- #1 Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
87% 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 57.9%, Strategy 11.4%, Cartoon 7.1%, Cartoony 5.1%, Medieval 4.6%
- #2 Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
82% 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 52.7%, Strategy 13.1%, Cartoon 8.7%, Building 6.6%, Fantasy 4.2%
- #3 GemCraft - Chasing Shadows
78% matchVery Positive95% of 4,328 reviews2015
Dev: Game in a BottlePub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 19.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
An epic, challenging tower defense game with an emphasis on strategy and replayability. Summon gems of immense magical potency and harness their unique abilities against a seemingly endless horde of monsters. The archdemon seeks to swallow the world, and you must journey to stand against her.
Why similar: Tower Defense 78.2%, Strategy 15.6%, Fantasy 2%, Indie 1.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #4 Orcs Must Die!
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,393 reviews2011
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.
Why similar: Tower Defense 72.3%, Strategy 11.7%, Fantasy 3.9%, Cartoony 2.6%, Comedy 2.5%
- #5 Bloons Adventure Time TD
75% matchVery Positive87% of 4,637 reviews2019
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 17.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
Defend Ooo from the Bloon invasion in this epic tower defense crossover.
Why similar: Tower Defense 56%, Strategy 26.1%, Cartoon 11.9%, Action 2.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #6 DG2: Defense Grid 2
75% matchVery Positive86% of 3,331 reviews2014
Dev: Hidden Path Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.
Why similar: Tower Defense 73.3%, Strategy 23.7%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 0.4%, Adventure 0.3%
- #7 Dungeon Warfare 2
75% matchVery Positive90% of 1,137 reviews2018
Dev: Valsar
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with the deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wannabe heroes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 62.6%, Strategy 31.3%, Indie 3.5%, 2D 2.6%
- #8 Evil Defenders
75% matchVery Positive82% of 395 reviews2015
Dev: CP Decision
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Evil Defenders is a fun, frenetic defense game: build and upgrade your towers, сast spells to repel enemy forces, use special landmarks and defend the Lands of Evil from invaders! Feel free to play the game in many different ways through unique tower upgrades, a deep skill tree and 100 in-game achievements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 78.7%, Strategy 19.4%, Indie 1.9%
- #9 iBomber Defense
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 244 reviews2011
Dev: Cobra Mobile
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
iBomber Defense combines classic tower defense gameplay with intense action and strategy. Keep enemies at bay all over the world using a variety of weapons and tactics, from rattling Machine guns, explosive cannons and awesome anti-aircraft artillery!
Why similar: Tower Defense 74.4%, Strategy 23.2%, Indie 2.4%
- #10 Sentinel 3: Homeworld
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 148 reviews2014
Dev: Origin8Pub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
The biggest installment of the award winning Sentinel sci-fi tower defense series now on PC!Take the fight to the alien homeworld and unleash a massive arsenal of weaponry. Get up close and personal on the battlefield in your power armor to execute devastating attacks and support your defenses! * An epic campaign across 20 levels.
Why similar: Tower Defense 82.3%, Strategy 16.2%, Indie 1.5%
- #11 Anomaly Defenders
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 676 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Anomaly Defenders is the closing installment of the Anomaly series. The original incarnation of the Tower Offense sub-genre had players controlling humans fighting alien invaders. Now, the tables have turned. The human counterattack is underway and the alien homeworld is under threat.
Why similar: Tower Defense 71%, Strategy 24.5%, Action 2.3%, Indie 2.2%
- #12 Fieldrunners 2
75% matchVery Positive86% of 524 reviews2013
Dev: Subatomic Studios LLC
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 16.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Get ready to DEFEND THE WORLD! The biggest sequel in tower defense history is finally here: Fieldrunners 2 has arrived! From Subatomic Studios, creators of the award winning classic strategy game comes an all new adventure that was years in the making.
Why similar: Tower Defense 83.4%, Strategy 15.2%, Action 1.4%
- #13 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
73% 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 51.9%, Strategy 12.8%, Building 8.4%, Cartoony 7.3%, Medieval 6.5%
- #14 Defense Grid: The Awakening
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,298 reviews2008
Dev: Hidden Path Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.
Why similar: Tower Defense 83.9%, Strategy 13.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%, Indie 1.1%, Adventure 0.1%
- #15 Fieldrunners
74% matchMixed66% of 343 reviews2012
Dev: Subatomic Studios LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 54 minMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
Fieldrunners is now available on Steam! Download it now to play the hit tower defense game critics and fans have been raving about. Descend into the world of Fieldrunners, the most anticipated and visually stunning game in tower defense history!
Why similar: Tower Defense 81.1%, Strategy 16.9%, Indie 2%
- #16 Age of Defense
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 718 reviews2024
Dev: Battlecruiser GamesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Age of Defense is a tower defense game full of mind-blowing mayhem. There are tons of monsters and tough defenders in the game each of which fits perfectly into a funny cartoonish setting.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43%, Strategy 12.9%, Cartoon 11.8%, Cartoony 8.3%, Fantasy 5.7%
- #17 Ancient Planet Tower Defense
73% matchVery Positive82% of 1,183 reviews2015
Dev: Moonlight Mouse
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Ancient Planet is classic tower defense game. The stronghold of an ancient civilization has been invaded by hordes of alien raiders. Use powerful technologies of the Ancient and repel the attack of the enemy's armies!
Why similar: Tower Defense 81.4%, Strategy 15%, Comedy 2%, Indie 1.6%
- #18 PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate
73% matchVery Positive81% of 1,275 reviews2013
Dev: Double Eleven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Tikiman the Forest Defender is in trouble. Hordes of monsters are sweeping through his realm, hoping to chow down on his offspring – and it’s up to you to defend them. By placing weapon towers at strategic points around the landscape, you can destroy the invaders and save the little ones.
Why similar: Tower Defense 79.9%, Strategy 17.8%, 2D 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%, Indie 0.4%
- #19 Prime World: Defenders
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,049 reviews2013
Dev: Nival
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Fight off hordes of monstrous mutants created from a strange cataclysmic event in the new tower defense game, Prime World: Defenders. Join a group of exile treasure hunters who have ventured into the capital of an ancient empire, vast with mystery and danger.
Why similar: Tower Defense 77.7%, Strategy 14.3%, Fantasy 3.3%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #20 Revenge of the Titans
71% matchVery Positive82% of 1,250 reviews2011
Dev: Puppygames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!
Why similar: Tower Defense 76.4%, Strategy 17.6%, 2D 2%, Indie 1.9%, Action 1.2%
- #21 Warstone TD
69% matchVery Positive83% of 3,869 reviews2018
Dev: Battlecruiser Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warstone is a Tower Defense game, with RPG, Strategy, and even city building elements. Detailed Hi-res graphics and beautiful illustrations combine with a deep storyline to draw you into the world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 72.3%, Strategy 20.8%, Fantasy 4.7%, Indie 2.1%
- #22 Rock 'N' Roll Defense
69% matchVery Positive88% of 3,374 reviews2016
Dev: NukGames
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Rocked by an explosive soundtrack, choose your band, place your equipments and defend the Rock 'N' Roll from everyone and everything who try to pull it down, on a totally hardcore tower defense!
Why similar: Tower Defense 82.9%, Strategy 11.7%, 2D 1.3%, Action 1.1%, Comedy 1.1%
- #23 HERO DEFENSE
71% matchMixed63% of 766 reviews2016
Dev: Happy TuesdayPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
CREEPS CRUMBLE. HEROES RISE. Command a team of renegade heroes and impale, slash, tear and burn through legions of undead hell-bent on world domination. Your mission: to defeat the world’s most powerful vampire, Count Necrosis.
Why similar: Tower Defense 78.2%, Strategy 13.7%, Fantasy 2.1%, Funny 1.7%, Indie 1.7%
- #24 Bloons TD 5
67% matchVery Positive95% of 11,789 reviews2014
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.3 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability. The Bloons are back in full HD glory and this time they mean business! Build awesome towers, choose your favorite upgrades, hire new Special Agents, and pop every last invading Bloon in the most popular tower defense series in history.
Why similar: Tower Defense 75.3%, Strategy 18%, Funny 2.4%, 2D 1.8%, Action 1.2%
- #25 Mechs V Kaijus - Tower Defense
67% matchVery Positive84% of 529 reviews2022
Dev: Doble Punch Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Mechs V Kaijus is an addictive hardcore tower defense gameplay. In Mechs V Kaijus you take on the role of Commander of a powerful Mechs squadron. Improve your Mech, strategically place towers and factories on the battlefield. Deploy support units on the battlefield, and save our civilization.
Why similar: Tower Defense 85.1%, Strategy 11.6%, Indie 1.6%, Action 1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #26 Alien Robot Monsters
68% matchVery Positive85% of 124 reviews2015
Dev: Kraftix Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Epic sci-fi tower defense action with 16-bit era look and feel, pitching your colonists against an almost endless horde of hostile alien robots who strongly oppose your attempts of colonizing their planet! Deluxe version includes the soundtrack!
Why similar: Tower Defense 60.5%, Strategy 32%, Indie 3.8%, Action 3.8%
- #27 Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense
65% 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 48.2%, Strategy 13.1%, Cartoon 11.1%, Medieval 7.1%, Cartoony 6.2%
- #28 Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,760 reviews2014
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 76.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.
Why similar: Tower Defense 81.8%, Strategy 15.4%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 1%, 2D 0.7%
- #29 Defense Zone 3 Ultra HD
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 504 reviews2016
Dev: Artem Kotov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 32.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
The sequel to the hit strategy game, with new weapons, landscapes, and options.
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.5%, Strategy 35%, Action 3.8%, Indie 3.7%
- #30 Anomaly 2
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,055 reviews2013
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds plenty of new features: unit morphing, over million tactical combinations, post-apo world and tower defense vs tower offense multiplayer mode.
Why similar: Tower Defense 60.1%, Strategy 33.2%, Indie 2.9%, Action 2.8%, Singleplayer 1%
- #31 Orcs Must Die! 2
65% matchVery Positive92% of 19,499 reviews2012
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
Why similar: Tower Defense 70.5%, Strategy 11.8%, Cartoony 5.1%, Fantasy 3.1%, Comedy 2.8%
- #32 Space Run
65% matchVery Positive85% of 2,123 reviews2014
Dev: Passtech GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Space Run is a «real-time spaceship construction strategy game». Space Run takes the well-known Tower Defense-style gameplay and twists it, challenging you to manage and protect a spaceship and its cargo against the hazards of deep space!
Why similar: Tower Defense 78.1%, Strategy 18.8%, Indie 1.5%, Singleplayer 0.6%, Adventure 0.6%
- #33 Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense
62% matchMostly Positive79% of 340 reviews2022
Dev: IriySoftPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Why be good when you can be... bad? Cursed Treasure 2 is a classic tower-defense game, remastered and carefully re-balanced. Build towers of powerful orcs, demons, and undead, and master powerful spells, to protect your precious hoard from all manner of no-good do-gooders.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.4%, Cartoon 9.3%, Cartoony 7.9%, Medieval 7.6%, Strategy 7.5%
- #34 Tower Wars
64% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,753 reviews2012
Dev: SuperVillain Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Tower Wars combines elements of tower defense, RTS, and all-out multi-player mayhem to bring you a completely unique experience, delivered with a fun and funny not-so-old world style!
Why similar: Tower Defense 82.2%, Strategy 15.6%, Indie 1.3%, Action 0.6%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #35 Cursed Treasure 2
62% matchVery Positive82% of 565 reviews2017
Dev: IriySoftPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Why be good when you can be... bad? Cursed Treasure 2 is an addictive tower-defense game that puts the power of darkness at your fingertips. Build towers of powerful orcs, demons, and undead, and master powerful spells, to protect your precious hoard from all manner of no-good do-gooders.
Why similar: Tower Defense 69.1%, Strategy 21.6%, 2D 3.5%, Indie 2.5%, Fantasy 2.4%
- #36 Beware Planet Earth
62% matchMostly Positive72% of 335 reviews2014
Dev: Lightmare StudioPub: Jumping Ram
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Beware Planet Earth! is a beguiling mix of classic tower defense and time management coming to PC via Steam for the first time. Save your cows from the Martian invasion by building an effective defense using towers, traps and objects, and also by firing your Zapper directly at the invading force of little green men!
Why similar: Tower Defense 66.8%, Strategy 14.7%, Cartoony 6.8%, 2D 3.8%, Funny 3.4%
- #37 Creeper World: Anniversary Edition
59% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 954 reviews2016
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Imagine an enemy that is everywhere and moves like a giant, organic mass across the map. Imagine your base and your people surrounded by a blanket of crushing destruction from all directions. Your only hope, well what hope? Then you take the high ground and pound this enemy into oblivion.
Why similar: Tower Defense 56.5%, Strategy 39.1%, Indie 4.4%
- #38 Bloons TD 6
57% 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 69.2%, Strategy 17.8%, Cartoony 5.9%, Funny 2.5%, 2D 2.3%
- #39 Royal Defense
61% matchMostly Positive72% of 381 reviews2014
Dev: Good GamesPub: 8Floor
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The castle needs a hero – hordes of trolls are surrounding it! Build towers, save money, learn spells - don't let the enemy in! Follow the exciting story of the dwarven kingdom's eternal struggle against the troll hordes, who want only to crush the dwarves and claim their territory.
Why similar: Tower Defense 54.4%, Strategy 22.6%, Cartoon 6.5%, Fantasy 5.7%, 2D 2.8%
- #40 Sanctum
59% matchVery Positive89% of 3,340 reviews2011
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
Why similar: Tower Defense 82.2%, Strategy 14.3%, Action 1.4%, Indie 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #41 Last Hope - Tower Defense
57% matchVery Positive83% of 455 reviews2016
Dev: JE Software
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Zombie Tower Defense: Join the ongoing war, in an open world, against the undead zombie horde. Choose between multiple powerful heroes all with unique epic gear and skills! With the wide variety of towers you can create your own perfect strategy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 80.6%, Strategy 15.8%, Indie 2%, Adventure 1.7%
- #42 Bloons TD Battles
56% matchVery Positive91% of 29,230 reviews2016
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 5, this all new Battles game is specially designed for multiplayer combat, featuring the ability to control bloons directly and send them charging past your opponent's defenses.
Why similar: Tower Defense 70.8%, Strategy 19.3%, Funny 3%, 2D 2.4%, Building 2.2%
- #43 Hollow Knight: Silksong
51% matchVery Positive89% of 399,080 reviews2025
Dev: Team Cherry
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 35.2 hrsMean: 45.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Discover a vast, haunted kingdom in Hollow Knight: Silksong! Explore, fight and survive as you ascend to the peak of a land ruled by silk and song.
Why similar: 2D 44.8%, Indie 17.8%, Singleplayer 17%, Adventure 11.5%, Action 8.8%
- #44 Abiotic Factor
51% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 52,673 reviews2025
Dev: Deep Field GamesPub: Playstack
Windows
Median: 19.2 hrsMean: 42.6 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Abiotic Factor is a survival crafting experience for 1-6 players set in the depths of an underground research facility. Caught between paranormal containment failure, a military crusade, and chaos from a dozen realms, the world’s greatest minds must survive against the universe’s biggest threats.
Why similar: Building 87.8%, Adventure 12.2%
- #45 Kingdom Come: Deliverance II
51% matchVery Positive94% of 174,983 reviews2025
Dev: Warhorse StudiosPub: Deep Silver
Windows
Median: 53.8 hrsMean: 73.4 hrs≥1hr: 95%
A thrilling story-driven action RPG, with a rich open world, set in 15th century Medieval Europe. Experience the ultimate medieval adventure - through the eyes of young Henry - as you embark on a journey of epic proportions.
Why similar: Medieval 71.5%, Singleplayer 12.9%, Adventure 8%, Action 7.6%
- #46 Thronefall
51% 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 59.7%, Strategy 17.3%, Medieval 9.1%, Building 7.4%, Fantasy 3.5%
- #47 Black Myth: Wukong
51% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,196,527 reviews2024
Dev: Game Science
Windows
Median: 41.8 hrsMean: 53.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Black Myth: Wukong is an action RPG rooted in Chinese mythology. You shall set out as the Destined One to venture into the challenges and marvels ahead, to uncover the obscured truth beneath the veil of a glorious legend from the past.
Why similar: Fantasy 40.4%, Action 25.7%, Singleplayer 21.2%, Adventure 12.7%
- #48 Shelldiver
50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 11,440 reviews2025
Dev: Gagonfe
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take a deep breath and dive right into this cozy incremental game about a senior turtle trying to start a business selling jellyfish. Upgrade your equipment, explore biomes, and help your turtly village!
Why similar: Strategy 59.1%, 2D 24.9%, Action 5.6%, Singleplayer 5.3%, Adventure 5.2%
- #49 Clair Obscur: Expedition 33
50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 259,060 reviews2025
Dev: Sandfall InteractivePub: Kepler Interactive
Windows
Median: 31.9 hrsMean: 38.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Lead the members of Expedition 33 on their quest to destroy the Paintress so that she can never paint death again. Explore a world of wonders inspired by Belle Époque France and battle unique enemies in this turn-based RPG with real-time mechanics.
Why similar: Fantasy 66.7%, Singleplayer 16.3%, Adventure 11.2%, Action 5.9%
- #50 Escape From Duckov
51% matchVery Positive84% of 101,208 reviews2025
Dev: Team SodaPub: bilibili
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 25.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Escape from Duckov is a PVE indie survival RPG — in a duck's world!. Scavenge for resources, build your hideout, and upgrade your gear in the world of Duckov. Start from nothing and rise to the top. Outwit hostile ducks, survive, or make it out alive.
Why similar: Cartoon 56.4%, Funny 22.3%, Adventure 8.7%, Action 8.7%, Indie 3.9%
- #51 BALL x PIT
50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,739 reviews2025
Dev: Kenny Sun and FriendsPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.5 hrsMean: 19.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.
Why similar: Building 50.2%, 2D 26.4%, Action 16.4%, Singleplayer 3.7%, Indie 3.3%
- #52 Split Fiction
50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 116,529 reviews2025
Dev: Hazelight StudiosPub: Electronic Arts
Windows
Median: 15.1 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Embrace mind-blowing moments as you’re pulled deep into the many worlds of Split Fiction, a boundary-pushing co-op adventure.
Why similar: Fantasy 62.7%, Adventure 13%, Action 12.3%, Funny 11.9%
- #53 Chaos Invasion TD
53% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: GTTK STUDIO
Windows · Mac
"Chaos Invasion TD" – Immerse Yourself in a Fantasy 2D Strategy Tower Defense Epic! Build. Defend. Conquer. The chaos awaits.
Why similar: Tower Defense 58.2%, Strategy 23.6%, Cartoon 9.7%, Fantasy 6.8%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #54 Monster Train 2
50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 9,195 reviews2025
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Big Fan Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 16.7 hrsMean: 40.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
Why similar: Strategy 58.6%, Fantasy 20.1%, Magic 11.6%, Singleplayer 6.1%, Indie 3.5%
- #55 Brotato
51% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 111,487 reviews2023
Dev: Blobfish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.3 hrsMean: 35.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Why similar: 2D 51.4%, Singleplayer 30.5%, Action 18.2%
- #56 Back to the Dawn
50% matchVery Positive95% of 9,787 reviews2025
Dev: Metal Head GamesPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Back to the Dawn is a story-rich RPG set in a high-security prison ruled by factions and buried secrets. Investigate two conspiracies from the inside, gather evidence, and outsmart a system designed to silence you. Make friends (or foes) with fellow inmates and with their help, break out of prison.
Why similar: Strategy 57.7%, Singleplayer 12.8%, Adventure 11.5%, Indie 10.8%, Funny 7.2%
- #57 Slay the Spire 2
51% matchMostly Positive77% of 90,395 reviews2026
Dev: Mega Crit
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24.0 hrsMean: 31.0 hrs≥1hr: 98%
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
Why similar: Strategy 68.7%, Fantasy 12.5%, 2D 10.4%, Indie 4.9%, Singleplayer 3.5%
- #58 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
51% matchVery Positive87% of 46,465 reviews2025
Dev: Funday GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 28.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades to survive, as you wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes!
Why similar: Action 36.1%, Singleplayer 33.9%, Dark 30.1%
- #59 Sultan's Game
50% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 32,694 reviews2025
Dev: Double CrossPub: 2P Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 23.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
Why similar: Strategy 72.8%, Singleplayer 18.8%, Adventure 8.4%