01Claim your plot
Pick a starting region — the Docklands trade port, the alpine mines, or the coastal markets. Each has its own resource curve.
Est. 2019 · South Melbourne
Build Your Tap Empire
A handcrafted idle-strategy game for Android and iOS. Forge cities, command guilds, and out-tap the world from a single screen.
4.8★ average rating2.1M downloads38 live seasons
The Studio
Ten makers, one workshop on Coventry Street
TapDominion Forge is an independent mobile-game studio working out of a converted brick warehouse in South Melbourne. Since 2019 we have shipped tap-and-build strategy games played daily across 90 countries. We design, animate, and balance every season in-house — no outsourced content, no pay-to-win walls.
Meet the crew
HW
Harriet W.
Creative Director
Leads world-building and season narratives. Ex-tabletop designer, coffee purist.
DM
Declan M.
Lead Engineer
Keeps the empire running at 60fps on a six-year-old phone. Rust and Unity tinkerer.
PN
Priya N.
Art Director
Paints every badge, banner and building by hand before it hits the tileset.
TR
Tomas R.
Game Balance
Spreadsheet wizard who makes sure free players can top the leaderboard.
BC
Bláthnaid C.
Community Lead
Runs the guild forums and reads every single one of your bug reports.
How It Works
From first tap to founding empire
01
02Tap to forge
Every tap smelts ore, mints coin, and levels your workshops. Idle earnings keep building while the app is closed.
03Command a guild
Join up to 40 players, pool resources, and run co-op raids every weekend season. Cross-platform between Android and iOS.
04Climb the ladder
Compete in six-week ranked seasons. Free cosmetic rewards, no loot boxes, no energy timers ever.
In-Game Looks
A world painted by hand
Case Studies
How players built their dominion
Solo Player
Zero to top 100 in one season
Nadia played only during her tram commute and reached global rank 87 using the Docklands trade route strategy — entirely free-to-play.
Rank 87 global
Guild
Southbank Smiths raid record
A 38-member Melbourne guild coordinated across time zones to clear the winter raid in 4 hours 12 minutes, a server record that stood for three seasons.
4h 12m clear
Accessibility
One-handed, one-thumb play
We rebuilt the HUD after community feedback so the entire game is reachable with one thumb. Session lengths for our largest player segment rose 22%.
+22% retention
Creator
A streamer season crossover
A community creator co-designed the Coventry Street event map with our art team; it became the most-played limited map in studio history.
640k plays
Player Reviews
What the community says
"The only idle game I have kept on my phone for two years. No pay-to-win nonsense and the weekend raids are genuinely social."
Marcus T.
Fitzroy, VIC
Verified · Google Play"I love that a small Melbourne team reads the forums and actually ships the fixes. The one-thumb rework changed how I play on the train."
Aroha K.
Auckland, NZ
Verified · App Store"Balanced, gorgeous, and respectful of my time. My guild has friends from four countries now. Worth every free minute."
Sofia L.
Adelaide, SA
Verified · Google PlayGood to Know
Frequently asked questions
Yes. The full game is free on Android and iOS with every season, map, and ranked mode included. We sell optional cosmetic bundles from AUD $4.99, but they never affect gameplay balance — there are no loot boxes or energy timers.
They do. Guilds, leaderboards, and co-op raids are fully cross-platform. Your progress is tied to your free TapDominion account, so you can switch devices and keep your empire.
Core building and idle earnings continue offline and sync when you reconnect. Guild raids and ranked seasons require an internet connection because they are live and shared with other players.
A fresh six-week ranked season drops on the first Monday of every second month, along with a new hand-painted event map. Balance patches ship more frequently based on community forum feedback.
We work from a warehouse at 36A Coventry Street, South Melbourne VIC 3205. We are a small team, so we cannot host drop-in visits, but we run community meetups a few times a year — watch the in-game news feed for dates.
Get In Touch
Talk to the studio
Questions about a guild, a bug, or a press enquiry? Send us a note and a real human from the South Melbourne team will reply within two business days.
Phone
+61 3 9645 2430Studio
36A Coventry Street, South Melbourne VIC 3205
Support hours
Mon–Fri, 9:00am–5:30pm AEST