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{{About|the video game series|the first game of this series|Bloons Tower Defense (game)|other uses of the term "Bloons TD"|Bloons TD (disambiguation)}}{{Lede image|BTD1 nk thumb.jpg|Gameplay of [[Bloons Tower Defense]], the first game of the series.}}'''''Bloons TD''''' (also known as '''''Bloons Tower Defense''''' or '''''BTD''''') is a series of tower defense games created by [[Ninja Kiwi]] within the [[Bloons (franchise)|''Bloons'' franchise]] on which the player must prevent a group of rubber balloons known as [[Bloon|Bloons]] from reaching the end of a predetermined path by placing defensive towers in the sides of the path which can pop the Bloons by diverse methods, for example, by using a [[Dart Monkey]] which is featured on the original Bloons game.
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This article is about the video game series. For the first game of this series, see Bloons Tower Defense (game). For other uses of the term "Bloons TD", see Bloons TD (disambiguation).
Gameplay of Bloons Tower Defense, the first game of the series.

Bloons TD (also known as Bloons Tower Defense or BTD) is a series of tower defense games created by Ninja Kiwi within the Bloons franchise on which the player must prevent a group of rubber balloons known as Bloons from reaching the end of a predetermined path by placing defensive towers in the sides of the path which can pop the Bloons by diverse methods, for example, by using a Dart Monkey which is featured on the original Bloons game.

This series was originally created as a spin off of the Bloons game, with the first game of the series, Bloons Tower Defense being released in 2007, a few months after the Bloons game. The latest main entry of the series is Bloons TD 6, released in 2018 and still receiving regular updates. Ninja Kiwi has stated that hey are not currently ready to produce a seventh main entry to the series and will continue building content for BTD6 instead[1]. Currently the Bloons TD series serves as the main face of the Bloons franchise with spin-off games and merchandise often featuring elements introduced in the latest entry of the series. As of 2026 Bloons TD 5, Bloons TD 6, Bloons TD Battles and Bloons TD Battles 2 are currently supported and receiving content updates, twice a year for the older games and every 2−4 months for the newer ones.

The protagonists of the game are the Monkeys which come from the very first game of the series where the Dart Monkey and Super Monkey had the ability of throwing darts to the Bloons, and as the franchise has evolved, it has focused more in the monkey theme by transforming some towers from inanimate objects into monkeys (for example the Ice Tower from the original game was later reworked into the Ice Monkey), or by having them being operated by monkeys like the Tack Shooter. The antagonists of the series are the Bloons, sentient begins which resemble rubber balloons of different colors for the small ones, and blimps, dirigibles or zeppelins for the larger ones.

Gameplay

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Bloons TD games are a typical tower defense game played from an top view perspective. In this game the enemies, known as Bloons will follow a predetermined path and when they reach the exit, the player will lose one life, and the player will lose if enough Bloons reach the exit. To avoid that, the players must place towers along the path which have the capability of attacking the Bloons in diverse ways with the objective of destroying them before they can escape (commonly known as popping).

The Bloons travel along a predetermined path with the objective of reaching the other side. The smallest and weakest of them is the Red Bloon, which can be popped by a singular attack like a dart. As the game progresses players will start encountering stronger types of Bloons like the Blue Bloon, which moves faster than the Red Bloon and upon being attacked, it will not be completely destroyed, it will instead release one Red Bloon from its interior in the same place where it was hit. This theme of layers can continue further with other Bloons such as the Green Bloon releasing one Blue Bloon or the Yellow Bloon releasing a Green Bloon; these smaller Bloons that spawn from a bigger one are known as children. Each layer makes the Bloon faster and requires a larger amount of damage to fully eliminate them, this amount is usually named Red Bloon Equivalent (RBE for short), for example, the Yellow Bloon has an RBE of 4 as it has 4 total layers and each layer needs only one point of damage to be destroyed.

As the game progresses other types of Bloons will appear, which instead of being faster, they have some sort of immunity to certain attack, for example Black Bloons are immune to explosions, White Bloons to ice attacks and Lead Bloons to sharp objects, such as darts, and they also may release more than one children like the Rainbow Bloons. After them there is the Ceramic Bloon, whose external layer can sustain several attacks before being destroyed. Finally, the biggest types of Bloons will start appearing, known as MOAB-Class Bloons and visually represented as blimps, they move slowly and have much higher amounts of health, and they can release Ceramic Bloons or even smaller MOAB-Class Bloons when defeated. Bloons can also have special properties that make them stronger, such as the Camo property which can only be seen and attacked by certain towers or the Regrow property that makes them regenerate lost layers every few seconds.

The type and amount of Bloons that the player encounters are predetermined (except for a few specific game modes) and sent in waves known as rounds. Players can normally place towers at any point of the game, either mid-round or during a break between rounds. A game of Bloons TD is won if the player can survive with any amount of remaining lives after a specified number of rounds. The amount of lives the player loses depends on the type of Bloon which escaped (commonly called leaking) which scales with the RBE of the Bloon, for example a Red Bloon will make the player lose 1 life and a Blue Bloon 2 lives.

To place towers, players need to spend a resource called Cash, a certain amount of it is granted at beginning of a game, and more can be earned by popping Bloons, finishing a round or selling a tower to recover a fraction of its cost. There are also towers that can generate extra cash such as Banana Farms. Cash is also used to upgrade towers which are already on the field, making them better at certain aspects, which can include:

  • Range: Is the distance at which a tower can see and attack Bloons.
  • Damage: The amount of layers that can be popped or the amount of health that is reduced with a single attack.
  • Pierce: The amount of Bloons that can be damaged with a single projectile.
  • Attack speed: The amount of time that passes between attacks.
  • Projectile speed: The speed at which projectiles move around the map, higher speed means the projectiles reach their target quicker, reducing the chances of missing.

On the newer entries, upgrades for towers are grouped on sets called paths, on which specific upgrades are locked behind other upgrades, usually with a higher Cash cost. Also, the player might also not be able to have all the possible upgrades at once, as after getting many upgrades on a single path, others might be restricted to a lower amount of upgrades. Upgrades can also improve the current attacks of the tower, add new ones, give activated abilities that can be used at the press of a button or grant passive boosts to other Monkeys. Towers can also be managed to target a specific Bloon with their attacks, like the one that is the closest to the exit ("First" option) or the biggest Bloon in their range ("Strong" option).

The games can be played on different maps with varying difficulties, on easier maps, the path that Bloons take is usually longer and can intersect with itself, giving towers multiple attack windows, while on harder maps paths can be shorter, Bloons can be split between multiple paths which are active at the same time or have less amounts of space to place towers. In addition to this games can also happen on different difficulty levels, which can modify the speed of Bloons, the cost of towers and upgrades, starting lives, the amount of rounds or restrict game mechanics like selling.

A single game of Bloons TD is programmed to end after a certain number of rounds; however, since Bloons TD 3, the players can keep playing after beating the last round with predetermined or randomly generated rounds featuring many types of Bloons, this mode is known as Freeplay. In this mode, Bloons will keep becoming stronger and stronger, usually by increasing their speed and the amount of health they have which will eventually overwhelm the player's defenses.

List of games

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Generation I

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The first generation of Bloons TD games were released as web browser games built in Adobe Flash, these games were built over the same engine, so they feature very similar graphics and gameplay.

Bloons Tower Defense

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Released in 2007, the first game of the series featured a unique map on which players need to survive 50 rounds and a selection of towers that would eventually become staples of the series, these include the Dart, Tack, Ice and Bomb Towers alongside the Super Monkey, with the former four now currently known as Dart Monkey, Tack Shooter, Ice Monkey and Bomb Shooter. Each tower featured two upgrades (one for the Super Monkey) and the Bloons introduced in this game were the Red Bloon, Blue Bloon, Green Bloon, Yellow Bloon, Black Bloon and the White Bloon.

Bloons Tower Defense 2

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Also released in 2007, this sequel was built over its predecessor, featuring nearly identical mechanics. The additions to the gameplay were three different maps, each presenting a different difficulty option, a new tower in the Boomerang Monkey and two new Bloon types: the Lead Bloon and the Rainbow Bloon. The main new mechanic introduced were items which can be placed on the track, the Monkey Glue which slows Bloons that pass over them and the Road Spikes which can pop them. On this game each monkey can have two upgrades and the game will last for 50 rounds.

Bloons Tower Defense 3

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Released in 2008, the third game of the series features a total of 8 unique maps, now independent from the difficulty, two new towers, the Spike-O-Pult (merged as an upgrade to the Dart Monkey on later entries) and the Monkey Beacon (later reworked into the Monkey Village). A new road item on the Pineapple which explode a few seconds after being placed. In this game towers now can have 4 upgrades, divided in two groups of two upgrades, where the second tier of a specific group can only be obtained after the first one, each group of upgrades is now known as a path.

Also two new Bloons were introduced, both with the capability of withstanding several attacks before being popped, these are the Brown Bloon (later renamed as the Ceramic Bloon) and the M.O.A.B. (stylized as MOAB on later games, meaning Massive Ornary Air Blimp), which is the first of a new class of bigger Bloons which resemble dirigibles, these enemies are now classified as MOAB-Class Bloons.

Games will still last for 50 rounds, regardless of difficulty (Easy, Medium and Hard), but now there is the possibility of keep playing after those rounds in Freeplay; however, unlike newer games, it doesn't have an unlimited amount of rounds and will end after round 150.

Bloons Tower Defense 3 was later ported to iOS, PSP and DSi platforms, with with the title Bloons TD, which is not to be confused with the first game of the series.

Generation II

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For the fourth game of the series represented a major step-up in content, graphics and gameplay compared on their predecessors and normalized the releases in platforms other than Adobe Flash. One of the major additions was a progress system meaning the players would need to save and recall data from previous playing sessions, usually through a Ninja Kiwi account, and this also made possible to introduce micro-transactions to the games.

Bloons TD 4

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Main article: Bloons TD 4

The fourth installment of the series, was released in 2009 and received an expansion in 2010, and was later ported to iOS / Android / iPad and DSi. It features upgraded graphics, new maps (now classified according to their difficulty), a player leveling system (called Career Rank), towers and Bloons.

The new towers include Glue Gunner, Monkey Buccaneer, Monkey Ace, Banana Farm, Spike Factory, Bee Keeper, Monkey Apprentice, Mortar Tower, Dartling Gun (with the later 3 now called Wizard Monkey, Mortar Monkey, Dartling Gunner respectively), but not all of them were in the original Flash version, as they were added in the ports. In this game the path concept for upgrades was discarded and now the towers will have a unique set of 4 upgrades. In the Bloon side, the new additions are the Pink Bloon, Camo Bloon, Zebra Bloon and the second MOAB-Class Bloon, the B.F.B. (Now stylized as BFB meaning Brutal Floating Behemoth).

Gameplay-wise, new game modes were added, these include Apopalypse, Sandbox, Deflation and Challenges, which feature additional rules to the standard game modes, such as having no break between rounds on Apopalypse or defending with a set amount of Cash to defend all rounds in Deflation. Also the games can last for a different number of rounds, depending on the difficulty. Freeplay can continue until round 250 on some versions or continue forever in others. BTD4 Expansion also added a mechanic called Specialty which reduces the cost of a group of towers which share a certain theme and their upgrades and makes the rest more expensive.

In addition to this, the first premium currency (requiring real world money to obtain) of the series was introduced, the NK Coins, which allowed players to obtain premium upgrades or maps, but these were also able to be unlocked by grinding the game. NK Coins were later reworked into Monkey Money in recent games.

Generation III

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With the release of Bloons TD 5, this generation represents the largest upgrade so far in the form of content, towers and enemies, gameplay elements and interaction between the playerbase, while also being the end of the Adobe Flash platform era. This is also the first generation to feature tower defense spin-off games in Bloons Monkey City and Bloons TD Battles which featured PvP elements.

Bloons TD 5

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Main article: Bloons TD 5

Released in 2011, the fifth game of the series received the largest amount of content compared to their predecessors, originally released as a Adobe Flash game, but was ported in 2012 to the mobile platforms of iOS, Android and later into desktop for Windows and Mac using storefronts like Steam. These ports abandoned the Flash engine for Ninja Kiwi's own engine and is the base for the Console version launched in 2017 for Xbox One, Xbox One X, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 and Nintendo Switch. In 2012 the Flash version received a port for Windows and Mac called Bloons TD 5 Deluxe, but was eventually discontinued and merged into the mobile version. As of 2026, the Flash version is discontinued, but the Mobile version still recieves minor content updates once twice a year, with the latest update being released on November 2025.

Like its predecessors it added a group of new towers into the game, including Sniper Monkey, Ninja Monkey, Heli Pilot, Monkey Engineer, Bloonchipper and the Monkey Sub, with the later 4 being released after launch. The path system for upgrades returned from Bloons TD 3, and now features four upgrades in each path, but towers are only capable of receiving a maximum of 4 upgrades from one of those paths and two from the other, adding a new strategic element to the game as the players can't get all possible upgrades on a tower at the same time. A new addition to the tower capabilities are the Activated Abilities, which are actions that can be activated at the press of a button in the user interface and available after the tower receive a certain upgrade.

Additions to the Bloons include a change to Camo Bloons, instead of being their own type, is now a property that can be applied to any non-MOAB-Class Bloon and is inherited to their children. In addition to that, small Bloons can also have the Regrow property, allowing them to regenerate lost layers every few seconds. Both properties can be applied at the same time. This game also introduced the third MOAB-Class Bloon, the Z.O.M.G. (Now stylized as ZOMG meaning Zeppelin of Mighty Gargantuaness).

This game also introduced Special Agents, which are items or towers that are can be purchased Monkey Money (the premium currency of the game) during the game rather than Cash. The Specialty mechainic of BTD4 was expanded into the Specialty Buildings, on which players can spend Monkey Money to add a discount to a specific tower or giving them some boost during gameplay at the cost of making other towers and their upgrades more expensive. The game also added the Impoppable mode, where towers are even more expensive than in Hard mode and the players only have one Life and cannot gain more, alongside other modifiers that make the game harder. The players can also enable other modifiers to the game, like reverse the path the Bloons take on the map or adding one more layer to every Bloon.

Other new features are events that are held every certain amount of time, this includes Daily Challenges (a game on a set track, mode, number of rounds, and with modifiers such as restricted towers and upgrades or other changes), Quests (task that involve popping a certain number of Bloons, lasting from 1 to 5 days), weekly Odysseys (a series of 3 to 5 games of increasing difficulty), and many others. These events are now discontinued on the Flash version, but are still ongoing on the ports to this day. Co-op mode is also a new addition, here two players can play at the same time, with each one defending one half of the map.

Bloons TD Battles

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Main article: Bloons TD Battles

The first spin-off of the series, released in 2012, is a competitive 2-player game which uses nearly identical mechanics as BTD5, including towers and upgrades, but in this game, the players face each other in opposite sides of a symmetrical map, and to achieve victory they must survive the Bloon waves for a longer amount of time than the opponent. In a game of Battles, the players manage the Cash they get to either put or upgrade towers to defend the incoming Bloons or to send more Bloons to their opponent. This game only introduced one new tower COBRA, whose upgrades are specifically suited for the game. This game was original released for Flash platform, but in 2013 received a mobile port. Like Bloons TD 5, the Flash version is discontinued, but the mobile version still recieves minor balance and content updates twice a year with the last one being released on October 2025.

Bloons Monkey City

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Main article: Bloons Monkey City

Released on 2013 on Flash and ported in 2014 to mobile, Bloons Monkey City is an hybrid between a city-building and tower defense game, in this game players start in a open area where they can start to build their city and can obtain more space by capturing tiles, which are obtained by beating a mini-game of Bloons TD with very similar mechanics to BTD5. With the new space, players can construct more buildings that can provide more options for the tower defense games, such as more types, amounts and available upgrades of towers, and providing permanent upgrades (known as Monkey Knowledge) which in return can be used to expand the city even more.

Bloons received many powerful new members in this game, first is the D.D.T. (Now stylizied as DDT meaning Dark Dirigible Titan), a MOAB-Class Bloon that unlike other new Bloons introduced in previous games, this is not a bigger Bloon, instead, it has a similar size and health to a MOAB, but in exchange, is much faster (comparable to a Pink Bloon), has the immunities of Black and Lead Bloons, and in top of that, has the Camo property. In addition to this a new group of MOAB-Class Bloons were introduced, the Boss Bloons, which are the largest and most powerful Bloons in the series in terms of health and abilities. They start moving slowly along the path and can take a very large amount of attacks before being defeated. In BMC four Boss Bloons were introduced: Bloonarius, Vortex, Dreadbloon and Blastapopoulos. These Boss Bloons were later added to BTD5 and made a comeback in BTD6.

This game also features a couple of PvP modes, first, Monkey v Monkey, after the players reach a certain level and have specific buildings, they can send a Bloon attack to another player spending resources to make the assault stronger with the objective of getting rewards if the attack is successful. Second, Contested Territory, which is a game between 6 players lasting for a few days in a King of the Hill format, where the player which captures the land for the longest time wins. In order to capture the territory, the player must reach a higher round in a specific game than its opponents.

Generation IV

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The current generation of Bloons TD is marked by the presence of Heroes, which are Monkeys with given names, and unique abilities. In the technical side, games finally left the Flash engines for modern game engines like Unity, also transforming the art style from sprites to full 3D models. Although the jump in content wasn't as big as in BTD5, the game mechanics became much deeper, allowing higher expressions of skill in both strategy and the micro-magnament of towers. This generation also features collaboration projects with other franchises such as the Adventure Time TV series, Mr. Beast or Masters of the Universe.

Bloons TD 6

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Main article: Bloons TD 6

The latest main entry of the series debuted in 2018, built in the Unity engine and was released for Android and iOS with a Windows version (via Steam) following shortly after, and later ported to Mac. More recently, the Android and Windows versions of the game are also avaialble in other storefronts such as Epic Games. There are ports for consoles such as Xbox One, Xbox One X, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5 (and a Nintendo Switch version in development[2]), but these versions are usually behind the main version for several months. Certain subscription-based services like Apple Arcade, and Netflix Games also have a specific version of the game available for them with some differences like the lack of in-app purchases or specific content and might also be behind the main version in terms of updates, but much closer than the console version as is only a delay of days or weeks. There is also a version of the game specifically made for the Chinese market.

Gameplay-wise, BTD6 introduced many mechanics to both the Monkeys and the Bloons side. The main addition for the Monkeys are the Heroes, towers with specialized abilities that upgrade themselves without the player's intervention as the games progresses to keep up with the Bloons, the Heroes can be powerful Bloon poppers on their own, play a support role, or have great synergy with some tower types. Players can only have one Hero at the time and in Co-op mode, each player can place their own Hero.

New towers include the Alchemist, Druid, Beast Handler, Mermonkey and Desperado, with the last three and a few other returning towers being added after release. COBRA and the Bloonchipper are the only towers that didn't return for this game. Towers are now classified on four categories: Primary, Military, Magic and Support with certain game mechanics or buffs depend on this classification. Another major change for the towers in general is the addition of a third upgrade path and adding a fifth tier of upgrades, which increases the amount of different upgrades for a tower to 15, although a singular tower can only max out on one of the paths and choose up to two upgrades on one of the two remaining paths. Players can only have one tower with a specific tier 5 upgrade on the map at the time. A few tower types have a sixth upgrade tier called a Paragon which are the strongest towers in the game and are created by combining the three tier 5 towers of the specific type.

The Specialty Building mechanic of BTD5 is reworked into a mechanic called Monkey Knowledge, and even if it shares its name with the equivalent mechanic in Bloons Monkey City, in this game it works more like an ability tree, where the points for the tree are mostly being awarded when the player's account levels up. The Special Agents and road items were transformed into the Power system which is composed of two parts, first items that grant some sort of boost or utility and can be bought with Monkey Money (e.g. Road Spikes and Super Monkey Storm), and the Insta Monkeys which towers (which can have upgrades pre-applied) that can be placed for free, but can only be used once and will only last for the rest of the game where they were placed.

For the Bloons, it added the Purple Bloon and the strongest non-Boss Bloon in the game, the BAD (Big Airship of Doom). This MOAB-Class Bloon is immune to being slowed down, stunned or knocked back along the track presenting a challenge to any defense. A new Bloon property, called Fortified was also added, this doubles the amount of health a Bloon have and can only be applied to Lead, Ceramic and MOAB-Class Bloons. Bloons may also have any combination of Camo, Regrow and Fortified property, if able, including the three at the same time. In Sandbox mode, players can also send the Test Bloon and its MOAB-Class counterpart which behave the same as a Red Bloon or a MOAB, but have a very high amount of health. This game also introduced three new Boss Bloons: Lych, Phayze and Diamondback. Diamondback is currently exclusive to the Frontier Legends DLC which also has six exclusive Bloon types: Dynamite, Glass, Diamond, Aura, Retribution and Ringleader Bloons, although some of them are inspired by or have appeared previously in other series of the franchise such as the Supermonkey series.

Maps also feature a few new mechanics, first, line of sight, where obstacles and structures like buildings or walls can block the sight of Monkeys preventing them from attacking on certain directions, second, removables, which are items on the map that can be interacted by paying certain amounts of cash and after paying, they alter the terrain in several ways like removing line of sight blockers, open more space for towers or transforming land into water or vice versa. Gizmos are the third type and they encapsulate any other map interaction that isn't a removable, like altering the path that Bloons take or summon additional towers or items that can attack Bloons.

All the previous game modes made a return and some new ones were added like Primary, Military or Magic Monkeys Only, Double HP MOABs, Half Cash, Alternate Bloons Rounds and the hardest mode in the game, CHIMPS which disables some features that make the game easier like Monkey Knowledge or selling towers. Also many other events return from previous games like Daily Challenges or Odysseys alongside new events like Monkey Teams, Race Events and even some that are played in a team setting like Contested Territory or Boss Rush. Other social features include the ability to create Challenges, Odysseys and Maps and the possibility to have up to 4 players in Co-op mode.

Bloons TD 6 is still actively supported by Ninja Kiwi and receiving balance changes and additional content every two to three months.

Legends icon in the main menu of BTD6.
Legends
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Main article: Legend

Legends is a series of paid DLC content for BTD6, which focuses on bringing new content and game modes to the base game (a "game within the game" according to Ninja Kiwi[3]), currently two of such DLCs have been released and one is in development[2]:

  • Rogue Legends: Released in February 2025, in this game, the player guides a Monkey in a tile-based map with some spaces being attacked by Bloons, leading to a short game of BTD6, similar to the tiles in Bloons Monkey City. It features rogue-lite elements such as the towers and upgrades the players has available and objects called Artifacts that provide passive buffs to the Monkeys.
  • Frontier Legends: Released in December 2025, this DLC features a Western-themed lineal story in a semi-open world featuring Sheriff who is appointed as the new sheriff of Sandytown after Diamondback destroys the town where he used to live. The main plot revolves around Sheriff and other Monkey characters investigating the origin of the Wild Bloons which are causing problems across the entire Frontier.
  • Runic Legends

Bloons Adventure Time TD

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Bloons Adventure Time TD is a crossover game between the Bloons TD series and the Adventure Time TV series released on 2018, on which the Bloons reached the Land of Ooo (the main setting of Adventure Time) via a portal so the characters from both franchises form a team to defeat the Bloons. In this game the towers are called Characters which can be either characters from Adventure Time or named Monkeys. The upgrade system in this game is more tree-based than the path system used in BTD6, and also the characters can be enhanced by Weapons, Trinkets or have access to lesser towers called Allies.

Bloons TD Battles 2

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A sequel to Bloons TD Battles released in 2021, like its predecessor, it is a competitive multiplayer game on where players battle each other to survive for the longest amount of time possible, but this time using the BTD6 game mechanics like Heroes, tier 5 upgrades and the third upgrade path, with most of those being nearly identical to their counterparts in BTD6. There are no exclusive towers for this game but there are exclusive Heroes that were designed for the mechanics of the game, like Agent Jericho being a rework of the COBRA tower. A version of this game also exists for Apple Arcade.

Non-tower defense spin-offs

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Since Bloons TD has become the face of the franchise, most media released features elements or characters from the latest main entry of the series, notable examples include the 2D scrolling shooters Bloons Super Monkey and its sequel Bloons Supermonkey 2, the puzzle game Bloons Pop! (which is more of a spiritual successor to the original Bloons series), the competitive card game Bloons Card Storm and the bullet-heaven game Bloons Blitz.

Game chronology

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Base game Description / Version Release date Notes
Bloons Tower Defense Flash 16 August 2007 This date comes from MochiGames[4] and Newgrounds[5], it is unknown if it was released before in Ninja Kiwi's website, but the earliest archived version of the game in the website is also from this date[6].
Bloons Tower Defense 2 Flash 18 October 2007 This date comes from MochiGames[7] and Newgrounds[8], the earliest archived mention of the game in Ninja Kiwi's website is from day after[9].
Bloons Tower Defense 3 Flash 2 September 2008[10] The date is the earliest archived mention of the game in Ninja Kiwi's website.
iOS 3 October 2009[11] The game was titled Bloons TD.
PSP 10 November 2011[12] The game was titled Bloons TD.
DSi 10 November 2011[13] The game was titled Bloons TD. Date is for NA region, EU is 8 December 2011[14].
Bloons TD 4 Flash 26 October 2009[15]
Expansion (Flash) 8 July 2010[16]
Mobile 7 December 2010[17] Date is for iOS version, 1 April 2011 on iPad (HD version)[18], 22 December 2011 on Android[19], 25 April 2012 on Amazon App Store[20].
DSi 29 November 2012[21] The game was titled Bloons TD. Date is for NA region, EU is 21 March 2013[22].
Bloons TD 5 Flash 15 December 2011[23]
Deluxe 14 August 2012[24] This is a port of the Flash version to Windows and Mac, and discontinued in favor of the Mobile version.
Mobile 15 November 2012 [25] Date is for iOS version, 1 December 2012 on iPad (HD version)[26], 14 December 2012 on Android[27], 16 December 2012 on Amazon Appstore[28], 19 November 2014 on Steam[29], 29 May 2015[30] on Windows Phone and 23 October 2017 on Microsoft Store [31]
Console 3 March 2017[32] Date is for Xbox One version, 9 May 2017 for PlayStation 4[33], and 13 June 2018 for Nintendo Switch[34].
Bloons TD Battles Flash 13 December 2012[35] No official announcement for the release, but the earliest archived version of the game is from 15 December 2012[36] and was on beta the week before[37].
Mobile 18 July 2013 [38] Date is for Android and iOS version[39], 2 September 2013 in Amazon Appstore[40], 5 January 2016 in Microsoft Store[41] and 20 April 2016 on Steam[42].
Bloons Monkey City Flash 25 November 2013[43] This is the date of the beta release, there is no known date for when the game exited the beta state.
Mobile 4 December 2014 [44] Date is for iOS version, 4 February 2015 on Android[45], 18 February 2015 on Amazon Appstore[46], 20 January 2016 on Microsoft Store[47], 10 April 2020 on Steam [48],
Bloons TD 6 Main 13 June 2018 [49] Date is for Android, 14 June 2018 on iOS[50], 4 September 2018 on Amazon Appstore[51], 18 December 2018 on Steam for Windows[52], 12 March 2020 on Steam for Mac[53], 19 July 2022 on Epic Games for Windows[54], 24 January 2025 on Epic Games for Android[55]
Apple Arcade 11 February 2022 [56] The game is titled Bloons TD 6+.
Netflix 12 June 2023 [57] The game is titled Bloons TD 6 NETFLIX. Date is for Android, 20 June 2023 on iOS[58].
Console 5 September 2023 [59] Date is for Xbox version, 30 July 2024 for Playstation[60]. A Nintendo Switch port is in development[2].
Chinese 17 December 2023 [61] The game is titled 气球塔防6, released for both iOS and Android.
Rogue Legends DLC 4 February 2025 [62] Date is for main version. 25 February 2025 for Apple Arcade[63] and 5 March 2025[64] for Netflix version.
Frontier Legends DLC 3 December 2025[65] Date is for main version and Apple Arcade[66]. 10 December 2025[67] for Netflix version.
Bloons Adventure Time TD Main 13 July 2018 [68] Date is for Android and iOS[69], 24 October 2018 on Amazon Appstore[70] and 16 January 2019[71] on Steam.
Bloons TD Battles 2 Main 25 November 2021 Date is for Android[72]. 30 November 2021 for Steam[73] and iOS[74].
Apple Arcade 7 March 2024[75] The game is titled Bloons TD Battles 2+.

See also

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References

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  1. "Legends - this is our answer to player questions and business questions around BTD7. We’re not ready to build BTD7 as we see incredible technical and creative potential inside BTD6 without disrupting our awesome community. With Legends, our plan is to build challenging new content that’s worthy of being in a new game and offer it inside BTD6 for a reasonable price." – "Update: Bloons TD 6 v44.0 - Update Notes!". Ninja Kiwi on Reddit. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 "Bloons TD 6 v47.0 - Update Notes!". Ninja Kiwi on Reddit. Retrieved Tue, 4 Feb 2025.
  3. "Bloons TD 6 v46.0 - Update Notes!". Ninja Kiwi on Reddit. Retrieved Tue, 14 Jan 2025.
  4. In bloons-tower-defense.zip, __metadata__.json contains this timestamp.
  5. Bloons Tower Defense in Newgrounds
  6. "Bloons Tower Defense". Ninja Kiwi. Archived from the original on 16 August 2007. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  7. In bloons-tower-defense-2.zip, __metadata__.json contains this timestamp.
  8. Bloons Tower Defense 2 on Newgrounds
  9. "Bloons Tower Defense 2". Ninja Kiwi. Archived from the original on 19 October 2007. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  10. "Bloons Tower Defense 3". Ninja Kiwi. Archived from the original on 2 September 2008. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  11. Bloons TD on Apple App Store (Date available in the source code)
  12. "Bloons TD – Release Details". GameFAQs. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  13. "Bloons TD – Release Details". GameFAQs. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  14. Bloons® TD on DSiWare (UK)
  15. "Here it is: Bloons TD 4". Ninja Kiwi Blog. Archived from the original on 17 January 2013. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  16. "Here it is – Bloons TD4 Expansion!". Ninja Kiwi Blog. Archived from the original on 8 September 2010. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  17. Bloons TD 4 on Apple App Store. In the files of the iOS version, iTunesMetadata.plist contains this timestamp.
  18. Bloons TD 4 HD on Apple App Store. In the files of the HD version, iTunesMetadata.plist contains this timestamp.
  19. "Bloons Tower Defense 4 for Android – Out Now!". Ninja Kiwi Blog. Archived from the original on 15 January 2012. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  20. Bloons TD 4 on Amazon Appstore
  21. "Bloons TD 4 Review (DSiWare)". Nintendo Life. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  22. Bloons® TD 4 on DSiWare (UK)
  23. "Bloons Tower Defense 5 – now live!". Ninja Kiwi Blog. Archived from the original on 7 January 2012. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  24. "Bloons TD5 Deluxe – Now live! – Some issues explained". Ninja Kiwi Blog. Archived from the original on 17 August 2012. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  25. Bloons TD 5 on Apple App Store (Date available in the source code)
  26. "Bloons TD 5 iOS HD for all you iPad junkies…". Ninja Kiwi Blog. Archived from the original on 9 December 2012. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  27. Bloons TD 5 on Google Play
  28. Bloons TD 5 on Amazon Appstore
  29. Bloons TD 5 on SteamDB
  30. "Ninja Kiwi Games on X". X (Twitter). Retrieved Sun, 25 Aug 2024.
  31. Bloons TD 5 on Microsoft Store
  32. Bloons TD 5 on Xbox
  33. Bloons TD 5 on PlayStation 4
  34. Bloons TD 5 on Nintendo Switch (UK)
  35. "Bloons TD Battles Flash". Bloons Wiki. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  36. "Bloons TD Battles". Ninja Kiwi. Archived from the original on 15 December 2012. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  37. "Battles". Ninja Kiwi. Archived from the original on 8 December 2012. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  38. Bloons TD Battles on Google Play
  39. "Bloons TD Battles iOS - Out now for FREE!". Ninja Kiwi Blog. Archived from the original on 4 January 2014. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  40. Bloons TD Battles on Amazon Appstore
  41. Bloons TD Battles on Microsoft Store
  42. Bloons TD Battles on SteamDB
  43. "What's Up at Ninja Kiwi? - 25 Nov '13". Ninja Kiwi Blog. Retrieved Sun, 2 Mar 2025.
  44. Bloons Monkey City on Apple App Store (Date available in the source code)
  45. Bloons Monkey City on Google Play
  46. Bloons Monkey City on Amazon Appstore
  47. Bloons Monkey City on Microsoft Store
  48. Bloons Monkey City on SteamDB
  49. Bloons TD 6 on Google Play
  50. Bloons TD6 on Apple App Store (Date available in the source code)
  51. Bloons TD 6 on Amazon Appstore
  52. Bloons TD 6 on SteamDB
  53. Bloons TD6 on SteamDB (Mac)
  54. Bloons TD 6 on Epic Games
  55. Bloons TD 6 on Epic Games (Android)
  56. Bloons TD 6+ on Apple App Store (Date available in the source code)
  57. Bloons TD 6 NETFLIX on Google Play
  58. Bloons TD 6 NETFLIX on Apple App Store (Date available in the source code)
  59. Bloons TD 6 on Xbox
  60. Bloons TD 6 on PlayStation
  61. 气球塔防6 on TapTap
  62. Update 47.0 for BTD6 in SteamDB
  63. "Bloons TD 6+ on the App Store". Apple. Archived from the original on 25 July 2025. Retrieved Fri, 25 Jul 2025. Note: The addition of Rogue Legends was noted in the Version History section under update 47.2, but, as new updates come, the older notes get removed from the page, so it won't be available in the future on this page. In the archived version, the page will not show up the Version History button, but the text is available in the source code of the page.
  64. "Legends is out for Netflix edition!!!". Reddit. Retrieved Wed, 5 Mar 2025.
  65. Update 52.0 for BTD6 in SteamDB
  66. "Bloons TD 6+ App - App Store". Apple. Archived from the original on 9 January 2026. Retrieved Fri, 9 Jan 2026.As new updates come, the older notes get removed from the page, so it won't be available in the future on this page. In the archived version, the page will not show correctly, but the text is available in the source code of the page.
  67. "Bloons TD 6 NETFLIX App - App Store". Apple. Archived from the original on 9 January 2026. Retrieved Fri, 9 Jan 2026.As new updates come, the older notes get removed from the page, so it won't be available in the future on this page. In the archived version, the page will not show correctly, but the text is available in the source code of the page.
  68. Bloons Adventure Time TD on Google Play
  69. Bloons Adventure Time TD on Apple App Store (Date available in the source code)
  70. Bloons Adventure Time TD on Amazon Appstore
  71. Bloons Adventure Time TD on SteamDB
  72. Bloons TD Battles 2 on Google Play
  73. Bloons TD Battles 2 on SteamDB
  74. Bloons TD Battles 2 on Apple App Store (Date available in the source code)
  75. Bloons TD Battles 2+ on Apple App Store (Date available in the source code)
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