Hot Gates app icon: a red Spartan shield with a gold lambda

Hot Gates: Spartan Tower Defense

Xerxes is coming. Hold the line. Lead the Spartans at Thermopylae, the Athenian fleet at Salamis and the allied army at Plataea. Place your hoplites, archers and siege engines along the path. Stop every Persian wave before it reaches the Gate.

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Free game for Android 7.0 and later.

Hot Gates title art: a Spartan shield, a line of hoplites and Persian ships at sea

Xerxes is coming. Hold the line.

Hot Gates is a tower defense game set in the Greco-Persian Wars. Build towers along the road, upgrade them between waves and keep the Persian army away from the Gate.

Four towers, three tiers each

Tap a free spot next to the road to build. Tap a tower to upgrade it or sell it.

Phalanx

A wall of Spartan shields. It holds the enemy on the road.

Archers

Fast Cretan bowmen. They pick off the weak enemies.

Oxybeles

A bolt-thrower. Its bolt goes through armour and hits the units behind.

Pitch cauldron

Burning pitch. It slows and burns everything in reach.

Hot Gates build menu with the Phalanx, Archers, Oxybeles and Pitch cauldron towers

Six historic chapters, thirty maps

Each chapter has five hand-made maps. Each chapter brings a new enemy or a new tower. Fight on land in narrow passes and open plains. Fight at sea, where Persian triremes row through the straits.

Marathon, 490 BC

Darius sends his fleet to the bay of Marathon. Hold the road to Athens.

Thermopylae, 480 BC

Xerxes marches on Greece. Leonidas holds the narrow pass with 300 Spartans.

Artemisium, 480 BC

The Greek fleet blocks the strait. Protect the flank of Thermopylae.

Salamis, 480 BC

Athens burns. Themistocles pulls the Persian fleet into the straits of Salamis.

Plataea, 479 BC

Mardonius stays in Greece with a large army. Meet him on the plain of Plataea.

Mycale, 479 BC

The Persian fleet is on the beach at Mycale. The Greeks land and attack.

Fight at sea

Artemisium and Salamis are sea chapters. The Persian fleet rows through the straits toward your Gate.

Ships, not soldiers

Stop penteconters, triremes and the Phoenician flagship before they reach the Gate.

Build on the shore and on islets

Towers stand on land only. Pick the sand and the small islands next to the sea lanes.

Clear the reefs

Pay drachma to clear a reef and get more space to build.

Sea map at Artemisium: Persian triremes row along a winding sea lane past towers on the shore and islets, one ship is a wreck

Endless mode

After the campaign, the war never ends. Every endless level builds a new map with longer paths, more spawn points and stronger waves. The game saves your best level. How far can you hold?

Upgraded towers and a burning Pitch cauldron stop the Persian column on the road to the Gate at Plataea

Grow your army between battles

Earn drachma on every map. Spend it on permanent upgrades.

Permanent upgrades

Get a bigger war chest, more hoplites at the Gate, longer range, a cheaper Phalanx and better spoils.

Daily reward

Come back every day. The reward grows for seven days in a row.

Stars

Earn up to three stars on every map. Stars open the next chapter.

Hot Gates upgrades screen with War chest, Reserve hoplites, High ground and more

Offline. No ads. No purchases. No account.

Hot Gates is made for your phone. You pay nothing and you share nothing.

Works offline

Play anywhere. The game never needs an internet connection.

No ads

No banners and no videos. Nothing stops your game.

No purchases

No in-app purchases. You earn every upgrade in battle.

No account

No sign-in. The game keeps your progress on your phone only.

Screenshots

Persian infantry and cavalry march on the dirt road toward the Greek Gate past Archers and Oxybeles towers The build menu opens on a free spot next to the road Persian triremes row along the winding sea lane at Artemisium while towers on the shore and islets fire at them Upgraded towers and a burning Pitch cauldron hold the road at Plataea as the Persian column comes close to the Gate A selected Oxybeles tower shows its range and the Upgrade and Sell buttons The straits of Salamis: Persian triremes row along two long lanes toward the Gate on the left, one ship is on fire Campaign screen with the chapters Marathon, Thermopylae, Artemisium and Salamis Upgrades screen with eight permanent upgrades to buy with drachma

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