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Defend Outhold’s fires in tower-defense runs, earning resources to reshape your upgrades and take on harder challenges.
Released 12 Dec 2025
Defend the Fires
Turn Runs Into Upgrades
Respec Without Penalty
Outhold is a short, strategic incremental game that blends tower defense with a deep meta-progression. Experiment with builds and find overpowered synergies to defend the dwindling fires of Outhold.
Developed by Tellus Games · Published by Tellus Games





You defend Outhold’s dwindling fires from waves of enemies by placing and improving towers along compact paths. Each stage asks you to stop the advancing waves before they reach your base.
During runs, you manage resources to build and upgrade towers, combining their attacks and effects to handle different enemies. Afterward, you can spend earned resources in a large upgrade tree to strengthen your defenses and unlock new options.
The campaign has 10 stages, with additional challenges that revisit them under different goals or restrictions. You can refund upgrades without losing their resources, letting you respec your tree and try a different build for each task.
Players who enjoy Outhold often praise the strategic tower combinations, the ability to reshape builds, and challenges that reward careful resource use. Some also appreciate its clean, minimalist presentation and short, approachable runs. Others find that the limited set of stages leads to repeated grinding, or that later challenges can demand narrow, specific builds.
Outhold is a tower defense game with incremental-style meta-progression. It's intended to be a short and compact experience, offering around 4-5 hours of gameplay across 10 levels, with some additional endgame content for those who like min/maxing builds.
Start a run, see how far you get. Use your collected resources to buy upgrades and try again. Become powerful enough to obliterate everything coming against you.
Create unique builds that fit your playstyle. Experimentation is rewarded, and all upgrades can be refunded for free.
Focus on upgrading just one specific tower, or find unique tower synergies. There are many ways to progress through Outhold, the choice is up to you.
| Platforms | Windows, macOS |
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| Achievements | 15 |
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| Controller required | No |
| Demo | View demo on Steam |