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Tower Defense × Roguelike Across the endless stars, the swarm consumes world after world. Command your fleet, build defenses on artificial worlds, explore the unknown, and seize scarce resources. Venture deeper into the stars as the swarm grows stronger with every encounter Adapt. Endure. Survive

Why similar: Tower Defense 42.8%, RTS 26.1%, Roguelike 13.2%, Strategy 11.9%, 2D 3.5%

The replicator robots are back! It's 2528. The machines are increasingly infecting the planets with genetically modified monsters. Challenge them and try to stop the onslaught. Upgrade buildings and heroes, mine resources, discover technology and fight to save humanity!

Why similar: Tower Defense 50.9%, RTS 36.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Indie 0.4%

Defend Earth from the dangers of space in Orbit Armada! Orbit Armada is a tower defense / roguelite where every run is different. Pick and manage your units wisely, you've only got one Earth!

Why similar: Tower Defense 35.7%, RTS 26.6%, Roguelite 11.7%, Strategy 10.8%, Roguelike 10%

Reverse Journey to the West: You are the Demon King, not the hero Roguelite auto-battler × tower defense gameplay 20 unique Demon Kings + 30 magic traps for endless builds 8-tier Ascension system, 100 stages of permanent progression Hand-drawn cartoon art, Chinese mythology theme

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.2%, RTS 22.4%, RPG 13.3%, Strategy 11.1%, Roguelike 7.7%

Zero Bugs Given is a tower defense / roguelike game designed with the ambition of making every run different from the others. Every wave, a pair of bonus and malus will force you to adapt in the best way you can. Build your defense and try survive as long as you can!

Why similar: Tower Defense 38.4%, RTS 25%, Strategy 15%, Roguelike 10.9%, Roguelite 7.6%

Rogue Door Defense is a tower defense mazing game with rogue-lite elements. Choose a door, defeat the enemies behind it and claim your unique reward. Build and upgrade different towers. Design your own maze to defend your lives against the attacking waves of monsters and powerful bosses.

Why similar: Tower Defense 37.2%, RTS 27.7%, Strategy 14.3%, Roguelike 9.9%, Roguelite 8.5%

Kreeps is a tower defense game where you choose how your towers and the enemies scale as the game progresses. Use any combination of 7 different types of towers and weapons to defend against the growing Kreep horde.

Why similar: Tower Defense 57.1%, Strategy 17.8%, Roguelike 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.6%, 2D 3.6%

Endless Conflict! You will take on the role of different commanders, traversing various environments such as forests, volcanoes, and deserts. Use resources wisely, gather allies, upgrade technology, defeat endless waves of enemies, and destroy enemy defenses.

Why similar: Tower Defense 37%, RTS 32%, Strategy 16.5%, Roguelite 7.7%, Relaxing 3.6%

The Incredible Baron combines real-time strategy gameplay with over 45 collectible animal species in a tale of exploration, science, and betrayal.

Why similar: Tower Defense 40.2%, RTS 29.2%, Strategy 19.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Indie 3.9%

BALL MACHINE is real-time strategy driven by pinball. Launch creature marbles, gather red, green, and blue paint energy, and buy units, cartridges, upgrades, structures, and tactical tools. Command the battlefield against the standard AI or asynchronous builds formed from your own past decisions.

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.8%, RTS 29.7%, Strategy 14%, Roguelike 10.5%, Roguelite 8%

Rougelike, Rougelike, or Rougelike, please, have some different rougelike. Tower defense, rougelike, fusion, enhancement, upgrade, and quality improvement, providing a different gaming experience. Come and give it a try~

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.3%, RTS 24.7%, Roguelite 10.8%, Roguelike 9.6%, Strategy 9.4%

Defend your ever growing platform against an ever rising amount creeps

Why similar: Tower Defense 53.3%, RTS 28.7%, Strategy 17.3%, Singleplayer 0.7%

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 69.7%, RTS 17%, Strategy 10.7%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Your Dungeon, Built by You [CreateDun]A new kind of roguelike tower defense where you reshape routes with walls.Place allies, collect relics, and complete your build.From path design to combat, the dungeon you create becomes your strategy.

Why similar: Tower Defense 50%, Strategy 16.3%, Roguelike 13.3%, Roguelite 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%

A roguelike tower defense where every run reshapes your strategy. Build your team of towers, combine more than 80 artifacts, and explore a pixel-art world while taking on ever tougher challenges and bosses.

Why similar: Tower Defense 42.1%, RTS 25.1%, Strategy 13.2%, Roguelike 11.6%, Pixel Graphics 3.1%

Discover one of the hardest tower defense games with strategic elements, individual gameplay and challenging mechanics. Play together with your friends in co-op mode, create a team and compete with other players in the online ranking.

Why similar: Tower Defense 41.4%, RTS 26.6%, Roguelite 11.7%, Strategy 11.2%, Relaxing 3.4%

A tower defense game where mechanics evolve through your choices. Strengthen classic tower defense, blend in other game genres, or abandon tower defense entirely. Each level unlocks a fresh ruleset, making one purchase feel like many games in one.

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.6%, RTS 27.8%, Strategy 11%, Roguelike 10.5%, Roguelite 9.6%

Draft modules, stack your defenses, and keep firepower supplied as heroes travel the loop. Every new layer changes your build.

Why similar: Tower Defense 37.1%, RTS 28.4%, Roguelite 12.8%, Roguelike 11%, Strategy 7.7%

Liberated from the shackles of power, La+ led the HoloX members and the army to invade Earth! You must gather the members of the HoloLive and stop them.

Why similar: Tower Defense 72.7%, RPG 19.7%, Strategy 4.1%, Anime 2.1%, Indie 1.2%

Take on thousands of robots in a massive, 25-hour macro-focused RTS campaign. Reclaim territory, harvest resources, and upgrade your army to crush the machine stronghold. But beware: the harder you push, the harder they push back.

Why similar: Tower Defense 41.3%, RTS 39.5%, Strategy 18%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Use a variety of fireworks to fend off misfortune and protect your family!

Why similar: Tower Defense 42.1%, RTS 21.1%, Strategy 13.8%, Roguelike 7.7%, Roguelite 6.4%

前世死于兽潮，今生逆转乾坤！《末世重生：兽皇计划》是一款高自由度的轻塔防+肉鸽策略游戏，你将扮演一名重生的基因科学家，培育出传说中的山海经异兽，突破基因限制，为异兽注入超凡力量，对抗即将席卷世界的狂暴兽潮！

Why similar: Tower Defense 41.7%, RTS 27%, Strategy 13.2%, Roguelike 10.2%, Roguelite 6.9%

Stonehold is a 2D rogue-lite tower defense. Survive waves of enemies, upgrade your power in real time, and grow stronger after every run.

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.6%, RTS 27.8%, Strategy 16.4%, Roguelike 8.5%, Roguelite 7.4%

Von Neumann Project is a space based RTS where you build, mine, and expand across the universe in an attempt to find your creator's equals. Play across 4 different sectors with 28 handcrafted missions, with each sector introducing unique enemies, buildings, and missions.

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.8%, RTS 32.2%, Strategy 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 3.5%, 2D 3.2%

Fend off endless hordes of enemies in this roguelite tower defense. Build your own path to maximize carnage. Unleash devastating hero abilities to turn the tide of battle. Upgrade your arsenal with dozens of new towers and heroes to keep your castle from oblivion. Survive and become dauntless.

Why similar: Tower Defense 52.2%, Strategy 16.9%, Roguelite 12.7%, Roguelike 8.8%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%

Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.7%, RTS 32.5%, Strategy 17.6%, Indie 1.9%, 2D 1.3%

Vtuber「オシャレになりたい！ピーナッツくん」のキャラクター達が繰り広げる ACTRTSゲーム

Why similar: Tower Defense 41.5%, RTS 30.6%, Strategy 17.1%, Roguelike 10.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Modo Defense is a strategy tower defense game. Spin yut, similar to dice, to obtain various resources and summon or strengthen towers. You can customize your tower however you like. Specialize in multi-attack or strong one-by-one! And we have to stop the demons coming in. How far can you stop it?

Why similar: Tower Defense 66%, Strategy 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, 2D 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.2%

The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!

Why similar: Tower Defense 71.3%, Strategy 13.3%, RTS 7.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.2%, Indie 2.2%

Protect your campfire cooking in Dinner Defenders, a roguelike tower defense game. Summon units and utilize combination of their skills and synergies to fend off the hungry goblins and orcs. Survive, and finally have your well-deserved meal in the middle of forest!

Why similar: Tower Defense 53.4%, Strategy 17.8%, Roguelike 13.4%, Roguelite 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%

A horde defense roguelite where thirty thousand enemies flood at once. Build towers, place guns, survive endless waves. The pressure never stops and keeps escalating. Every run is different, every decision matters. How long can you last?

Why similar: Tower Defense 65.7%, Strategy 22.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, 2D 4.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%

Squabble is a dynamic Tower Defense-RTS hybrid where strategic resource management is key to fending off relentless waves of enemies.

Why similar: Tower Defense 42.9%, RTS 29.7%, Strategy 13.5%, Relaxing 7.4%, Anime 5.2%

A tower defense game supporting up to 4 players online, with various equipment to boost your power.

Why similar: Tower Defense 39.2%, RTS 23%, Strategy 17.7%, Roguelike 10.5%, Roguelite 7.7%

Immortal Sword is a strategy and role-playing game that combines tower defense, tower pushing, and lightweight rouge. You will defeat various strong enemies in the world of swords and magic, gradually regaining your power.

Why similar: Tower Defense 33.8%, RTS 22.7%, Strategy 16.4%, RPG 14.5%, Roguelite 7%

A spectral invasion forced villagers to flee into the unknown. As hunger and panic gnawed at their hope, you as a Bubble Engineer return to the danger zone. Reclaim lost ancient technology to save your people and repel the ghosts. But... where did these spirits truly come from?

Why similar: Tower Defense 37%, RTS 31.8%, RPG 16.1%, Roguelite 6.3%, Strategy 4.6%

This is a pixel tower defense game that combines light Rogue and lawn mowing! Dozens of heroes for you to choose from, and hundreds of blessings randomly appear, forming the strongest team to protect the crystal from monsters!

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.1%, Strategy 18%, Roguelike 13.3%, Roguelite 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 4%

On the night I saved the world, I died. A tower defense game in which the main character travels through the world after his death. Collect characters and items, organize your party, and find out the mysteries hidden in the world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 48.4%, Strategy 15.6%, JRPG 13.4%, Roguelite 12.2%, Roguelike 4.9%

Service Equals Survival is an incremental real-time strategy and tower defence game, where you are a commander tasked with eliminating as many bugs as possible. Featuring limb-damage on bugs, turrets, airstrikes, and barbed wire.

Why similar: Tower Defense 44.9%, RTS 31.5%, Strategy 10.2%, Roguelike 10%, Pixel Graphics 2.7%

This is a roguelike tower defense game focused on builds and decision-making. In every run, map layouts, enemy compositions, shop offerings, and rune rules are procedurally altered. There are no fixed solutions you can rely on—only choices made under constantly changing conditions.

Why similar: Tower Defense 47%, RTS 31.5%, Strategy 20.3%, Singleplayer 1.1%

In Mushroom Wars 2, enemy tribes of feisty mushroom creatures face off in short but fierce RTS battles. Step into the shoes of a fearless Mushroom Commander, choose a hero to lead your army, and take control of the battlefield in a variety of multiplayer modes or challenging story campaign.

Why similar: RTS 38.8%, Tower Defense 37.1%, Strategy 18.8%, 2D 2%, Indie 1.9%

Many ants have become infected by the cordyceps fungus and are attacking their queens! Place ants (towers) along the paths of zombie ants and hopefully save every queen! Features: - Bespoke 2D art and animation - Multiple biomes - Original music - Satisfying ant deaths - Charming environments

Why similar: Tower Defense 54.2%, RTS 22.6%, Strategy 9.4%, Roguelite 7.2%, 2D 4.3%

This is a 2D defense game that depicts the near future that may arise from climate change. Unlike the defense game, which is automatically attacked by traditional turrets, it is an attractive game that requires you to defeat the enemy by operating the turret directly with limited power.

Why similar: Tower Defense 46.9%, RTS 32.5%, Strategy 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%, 2D 3%

Maid Mech: Backpack TD – A grid tower defense game. Lead the last Dragoon maid mecha against mutant hordes. Collect shape modules after each wave, build defenses on a 14×7 grid, and deploy mecha to fight automatically. Backpack management meets tactical TD.

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.4%, Strategy 13.9%, Roguelike 13%, Roguelite 10.6%, RTS 9.1%

Oil Rush is a naval strategy game that takes place in a world where nuclear war has melted the ice caps, changing the face of the planet forever. Oil Rush offers unique gameplay, avoiding micromanagement of every single unit, while still providing full control over all important aspects of strategy and economy.

Why similar: RTS 37.4%, Tower Defense 33.9%, Strategy 25.3%, Indie 3.4%

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 67.3%, Strategy 15.7%, RTS 14.5%, Indie 2.5%

Build your team, collect equipment, potions, gems, choose upgrade rewards, and withstand wave after wave of enemy attacks.

Why similar: Tower Defense 47.2%, Strategy 15.7%, Roguelike 12.3%, Roguelite 9%, RPG 5.6%

A lightweight roguelite roulette strategy game where gold is both your weapon and your lifeline. Bet on symbols, build your economy, upgrade your wheel, and survive debt, collectors, and the final boss without losing everything.

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.2%, RTS 20.2%, Roguelike 15.5%, Strategy 14.6%, Roguelite 12.9%

Shepherds of the Abyss is an action-packed, multiplayer tower defense game - one inspired by some of the best tower defense mods for Warcraft 3 - with a heavy focus on mazing and strategy.

Why similar: Tower Defense 67.7%, RPG 14.5%, Strategy 14.4%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Forest TD is a top-down strategy game blending tower defense, survival, and elemental magic. Explore a vast forest, transform trees into defensive towers, and combine elemental abilities to fend off relentless waves of enemies.

Why similar: Tower Defense 39.5%, RTS 24.9%, Strategy 10.3%, RPG 9.5%, Roguelite 8.8%

A sudden mechanical rebellion. An ordinary girl who has gained power. Faced with a "world-class" crisis. Is there a secret behind the rebellion? Is the power gained safe? Can a few people's journey save the world? Find out in our Tower Defense game-- Mystery of the Dust!

Why similar: Tower Defense 48%, RTS 17.3%, RPG 14.4%, Strategy 13.6%, Anime 5.2%

Dear Magical Girls is a story-driven defense game about an overworked magical girl protecting the Mana Stone that keeps the city running. Move the vertices to reshape your magical field. Unlock modules and enchants, and build your own strategy to survive against waves of monsters.

Why similar: Tower Defense 39.1%, RTS 31.3%, Strategy 15.5%, Anime 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%

Stunning detail of levels, in-depth gameplay, finely tuned balance of all levels and turrets. The new, engaging levels are even more stunning and impressive.

Why similar: Tower Defense 79.6%, Strategy 17.5%, Indie 2.9%

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 54.8%, Strategy 24.4%, RTS 16.9%, Indie 3.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%

RTS+TD+ADV You can enjoy real time strategy battle and adventure mode with simple operation.

Why similar: Tower Defense 31.6%, RTS 24.2%, JRPG 17.9%, RPG 8.7%, Strategy 8.2%

Build your defense base to repel alien invaders. Atahion is a strategy and tactical defense game in which you have to extract resources, build defense towers and use bonuses to complete the mission.

Why similar: Tower Defense 46.6%, RTS 32.9%, Strategy 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 6%, Indie 1.6%

A Creature Collection Tower Defense Game! Defend yourself with creatures that you collect and train. Quote from a fan: ''It's Pokémon meets tower defense!''

Why similar: Tower Defense 61.7%, RPG 21%, Strategy 14%, Indie 3.3%

Build your towers of paper before they get out of the box and make a big mess in the room. Manage the turrets, upgrade and be careful where you put them... every decision can be fatal! Watch out for the air units, they have a different route!

Why similar: Tower Defense 77.1%, Strategy 19.5%, Indie 3.4%

Defense Technica is the next evolution in hardcore tower defense strategy games. Protect the core from an onslaught of unrelenting biomechanical terrors with a powerful range of tower defense units – each with their own upgradable features and methods of attacks.

Why similar: Tower Defense 85.3%, Strategy 12.7%, Indie 2%

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 64.1%, Strategy 25.6%, Indie 4.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.8%, 2D 2.2%

Geometry Defense is a fast-paced geometric shooter where every level brings a new choice. Choose from random upgrade gates, combine powerful abilities, and evolve your strategy as enemies grow stronger. Experience simple controls, endless combinations, and satisfying progression.

Why similar: Tower Defense 43.4%, RTS 27.3%, Strategy 12%, Roguelite 11.1%, Relaxing 3.7%