24 Aug 2026Developer post

Anathyma Dev Diary #7

Hello everyone! Last time, we introduced three Modern Towers focused on damaging enemies directly. Today, we are looking at a different way of controlling the battlefield: Towers that produce their own Units, and the Mobile HQ that supports them as they advance. Barracks The Barr

04 Aug 2026Developer post

Anathyma Dev Diary #6

Hello, and welcome to another Dev Diary for Anathyma. With the Modern unit roster now complete, it is time to turn our attention to the Towers that players will use to defend from these units. Modern Towers are generally stronger than Medieval ones, barring certain exceptions (li

Hello, and welcome to another Dev Diary for Anathyma.

With the Modern unit roster now complete, it is time to turn our attention to the Towers that players will use to defend from these units. Modern Towers are generally stronger than Medieval ones, barring certain exceptions (like a 4-5-4 Arrow Tower that builds up enough Attack Speed) but they are also more expensive, both to build and upgrade. Introducing Modern Towers into your defense is a step you must eventually take to handle Modern enemies, but the transition is not simple.

We begin with three dedicated combat Towers, each specializing in a different type of firepower:

Machine Gun Tower

The Machine Gun Tower rapidly fires at nearby enemies, providing reliable sustained damage against approaching forces. This tower serves the same role as the Arrow Tower in the Medieval World, that of a cheap damage-dealing tower. Due to its large attack speed and low damage, it is not likely to overkill its targets by much, making it useful against both single targets and multiple enemies. Its three upgrade paths improve Damage, Attack Speed, and Accuracy, for a big focus on firepower. Its tier 5 upgrades offer a strategic option between maximizing damage or taking on a more supportive role.

Artillery Tower

The Artillery Tower launches explosive shells over long distances, damaging groups of enemies caught within the explosion. Its Damage, Accuracy, and Range upgrade paths all work towards its long-range offensive capabilities, similarly to the Catapult Tower. Unlike the Catapult Tower however, the Artillery Tower is one of the more expensive damage-dealing Towers in the game, serving as the endgame anchor of a final defensive setup. One of its final upgrades unlocks gas shells that leave a lingering cloud that deals constant poison damage to biological enemies within the affected area.

Sniper Tower

The Sniper Tower has slow yet powerful attacks. Its upgrade paths improve Damage, Piercing, and Range, fully focusing on maximizing its single-target capabilities. Whatever the Sniper Tower hits, will die. It is very similar to the Crossbow Tower, but even more skewed towards single-target damage, making it extremely vulnerable to groups of targets. While its other paths focus on even more damage, one of the tier 5 upgrades specializes in consistency by allowing its shots to ignore any units standing between the Tower and its chosen target, guaranteeing that the intended enemy takes the hit.

These three Towers form the foundation of the player’s Modern defensive arsenal, but firepower is only one way to fight. In the next diary, we will take a look at the Modern Unit production Towers.

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01 Jul 2026Developer post

Anathyma Dev Diary #5

Hello, and welcome to the fifth dev diary for Anathyma. In this one I will be revealing the final five units being added to the game. Ever since the height update, one thing we've wanted to add for a while was airborne units. Taking the fight beyond the ground, these units add a

Hello, and welcome to the fifth dev diary for Anathyma. In this one I will be revealing the final five units being added to the game.

Ever since the height update, one thing we've wanted to add for a while was airborne units. Taking the fight beyond the ground, these units add a new dimension to fight in, requiring specialized anti-air solutions to fight them. The aerial aspect also gives them an avenue to attack in more dangerous ways.

Airplane

Airplanes soar above the battlefield, making them immune to ground-based attacks. Equipped with a frontal machine gun for engaging enemy aircraft and bombs for striking ground targets, they are a versatile unit that can provide valuable air support while contesting control of the skies, though their light build makes them vulnerable to hostile fire.

Transport Plane

Built to survive hostile airspace, the Transport Plane is heavier and more resilient than the airplane. The Transport Plane is extremely dangerous because it will attempt to deploy its paratrooper squad deep behind enemy lines, striking your most vulnerable backline towers instead of your frontal fortifications.

Paratrooper

Paratroopers are elite infantry equipped with powerful submachine guns, making them highly effective in close-quarters combat. Dropped into battle by Transport Planes, they can deal massive damage if left unchecked.

SPAA

To fire back against airborne targets, the Self-Propelled Anti-Air provides mobile protection against enemy aircraft. It shares the same chassis as a Tank, with a frontal machine gun allows them to defend themselves against ground units, though the cannon has been replaced with a four-barrel anti-air cannon can quickly tear through airborne targets that enter its range.

Anti-Tank Gun

Just like the SPAA is a unit-based anti-air option, the The Anti-Tank Gun is the unit that exists to counter heavily armored vehicles. Like the machinegunner, it must deploy before firing, but its powerful armor-piercing rounds pass through unarmored targets at reduced damage, guaranteeing their high-piercing shots will reach the heavily armored vehicles or towers behind them and deal devastating damage to their intended targets. In this way, they also serve as a big threat to towers.

And that's all for the new units! The additional roster will significantly overhaul late-game combat to make it more interesting. Next time, we will begin introducing the options available for players to respond to these units, starting with the new Towers!

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27 May 2026Developer post

Anathyma Dev Diary #4

Hello, and welcome to the fourth dev diary for Anathyma. In this one I will be revealing three units from a new class of warfare. As teased in the previous diary, the time has come to add some horsepower to the roster. I'm talking about, of course, armored vehicles. Tanks, being

Hello, and welcome to the fourth dev diary for Anathyma. In this one I will be revealing three units from a new class of warfare.

As teased in the previous diary, the time has come to add some horsepower to the roster. I'm talking about, of course, armored vehicles. Tanks, being far bulkier than foot soldiers, with high resistances to projectiles and frontal attacks in general, Tanks will prove to be the greatest threat to any defense, forcing players to invest in high-piercing Towers or Weapons.

Tank

The Tank is a resilient frontline vehicle designed to absorb punishment while supporting advancing forces. It takes reduced damage from all attacks coming from the front, combined with the capacity to deflect projectiles that strike at shallow angles. These two traits give it a considerable resilience against hostile fire. This resilience is then combined with a forward machine gun and a rotating cannon turret, making the tank excel at leading assaults through contested territory.

Heavy Tank

The Heavy Tank takes everything that makes the Tank effective and pushes it further. It boasts greater stats than the Tank across the board, except for movement speed, while also carrying the same features (frontal resistance, projectile deflection, frontal machine gun). In addition to its frontal machine gun, its cannon turret has a larger, more devastating caliber, and the Heavy Tank also carries a flamethrower for close-range infantry combat, and a second turret, armed with a machine gun, for even greater defensive flexibility. These additional weapons make the Heavy Tank one of the strongest units in a direct confrontation.

Self-Propelled Gun

But direct confrontations are not the only way to fight, and there's no greater example of this than the Self-Propelled Gun. It trades versatility for overwhelming long-range firepower. While it possesses armor comparable to a Heavy Tank and retains a frontal machine gun for self-defense, the remaining armaments have all been sacked to make room for a massive artillery cannon capable of devastating targets from afar, making it extremely dangerous to Towers. The weakness of the SPG is that it must come to a complete stop and raise its cannon before commencing an artillery barrage, though it is still far tougher to take down than a Sniper or a Machinegunner.

Next time will be the conclusion of the mechanical units reveal and the new units in general.

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22 Apr 2026Developer post

Anathyma Dev Diary #3

Hello, and welcome to the third dev diary for Anathyma. In this one I will be revealing the final three foot soldier units coming in the next update. While the previous diary talked about units with more unique styles of combat, these units are mostly about raw power, meant to br

Hello, and welcome to the third dev diary for Anathyma. In this one I will be revealing the final three foot soldier units coming in the next update.

While the previous diary talked about units with more unique styles of combat, these units are mostly about raw power, meant to break your defenses with pure force.

Guard

The Guard is a direct upgrade over regular infantry (despite being equipped with chronologically older clothes), with better stats across the board. However, Guards' strength comes with numbers. When multiple Guards are nearby, they will coordinate their shots to fire in parallel. While this means that some of them would miss their shots, the resulting wave of bullets is far harder to dodge with normal movement when compared to regular predictive fire. This disciplined pattern is also a lot more bursty, and can catch players off-guard when a volley hits.

Commando

Commandos are the second-strongest infantry unit in the game, with stats even greater than the Guard. The Commando remains camouflaged outside of combat, ensuring that he does not get hit by any stray projectiles until he can begin fighting himself. With his own camouflage detection, he can also catch any sneaky moves. In combat, the Commando fights with a knife and a 3-shot burst-fire pistol. While his attacks are short-ranged, they are also very fast to execute, so he is always repositioning, which can be difficult to deal with thanks to his erratic movement pattern.

Elite Commando

The Elite Commando is the strongest infantry unit in the game, and a major headache to deal with. His equipment is far stronger than the Commando, as he carries an assault rifle and a machete, hitting much harder than the Commando. Like the Commando, he has out-of-combat camouflage and can detect camouflage. However, the major difference between the two is that the Elite Commando has one more ability, throwing smoke grenades. Smoke camouflages all units inside it, which would be net neutral, but since the Elite Commando has camouflage detection, it instead becomes his home turf, where he can cause tons of damage within the chaos that ensues.

This concludes the foot soldier section of the unit reveal. Stay tuned for next month where I will begin introducing the mechanical part of the new units.

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30 Mar 2026Developer post

Anathyma Dev Diary #2

Hello, and welcome to the second dev diary for Anathyma. In this one I will be revealing three more units for the next update. While most existing enemies, as is normal for Tower Defense, are built around pushing directly into the player’s lines, some of the upcoming Modern units

Hello, and welcome to the second dev diary for Anathyma. In this one I will be revealing three more units for the next update.

While most existing enemies, as is normal for Tower Defense, are built around pushing directly into the player’s lines, some of the upcoming Modern units are intended to make staying comfortably behind your defenses much less reliable. These units are meant to force the player to respond, reposition, and find ways to deal with them as they whittle down their defenses. On the other end, these units can be particularly useful to protect in the Breakthrough gamemode.

Machinegunner

The first of these is the machinegunner. Armed with a heavy machine gun, this unit can set up in place and unleash a sustained stream of fire at an extremely high rate. Once deployed, the machinegunner becomes a static but highly dangerous source of damage, able to shred lightly defended positions. Unlike more mobile ranged enemies, the machinegunner is also highly vulnerable from their static position, giving a clear weakness to exploit, with either your own long-range towers and/or weapons, or by pushing their position with a quick strike.

Sniper

The next unit is the sniper, which trades damage output for safety. Snipers engage from extreme range, far beyond what most early and even many midgame defenses can comfortably answer. Snipers do not have a dangerous damage output, which can make them go unnoticed when combined with their out-of-combat camouflage, but a sniper left unchecked can slowly dismantle a defensive setup, especially if multiple snipers start to accumulate. While the machinegunner can be dealt with somewhat easily due to the moderate range, snipers are less dangerous but require a more dedicated effort to deal with. To help players notice the sniper fire in the chaos of combat, their shots also leave a small trail.

Engineer

The last on the list is the engineer. Rather than being a direct damage threat on its own, the engineer supports nearby forces by digging trenches that other units can enter to receive cover from enemy projectiles. This makes enemy units much harder to remove with ordinary ranged fire, allowing them to cause damage from a safe position. The two main ways to deal with entrenched units are melee combat, and area denial weapons, like the Tar Tower's burning tar. Engineers are especially dangerous when paired with other Modern units, as they tend to have ranged attacks to fire from the trenches.

The pacing on this one is a bit awkward because of length and file size limitations.

Stay tuned for next month where I will finish up the foot soldier section of the diaries.

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23 Feb 2026Developer post

Anathyma Dev Diary #1

Hello, and welcome to the first dev diary for Anathyma. In these I will be talking to you about the upcoming content for the next big update for Anathyma. If you could tell from the small tease in the new trailer, the next update will be themed around the Modern era, more specifi

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A Major Update for Anathyma is now live!

We’re excited to drop the first major update for Anathyma, and it’s a big one. You can now jump into online co-op with up to 8 players, unlock Steam Achievements, and climb the Leaderboards to show off your skills.

To make things even more fun, we’ve added a character customization menu, perfect for putting your own flair on your hero in those wild multiplayer lobbies.

The interface has also been revamped, with sleeker menus, a cleaner HUD, and unit outlines that make everything feel sharper and easier to read.

And finally, we’ve added the new Height system to gameplay. Take the high ground and gain an edge, literally, when fighting enemies from above.

Anathema Tower Defense is out now on Steam Early Access!