Bowstorm

Castle-defense archery. Pull the bow, build the walls, hold the line.

Roguelite progression · survivor-style upgrades · tower-defense archery

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One bow. A whole kingdom to defend.

Six systems that lock together — drag to fire, build the fortress, field the army, grow the hero.

In-battle archery: the bowmaster looses arrows at an advancing horde
Pull. Release.

Archery you feel

Drag the bow back, feel the tension, and let fly. Nine arrow types — fire, ice, lightning, meteor and more — each with its own arc, cooldown and bite. Read the field, pick your shot, thin the horde before it reaches the gate.

Start shooting →
A stone castle with towers, battlements and a gatehouse
Block by block

Design your castle

Lay every wall, gate, window and battlement by hand. Upgrade the material — wood to stone to iron to gem — and watch each block grow tougher and bite back harder when it's struck. Crown it with merlons, roof the gatehouse with stairs, fly your banners.

Or draft it on desktop in the standalone Castle Designer — infinite blocks, nothing to unlock — then export a code and paste it into the game to raise it for real.

Open the castle designer →
The armory: equip arrows and troops into loadout slots
Your loadout

Arm the wall, call the troops

Equip your arrows and rally knights, archers, cavalry and healers into a shared set of loadout slots. Unlock and upgrade each unit in the armory, then march them out the door to hold the line and push the enemy back.

The talent tree: eight lines of upgrades across rarity ranks
Grow your bowmaster

A build for every run

Spend talent points across eight lines — damage, crit, loadout slots, sturdier walls and more — each climbing five rarity ranks. Reset any time and re-spec to chase the build that fits your run.

The shop: chests, daily rewards and special offers
Keep the loot coming

A chest every day

Claim a free daily chest whose streak climbs over ten days to a legendary haul. Crack open rarity-tiered chests for parts and gold, and check the rotating special offers for the blocks and bundles you need next.

Seventeen sieges

From a humble watchtower to a towering gem citadel — every level fields its own castle, and each scales to your strength so the fights stay tight.

An arrow for everything

Fire, ice, lightning, meteor, bombs and healing — nine arrow types, each with its own arc and bite. Queue a special, loose it, and turn the tide.

Easy in, deep down

One-drag archery anyone can pick up, with a castle editor, loadouts and a talent tree underneath for the long haul.

Bend the bow.

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