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Bloons TD 6

Bloons TD 6

Ninja Kiwi · released Dec 16, 2018

StrategyPCPlayStation 4Xbox OneNintendo SwitchiOS (iPhone/iPad)

The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

Steam page ↗Metacritic · users 8.1 ↗
90
VGC Score
■Stablehigh confidence▲ +18 since launch

launched at 72, updates lifted it to 90

anchored at patch: “Update 56.0!” (26d ago)

72%
At launch
97%
Steam all-time
n/a
Press
62%
Player sentiment
96%
Recent sentiment

PC 90 · PlayStation 58 · Xbox 42

Screenshots & trailers

What players say

Why the number is what it is: aspect mentions counted across 456 sampled Steam reviews (432 positive / 24 negative), recent and most-helpful. Plain keyword counting, fully reproducible; nothing here is written by a machine.

What positive reviews talk about

  • Progression & loot5% mention it

What negative reviews complain about

  • Monetization25% mention it
  • Performance21% mention it
  • Multiplayer & servers21% mention it
  • Bugs & crashes17% mention it

Satisfaction by hours played

Same score, different games: see how sentiment holds up the longer people play.

Under 5h

98%

43 reviews

5-15h

96%

68 reviews

15-40h

98%

104 reviews

40-100h

95%

93 reviews

100h+

91%

148 reviews

Review sentiment over time

Weekly positive-review rate (green) and review volume (bars). Dashed lines mark significant patches; the amber line is the start of the current scoring window. Hover the dots to see what drove a dip or a jump.

How this score was computed

The VGC Score is a weighted blend on a press-comparable 0-100 quality scale. Steam approval rates are first calibrated (95% positive on Steam ≈ 89.5 quality, since Steam approval skews high). Press and tracked creator reviews each count ~2x a player review and share one cap against player evidence (creator buy/skip calls pool into an approval rate, calibrated like Steam approval); all-time sentiment is capped and halved (it's context, not verdict); reviews of the current build carry the most weight when a fresh patch anchors the window; and a 'typical game' prior keeps small samples from pegging the scale. Because press reviews and Metacritic user aggregates describe the launch build, their weight decays as the game ages (3-year half-life after a 1-year grace). That's how a game that launched rough can outgrow its old reception once updates win players over. Reviews under 2h playtime (the refund window), non-Steam activations, and free copies are downweighted.

ComponentPositiveQuality (0-100)Weight (pseudo-reviews)
Press reviews (Metacritic)––0
All-time Steam reviews97%931596
Metacritic user ratings–8534
Post-patch Steam reviews (trust-weighted)96%912886
Calibration prior (typical game)–7250

Acclaim gate: the raw blend lands at 91.5, but scores above 88 must be earned in front of a mass audience; this verdict rests on 394,682 player reviews, a largely self-selected fanbase. As more players weigh in, the ceiling rises (full scale unlocks at 100,000 reviews).

Scoring window: since the last significant patch (Aug 6, 2026) · 300 reviews sampled · 2886 total reviews in window · weighted 251.9 up / 10.9 down · computed 1h ago · full methodology →

Press & Creators reviews (3)

Individual verdicts from outlets we track: scored reviews first, most trusted outlets first among them. The small badge is each outlet's trust score: how well its scoring history aligns with players.

  • 60
    Pocket Gamer UK
    trust 63Jun 14, 2018

    “Bloons TD 6 follows the tower defence template pretty much to the letter, but there's nothing here for people sick of the genre.”

    read full review ↗
  • 65
    KickMyGeek
    trust 60Jun 22, 2018

    “Bloons TD 6 is a very classic tower defense with a delirious aesthetic, not sure if it's a premium or freemium game, unfortunately. There is a lot of content here, a lot of elements to unlock, almost too much... the game will become boring despite all its qualities.”

    read full review ↗
  • 90
    Gamezebo
    trust 57Jun 18, 2018

    “Not only would I recommend this game, it’s one that’ll be staying on my phone for future playing. Mastering the game is not simple, and I need to crack the ‘Hard’ level before I can feel like I’ve achieved something!”

    read full review ↗

Patch history

  1. Update 56.0!
    Aug 6, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  2. Bloons TD 6 - Update 55.0
    Jun 3, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  3. Bloons TD 6 - Update 54.0
    Apr 9, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  4. Bloons TD 6 - Update 53.0!
    Feb 12, 2026significant · resets scoring window
  5. Bloons TD 6 - Update 52.0
    Dec 4, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  6. Bloons TD 6 51.0!
    Oct 15, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  7. Bloons TD 6 50.0 Live Now!
    Aug 27, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  8. New Desperado Tower!
    Jun 18, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  9. Explosive Power Update
    Apr 2, 2025
  10. Bloons TD 6 v47.0 - Update Notes!
    Feb 4, 2025significant · resets scoring window
  11. Bloons TD 6 v46.0 - Update Notes!
    Dec 10, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  12. Bloons TD 6 - Version 45.0 Update Notes!
    Oct 9, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  13. Bloons TD 6 - Version 44.0 Update Notes!
    Aug 1, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  14. Plushie TimeWarp! + Dart Monkey and Jumbo MOAB 2.0
    Jul 8, 2024
  15. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 43.0
    May 29, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  16. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 42.0
    Apr 8, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  17. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 41.0
    Feb 29, 2024significant · resets scoring window
  18. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 40.0
    Dec 6, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  19. Nominate Bloons TD 6 for Labor of Love!
    Nov 22, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  20. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 39.0
    Oct 10, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  21. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 38.0
    Jul 26, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  22. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 37.0
    Jun 7, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  23. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 36.0
    Apr 4, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  24. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 35.0
    Feb 22, 2023significant · resets scoring window
  25. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 34.0
    Dec 7, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  26. Nominate Bloons TD 6 for Labor of Love!
    Nov 22, 2022
  27. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 33.1
    Oct 20, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  28. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 33.0
    Oct 12, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  29. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 32.1
    Aug 11, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  30. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 32.0
    Aug 4, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  31. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 31.0
    Apr 13, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  32. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 30.0
    Feb 8, 2022significant · resets scoring window
  33. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 29.0
    Dec 8, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  34. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 28.0
    Oct 13, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  35. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 27.0
    Jul 26, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  36. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 26.0
    Jun 3, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  37. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 25.0
    Apr 15, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  38. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 24.0
    Mar 11, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  39. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 23.0
    Feb 2, 2021significant · resets scoring window
  40. Bloons TD 6 - Update Notes! Version 22.0 - Long live the Dartling Gunner!
    Dec 3, 2020significant · resets scoring window

…and 22 earlier patch announcements.