Open now · By request
Your Presence Is Delaying Progress playtest
by Dawid Kielbasa
Thousands of robots are coming through, and you have to keep the last way out open. Build towers, deploy squads and call in rocket strikes in this single-player tower defense game. The machines were built to rebuild our cities. Apparently, we’re in the way.
It's free to ask. The developer chooses who gets in.
- Access
- By request
- On playtest since
- Oct 22, 2026
- Planned release
- Coming soon
- Developer
- Dawid Kielbasa
- Platforms
- Windows, macOS
- Players
- Single-player
- Languages
- English, French, German, Polish, Spanish - Spain
How to join the Your Presence Is Delaying Progress playtest
- Open the game's Steam page with the Request access button. Sign in to Steam if it asks.
- Request access to the Your Presence Is Delaying Progress playtest there. It's free and doesn't commit you to anything.
- The developer lets players in, often in batches, so it can take a while. Steam emails you when you're in, and the playtest appears in your library.
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How AI is used
Generative AI tools were used to help create some artwork and written content, including store page and promotional materials. No AI-generated content is produced during gameplay.
The developer's own words, from Steam.
About Your Presence Is Delaying Progress
Your Presence Is Delaying Progress is a single-player tower defense game about holding back thousands of robots. Build your defenses, deploy squads and call in rocket strikes to keep the last way out open.
The machines were built to rebuild our cities. Apparently, we’re in the way.
Hold back the horde
Thousands of machines crowd into narrow passages and spread around obstacles toward your defenses. Flamethrowers burn through packed groups, piercing guns shoot through the ranks, and rockets blast holes in the crowd.
Your towers fire automatically. You choose the weapons, their positions and where to send support when enemies get through.
Build around the battlefield
Combine machine guns, flamethrowers, piercing guns, lasers and other weapons to cover the robots’ approach. Use the terrain to concentrate your fire and position towers so they cover each other’s gaps.
Resources are limited. Choose where to add firepower and which approaches you can afford to leave lightly defended.
Deploy squads and rocket strikes
Support your towers during combat with squad deployments and targeted rocket strikes. Reinforce a struggling position or fire into a packed group before it reaches your defenses.
Upgrade your defenses
Progress through the campaign and unlock upgrades for your weapons and squads. Between attempts, change your tower layout, invest in different upgrades and try another approach.
Create your own maps
Build battlefields, configure enemy waves and test your defenses in the built-in map editor. Export maps to share them with other players, or import theirs and play them yourself.
From the game's Steam page.
