Elements and build
Developer ChuTouMiao Studio
Form your own genre with skills in different elements, use building rewards to build your own unique maze in randomly generated levels, and fight to survive waves of monsters to win From the Steam store page
18 reactions from 2 sources (Steam reviews, Bluesky) · newest Jul 10, 2025 · last updated Oct 8, 2026 · How this works
Audience score
10 positive · 7 negative
95% range 36–78%
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| Steam reviews | 10 | 7 | 0 |
| Bluesky * | 0 | 0 | 0 |
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18 of 18 · most liked firstWarning I am a player who likes to try and solve games. If you're just looking to shut your brain off entirely, ignore this review as my focus is on gameplay systems and how they work. I also won't talk about the unfinished translation as parts of the game are not in English. I will also slot in (see : x) to tell you that this idea is discussed properly in a later part of the review. Initial Rambling Elements and Build is fundamentally a fun game that borrows ideas from…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Seems like a very awesome Towerdefense Game that has very deep mechanic and offers complex Builds and replayability! But as other People already mentioned, The translation is absolutely horrendous in english. Half the stuff you can go ahead and take a good guess and 3/4 of the Time you´re probably correct, the other half is more like trying to figure out a dead language. Especially for games like this where its 80% about trying to make the best synergies, combinations etc. it´s all about…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Finally beat the second world of Elements and Build. Went full fire mode and got a decently long path going. Game is turning out to be a lot more addictive than I was expecting! #roguelike #indiegames
unlabelledView post →I only spent roughly a half an hour playing this game and, while it is fun and entertaining, the biggest draw back for me is the translation. Certain things in the tutorial windows don't make sense or aren't described correctly due to the English translation and normally I just look past it but I felt like I needed to know every aspect of this game to enjoy it. But I wasn't going to get that knowledge from their own tutorial. With all that said though, it was an amazing game and if they…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Pros: - Bright, cheerful graphics with vibrant colors. - A variety of unique and interesting items. - Challenging gameplay that combines multiple factions, similar to Auto Chess. - Everything is straightforward and compact. Cons: - Poor translation quality, with many parts untranslated or using unclear abbreviations. - Some information isn't displayed clearly, making it difficult to understand. - Lacks necessary effects and animations, such as damage indicators, collision effects, event…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →avid fan of the genre and while there are some cool concepts here, this is a VERY poorly done Chinese port over.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →I was able to play a couple of rounds but after my 5th or 6th play, the game suddenly not summoning any monsters/enemy. I was going through rounds without enemies and I think this is a huge bug that needs to be fixed. For now, I don't recommend this game.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Unbalanced and dev has not done anything to improve since release. The ways how everything work is very confusing and help or information hard to come by. Not much replay value in this one. Get it on sale.
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Cool game, auto chess x Tower defense and Roguelite. Here is everything you need to know: https://youtu.be/QEb5KWzxwRc But in short, english transation seems fixed so those reviews are old. It's overwhelming though will take you a bit to get a hang of the dept. But that also gives it long term potential.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really wanted to like this game since it looks super interesting and I love auto-battlers, roguelikes and tower defense games. The main issue here is just the translation, it is godawful. First starting the games starts in a language I don't understand. I assume it is Chinese, but whatever it is, it was not English. This shows that the game doesn't even check your preferred language upon startup. Not the worst thing, just an odd choice. Then starting the game. The tutorial is somewhat…
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Really fun and Challenging however tutorial could be way more insightful. Like there is soooo much to this game and the tutorial teaches you non of it. There defo could be where more info on it. Like an Index that at least allows you to reach and learn about the structures your using as the info is super limited. I've only played 5 hours but it seems kinda limited on the amount of towers you can play. I mean technically speaking you can do infinite "Skills/Spells" Down at once but after like 10…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →might consider getting it again if it doesn't heat up my laptop from time to time
negative · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chơi giải trí rất hay, nhưng cũng có độ khó nếu không kết hợp đúng các nguyên tố để mở hiệu ứng thì không qua nổi màn chơi. Game rất đáng chơi.
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →It's simple and fun enough. You do auto chess style rolling to try and level up your spells and clear the waves. In between turns you will get to choose rewards to place down in your territory, and i have to be honest, with a lot of them, i have no idea what the description is trying to tell you. So there's a high chance I was using them wrong. There's synergies you can build, but I found that they were not visually impact enough for me to care. It would be cool if there was more visual effects…
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →Chinese roguelike element td autobattler is actually pretty good! The randomized elements are pretty basic and the upgrade system can hinder gameplay progression at points, but it's a real relaxing time once you figure it out. EDIT: 65 hours in and just finished the skill tree, excellent bang for your buck!~ EDIT2: 73 hours and just got 100% on achievements!~
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →More update pls xD
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →should allow 4 star or higher tower!
positive · reviewer's own thumbsView post →If you like "Incremental" games like I do, then this is definitely for you. A generous number of combinations, towers and monsters. In the beginning, it does seem a bit confusing, but in the end, you will feel like you are at the beginning jokes aside. The background music is a little annoying. (OK sound effects) Yes I recommend it.
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