6 Heroes and 15 Hero Abilities
3 Factions (Human, Orc, Elf) and 45 Faction Perks
12 Troop Types and 12 Tower Types
9 Classes (27 class bonuses)
5 Full Maps + Tutorial Map
3 Challenges per Map
Endless Mode (Experimental)
~3 Hours of Campaign Content (not including challenges or endless)
Inspired by games like Thronefall, SNKRX, and Warcraft 3, Wool at the Gates fuses minimalistic tactical base defense with the deep class synergy systems of auto-battlers and hero-driven action of MOBA’s to deliver an exciting loop of strategic base building and epic battles.
Defend against hordes of invading sheep through increasingly challenging rounds, each featuring tactical build phases followed by epic battles. Make strategic decisions to balance tradeoffs between building types, delving into faction talent trees, and maximizing auto-battler-style class synergies. Watch your carefully crafted synergies unfold in all out brawls between your defenses and the sheep mobs where your hero leads the charge as the ultimate commander.
Base building: Build and upgrade structures like towers, walls, and resource-generating buildings to defend against hordes of sheep—with finite build slots, every choice shapes your strategy
Round-based levels: Take your time planning your tactics and positioning your troops before the next wave begins, progressing through a series of increasingly difficult rounds per level
Auto-battler inspired synergies: Coordinate your city’s defenses to unlock powerful class bonuses and choose your playstyle
Faction talent trees: Construct Human, Orc, or Elf buildings to unlock perks unique to each faction
Fast-paced battles: Engage in nonstop action as you unleash hero abilities, optimize positioning, and command troops in real time to hold the line against relentless sheep hordes
Replayability: Replay levels on higher difficulties, complete challenges for rewards, and test your defenses in Endless Mode
get it while it's hot imo. If you like this genre (city builder, tower defense, active hero control and unit placement) then this is an absolute banger
It's Thronefall but sheep core
Entertaining rogue-lite game, just finished beating all the levels and unlocking most of the unlockable perks/classes after about 6 hours, so the price is about right. Still more challenges to do and higher difficulties if I want to play more. I like that I can control a hero, so a bit of an RTS mixed with tower defense.
It's just as fun as Thronefall and has a lot more build variety IMO. I like it and look forward to more updates.
Wool at the gates combines hero units, tower defense (with garrisons, and a limited economy) and meta-progression into an attractive package. The aesthetic is charming, with lots of animal and sheep themed units (complete with puns) and an attractive cartoon-y art style. There are a limited number of heroes and maps, but two weeks into owning the game, a major update was released, adding another map and another hero - so I am hopeful this trend will continue, filling out the game. I really wish the walls could be placed anywhere - or had more options. In many maps it is incredibly difficult to effectively use walls, leaving to an over-reliance on towers as the only viable strategy. I also feel like there are an excessive amount of enemies who simply demolish walls and towers instantly. Given the limited options for alpha-striking enemies, this often feels like it undermines the point of the genre. I understand having sapper units mixed into attacking armies from a strategi...
Very enjoyable. Will be playing more. Looking forward to see where development takes this.
Wool at the Gates costs $6.99.
Minimum: Minimum: OS: Windows 10 Processor: Intel® Core™ i5-8600 Memory: 4 GB RAM Graphics: Nvidia GeForce GTX970 Storage: 1 GB available space
Wool at the Gates is available on Windows PC.
Wool at the Gates has 89% positive reviews from 9 players.
Wool at the Gates was released on May 20, 2025.
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