Choose Bloons TD Battles
Choose Bloons TD Battles if you want the Steam Leaderboards side of the pairing. 21,230 Steam reviews back the pick.
Bloons TD Battles vs Bloons Monkey City
Bloons TD Battles and Bloons Monkey City both land in Action, Strategy, Free To Play on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Strategy, Free To Play on Steam. Bloons TD Battles (2016) is 4 years older than Bloons Monkey City (2020). Both sit near 91% positive on Steam (Bloons TD Battles: 21,230 reviews, Bloons Monkey City: 5,275). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Bloons Monkey City
Choose Bloons Monkey City if it's the newer release (2020) and ships with the modern feature baseline. 5,275 Steam reviews back the pick.
Both Bloons TD Battles and Bloons Monkey City sit in Action, Strategy, and Free To Play on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Steam reviews are nearly tied (90.6% vs 91.2% positive), so genre fit is the cleanest tiebreaker — scroll the table for the feature-by-feature view.
Side-by-side comparison
 Bloons TD Battles |  Bloons Monkey City | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2016 | 2020 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy, Free To Play | Action, Strategy, Free To Play |
| Platforms | Windows, macOS | Windows, macOS |
| Steam Deck | Deck Playable | Deck Playable |
| Price | Free to play | Free to play |
| Steam reviews | 90.6% positive (21,230 reviews) | 91.2% positive (5,275 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | Ninja Kiwi | Ninja Kiwi |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Strategy, Free To Play on Steam.
- Bloons TD Battles (2016) is 4 years older than Bloons Monkey City (2020).
- Both sit near 91% positive on Steam (Bloons TD Battles: 21,230 reviews, Bloons Monkey City: 5,275).
- Both are free to play.
- Both are Deck Playable.
Bloons TD Battles vs Bloons Monkey City — FAQ
- Which is better, Bloons TD Battles or Bloons Monkey City?
- On Steam reviews the two are nearly tied: Bloons TD Battles sits at 90.6% positive (21,230 reviews), Bloons Monkey City at 91.2% (5,275). The choice usually comes down to genre fit and the platform features each one supports — see the comparison table above.
- Should I play Bloons TD Battles or Bloons Monkey City first?
- If you want chronology, Bloons TD Battles (2016) came out before Bloons Monkey City (2020). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Bloons TD Battles and Bloons Monkey City similar?
- They overlap on Action, Strategy, Free To Play on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.