- #1 Warpips
98% matchVery Positive87% of 5,035 reviews2022
Dev: Skirmish Mode GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Warpips is the ultimate quick to learn but amazingly deep tug-of-war strategy game. Deploy the right composition of soldiers, tanks, helicopters and planes in this tight, streamlined strategy-focused war game. Compose the best army, research the right tech; overwhelm your enemy!
Why similar: Auto Battler 23.2%, Tower Defense 21.8%, War 15.7%, Tactical 9.5%, Base Building 7.6%
- #2 Operation: Polygon Storm
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 285 reviews2024
Dev: Toxic Studio
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Action RTS 22.4% ★, Auto Battler 18.7%, Tower Defense 15%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Military 9.2%
- #3 Thronefall
89% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,496 reviews2024
Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.1%, Action RTS 24.4% ★, Auto Battler 13.8%, Base Building 9.4%, Strategy 8.3%
- #4 Button Pop
90% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: Reality Adrift Studio
Windows
Button Pop is a 3D Tower defense game fused with Button mashing chaos. Construct the deadliest defense strategies by unlocking powerful traps and turrets across a variety of terrains, while building your very own button with the rewards of your adventures!
Why similar: Action RTS 18.7% ★, Tower Defense 16.2%, Auto Battler 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%, Artificial Intelligence 9.3%
- #5 Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,206 reviews2016
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Command your troops through an epic (mis)adventure as you defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and ghastly denizens of the underworld -all with flashy new towers, levels, heroes, and more goodies to help you crush your foes in this Fantasy Action Tower Defense game!
Why similar: Tower Defense 76%, Strategy 16.8%, Indie 4.3%, Action 2.9%
- #6 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,626 reviews2018
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.
Why similar: Tower Defense 55.6%, Tactical 19.8%, Strategy 12.2%, Stylized 5.5%, Indie 3.5%
- #7 Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense
87% matchVery Positive94% of 10,421 reviews2020
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
It's payback time! Lead your mighty dark army and make the Kingdom tremble with every step. Build powerful towers, choose your arsenal for destruction, and find the deadliest combination - train legendary heroes and lead them to victory!
Why similar: Tower Defense 76.4%, Strategy 18.5%, Action 5.1%
- #8 Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,263 reviews2014
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!
Why similar: Tower Defense 67.1%, Tactical 15.6%, Strategy 11.7%, Action 2.9%, Indie 2.8%
- #9 Call to Arms - Gates of Hell: Ostfront
84% matchVery Positive85% of 30,724 reviews2021
Dev: Barbedwire StudiosPub: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 72.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Call to Arms - Gates of Hell is a realistic RTS/ RTT game that offers endless replay value. Command all types of troops in historical singleplayer, dynamic campaign, PvP and PvE battles. Are you ready for some serious immersion in World War 2?
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 30.6%, War 24.2%, Military 20.7%, Historical 14.8%, Strategy 9.7%
- #10 Ambush: Convoy Strike
83% matchPositive88% of 17 reviews2021
Dev: Team Modernator
Windows
Deploy unique and powerful unmanned military turrets and stop the advancing enemy convoys!
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.8%, Action RTS 17.6% ★, Military 14.8%, War 14.7%, Real Time Tactics 10.6%
- #11 Broken Arrow
81% matchMixed55% of 28,686 reviews2025
Dev: Steel BalalaikaPub: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Median: 35.7 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Broken Arrow is a large-scale real-time modern warfare tactics game that combines the complexity of joint-forces wargaming with action-packed real-time tactics gameplay.
Why similar: Action RTS 29% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.7%, War 15%, Tactical 9.8%, Strategy 8.9%
- #12 2089 - Space Divided
81% matchPositive84% of 38 reviews2024
Dev: CoastGames GmbH
Windows
2089 - Space Divided is a classic science fiction real-time strategy game in which you collect resources, build up your base, train troops and destroy your opponents with tactical skill.
Why similar: Action RTS 20.3% ★, Tower Defense 14.5%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, Military 9.6%, War 9.6%
- #13 Amogus TD 2 - Defense of the Sus
80% matchPositive100% of 36 reviews2023
Dev: piotrekfolt
Windows
Sussy tower defense game with unlimited ways to play the game. Play with unique towers and upgrade them to create perfect defense. Master every map and become the greatest sussy commander.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.5% ★, Tower Defense 21.7%, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, Strategy 9.5%, War 8.6%
- #14 Sudden Strike 4
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 8,169 reviews2017
Dev: Kite GamesPub: Kalypso Media
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!
Why similar: Action RTS 27.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 20.8%, War 15.5%, Tactical 11.1%, Strategy 10.5%
- #15 Bad North: Jotunn Edition
81% matchVery Positive93% of 13,514 reviews2018
Dev: Plausible ConceptPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.
Why similar: Auto Battler 18.7%, Tower Defense 18%, Real Time Tactics 16%, Fighting 12.8% ★, War 12.6%
- #16 They Are Billions
80% matchVery Positive85% of 50,587 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Base Building 39.1%, Tower Defense 35.7%, Strategy 13.2%, Tactical 6.1%, Management 5.4%
- #17 Eternal Mist
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Rionix
Windows · Linux
Lead small squads. Make hard decisions. Survive the Mist in a real-time tactical game where paladins, hunters, and mages fight for every inch of ground. Unlock new abilities, adapt your tactics, and turn limited resources into your advantage. Win battles. Reinforce your squads. Move forward.
Why similar: Action RTS 21.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 15%, Auto Battler 14.9%, Tower Defense 14.8%, War 10.3%
- #18 Galactic Garrison
79% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: The Feature Creep
Windows
Galactic Garrison is a sci-fi, turn-based tower defense game where you defend your base from relentless alien waves on Mars. Deploy soldiers, build barricades, and upgrade defenses to withstand attacks. Earn powerful reward cards to gain strategic advantages and outmaneuver your enemies.
Why similar: Auto Battler 25.2%, Tower Defense 23.7%, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Base Building 7.9%, Strategy 7.6%
- #19 Tower Dominion
77% matchVery Positive86% of 4,796 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.5 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.6%, Auto Battler 18.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Tactical 11.6%, Military 10.2%
- #20 Power TD
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: FunGame Studio
Windows
Power TD is a 3D top-down strategy tower defense game where players must build and strategically balance defensive towers with essential Energy Facilities. The core challenge is maintaining power while designing intricate mazes to maximize enemy exposure to tower attacks.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.6%, Auto Battler 24.9%, Real Time Tactics 19.8%, Strategy 7.8%, Base Building 7.2%
- #21 FINAL FANTASY XIV Online
78% matchVery Positive87% of 83,827 reviews2014
Dev: Square Enix
Windows
Median: 69.4 hrsMean: 816.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Join over 30 million adventurers worldwide and take part in an epic and ever-changing FINAL FANTASY. Experience an unforgettable story, exhilarating battles, and a myriad of captivating environments to explore.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #22 Empyrean Defense
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nighthawk Studios
Windows
A fast paced modern warfare tower defense game where you build, upgrade, and customize defenses to repel a relentless enemy invasion. Unlock powerful skills and abilities, craft advanced ammunition, and gather resources directly on the battlefield to outmaneuver and outlast the enemy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.9%, Military 17.6%, War 17.3%, Strategy 11.8%, Real Time Tactics 11%
- #23 Company of Heroes 3
76% matchMixed57% of 37,581 reviews2023
Dev: Relic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 18.4 hrsMean: 73.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Company of Heroes 3 combines heart-pounding combat with deeper strategic choices in a stunning Mediterranean theatre of war. In Company of Heroes 3, every battle tells a story...what's yours?
Why similar: Action RTS 32.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.7%, Military 12.8%, War 9.6%, Strategy 9.2%
- #24 Men of War: Assault Squad 2
77% matchVery Positive91% of 45,979 reviews2014
Dev: DigitalmindsoftPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 63.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Men of War: Assault Squad 2 expands the real-time tactics series with new skirmish missions, massive multiplayer battles, enhanced visuals, improved AI, and full Direct Control. Command five factions across 65 maps, 250 vehicles, and 200 soldiers in one of the most detailed WWII RTS experiences.
Why similar: War 24.5%, Military 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.5%, Strategy 15.3%, Tactical 13%
- #25 戚继光 Qi Jiguang: Art of War
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 斩鬼工作室Pub: 忠烈祠
Windows
This is a tower defense strategy + Auto Battler set during the Ming Dynasty's war against the Wokou pirates. You command the legendary general Qi Jiguang and achieve his astonishing 0:2000 kill-to-loss ratio—one of history's most remarkable military feats.
Why similar: Auto Battler 27%, Tower Defense 24.3%, War 16.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Strategy 10.7%
- #26 For The Fatherland
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 35 reviews2023
Dev: Zuckrprinz Games
Windows
6 June 1944, the greatest military invasion in human history begins with Allied soldiers landing in Normandy trying to bring an end to the war. You have been given the task of stopping the Allied invasion and defending the German territories in France. Will you be worthy and defend the Fatherland?
Why similar: Auto Battler 20%, Tower Defense 17.9%, War 13%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%, Military 11.3%
- #27 Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD
74% matchVery Positive88% of 11,008 reviews2024
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
While a formidable evil emerges, an unexpected alliance is taking shape! It will take the finest warriors of Linirea and the relentless Dark Army to stop it. Beware! Though they may journey side by side the ever-changing winds of fate could swiftly alter their course.
Why similar: Tower Defense 73.5%, Strategy 21.8%, Indie 2.8%, Action 1.9%
- #28 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,387 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.8% ★, Tower Defense 23.7%, Base Building 13.3%, Tactical 11.7%, Strategy 6.3%
- #29 Hungry Chicks - Battle Farm
73% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Krauthead Entertainment
Windows
Lead your chicks from the barn into battle and defend your farm against endless waves of hungry enemies. Combine strategy, action, and humor in a charming comic world, level up your units, and defeat powerful generals in thrilling boss fights.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.1% ★, Auto Battler 23.5%, Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Tower Defense 17.4%, Strategy 4%
- #30 Call to Arms
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 23,853 reviews2018
Dev: Digitalmindsoft
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Call to Arms offers an innovative mix of real-time strategy and 3rd, as well as 1st person controls. Set in the time of modern warfare, the game offers realistically modeled vehicles and heavy weaponry. Command your troops to victory or fight by yourself in the 3rd or 1st person action mode.
Why similar: Military 32.4%, War 24.6%, Strategy 18.8%, Tactical 14.9%, Simulation 4.2%
- #31 Hobgoblins Against Dwarfs
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Enigma Empire Entertainment
Windows
Craft an unstoppable defence using Dwarven Towers and a fearless squad, then take on waves of invading Hobgoblins in this thrilling real-time strategy tower defence game! Strategize, upgrade, and triumph in Hobgoblins Against Dwarfs!
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.6%, Action RTS 21.4% ★, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, Base Building 11.2%, Strategy 9.4%
- #32 Paddle Protectors
71% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Huhi Games
Windows
Paddle Protectors is an mix of tower defense, real-time strategy and city-building. You will fight against crabs. Establish farms and factories to produce ammunition and resources, fortify your land, lead your soldiers and tanks.
Why similar: Action RTS 26.4% ★, Tower Defense 21.8%, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, Military 13%, Tactical 6.6%
- #33 Lairchitect
73% matchMixed61% of 61 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Lairchitect is a reverse dungeon crawler! Build your own lair and protect your precious soul core from heroes that try to raid your dungeon. Distracting heroes and using the right minions to defeat them is key in winning the game.
Why similar: Auto Battler 27.2%, Tower Defense 16.4%, Real Time Tactics 13%, Base Building 13%, Strategy 10.8%
- #34 Warfront Defenders
74% matchMixed42% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Flying Robot Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The gameplay is inspired by famous last stands from some of history's deadliest conflicts, such as the Second World War and the Sino-Japanese War. A hybrid of Tower Defense and Real-Time Strategy with a lot of replay value.
Why similar: Action RTS 24% ★, Tower Defense 18.2%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, War 8.5%, Artificial Intelligence 8.4%
- #35 Mechabellum
70% matchVery Positive84% of 18,258 reviews2024
Dev: Game RiverPub: Dreamhaven
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 53.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
Why similar: Auto Battler 27%, Action RTS 24.1% ★, War 13.3%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%, Tactical 11.3%
- #36 Diplomacy is Not an Option
70% matchVery Positive85% of 11,461 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Action RTS 20% ★, Base Building 16.1%, Tower Defense 14.4%, Historical 11.9%, War 11.9%
- #37 Little Kingdom RTS
69% matchVery Positive88% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.
Why similar: Action RTS 21% ★, Tower Defense 19.9%, Real Time Tactics 15%, War 13.3%, Base Building 11.6%
- #38 Byte Lynx
71% matchVery Positive98% of 88 reviews2022
Dev: Artful Games
Windows
Byte Lynx is a fast-paced RTS with no units. Build defenses, dismantle your enemy, and steal their buildings in this deeply tactical building combat-based strategy game. Expand your arsenal across a series of diverse levels!
Why similar: Action RTS 23.5% ★, Tower Defense 16.2%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%, War 11.2%, Base Building 11.2%
- #39 Eversiege
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sebastian Romejko
Windows
Eversiege is a roguelike, tower defense in which you'll defend a castle in procedurally generated terrain. Establish a production, build defending buildings and survive waves of enemies coming from everywhere! After defeat, buy new buildings, unlock new leaders and prepare to fight again.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.4% ★, Tower Defense 20.7%, Real Time Tactics 16%, Tactical 8.8%, Base Building 8%
- #40 Hill Defender
69% matchPositive83% of 12 reviews2026
Dev: Jendimir
Windows
You’ve claimed the best spot on Earth, but invaders want it. Defend your camp from waves of enemies trying to destroy your base or throw you off the cliff. Use ballistas, catapults, and spells to stop them. Earn rewards, upgrade your defenses, and survive stronger waves. Never let your camp fall!
Why similar: Action RTS 23.2% ★, Auto Battler 21.8%, Tower Defense 17.9%, Real Time Tactics 14.8%, Base Building 9.6%
- #41 Iron Harvest
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,708 reviews2020
Dev: KING ArtPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
Why similar: War 41.4%, Base Building 35.3%, Strategy 20%, Action 3.3%
- #42 Para Bellum - Hold the Line
71% matchPositive92% of 13 reviews2021
Dev: Laukaus Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Para Bellum - Hold the Line is a 3D real time small unit tactics game. Your task is to hold off enemy attacks wave after wave using a variety of different Units and Supports in your arsenal to the best of your abilities in Campaign and Skirmish modes.
Why similar: Action RTS 26.9% ★, Tower Defense 20.1%, Real Time Tactics 17%, Military 9.8%, War 6.8%
- #43 DungeonManagerAgent
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MEYOSOFT
Windows
There have been a lot of burglaries recently... I can't keep up with them, so can someone help me defeat the intruders? Auto-battle defense game
Why similar: Auto Battler 37%, Real Time Tactics 23.6%, Tower Defense 13.7%, Strategy 9.5%, Tactical 9.2%
- #44 Malón
68% matchPositive88% of 40 reviews2026
Dev: Lara the Pitbull
Windows
From the plains in the Pampas to the most hostile places in the untamed Patagonia: Manage your own frontier outpost, build new structures, train soldiers, and survive relentless attacks from the enemy.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.5% ★, Tower Defense 22.5%, Base Building 9%, Historical 8.7%, Military 7.3%
- #45 Siege Showdown
70% match5 user reviews0% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: beans rolls
Windows
"Siege Showdown" is an exciting strategy game that will give you the opportunity to defend a majestic fortress and fight with the troops of your opponents in a battle for power and territory. An exciting fantasy era world awaits you, where magic and powerful warriors merge in one battle.
Why similar: Auto Battler 29.3%, Action RTS 25.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.1%, Strategy 10.9%, Management 7%
- #46 Wargame: Red Dragon
71% matchVery Positive89% of 19,610 reviews2014
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 52.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
Why similar: Military 30.3%, Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Strategy 17.6%, War 15.8%, Tactical 13.8%
- #47 No Fly Drone
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: No Fly Drone
Windows
Take on the role of commander and protect Earth from the relentless Drone invasion in this exciting tower defense game. Strategize and strengthen your defenses by utilizing a variety of towers, abilities, and elemental upgrades. It's up to you to lead the charge and save humanity from destruction.
Why similar: Action RTS 30.5% ★, Tower Defense 21.6%, Base Building 11%, Military 10.1%, War 9.3%
- #48 Tower Defense Ultimate: Crashfall Protocol
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Thonus Digital
Windows
Defend your base against relentless alien waves in a sci-fi tower defense strategy game. Build deadly kill zones, unlock new towers and special abilities, and adapt your loadout to survive escalating assaults across a hostile campaign.
Why similar: Action RTS 29.6% ★, Tower Defense 24.2%, Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Tactical 8.2%, Strategy 6.4%
- #49 The Riftbreaker
68% matchVery Positive90% of 23,018 reviews2021
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Why similar: Tower Defense 51.2%, Base Building 37.9%, Strategy 10.8%
- #50 D.O.T. Defence
67% matchVery Positive86% of 138 reviews2025
Dev: Rattleaxe Games
Windows · Linux
Welcome to the frontlines! Build towers, muster armies, and conquer the map. Challenge yourself in the single-player campaign following the Chroma Wars, survive relentless waves in solo defense, or battle it out in local matches against friends and AI bots. Victory comes with the last HQ standing!
Why similar: Action RTS 20.6% ★, Auto Battler 18.1%, Tower Defense 15.1%, Real Time Tactics 13.2%, Military 10.9%
- #51 IRONHEART : Cardia
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: エルPub: OneLittleWorld
Windows
鉄の心臓を持つ騎士たちの戦いが始まる。 カルディア王国の独立を胸に。
Why similar: Auto Battler 29.2%, Tower Defense 20.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, Strategy 10.8%, War 9.7%
- #52 Orcs Must Die! 3
68% matchVery Positive86% of 14,646 reviews2021
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Slice, burn, toss, zap, grind and gib massive hordes of repugnant orcs in this long-awaited successor to the award-winning Orcs Must Die! series.
Why similar: Tower Defense 69.6%, Strategy 12.5%, Combat 6.7%, Stylized 4.5%, Action 3.6%
- #53 WARNO
66% matchVery Positive81% of 14,866 reviews2024
Dev: Eugen Systems
Windows
Median: 15.4 hrsMean: 69.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Realistic, immersive, breathtaking. WARNO is the ultimate World War III battle simulator from the masters of strategy, Eugen Systems. A Cold War turns decisively hot as you command hundreds of units on a beautiful and brutal battlefield. Outsmart, outfight, and lead your forces to total victory.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 26%, Military 23.2%, War 20.1%, Tactical 10.6%, Historical 9%
- #54 Blitzpoint
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dumbbell Games
Windows
A minimalist modern military strategy tower defense game where you build and defend a forward operating base. Strategically place defenses, manage resources, and repel relentless waves of enemies. Build by day, defend by night, and command your forces in fast-paced, action-packed gameplay.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.4% ★, Tower Defense 17.8%, Military 9.5%, Base Building 9.1%, War 9.1%
- #55 Total War: THREE KINGDOMS
68% matchVery Positive82% of 92,451 reviews2019
Dev: CREATIVE ASSEMBLYPub: SEGA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 21.9 hrsMean: 89.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Total War: THREE KINGDOMS is the first in the award-winning series to recreate epic conflict across ancient China. Combining a gripping turn-based campaign of empire-building & conquest with stunning real-time battles, THREE KINGDOMS redefines the series in an age of heroes & legends.
Why similar: War 29.5%, Historical 19.8%, Strategy 16.8%, Military 14%, Tactical 9%
- #56 Bloons TD 6
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 382,108 reviews2018
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 75.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Why similar: Tower Defense 77.4%, Strategy 17.7%, 3D 3.3%, Action 1.6%
- #57 I'm a Human
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PMF Top Joy Games
Windows
Forget defense. This is Reverse Tower Defense where you are the threat. Lead the AI, build robots and destroy human bases.Your goal is invasion. Your weapon is the swarm.
Why similar: Auto Battler 33.8%, Tower Defense 30.7%, Artificial Intelligence 8.7%, Base Building 8.2%, Strategy 7.5%
- #58 Decimation
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elementum Software Development Services
Windows
Sci-fi tower defense meets ARPG-like hero combat. Build towers then fight alongside them with your hero as you battle through a campaign to uncover the fate of a colonization effort on a distant planet.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.1%, Action RTS 24% ★, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, War 9.3%, Strategy 8.7%
- #59 Iron Marines
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,829 reviews2019
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Real-time strategy battles in amazing sci-fi worlds! Command brave soldiers, mighty mechas and powerful aliens to face the greatest challenges in hostile alien worlds. The galaxy needs you!
Why similar: Military 31.3%, War 24%, Strategy 22.4%, Combat 8.4%, Action 7.7%