Our take
Ninja Kiwi built the tower defense formula everyone else copies, and BTD5’s roster and track count still deliver dozens of hours. The catch is that BTD6 exists and does most of this better, so newcomers should ask why they’re not just starting there.
About Bloons TD 5
Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability.
Build awesome towers, choose your favorite upgrades, hire cool Special Agents, and pop every last invading Bloon in the best ever version of the most popular tower defense series in history.
Bloons TD 5 delivers hours of fun and challenging play to fans and new players alike, with awesome features like this:
- 21 powerful towers with Activated Abilities and 2 upgrade paths
- 50+ Tracks
- Two-player co-operative play on custom co-op tracks
- 10 Special Agents
- Multi-track Odyssey Challenges
- Boss Bloon Special Events
- 10 Special Missions
- 250+ Random Missions
- New Bloon enemies - tougher Camos, Regrower Bloons, and the fearsome ZOMG
- 3 different game modes
- Freeplay mode after mastering a track
- 3 difficulty settings and family-friendly theme so anyone can play
And that’s just the beginning - regular updates will keep Bloons TD 5 fresh, fun, and challenging for many months to come. Now it’s time to pop some Bloons!
Verdict: A genre benchmark that still holds up, worth it if you haven't already jumped to the sequel.
Additional information
- Developer
- ninja kiwi
- Updated on
- Nov 12, 2025
- Version
- 4.7
- Downloads
- 1,000,000+
- Content rating
- Everyone
- Requires Android
- 5.0
- Released on
- Dec 14, 2012
- Category
- Strategy
- Offered by
- $2.99
