Floors: Which One to Play Next

By TD2 Guides Team Published Updated Community-sourced · version-sensitive · reviewed September 16, 2026
Floors: Which One to Play NextThe House TD 2 · Updated 2026-09-16

What this page helps you decide: whether your current team is ready to move from Floor 2 into Floor 3, and which boss wave is stopping the clear.

The floor you should play next is not always the next one numerically. This page is the cross-floor view: how big each step up actually is, where teams reliably stall, and how Horror Mode fits in. Per-floor room layouts and boss health live on the individual floor pages linked below.

Community Floor 3 room, boss, layout and HP guide — video guide thumbnail
Video by Rubenakayoshii on YouTube — click to watch
Official promotional image from The House TD 2
Previous floor endedThis floor opensFloor 270,00061,000Floor 3325,000247,500Floor 4495,000540,000
Where each floor starts against where the previous one ended

The steps between floors are wildly uneven

Final boss health across Floors 1 to 4 runs 70,000, 325,000, 495,000 and 1,125,000. That makes the jumps 4.6x, 1.5x and 2.3x. The hardest transition in the game is the first one, and the easiest is from Floor 2 to Floor 3. Most players interpret a stall after Floor 1 as being bad at the game, when it is simply the largest single step the game ever asks for. Conversely, clearing Floor 2 usually means Floor 3 is immediately available, and waiting to over-prepare for it wastes time.

Each floor changes a different thing

Floor 1 teaches you the loop with a single exit in every room. Floor 2 introduces second exits and pushes entrance counts up to five, so it tests coverage rather than damage. Floor 3 stretches rooms out to 21 waves and adds rooms with three exits, so it tests whether you can defend routes independently. Floor 4 places you on wooden platforms above lava with seven entrances in one room, so it tests placement under hard constraints. If you are stuck, identify which of those four things is failing rather than assuming you need more damage - only Floor 1 to Floor 2 is primarily a damage check.

Horror Mode is a second progression, not the next floor

Horror Mode reuses the same maps with a fixed health multiplier per room, and the multipliers are large enough that Horror Floor 1 finishes above the normal game. Its final boss holds 1,738,800 against Shadow Ganesha 1,125,000. So the correct route is Floors 1 to 4 first, then Horror Mode as a second progression. Within Horror Mode, floor number stops predicting difficulty: Horror Floor 1 ends on the Sleepy Noob at 1,738,800, while Horror Floor 2 ends on the Demon Duck at 835,380 - less than half.

How to pick tonight floor

Take the largest boss you have beaten and compare it against the next floor opening room rather than its finale, because the opening room is what decides whether you get to practise at all. Floor 2 opens at 61,000, below the Floor 1 finale of 70,000 - which is why Floor 2 feels approachable even though it ends five times higher. Floor 3 opens at 247,500, comfortably below the Floor 2 finale of 325,000. Floor 4 opens at 540,000, just above the Floor 3 finale of 495,000, and that is the first floor whose front door is harder than the previous floor back door.

Step-by-Step

  1. Compare your best clear against the next floor opening room, not its final boss.
  2. Expect the Floor 1 to Floor 2 step to be the hardest in the game at 4.6x.
  3. Do not over-prepare for Floor 3 - it is the gentlest step at 1.5x.
  4. Floor 4 is the first floor whose opening boss exceeds the previous floor finale.
  5. Finish Floors 1 to 4 before starting Horror Mode.

Data Tables

What each floor opens at and closes at, and how big the step really is
FloorOpening room bossFinal bossStep up from previous
Floor 1Chef, 15,750Sleepy Noob, 70,000-
Floor 2Funny Face, 61,000Demon Duck, 325,0004.6x
Floor 3Slimer, 247,500Mastermind, 495,0001.5x
Floor 4Water Oni, 540,000Shadow Ganesha, 1,125,0002.3x
Horror Floor 1Chef, 952,560Sleepy Noob, 1,738,8001.5x

Figures are player-reported in community videos by Rubenakayoshii (ti_vGI3Trr4, yHflfPM7Etw, w1ToMRwW01I, WSIfdqA6Ja4, bmQEo6K5moA, hGrGpvS300U), not developer-published. Ratios, shares and expected values are our own arithmetic on those figures.

Tips & Notes

  • Floor 4 is the first floor whose opening boss is harder than the previous floor finale - that is why it feels like a wall.

FAQ

Which floor is the hardest jump in The House TD 2?

Floor 1 to Floor 2, at 4.6 times the final boss health. Later steps are 1.5x and 2.3x.

Is Horror Mode harder than Floor 4?

Yes. Horror Mode Floor 1 finishes at 1,738,800 against Shadow Ganesha 1,125,000, so it belongs after the normal floors rather than alongside them.

How many floors does The House TD 2 have?

Community guides document four normal floors (Floors 1 to 4), plus Horror Mode versions of the same maps and the Endless area. The 12 September 2026 update added new content that players are labelling Floor 5; it is not covered on this page yet.

Floors covered
1 to 4
Hardest step
Floor 1 to 2, 4.6x
Gentlest step
Floor 2 to 3, 1.5x
Checked
2026-08-27

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