Tower Defense Simulator event
Tower Defense Simulator Kingpin Tower: End Time, Countdown & Rewards
Kingpin Tower is now live in Tower Defense Simulator. Paradoxum Games switched on the new evolved tower on July 17, 2026, and it stays available through July 31 — a two-week run that is now underway. Kingpin is billed as the final form of the game’s Crook Boss, a crime-syndicate unit that fights less by dealing damage itself and more by putting a small army of hired muscle on the field. Interest has been strong, with over 160,000 players marking themselves interested in the event.
Tower Defense Simulator is one of Roblox’s longest-running co-op tower defense games, sitting at nearly 4.9 billion lifetime visits and about 3.5 million favorites, with around 20,000 people in matches at a typical moment. A new tower of this profile tends to shift the meta for a while, so it is worth knowing what Kingpin does now that it is in rotation.
Tower Defense Simulator
Kingpin Tower
Crook Boss's Final Form
Jul 17, 12:00 PM – Jul 31, 12:00 PM ET
Adds Kingpin to Tower Defense Simulator, an evolved Crook Boss tower that deploys gunners, bouncers, hitmen, and money runners and issues Hit Orders to cash in on marked enemies.
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What Kingpin Tower does
Kingpin is the evolution of the existing Crook Boss tower, built around the idea of a crime boss running an operation through cash, contracts, and hired muscle rather than fighting directly. In practice that means it is a summoner-style tower rather than a straightforward turret. Instead of firing on enemies directly, Kingpin deploys a crew to do the work for it: gunners, bouncers, hitmen, and money runners, per the developer’s own description.
The standout mechanic is the Hit Order: you mark a specific enemy, and Kingpin’s crew moves to “cash in” on that target. That gives the tower a directed, priority-kill role that most of the standing roster does not fill, which is where a lot of the early experimentation is going.
When it runs and how to approach it
Kingpin Tower runs from July 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET through July 31, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET. Noon Eastern is 9 a.m. on the US West Coast, 5 p.m. in the UK, and evening across much of Asia.
With the window closing on July 31, there is a full stretch of time left rather than a scramble. The opening days are the crowded ones, so if you would rather not fight for lobbies, it is fine to wait a little, watch how strong groups slot Kingpin into their loadouts, and then work it into your own runs once the strategies settle.
How it fits the game’s rhythm
The timing is tidy. The game’s Semiquincentennial Summer event ran July 3–17, 2026 and wrapped on the very day Kingpin arrived, so Paradoxum handed players a new tower to chase the moment the seasonal event closed. And the cadence continues: Enforcer Tower is already on the calendar for August 14–28, another evolved tower a couple of weeks after this one ends. Treated together, that is a steady run of things to work toward through the summer.
FAQ
When does the Tower Defense Simulator Kingpin Tower event end?
Kingpin Tower ends on July 31, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET, having gone live on July 17, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET.
What do you get in the Kingpin Tower event?
You get Kingpin, the evolved form of the Crook Boss tower, which summons gunners, bouncers, hitmen, and money runners and can issue Hit Orders to focus down marked enemies.
Is the Tower Defense Simulator Kingpin Tower event still going?
Yes — it is live now and runs through July 31, 2026 at 12:00 PM ET.
How long does the Kingpin Tower event last?
It runs for two weeks, from July 17 to July 31, 2026, which leaves plenty of time to try the tower without rushing the crowded opening days.