Bloons TD 5

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Bloons TD 5

Developers
	Ninja Kiwi
Release dates
Windows	November 19, 2014
macOS (OS X)	November 19, 2014[citation needed]
Taxonomy
Monetization	One-time game purchase
Modes	Multiplayer
Genres	Tower defense
Series	Bloons Tower Defense

Bloons Tower Defense
Bloons TD 5 Deluxe	2012
Bloons TD 5	2014
Bloons Monkey City	2014
Bloons TD Battles	2016
Bloons TD 6	2018
Bloons Adventure Time TD	2019
Bloons TD Battles 2	2021

General information

Steam Community Discussions

Availability

Source	DRM	Notes	Keys	OS
Humble Store
Mac App Store
Microsoft Store
Steam

Game data

Configuration file(s) location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\306020\local\Data\Docs
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/306020/pfx/

Save game data location

System	Location
Windows	<Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\306020\local\Data\Docs
Microsoft Store
macOS (OS X)
Steam Play (Linux)	<Steam-folder>/steamapps/compatdata/306020/pfx/

Save game cloud syncing

System	Native	Notes
Steam Cloud

Video

Graphics feature	State	Notes
Widescreen resolution		16:9, but gameplay screens have vertical bars with character art.
Multi-monitor
Ultra-widescreen
4K Ultra HD
Field of view (FOV)
Windowed
Borderless fullscreen windowed		Default fullscreen mode.
Anisotropic filtering (AF)
Anti-aliasing (AA)		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Vertical sync (Vsync)		Always enabled due to permanent windowed mode.
60 FPS
120+ FPS		Capped at 60 FPS. See High frame rate.

High frame rate

Use pre-hacked file
Download BTD5-Win_144.7z. Replace the default BTD5-Win.exe with the downloaded one.

Perform hack manually
For Steam version, unpack BTD5-Win.exe using Steamless. Using a hex editor such as HxD, patch the following bytes: 11 11 91 3F → C7 71 7C 3F.

Input

Keyboard and mouse	State	Notes
Remapping		See the glossary page for potential workarounds.
Mouse acceleration
Mouse sensitivity
Mouse input in menus
Mouse Y-axis inversion
Controller
Controller support

Audio

Audio feature	State	Notes
Separate volume controls		Can only be toggled.
Surround sound
Subtitles
Closed captions
Mute on focus lost
Royalty free audio

Localizations

Language	UI	Audio	Sub	Notes
English
Danish
Finnish
French
German
Italian
Japanese
Korean
Norwegian
Brazilian Portuguese
Russian
Spanish
Swedish
Turkish

Network

Multiplayer types

Type	Native	Notes
Local play
LAN play
Online play		Co-op

Issues fixed

Game periodically freezes on Windows (Steam version)

Add the game's Steam userdata directory to the windows defender virus exclusion list
Open the Windows security dashboard Open virus and threat protection Click manage settings under virus & threat protection settings Then scroll down to exclusions and click add or remove exclusions Add <Steam-folder>\userdata\<user-id>\306020\ to the exclusions list

Pixelated graphics

Override DPI scaling
Browse to <path-to-game> and right-click BTD5-Win.exe, then view Properties Under the Compatibility tab, select Change high DPI settings Tick "Override high DPI scaling behaviour", with Application selected in the dropdown. Click OK and relaunch the game

Other information

API

Executable	32-bit	64-bit	Notes
Windows
macOS (OS X)

System requirements

Windows

macOS (OS X)

Windows
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	7	10
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1024 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	512 MB
Video card (GPU)	ATI Nvidia Intel HD Graphics OpenGL 2.0 compatible DirectX 9 compatible

macOS (OS X)
	Minimum	Recommended
Operating system (OS)	10.8	10.13
Processor (CPU)	1.5 GHz	2.0 GHz
System memory (RAM)	512 MB	1024 MB
Hard disk drive (HDD)	512 MB
Video card (GPU)	OpenGL 2.0 compatible