements
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Element TD returns in this tower defense game based on elemental combinations. The elements you choose determine the towers that you can build. Countless combinations offer more strategies to discover. Element TD provides hours of challenging gameplay to fans and new players alike. The level of depth and replayability are unparalleled among tower defense games; - Global leaderboard to compete against your friends and the world - 44 different towers with unique abilities and multiple upgrade paths - 56 different creep types to challenge your defenses - 5 different maps to mix up your tactics - 6 different elements (Light, Darkness, Water, Fire, Nature, Earth) - 4 different modes (Random, Chaos, Rush, God) - 5 different difficulty settings - 30 different achievements to complete - Family-friendly theme so everyone can play this defense game We are continually working to improve our tower defense. Please share your ideas and report bugs to our community (forums.eletd.com). Your contributions are invaluable to making this the best tower defense game.
Astrea
This roguelike deckbuilder replaces cards with dice, featuring a unique dual damage system of Purification and Corruption. Customize your dice, choose from six distinct Oracles, and discover over 170 Blessings to alter your tactics.
- Unique dual damage system (Purification vs. Corruption)
- Dynamic health bar with attached skills
- Dice pool building with over 350 dice
- Dice customization with new actions
- Six unique Oracles with distinct playstyles
- Over 170 modifying Blessings (Star and Black Hole)
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Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and an unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Features • Unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption - In Astrea there is a new type of “damage” system. Purification can be used to damage enemies or heal yourself. On the other hand, corruption can be used to damage yourself or heal the enemies. Pacify enemies through Purification, or Corrupt yourself to unleash abilities that help tip the scales. • Dynamic Health Bar system - With skills attached to your health bar, you can take Corruption to enable these skills and unleash powerful abilities. But be careful, if you take too much Corruption you will be consumed by it. • Not cards, but dice! - Build a dice pool that fits your playstyle. Choose from over 350 dice and three dice types; reliably safe, perfectly balanced, or powerfully risky. A dice type system designed with high-risk, high-reward in its core. • Customize your dice - Forge your fate by editing die faces with new actions, tipping the odds of powerful results into your favor. • Choose from Six Brave Oracles - Each possessing their own unique dice sets, abilities, and playstyles. From ingenious spellcasters to brutish berserkers, whether you like beating the opponent into submission or outsmarting them with clever plays, there’s an oracle for you. • Uncover over 170 modifying Blessings - Imbue your Oracle with unique passives yielding potent effects that changes up your fundamental tactics. Choose between Star Blessings, passive effects with lower power, or Black Hole Blessings, powerful passive effects with a drawback.
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Element TD at $0.99 against Astrea's $9.99. Element TD also leads on iOS requirement (7.0 vs 13.0). Astrea's advantage is rating (4.3 vs 4.0) and chart position (#98 vs unranked). On review sentiment, ratings volume, update cadence and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Element TD costs $0.99 and Astrea $9.99 up front. Neither carries in-app purchases, so what you see is what you pay.
Astrea holds the better App Store score, 4.3 against 4.0. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 18 and 20 respectively. Written reviews point the same way: 72% of Element TD's written reviews are positive against 74% of Astrea's.
Element TD ships an update every 3 weeks, Astrea every 6 weeks. The most recent releases landed on September 23, 2026 and September 27, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Element TD | Astrea |
|---|---|---|
| Price | $0.99 — better | $9.99 |
| Rating | 4.0 (18 ratings) | 4.3 (20 ratings) — better |
| Positive reviews | 72.0% of reviews | 73.5% of reviews — better |
| Number of ratings | 18 | 20 — better |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks — better | Every 6 weeks |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No | No |
| Monetization | Paid | Paid |
| Best chart rank | — | #98 — better |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 7.0 — better | 13.0 |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 183 MB | 711 MB |
| Age rating | 9+ | 9+ |
| Developer | Element Studios | Akupara Games, LLC |
Customer experience
Element TD
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In-app purchases
Element TD
No in-app purchases
Astrea
No in-app purchases









