
Fight directly as a Commander in a 2D side-scrolling action-RTS while Flux and Forge build systems that keep working—and Shade infiltrates and disrupts the enemy. Gather physical Nuts and master three asymmetric machine species.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, RTS, Action RTS, Tower Defense.

Fight directly as a Commander in a 2D side-scrolling action-RTS while Flux and Forge build systems that keep working—and Shade infiltrates and disrupts the enemy. Gather physical Nuts and master three asymmetric machine species.

Apocalypseed
Apocalypseed is a 2D real-time strategy game where you are the invasion. Devour humans to harvest flesh, build and strengthen an army of alien plants, and evolve your creatures into new forms with unique abilities. Crush the human resistance as it deploys increasingly dangerous threats to stop you.

Cyber Defense
You are infected by the virus and slowly dying. SURVIVE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE !!
Apocalypseed is a 2D real-time strategy game where you are the invasion. Devour humans to harvest flesh, build and strengthen an army of alien plants, and evolve your creatures into new forms with unique abilities. Crush the human resistance as it deploys increasingly dangerous threats to stop you.
Why similar: Action RTS 32.4% ★, RTS 21.5%, Tower Defense 15.3%, Side Scroller 12.3%, Strategy 6.4%
You are infected by the virus and slowly dying. SURVIVE AS LONG AS POSSIBLE !!
Why similar: Action RTS 31.1% ★, Tower Defense 20.1%, Cyberpunk 15.4%, RTS 14.9%, Strategy 5.7%
A physics-driven tower defense game where one massive cube does everything: fight, build, activate, and survive. Drop into a neon sci-fi battlefield, hold back waves of Chaos Dice, and power up your defenses through energy, momentum, and precision.
Why similar: Action RTS 32.6% ★, RTS 23.4%, Tower Defense 21.5%, Strategy 9.8%, Stylized 4.5%
This game is a arcade block placing game mixed with action-packed Tower Defense gameplay mechanics. Build forts out of tetrominoes high up in the sky and defend it against the incoming waves of airships, by shooting at them with your minigun and building defenses!
Why similar: Action RTS 29% ★, Tower Defense 22.7%, RTS 19%, Strategy 6.5%, Building 6%
Cosmic Stronghold is a mix of the genres RTS and Tower Defense. Your primary goal is to keep your space station alive for as long as possible, so that it can harvest the nearby mines for precious mineral ores. You will be faced with waves of enemies, getting stronger and stronger for each wave.
Why similar: Action RTS 30.6% ★, RTS 20%, Tower Defense 19.2%, Automation 10.5%, Strategy 6%
Defence of Nythrial is a 2D, Top down, Tower Defence / Real Time Strategy Game.
Why similar: Action RTS 34.8% ★, RTS 25.2%, Tower Defense 23%, Strategy 10.7%, 2D 3.2%
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 27.1%, Action RTS 25.4% ★, RTS 24.3%, Strategy 8.9%, Tactical 5.7%
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 34% ★, Tower Defense 23.1%, RTS 18.2%, Strategy 5.9%, Tactical 5.5%
Prevent the invasion of the minions that stimulate the desire for challenge and prove that you are a slayer physically and mentally.
Why similar: Action RTS 36.1% ★, Tower Defense 27.5%, RTS 24.1%, Strategy 8.4%, 2D 2.5%
Yãkoana: Dreams of Resistance is a strategy game with roguelite and tower defense elements. Defend your people’s legacy against colonizers, mastering the land and awakening ancient powers in a relentless fight for freedom.
Why similar: Action RTS 26.4% ★, Tower Defense 21.2%, RTS 20.3%, Tactical 7%, Strategy 6.3%
Fable Forts! TD: defend your fairy kingdom from stupid human invaders!
Why similar: Action RTS 28.9% ★, Tower Defense 25.7%, RTS 23.5%, Strategy 8%, 2D 3.5%
Battle Among Stars – Alien War Five Houses. One galaxy. You are the heir thrown into the war. Command fleets, assemble modular units, forge fragile alliances — every decision reshapes the balance of power. Free demo available now.
Why similar: Action RTS 26.6% ★, RTS 23.4%, Tower Defense 15.8%, Lore-Rich 12.4%, Sci-fi 5.8%
Fight back against the Nanocorp corporation in this cyberpunk RTS. As you discover their evil machinations, you decide to take a stand for humanity. Forget about saving the world, can you even save yourself?
Why similar: RTS 29.3%, Cyberpunk 25.4%, Action RTS 18.1% ★, Strategy 7.4%, Stylized 5.1%
Stickman World Battle - new exciting and thrilling real-time strategy with famous stickman heroes!
Why similar: Action RTS 28.2% ★, Tower Defense 23.9%, RTS 22.6%, Strategy 10.8%, Action 4.5%
Lose yourself in an indie solo-dev. treasure that harkens back to arcade classics! All while thumping along to killer retro-inspired beats by Ovani sound. Embark on an epic tower defense adventure against awe-inspiring machine monstrosities, made by a devoted gamer for devoted gamers.
Why similar: Action RTS 38.5% ★, Tower Defense 22.9%, RTS 22.4%, Strategy 6.5%, Sci-fi 5.6%
A tower defense game where you must defend your home planet from endless waves of Gribblins!
Why similar: Action RTS 34.8% ★, Tower Defense 22.1%, RTS 22%, Stylized 6.4%, Strategy 6%
Defend your captain using units to fight off invading frogs. Level up your units to unlock their new abilities, purchase upgrades, and gain special abilities to win battles against the invaders.
Why similar: RTS 30.1%, Tower Defense 27.4%, Side Scroller 17.5%, Strategy 5.9%, Tactical 5.6%
Command a crew of tiny bots, build a modular space base, and repel relentless alien swarms. Build, upgrade, defend, but don't stay too long, the hive is closing in.
Why similar: Action RTS 38.2% ★, RTS 20.8%, Tower Defense 19%, Strategy 9.6%, Tactical 5.6%
Atom Assault throws you into a chaotic Red vs Blue war where everything explodes, infantry fish for money, and you can even pilot nukes in first person. Full 3D, fully destructible world, fast, funny, proudly indie. If you miss old school RTS mayhem, this one hits hard.
Why similar: Action RTS 30.2% ★, RTS 20.3%, Tower Defense 19.1%, Cyberpunk 7.6%, Strategy 6%
You are The Dark Lord! Raise an evil army, and crush the race of men. An action-strategy hybrid RTS, blending tower defence, base building and direct control of your Dark Lord avatar, currently in early development.
Why similar: Action RTS 40.1% ★, Tower Defense 22.5%, RTS 20.8%, Strategy 7.6%, Stylized 3.3%
Command Captain Hope's ship in this strategic 2D space game. Build structures, deploy fleets, and manage resources to defend the Citadel against waves of enemies. Combine direct ship combat, tower defense, and base building as you face epic boss battles.
Why similar: Action RTS 32.1% ★, RTS 22.7%, Tower Defense 20.9%, Strategy 8.7%, Action 4.3%
Master strategic gameplay as you build, train, and upgrade units to protect your base. With an immersive storyline, stunning visuals, and easy controls, it's an epic battle for survival!
Why similar: Action RTS 39.5% ★, Tower Defense 23.6%, RTS 23.2%, Strategy 6.7%, Tactical 4%
Defend your planet from waves of robot invaders! Build powerful turrets, upgrade your defenses, and command robot units to fight drones, tanks, and massive bosses. Then send your own forces to attack the enemy planet in this action-packed sci-fi tower defense game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.7%, Action RTS 22.4% ★, RTS 22.1%, Strategy 8.6%, Robots 7%
Skeleton Scramble Deluxe is a fast-paced, head-to-head real-time strategy game. Play as a necromancer, summon an army of relentless skeleton warriors, and frantically build a gauntlet of turrets to hold off your opponent's forces.
Why similar: Action RTS 40.3% ★, Tower Defense 23.6%, RTS 22.6%, Strategy 6.6%, 2D 3.2%
Ambusher is a tower defense game. Set your traps. Build your towers. Prepare your defense and survive until sunrise.
Why similar: Action RTS 36.7% ★, RTS 24.1%, Tower Defense 12.8%, Strategy 6.9%, Stylized 6.2%
play, win insects and use multiple insects to beat your opponent
Why similar: Action RTS 26.9% ★, Tower Defense 20.3%, RTS 19.5%, Side Scroller 14.4%, Strategy 6.4%
Anispo is a fast paced 2D real time strategy game set inside a digital warzone. Command streams of bytes of data, capture network nodes, reinforce your defenses, and outmaneuver computer controlled or online rivals across customizable cyber battlefields.
Why similar: Action RTS 39% ★, RTS 26%, Strategy 10.6%, Tactical 6.9%, Sci-fi 6%
A survival RTS game where you defend your village against relentless waves of Norse mythological creatures. Build defenses, train warriors, and gather resources to survive as long as possible. If your Town Hall falls, it's game over. How long will you last?
Why similar: Action RTS 39.8% ★, Tower Defense 23.5%, RTS 22.7%, Strategy 6.5%, Stylized 4.4%
Build, upgrade, evolve, and reposition your towers to counter new threats, explore powerful synergies, and stay one step ahead in this fast-paced fantasy tower defense.
Why similar: Action RTS 37.8% ★, Tower Defense 25%, RTS 15.1%, Tactical 8.4%, Strategy 6.3%
It’s a defense game where you create your own strategy, grow your units, and defend against enemies.
Why similar: Action RTS 35.6% ★, Tower Defense 23.4%, RTS 23.2%, Strategy 6.6%, Sci-fi 3.8%
A lighthearted tower defense game where everyday people fight back against hustle culture. Place and upgrade offbeat heroes like pillow-throwing grannies and wheelchair slingshot kids to stop workers zombified by an energy drink corp. Use philosophy and paint to remind humanity how to enjoy life.
Why similar: Action RTS 45% ★, Tower Defense 35%, Strategy 12.6%, Stylized 7%, Singleplayer 0.4%
A Tower Defense with no respite, no waves, no end. Facing monsters that learn from your placements and adapt in real time to every one of your weaknesses, build and upgrade your defenses freely to create the perfect trap.
Why similar: Action RTS 29.4% ★, Tower Defense 20.2%, RTS 17.7%, Automation 8.5%, Tactical 6.4%
Defend your tower for as long as you can from the aliens invading your space! Level up, earn money and new units, and strategically place them in the grid!
Why similar: Action RTS 35.6% ★, Tower Defense 23.3%, RTS 17.3%, Strategy 5.7%, Sci-fi 4.8%
You play in a SciFi environment with LowPoly graphics, engaging in Tower Defense. Manage resources! Each round introduces more enemies that you must defeat. Build resource ships in the factory and simultaneously construct towers on the platforms to fend off the adversaries.
Why similar: Action RTS 44.6% ★, Tower Defense 29.6%, Strategy 13.4%, Stylized 7.1%, Building 5%
A tower defense where towers don't make their own bullets. You build the factory that feeds them: harvest ammo, route it through belts, and stack effects until a single shot homes, pierces, splashes AND one-shots the whole screen.
Why similar: Action RTS 30.7% ★, Tower Defense 20.4%, Automation 15%, RTS 12.5%, Management 5.7%
A steampunk RTS set in a world ruled by AI. Create autonomous steam-powered machines, manage resources, and rebuild civilization. Explore the ruined surface and reclaim territories abandoned by decaying artificial intelligence systems.
Why similar: Action RTS 31.6% ★, RTS 21.6%, Tower Defense 20.1%, Strategy 6.6%, Stylized 5.1%
Build a castle and defend it from your enemies! Construct towers, place traps, train and command units in this historical, manuscript-themed mix of Tower Defense and classical Real Time Strategy.
Why similar: Action RTS 24.8% ★, RTS 23.2%, Tower Defense 21.4%, Side Scroller 17.2%, Strategy 4.7%
Negative Energy is a tower defense game with basic RTS mechanics, where your goal is to defend the construction of a Dyson sphere, while fighting against waves of hundreds of enemies ships.
Why similar: Action RTS 28.5% ★, Tower Defense 25.9%, RTS 24.6%, Strategy 10.9%, Tactical 3.8%
Song of the Chalice is a simple 3D realtime strategy for a single player with tower defense mechanics, inspired by the events of the Hussite era (1419-1420).
Why similar: Action RTS 40% ★, RTS 27.3%, Tower Defense 12.8%, Strategy 11.1%, Stylized 6.9%
Critter Chaos TD is a fast, frantic and chaotic Tower Defence game in which you must rid the world of the evil Critters. Build stations and guns to fortify your defences and prevent the various types of Critters from reaching your base.
Why similar: Action RTS 44.4% ★, Tower Defense 22.4%, RTS 21.2%, Strategy 8%, Action 2%
Enter a block-sized world and conquer the world by defending your towers in this colorful strategy game!
Why similar: Action RTS 33.6% ★, RTS 26%, Tower Defense 22.2%, Strategy 9.4%, Stylized 4%
Island Crusaders is a cute yet brutal tactical RTS game. Defend your home against swarms of enemies as your picturesque island gets stained by the blood of your enemies. Unlock new and unique units, strategically place and move them, and defeat the impending army.
Why similar: Action RTS 30.1% ★, RTS 23.1%, Tower Defense 21.5%, Management 7.5%, Tactical 5.7%
Action Real-Time Strategy Zones with Turn based map mode, awaken and entrench yourself in the torment, an expansive vista of shattered memories. Inhabit your physical memories and manage them with different strategies and trials. Embrace the prison, Navigate your fate, or shatter into slumber.
Why similar: Action RTS 40.3% ★, RTS 26.8%, Strategy 11.1%, Stylized 7.2%, Management 6.4%
Become Arafel, The Dark, in this story-driven RTS prequel to Icon. Corrupt the Choir, spread living corruption across Atrum, evolve monstrous armies, and bring an empire to ruin as you set the stage for the coming Voidfall.
Why similar: Action RTS 39.2% ★, RTS 26%, Strategy 10%, Lore-Rich 10%, Action 5%
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: Action RTS 37.1% ★, Tower Defense 24.1%, RTS 16.8%, Sci-fi 6.5%, Tactical 5.1%
"SYNCHRONIZERS: UNDEAD MARINES" blends high-quality Three-Lane Tower Defense with Reverse Tower Defense gameplay. Command your units in a thrilling narrative reminiscent of a StarCraft and Plants Vs. Zombies fusion! Your choices will forge the path to victory—or defeat.
Why similar: Action RTS 32.5% ★, Tower Defense 17.6%, RTS 16.9%, Cyberpunk 10.9%, Tactical 5.9%
Survive Tortuga City as a wanted turtle. Defend yourself against the police, build a rebellion, endure dynamic weather, and find an escape route within 50 days before the police deploy their secret weapon.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.7%, RTS 24.5%, Side Scroller 18.9%, Cyberpunk 14.5%, Strategy 7.5%
Our Last Stand is a tower defence game that allows you to command a powerful mech and defend against relentless waves of enemies. Play on different worlds to gather resources, unlock advanced technology, and level your commander to gain powerful new abilities. Build defend, survive.
Why similar: Action RTS 36.6% ★, RTS 26.4%, Tower Defense 24.2%, Strategy 11.1%, Combat 1.4%
Defend humanity against a machine Void that turns Earth's own technology into a weapon. An alien nanocluster has reached Earth. It doesn't invade with soldiers. It infects factories, military vehicles, etc. Your mission is simple: Protect the Shield Core. Survive every assault. Stop the spread.
Why similar: Action RTS 40.7% ★, Tower Defense 26.9%, Strategy 11.4%, Action 5.7%, Robots 5.1%
BioFusion is a VR co-op multiplayer, PvE, first-person-shooter, tower defense game. Swing on a grappling hook, ride a hovercraft, throw grenades, collect buffs, build towers and traps. Do what you must to keep the mutants from the Spores of Evolution.
Why similar: Action RTS 37.7% ★, Tower Defense 22.1%, RTS 21.4%, Strategy 5.7%, Sci-fi 4.2%
Sheep are a valuable resource, protect your sheep! Hire soldiers and build barricades on the enemy's path! Explode bombs and set traps!
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.3%, RTS 26.7%, Side Scroller 19.9%, Strategy 13.1%, Tactical 6.2%
Join the historic battles of World War II in the new game Stickman WW2
Why similar: Action RTS 29.1% ★, Tower Defense 24.9%, RTS 23.6%, Strategy 11.3%, Action 4.8%
Spend Magic Stones to summon elf girls with unique abilities and fight back the invading goblin army. Defeat goblins to earn more Magic Stones, upgrade your defense towers, and strengthen your power. Lead your girls to cast powerful magic, defeat the Goblin King, and save the fantasy world!
Why similar: Action RTS 33.9% ★, Tower Defense 26.7%, RTS 20.2%, Automation 8.7%, Strategy 6.7%
Atmospheric unique minimalist tower base defense game. Highly addictive.
Why similar: Action RTS 30.6% ★, Tower Defense 29.4%, Stylized 8.1%, Strategy 7.5%, Cyberpunk 6.1%
Use your towers to build a maze to kite the enemies to make more damage. But don’t block their way or they will go aggro on you! Use the checkpoints to have the enemies walk longer routes through your maze. Build your own maps in the map editor.
Why similar: Action RTS 41.4% ★, Tower Defense 27.1%, Strategy 11.4%, Management 6.6%, Building 6.1%
Ratatata is an isometric Tower Defense game where you lead a space rat kingdom fending off a ruthless cat invasion! Fight across diverse environments and adapt your strategies to survive the relentless waves of these fierce felines!
Why similar: Action RTS 36.6% ★, Tower Defense 23.8%, RTS 23.6%, Strategy 7.2%, Management 5.6%
On planets occupied by robots, mine resources and escape while fending off their attacks! The Ark's survival is entirely in your hands. Many elite crews with abilities will assist you in your mission. The various turret modules are always doing their best to defend your base without your attention.
Why similar: Action RTS 30.5% ★, RTS 20.4%, Tower Defense 19.8%, Tactical 6.8%, Robots 6.1%
Dangerous Land is a first-person real-time strategy game combining settlement management, army command, exploration and combat. Develop your settlement, recruit an army and stand alongside your soldiers on the battlefield.
Why similar: Action RTS 29.8% ★, RTS 24.4%, Tower Defense 18.6%, Management 7.1%, Strategy 6.1%
You are a rogue AI with one directive: AUTOMATE DEATH. Shred, burn and vaporize overwhelming swarms of ravenous bugs as your part factory, part war machine lays waste to one world after another. In BELTFED, the factory is your weapon.
Why similar: Action RTS 23.3% ★, Tower Defense 22.1%, Automation 19.9%, RTS 19.7%, Strategy 6.1%
A minimalist game about fighting for freedom and independence in the United States of America!
Why similar: Action RTS 36.3% ★, Tower Defense 25.6%, RTS 21%, Strategy 7.5%, Building 5.1%