Bloons TD 5

Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability. The Bloons are back in full HD glory and this time they mean business! Build awesome towers, choose your favorite upgrades, hire cool new Special…

14 December 2011

Simulator Strategy Tactical Action

Bloons TD 5 is a simulator developed by Ninja Kiwi, released 14 December 2011 on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One and Android.

Verified 1 Oct 2026 Sources: IGDB , Steam , Wikipedia

What Bloons TD 5 is

Bloons TD 5 is a simulator game developed by Ninja Kiwi and released in 2011. It is available on Nintendo Switch, PlayStation 4, Xbox One, Android, iOS, Mac, PC (Microsoft Windows) and Web browser. It runs on Adobe Flash Player.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability. The Bloons are back in full HD glory and this time they mean business! Build awesome towers, choose your favorite upgrades, hire cool new Special Agents, and pop every last invading Bloon in the best ever version of the most popular tower defense series in history. Featuring an all New Tower and Special Agent, glorious HD graphics, original Tracks and Special Missions, a whole new tier of Specialty Building upgrades, and a never-before-seen Monkey Lab to upgrade your towers, Bloons TD 5 delivers hours of fun and challenging play to fans and new players alike.

Description from the publisher · source

How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player.

Where it sits in the Bloons TD series

Bloons TD 5 is the fifth of 9 entries we hold in the Bloons TD series. It arrived 2 years after Bloons TD 4. The next entry was Bloons TD 6 in 2018.

See all 9 Bloons TD games in release order →

What it launched against

Bloons TD 5 launched on 14 December 2011, within three weeks of Mario Kart 7, Trine 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic and Uncharted: Golden Abyss. It was a PlayStation 4 launch-window title.

Released around the same time: Mario Kart 7, Trine 2, Star Wars: The Old Republic, Uncharted: Golden Abyss.