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Toy Soldiers: HD
Developer Signal Studios, Outer Heaven, Eden Industries
Command antique WWI Toy Soldiers in the trench-filled battlefields of Europe. Deploy an exciting arsenal of guns, artillery, flamethrowers, tanks and planes to defend your WWI toy dioramas. Take direct control of individual units or command the entire battlefield from above. From the Steam store page
97 reactions from 3 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky, Mastodon) · newest Oct 16, 2026 · last updated Oct 17, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
57
Mixed
48 positive · 36 negative
95% range 46–67%
| Source | + | − | = |
|---|---|---|---|
| Steam reviews | 48 | 36 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 1 | 10 |
| Mastodon * | 0 | 0 | 2 |
* shown, not counted in the score (label accuracy below our 85% bar or not yet audited).
Steam's own rating
Mixed
58 of 96 reviews positive (all languages, per Valve)
What players are saying
56% recommend · 47 yes, 37 no
Counted from the reviewers’ own thumbs up/down on the 84 English Steam reviews we collected, not by the AI. Valve’s all-language rating: Mixed (106 of 168 positive).
Players praise the nostalgic tower defense gameplay and WWI setting. [1][2][3] Some reviewers complain about technical issues like low frame rate caps and crashes. [4][5][6] Many feel the HD remaster is overpriced and lacks significant improvements. [7][8][9]
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- [8]
A great game with a let down of a HD remaster, I would highly recommend getting Toy Soldiers or Toy soldiers Complete On steam right now as they are half the price and play and feel much better then this version of the game. If the price of this game ever goes to 50% or more off i would say go for it but at the current asking price of 30$ it barely adds any new content that the original and Complete did not have, …
- [6]
i was very excited for this for a long time but unfortunately i have been nothing but disappointed with this release -no co-op (wtf devs? it's 2021 and you have co-op systems in your other games) -locked at 45 fps with terrible dips on a i9/RTX3090 system -graphics and controls are nowhere near improved enough to be called "HD" or a "remaster". honestly looks worse and feels more sluggish to control than i remember …
- [1]
For those who don't know Toy Soldiers yet. Toy Soldiers: HD is a tower defense game in a WW I setting. Like the title says, you are playing with toys. There are parts on the map where units could be placed. LIke: flamethrower, mortar, howitzer,.... Those units could be upgraded to stronger ones. Also you could take control of each unit and shoot at the enemy yourself. When taking control you can easy change from one …
- [12]
I'll start by saying that I have been incredibly excited for this release. I'm recommending this game because I love the franchise and the original toy soldiers. For some extra context; this is the 3rd release of the original Toy Soldiers on PC. The first being a port of the XBLA version, the Toy Soldiers Complete version, and now the HD release. Gameplay aspects aside, I have to admit I was expecting a bit more …
- [2]
Let's revisit the toy based battlefield in this well known Tower defense classic! This updated HD version is exactly what you imagine when you think of a remaster of 'Toy Soldiers' Besides the sleek graphics upgrade, this HD version of Toy Soldiers also brings some new units, skins and more. Other then that all expansions of the original game are packed in this HD version as well. Gameplay: …
Summarised from 34 of the 97 public posts collected about this game; every point cites the posts behind it ([n] opens the post) and the split is counted from the posts’ own ratings. Updated Oct 13, 2026. How summaries are made
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Toy Soldiers: HD sits at 57% positive across 84 opinionated reactions from 3 sources. Fresh or rotten — where do you land?
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60 of 97 · most liked firstA great game with a let down of a HD remaster, I would highly recommend getting Toy Soldiers or Toy soldiers Complete On steam right now as they are half the price and play and feel much better then this version of the game. If the price of this game ever goes to 50% or more off i would say go for it but at the current asking price of 30$ it barely adds any new content that the original and Complete did not have, The texture improvements and wave adjustments while nice in my opinion do not…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →tl,dr; Seems promising but in its current state i cannot recommend it pros : -new a.i that know how to correctly arc shots -new coat of textures -no more vehicle battery life (but limited secondary ammo) -no environment destruction (meaning no money farming from blowing up sandbags. idk if this is a pro or con tho. can also block sniper tower POV) -slightly revamped maps so its not EXACTLY the same as the original but same premise -new main menu with some semi decent music for the time period…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →For those who don't know Toy Soldiers yet. Toy Soldiers: HD is a tower defense game in a WW I setting. Like the title says, you are playing with toys. There are parts on the map where units could be placed. LIke: flamethrower, mortar, howitzer,.... Those units could be upgraded to stronger ones. Also you could take control of each unit and shoot at the enemy yourself. When taking control you can easy change from one unit to another by clicking the left or right button. The view on the field and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let's revisit the toy based battlefield in this well known Tower defense classic! This updated HD version is exactly what you imagine when you think of a remaster of 'Toy Soldiers' Besides the sleek graphics upgrade, this HD version of Toy Soldiers also brings some new units, skins and more. Other then that all expansions of the original game are packed in this HD version as well. Gameplay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GL-TO7kmGS8
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It is my belief that there is a spectrum between two poles of players of non-sport games: Toy soldier, and Dollhouse (These are ungendered terms, but I think are self-explanatory) Players clashing over changes for a game or play styles usually come down to a clash of Toy Soldiers and Dollhouses
neutral · AI labelView post →A horrible HD remake of a classic to be AVOIDED at all cost. I am a huge fan of the Toy Soldiers franchise and will likely still play this game to the end because of that.. but.. it has glaring, stupid, game breaking, issues along with removed features of the Toy Soldiers franchise that make this game just the biggest pile of dog manure. Are you hurting the enemy? I don't know.. they often don't even show damage bars. So you can sit in a tank at point blank range shooting at a turret right…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →In brief - A brilliant WW1 diorama-styled tower defence game with weapon ballistics instead of DPS calculators, unpredictable AI pathing, destructible environments and the ability for the player to control turrets or vehicles. If you only played the WW1 content in "Toy Soldiers Complete" you should know that ported content was a buggy mess and was NOT faithful to the original Toy Soldiers. If you're on the fence about paying full price for this remake, the original game is cheaper and still…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I Cannot recommend this the controls feel sluggish the game runs poorly and to top it all off this is way too much to pay for something that would cost me 10 if i bought it non-HD. Controls being sluggish include 1.Turrets being so unresponsive i have to drag my mouse across my whole pad to turn left or right 2.Planes being damn near impossible to use due to zero optimization for keyboard n mouse 3.Bomb site on Planes does not work as they bound it to the same key for enter/exit Gaming running…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really, really wanted to like this. I really did. I loved the original Toy Soldiers back in the glory days or Xbox summer of Arcade. I adored Toy Soldiers Cold War when it came out and have fond memories of riding about in the attack Helo dispensing indiscriminate justice on those plastic commie ******. I snapped up and still like Toy Soldiers Complete on PC despite the bugs and weirder WW1 Game play choices. Hell, I have a guilty pleasure for Toy Soldiers War Chest (Cobra for the Win \o/ )…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Remember playing this on the old Xbox it was fantastic fun. I was hoping for a full remaster, this is just slightly cleaned up graphics and doesn't run particularly well. Also have an issue with game crashing every time after competing 1st mission and cant progress.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Now that Toy Soldiers: Complete has been patched for high core CPU's, there is absolutely no reason to buy this embarrassing, overpriced, lazy, barely functional "HD" remake, 30 dollars is ridiculous for an inferior "Remaster" that i only bought because I had too many cores to run TS:C.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Oh boy where to start with this game...... 10 years later and this is what they show for? HD textures ok, new levels, ok, all original dlc, already a given since it says "HD". Now where they screwed up. No controller or keyboard sensitivity settings, you will realize that turrets raise and lower so damn slow it aint funny especially on levels with planes. No keybinding options. The game is capped at 45 fps for some stupid reason and even with high end hardware I get fps dips when combat…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →i was very excited for this for a long time but unfortunately i have been nothing but disappointed with this release -no co-op (wtf devs? it's 2021 and you have co-op systems in your other games) -locked at 45 fps with terrible dips on a i9/RTX3090 system -graphics and controls are nowhere near improved enough to be called "HD" or a "remaster". honestly looks worse and feels more sluggish to control than i remember from the original -no ultrawide or dual monitor support -mulitplayer is…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having not played the original version of this game, I read all of the reviews because they were not overwhelming positive despite the streams I had watched online which made this game look really fun. I have not encountered any of the negative issues identified by most of the unfavorable reviews while playing this on my pc. I find the graphics very good, the soundtrack great, and the gameplay excellent. This is not a complex game, but it is massively fun and I know I want more and more.…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Hmm... kind of a meh game, I preferred the old one from 11 years ago, it doesn't seem to let you change the difficulty on the 3 invasion levels which is kind of frustrating considering how hard the default difficulty is. Nothing new is added.. shame, graphics are okay again not much of an improvement you'd be better off just buying and playing the classic, cheaper more enjoyable and better for your wallet. Oh and it lets you change the difficulty on tough levels :)
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →How the hell does a final boss spawn, followed by the level immediately ending? How does that get past quality control??
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I loved the original version of this game and would support a full remake or new release but this version doesn't justify being massively more expensive than the original. It also doesn't have ultrawide support in 2021.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Let me start off by saying the original game on Xbox Arcade was fantastic, and this game still is because it fills a niche market just right. However this particular version is a let down so far, the supposed remaster is simple just slightly upscaled resolution and textures, it clearly still runs the poor performance game engine with a strange 43FPS cap. The price doesn't really reflect these changes at £23.79 when you can buy the Toy Soldiers: Complete collection for ~£11. The biggest problem…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I'll start by saying that I have been incredibly excited for this release. I'm recommending this game because I love the franchise and the original toy soldiers. For some extra context; this is the 3rd release of the original Toy Soldiers on PC. The first being a port of the XBLA version, the Toy Soldiers Complete version, and now the HD release. Gameplay aspects aside, I have to admit I was expecting a bit more from the team in earning the "HD" name. I expected a few more modern graphical…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Movie choices i am playing with to watch for boy this afternoon: Enders Game Independence Day Last Action Hero Toy Soldiers
neutral · AI labelView post →The game is what I thought. I looked at it on several on-line sites and decided I wanted to try it. Is it worth $30. Lord, no. Is it fun? Yeah. In a mindless, repetitious way. What tics me off to no end is that either you can't remap your keyboard or I'm just unable to figure out how to do it. It seems to have control settings but it is so ambiguous it is laughable. Lines going everywhere to who knows what command. Ridiculous. It isn't like they haven't had thousands upon thousands of examples…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Daily Mail Order Toy Soldiers <Until Christmas> The 132 Fighting Ships! (1964) '3-D plastic classified pieces' in this complete game! Like others, its a basic game with secret set-up (use cereal boxes as a wall) and Helen of Toy rules. <no 11>
neutral · AI labelView post →Whether or not to get this depends on how much you want to play Toy Soldiers, and whether or not a sale/alternative method is available. This is an extremely unstable remade that isn't remotely worth the request price, constantly crashing at least once per mission. It's a pretty faithful remake with a few positive changes, but the instability is ridiculous.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun tower defense game that came out back when tower defense games weren't common. This HD edition is pretty good.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I wish I didn't have to write this review. !!! THE MULTIPLAYER DOES NOT WORK !!! The game simply crashes, there's a single person on the leaderboard called "tester1", lol. Multiple people (including myself) made a support thread about it, the devs act like they didn't know about it despite the issue being a thing across all platforms. Nobody has been able to play the online multiplayer and they stopped replying to support tickets. The game was delayed for over a month to test stuff and do…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I liked the game in the beginning but as I played it, I found some issues, First of all, aircraft get shot down very easily, so having them is useless, secondly, what's up with the k-wagon, I've used the strongest defenses available on the game and just can't defeat it, no more options on how to do it. The game overall played well on my pc, no crashing issues but it feels a little unpolished with some of the game play, the explosions is really crappy and have no real war feeling to it. I've…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →forgotten 90's action movies edition Fled Hard Rain Firestorm The Jackal Double Team Daylight Fair Game Drop Zone Showdown in Little Tokyo No Escape Judgement Night Gunmen Sniper Toy Soldiers On Deadly Ground
neutral · AI labelView post →garbage. buy toy soldiers complete instead.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →game keeps crashing after the first level and cant progress at all. (entered public beta this is fixed) The controls are bad, even with a controller. feels worse than it was 10 years ago on the 360. aim acceleration and lack of sensitivity on the controller make it unbearable. When you are in a mission where you can fly airplanes the engine is never off. You'll be sitting a an Anti-air gun looking for an enemy plane then you'll realize that the noise isn't from an enemy, its your plane. There…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Mediocre Game Graphics are only a tad better than how I remember the Xbox version Devs seem uninspired post-launch 6/10 Grab on discount/sale
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Having played the steam and console ports of this game, i was hoping for more than just a glorified paint job of a once fun game series, the graphics aren't super impressive, it runs like ♥♥♥♥ even on good hardware, and is ridden with so much bugs and glitches, it just ain't fun playing this i wouldn't recommend this game even on a bloody sale, well imma play some ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ gemcraft now
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Toy Soldiers HD is near similar to the original Toy Soldiers in every way with a few exceptions which have either been changed for good or bad, improved or are completely new. One of the improved features Signal Studios have brought in (that is probably the best in my opinion) is that you can now build 4 small turrets (MG, chemical thrower and mortar) onto one big build pad that's reserved for only anti-air and artillery placements. This is a big step-up as it gives you more freedom and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The Early Release was not very good. It was full of bugs, crashes and couldn't go over 30fps. after a few updates and a multiplayer fix it is somewhat okay. I only recommend buying this game on sale. I Would recommend more if it was Remote Play Together. I don't see why its not RPT, it would be so much fun but sadly its not.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →why it closed when mission is finished? Great game though.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →This game is perfect if you love WW1 and tower defense.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I Wish i could say yes, but, I can not. My exprience with this game has been pretty good, but sadly, wen I got to the invasion campaing, you can not change the challagne of the mission, It is stuck on the hardest setting. Toy zilla, is impossable sadly. If the devs fix the game, then I will give a posative review.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →bad waste of mony
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →A decent homage to those who played the original Toy Soldiers on the Xbox 360 back in the day. A price complaint being the $30 tag put on top of the game for a remaster, it's more worth $15-20. This is a tower defense game for those who are bored by slapping down a tower and guessing that it will stop enemies, you can manually take control of every type of defense allotted to the player, including mobile tanks and airplanes that can drastically change the results of a battle. The best part of…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Just a simple tower defence game which pretends to be a Battlefield in the trailers
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very happy to see Signal Studios out of the heel of Ubisoft! I have a bit of a nostalgia boner, I admit, but the first two games in this series are incredible for what they are. Definitely unique, and excited for the next release. $30 is a bit steep given the visuals aren't much better, and doesn't include Cold War. But just wanted to support the devs.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →So I don't know how this is even legal and probably nobody will care but when I redownloaded Toy Soldiers War Chest and tried to play it on my PS5 the game instantly crashes at the title screen. The game is literally unplayable. #Playstation #gaming
negative · AI labelView post →Toy Soldiers in a brats game.
neutral · AI labelView post →The bugs are insane. Most common one I have experiences is when on the last wave, there are 0 enemies left on the field and yet the game won't end, even when waiting over 5-10 minutes. This happened on every level so far from levels 1-4 and I couldn't take it anymore. Insta-refund.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →(ww1 music itensifies)
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Delightful tactics game, quite polished, Very few immediate issues. The translation to more modern computers has not overwhelmed it's capacity to provide entertainment. It does make light in ways about the actual atrocities of war. This would be for more mature minded kids, and not w/o some caveats. However it is remarkably detailed, many tiny 'easter eggs', such as tiny trophies that must be targeted by the player specifically. Either by manning a defensive point personally, use of artillery,…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Played the game perfectly on an old monitor and it was lots of fun. Bought a new ultrawide gaming monitor and it will not load. Get a black screen for a few seconds then crashes to desktop. No support from steam on this and they wont refund me for it. Can not play on a new ultrawide monitor.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →One of my favourite games as a kid and still love it! It's not as good as the original unfortunately but a great game nonetheless.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →The game, Toy Soldiers, was a very fun nostalgia trip for me when I purchased this game during the Winter '21 steam sale. I paid $20 roughly for the game and was immediately taken back to my Console days of Xbox 360. The game graphics were definitely polished. I remember the game looking almost to dark or heavily shaded at points in the past. But this game was a lot more bright, the characters more crisp, and the gameplay was smooth for me on Keyboard and mouse. It was a fun reminder of what…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Great to see this and support it. Runs great at 4k on max. The extra enemy's on the field are a welcome add! Controls work just fine. This is more like a re-envisioning and it's well worth the money. It's too bad that there isn't coop. But the head to head is great fun just like the first game. I hope they redo Toy Soldiers 2 as well, I preferred the Cold War setting more.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Essentially a re-release of the original. It's as fun as it ever was, however, I'd go for the older version since its cheaper and there's really not much of a difference.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Other games were alot better, i dont see any use or upgrades in this game, its got worst in my opinion.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Obviously. Hegseth & Trump are Toy Soldiers. Reality is irrelevant to them because that's how they view our armed forces -- like toy soldiers on the RISK game board. Despicably stupid & inhumane.
neutral · AI labelView post →This is a very fun and addicting game, I fully recommend it and that's coming from someone whose played the original for years now. I honestly think this is the version you want to go with. Yeah it has some minor flaws but alot of upgrades compared to the original. Maps genuinely look more detailed and fleshed out and the addition of bonus levels is awesome. Sadly there isn't much of a community for the franchise to play online with and I hope somehow that changes but I think this is one of the…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →An amazing HD adaptation of the Xbox original however mixed reviews aside I really do respect and appreciate what this remastered is and what it stands for, for toy soldiers I grew up playing this game when I was a boy and I am happy to say that I enjoy this as well and really every revisit for my childhood when I used to play on my Xbox 360 for this even though I’ve noticed a slight difficulty increase in normal mode it really stands for what this game is. It’s about the determination and…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Happy 35th Anniversary To Both Oscar And Thousand Pieces Of Gold, Toy Soldiers And Talent For The Game That Were Both First Released On This Date April 26th 1991 In Theaters
neutral · AI labelView post →Not worth the price, Cold War and DLCs from that game are not included. Controls for controller are scuffed and play awkwardly and Toy Soldiers Complete kills this game. I learned that the hard way by buying the HD version first and then buying Complete. do not buy HD, buy Complete Edition instead. You'll be much happier for it.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Fun game although if you are looking for a game where you can be a toy soldier this game doesnt do that you can fire machineguns etc etc
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →GREAT XBOX 360 EXCLUSIVE #VIDEOGAMES 9. Toy Soldiers (2010) Do you just like to blow things up? This tower defense game gives you the chance to do that with controllable units (including planes!) and a fun WWI-themed campaign. The Cold War themed sequel ups the ante in every way!
neutral · AI labelView post →Classic. Wish a sequel was made with today's tech.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Very Fun Game Lots Of Missions To Play And Its Not Easy
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