- #1 Goblins of Elderstone
97% matchMostly Positive73% of 404 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?
Why similar: 4X 40.2% ★, Tower Defense 18%, Resource Management 13.4%, Management 13.3%, Strategy 7.5%
- #2 Age of Defense
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 723 reviews2024
Dev: Battlecruiser GamesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 24.7%, Difficult 14.1%, Cartoony 10.1%, RTS 8.8%, Strategy 8.6%
- #3 Girls vs Goblins
96% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Maiden Realm
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 31.6% ★, RTS 24.9%, Tower Defense 23.5%, Strategy 7.9%, Fantasy 4.2%
- #4 Little Kingdom RTS
95% matchVery Positive87% of 82 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: RTS 20.5%, Action RTS 19.7% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Tower Defense 14.6%, Resource Management 9%
- #5 OTTTD
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 360 reviews2014
Dev: SMG Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Take command of HEROCORP™ and launch a Preemptive Defence Campaign™ against parallel dimensions in OTTTD, the most outrageous Tower Defence title around.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.1% ★, RTS 20.9%, Tower Defense 16.1%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Cartoony 7.3%
- #6 Mostly Intense Monster Defense
94% matchVery Positive90% of 67 reviews2019
Dev: Patsui Games
Windows
Defend your dungeon against a bunch of impolite humans in this humorous tower/lane defense game. Summon monsters, change tactics on the fly & skip funny dialogue to defeat waves and waves of the most generic heroes mankind has ever seen!
Why similar: RTS 26.8%, Real Time Tactics 25.6%, Tower Defense 22.1%, Strategy 7.3%, Funny 7%
- #7 Swarm Queen
93% matchVery Positive93% of 412 reviews2017
Dev: Helmi Bastami (Flyborg.net)
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A quick-to-learn but challenging real-time strategy game where you spawn an army of space-bugs that control themselves.
Why similar: RTS 25.6%, Action RTS 21.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, Difficult 14.3%, Tactical 6.2%
- #8 Gobs and Gods
91% matchVery Positive96% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: Space Peons
Windows · Linux
Hire a band of almost-heroic goblins to fight and die for you in tactical turn-based battles, accomplish silly quests for the weird inhabitants of this fantastic world, and truly become a god - at least by goblin standards.
Why similar: Strategy 33.1%, Cartoony 31.7%, Funny 24.5%, 2D 10.8%
- #9 Guardians of Hyelore
92% matchMixed57% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Megaglope StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Guardians of Hyelore is an action-packed unit recruitment game pitting your units and strategies against an onslaught of enemies. Hire units, improve your troops, earn achievements, and spawn your Guardian to fight 150+ unique enemies in this exciting take on the army-spawning action genre.
Why similar: Action RTS 28.2% ★, RTS 25.4%, Tower Defense 17%, Management 7.4%, Cartoony 6.3%
- #10 Goblin Buster: Incremental Tower Defense
90% matchMostly Positive76% of 160 reviews2025
Dev: Natrix
Windows
Goblin Buster is an incremental tower defense game with deep upgrade mechanics. Obliterate annoying goblins, collect materials, discover powerful relics, invest in unique buildings and spend your resources to upgrade towers and magical spells with a massive skill tree!
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.3%, Resource Management 18.6%, Management 13.7%, Strategy 11.4%, Top-Down 9.6%
- #11 Natti
91% matchMixed61% of 117 reviews2023
Dev: 4DAYS LAB Co., Ltd.
Windows
“Natti” is a roguelike tower defense game unfolds in the Otherworld of Korean folktales. Place defense towers, collect equipment, and strategically utilize various heroes to defeat all the monsters and protect the Otherworld with “Natti”, goblins in form of animals.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.4%, Difficult 17.7%, Real Time Tactics 17.7%, Cartoony 9.7%, Strategy 8.6%
- #12 There Are No Orcs
89% matchVery Positive93% of 1,235 reviews2025
Dev: BaseTrade StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An RTS-Roguelike hybrid with auto-battling troops. Master building placement, swarm your enemies, and smash their defenses with unit-commander combos!
Why similar: RTS 46.8%, Tower Defense 31.3%, Strategy 9.7%, Fantasy 6.8%, Funny 4.1%
- #13 Smelogs Playground
89% matchVery Positive89% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Nifty Productions
Windows
Smelogs Playground is a Free-to-Play Real-Time Strategy game with charming aesthetics and a simple but effective gameplay mechanism. Take over the playful and rocky Smelogs to compete against each other for fun and honor!
Why similar: Action RTS 29.3% ★, RTS 25%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, Management 9.6%, Strategy 6.7%
- #14 Dog And Goblin
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: ZonyPub: OKJOY
Windows
Dog and Goblin is an auto-battler Roguelike deck-building strategy game where you assemble a mixed army to stand against humans. With nearly 150 units across 19 different types, build your ultimate army and conquer their castles!
Why similar: Strategy 33.8%, Resource Management 28.8%, Fantasy 12.4%, 2D 9.2%, Casual 7%
- #15 Age of Defense: Prehistory
86% matchVery Positive86% of 179 reviews2024
Dev: Battlecruiser GamesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 37%
The most addicting tower defense game, packed with monsters and tough defenders, all of which fit perfectly into the cartoonish environment. Prehistory is a prologue for the main story Age of Defense.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.4%, Difficult 13.5%, Tactical 10.8%, Cartoony 9.9%, Strategy 9.8%
- #16 Xeno Command
87% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: ChillyRoomPub: ChillyRoom
Windows
Defend galaxy against Alien invasion in the RTS offline game with roguelike fun
Why similar: Action RTS 29.3% ★, RTS 19.5%, Real Time Tactics 18.8%, Tower Defense 14.6%, Hand-drawn 5.7%
- #17 Tangy TD
84% matchVery Positive90% of 1,546 reviews2026
Dev: Cakez
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Strategic tower defense where you play a witch, place class-based towers, equip them with items that grant powerful abilities, combine them, create unique builds & deal ridiculous amounts of damage! Customize your builds with a deep stat system and giant skill tree!
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.1%, Difficult 14.9%, Strategy 10.8%, Cartoony 10.4%, Tactical 9.7%
- #18 Mushroom Wars
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 579 reviews2016
Dev: Zillion WhalesPub: Azur Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Mushroom Wars is a dynamic real-time strategy game, where smart strategy meets furious action in epic PvP and PvE battles.
Why similar: RTS 41.8%, Tower Defense 22.9%, Strategy 13.7%, Tactical 8.2%, Cartoony 4.7%
- #19 Goblin Stone
85% matchMixed54% of 778 reviews2024
Dev: Orc Chop Games
Windows · Mac
Goblins have been hunted to extinction by cruel adventurers. Embark on a heartwarming adventure to rebuild their lair and help them thrive in this award-winning turn-based RPG where every decision counts.
Why similar: Management 35.7%, Hand-drawn 28.1%, Fantasy 17.4%, Colorful 13%, Singleplayer 5.8%
- #20 Now There Be Goblins: Tower Defense VR
84% matchVery Positive92% of 58 reviews2023
Dev: Shocktopus Games
Windows
Fight off hordes of goblins in this VR smack and smash tower defense hybrid! Punish the invading goblins by using your mighty chained hammer and your wide arsenal of traps and structures.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38%, Cartoony 12.9%, Strategy 12.6%, Tactical 9.6%, Funny 9.3%
- #21 Crustacean Nations
82% matchVery Positive93% of 529 reviews2022
Dev: Team Beans
Windows
🦀Crustacean Nations🦀 is a real-time strategy game about total crab warfare. Build a sprawling sand castle and amass huge armies to dominate the beach and become the one true crustacean nation!
Why similar: Action RTS 36.7% ★, RTS 24.5%, Resource Management 10.8%, Strategy 8.4%, Funny 5.8%
- #22 Circle Empires
81% matchVery Positive89% of 4,178 reviews2018
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
Why similar: RTS 55.7%, Strategy 23.7%, Fantasy 8.3%, Casual 5.3%, Indie 4.5%
- #23 Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,896 reviews2016
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 35.6%, Difficult 18.3%, RTS 11.8%, Strategy 10.2%, Fantasy 6.7%
- #24 Mushroom Wars 2
83% matchMixed62% of 977 reviews2017
Dev: Zillion WhalesPub: Azur Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 45.9%, Tower Defense 24.6%, Strategy 17.8%, Tactical 7.8%, Indie 2%
- #25 Crush Your Enemies
82% matchVery Positive81% of 444 reviews2016
Dev: Vile MonarchPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Go back to the awesome glory days of Real-Time Strategy games. Crush Your Enemies has everything you love of the genre: Planning, choosing different types of units, managing resources, taking enemy territory and outwitting your opponent with the ingenious formations of your men.
Why similar: RTS 63.4%, Strategy 24.8%, Funny 6.7%, Indie 5.1%
- #26 Gnomes
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,846 reviews2025
Dev: DYSTOPIAN
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde
Why similar: Tower Defense 49.8%, Difficult 26.8%, Strategy 12.8%, Colorful 7.8%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #27 Iron Marines Invasion
80% matchMixed67% of 373 reviews2023
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Prepare to take off, soldier! The galaxy needs your strategy! Prove your RTS expertise, explore an entire galaxy and defend it from a threatening invasion.
Why similar: Action RTS 26.9% ★, RTS 24.3%, Real Time Tactics 19%, Cartoony 6.4%, Tactical 6.4%
- #28 Orcdom
78% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: GAGAPub: OKJOY
Windows
Orcdom is a minimalist tower defense game with full freedom in tower placement. Defend your crystal from waves of orcs attacking from all directions. Plan your layout, time your spells, and unlock new strategy modes in this fast-paced tactical challenge!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 23.2%, Tower Defense 20.6%, RTS 18.4%, Resource Management 12.9%, Strategy 7%
- #29 Tiny Battles
79% matchPositive84% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Tiny Battles is a tactical action auto-battler where battles take place automatically in the arena.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.1%, Strategy 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Fantasy 10.7%, Tactical 9.5%
- #30 Defend Your Life: TD
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,094 reviews2015
Dev: Alda Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Defend Your Life! Is tower defense set in human body where players are fighting against villain hordes of viruses and bacteria. Levels and units correspond to reality of human anatomy.
Why similar: RTS 20.7%, Tower Defense 18.1%, Real Time Tactics 17%, Cartoony 8.1%, Strategy 6.2%
- #31 Bean Beasts
76% matchVery Positive89% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: Anxious Noob
Windows · Mac
Defeat monster hordes alongside your Bean Beasts in this cute, challenging Tower Defense Game! Evolve your companions, explore upgrade paths for traps and take on epic boss battles!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 30.8%, Tower Defense 26.6%, Tactical 11.2%, Strategy 9.4%, Top-Down 8.8%
- #32 Hexworld
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 91 reviews2023
Dev: Volcanic Giraffe
Windows
Hexworld is a tactical auto-battle RTS where you control the traveling kingdom-island, manage your tiles, collect and upgrade buildings, crash into other islands and watch your precious giant golem inevitably fall off the cliff on his way to the front lines.
Why similar: RTS 26.9%, Action RTS 21.7% ★, Management 9.6%, Strategy 8.8%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #33 Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 17,818 reviews2014
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 45%, Strategy 10.2%, Cartoony 8.3%, Tactical 8.2%, Difficult 7.4%
- #34 HYPERNOVA: Escape from Hadea
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 83 reviews2017
Dev: ActaLogic
Windows · Mac · Linux
A colorful but challenging blend of classic RTS and tower defense. Build, expand, research, and defend your alien colony as you race to construct a teleportation device and escape a dying star.
Why similar: RTS 36.3%, Tower Defense 28.1%, Management 12.9%, Strategy 9.1%, Top-Down 8.7%
- #35 Bees vs Zombees
74% matchVery Positive89% of 107 reviews2024
Dev: DeadPixelPub: DeadPIxel
Windows
A fast-paced roguelike tower defense where you choose your Queen Bee with unique skills and the Artisan to build turrets and cast powerful spells to defend your hive through regions infested with zombees. Face bosses with insane mechanics and survive the Zumbeecalypse!
Why similar: RTS 30.5%, Real Time Tactics 24.9%, Tower Defense 22.1%, Strategy 7.9%, Funny 5.5%
- #36 The Territory of Egg
74% matchVery Positive95% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: ZGameStudioPub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
The Territory of Egg is a unique twist on tower defense game. You need to build defense lines with egg warriors to protect the Holy Egg, the core of all eggs. Remember to upgrade your Tech Tree with the resources you've collected and unlock more skills to fight against the evil monsters.
Why similar: RTS 31.4%, Tower Defense 23.4%, Resource Management 13.2%, Cartoony 8.8%, Strategy 8.1%
- #37 Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon
76% matchMixed70% of 323 reviews2018
Dev: Ronimo GamesPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Take command of mighty Vikings, sly Persians or brutish Demons! Destroy your opponent’s base while defending your own in this action-packed side-scrolling RTS!
Why similar: RTS 43.4%, Strategy 26.5%, Fantasy 6.8%, Funny 6%, Colorful 5.1%
- #38 Sunstone War
73% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Blukulélé
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sunstone War is a unique Action game with Tower Defense element where you can carry EVERYTHING! Move towers, toss away enemies, carry obstacles, upgrade skills and journey through lands to protect your village from calamity!
Why similar: Action RTS 24.5% ★, RTS 21.5%, Real Time Tactics 16.6%, Tower Defense 15.8%, Strategy 5.6%
- #39 Relic Guardian - Tower Defense
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,144 reviews2025
Dev: Mystrigger
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%
"Relic Guardian" is a fantasy style strategy tower defense game. As the builder on the battlefield, summon a variety of defense towers and spells with reliable hero companions to complete this epic and guarding adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.1%, Cartoony 14.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Tactical 10.9%, Fantasy 10%
- #40 Arrival of Beasts
73% matchPositive94% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: FreeTimeDevelopment
Windows
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: RTS 35.2%, Tower Defense 30.8%, Strategy 11.9%, Tactical 8.5%, Top-Down 6.6%
- #41 Scarecropia
72% matchVery Positive90% of 62 reviews2025
Dev: JYP Studio
Windows
Here is Scarecropia! Lead at most 400 people to build a settlement. Arm your village to fight against the Goblin army, or invest limited resources in yourself to become unparalleled! Take every cost to survive!
Why similar: Action RTS 28.1% ★, RTS 20%, Real Time Tactics 19.7%, Tower Defense 15.9%, Hand-drawn 5.9%
- #42 Fortify
75% matchMostly Positive74% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Holgersson Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Fortify is a real-time strategy game with a tower defense twist. Defend your castle from attacking monsters and siege weapons by using ranged and melee defenders, catapults, cannons, oil fields and more. You start at the iron age, advancing to the medieval age, and later, the imperial age.
Why similar: RTS 59.9%, Strategy 33.3%, Indie 6.8%
- #43 Claws Of Power
70% matchVery Positive82% of 207 reviews2026
Dev: 蒜苗Pub: 蒜头
Windows
Claws of Power is a cute, real-time card battle game. With a variety of unique and adorable cat cards, each one could be your key to victory. Strategize by building different decks and using items to overcome challenges and claim the throne as the ultimate cat leader.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 34.4%, Tower Defense 30%, Hand-drawn 15.5%, Tactical 6.9%, Strategy 5.7%
- #44 Ooglians
73% matchMixed64% of 256 reviews2022
Dev: Simon BäckströmPub: Aurora Punks
Windows
Ooglians are coming! Nothing excites an ooglian more than smashing machinery. Protect your machinery with more machinery which attracts even more ooglians. How unfortunate.
Why similar: RTS 29.2%, Tower Defense 25.6%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Strategy 7.9%, Cartoony 7.3%
- #45 Circle Empires Rivals
70% matchVery Positive90% of 1,977 reviews2020
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
In this fast-paced multiplayer RTS, you and your friends will take control of your own tiny kingdoms and conquer a world made of circles. Each one is overflowing with enemies to fight, monsters to hunt and loot to hoard – but watch out... Friends can quickly become rivals!
Why similar: RTS 32.2%, Resource Management 16.7%, Tactical 13.7%, Top-Down 10.1%, Strategy 9.9%
- #46 King Pins
71% matchVery Positive85% of 107 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
King Pins is a small scale real-time strategy game. Collect resources and expand your territory while defending your main unit: the king! If your king dies, you lose!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 53.6%, Strategy 19.3%, Resource Management 11.6%, Tactical 8.7%, 2D 4.2%
- #47 Dice 'n Goblins
69% matchVery Positive93% of 71 reviews2025
Dev: Tsukumogami Software
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dice 'n Goblins is a turn-based RPG that blends luck and strategy as you battle using dice rolls. Master your skills, chain powerful combos, and overcome the whims of fortune.
Why similar: Hand-drawn 29.8%, Fantasy 26.3%, Cartoony 24.1%, Colorful 13.2%, Singleplayer 6.6%
- #48 Tabletop Gods
71% matchVery Positive89% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: Ghost Fish GamesPub: Other Ocean Group
Windows
For desktop PC (also playable in VR). Lead your troops in explosive arcade action battles that rage across tabletop battlefields. Command your troops, set fiendish traps, bolster your defenses and wield powerful magic to destroy your opponent as you compete for power in the heavens!
Why similar: Strategy 35.2%, Cartoony 22.1%, Top-Down 11.2%, Colorful 10.5%, Fantasy 8.3%
- #49 Goblin Defenders: Steel‘n’ Wood
72% matchMixed68% of 151 reviews2015
Dev: Alawar Casual
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Battle hordes of monsters in Goblin Defenders: Steel 'n' Wood!
Why similar: Tower Defense 55.4%, Strategy 32.1%, Casual 9%, Singleplayer 2%, Indie 1.4%
- #50 Iron Marines
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,888 reviews2019
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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: RTS 55.9%, Strategy 13.6%, Cartoony 11%, Fantasy 4.6%, 2D 4%
- #51 Trolls vs Vikings: Reborn
68% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Megapop
Windows
Reborn is a glorious, hardcore revival of the beloved lane-defense classic. As greedy Vikings march north in search of gold, the Troll Liberation Front rise to defend their lands. Far from a “place-and-wait” TD game, every second counts in this fierce, tactical fight.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.2%, Cartoony 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Strategy 11.1%, Tactical 7.6%
- #52 Tiny Tactics
68% matchVery Positive83% of 686 reviews2022
Dev: Tiny Forge Gaming
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Tiny Tactics is a Tower Defense game with a heavy focus on mazing, with mechanics inspired by the Auto Chess genre.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.3%, Cartoony 14.2%, Strategy 11.7%, Tactical 11.5%, Top-Down 10.7%
- #53 Swords and Soldiers HD
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,059 reviews2010
Dev: Ronimo GamesPub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Rewrite history as you take control of the brutal Vikings, the devious Aztecs or the crafty Chinese in their global quest to win the favour of the Gods! Swords & Soldiers is a side-scrolling strategy game that lets you control an entire army and lets you wield devastating magical abilities.
Why similar: Strategy 82.4%, Tower Defense 9.4%, Cartoony 3.8%, Casual 1.7%, 2D 1.5%
- #54 Guardians of Holme
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 165 reviews2023
Dev: MossTech StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guardians of Holme is a tower defense game with deckbuilding and roguelite elements. Players must use the terrain to their advantage and formulate defensive tactics by strategically placing powerful traps to repel endless waves of enemies.
Why similar: RTS 26.6%, Tower Defense 24.2%, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Strategy 13.7%, Hand-drawn 6.5%
- #55 Touhou Monster TD ~ 幻想乡妖怪塔防
67% matchVery Positive91% of 1,020 reviews2021
Dev: MyACG Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Easy to learn but hard to master, Touhou Monster TD is a unique Tower defense Game. Control your character, level up and unlock tower skills and character talents, use your wisdom to defeat incoming enemies. Travel the Gensokyo, find out why the “Incident” happened this time.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.6% ★, RTS 20.5%, Real Time Tactics 18.1%, Tower Defense 14.9%, Top-Down 5.2%
- #56 Countryballs at War
66% matchVery Positive88% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: SHN Games
Windows
Countryballs at War is a grand strategy wargame that combines turn-based empire building with real-time battles. Lead any countryball nation, expand your territory through conquest or diplomacy, and rise as the ultimate superpower.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 44.3%, Strategy 22.9%, Management 13.2%, Resource Management 12%, Colorful 6.9%
- #57 Countless Army
67% matchMostly Positive72% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Dos Estrellas
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the villain and raise an army of undead in this real-time reverse tower defense strategy game. Send waves of monsters to battle and aid them with your evil magic until they break your enemies’ defenses. It’s time for you to rule over the continent with an iron fist as its Dark Lord!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.1%, Difficult 14.4%, Tactical 12.2%, Strategy 11.3%, Fantasy 8.9%
- #58 Artisan TD
64% matchVery Positive87% of 2,531 reviews2024
Dev: 4rtisansPub: Unexpected
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Artisan TD is a puzzle-oriented Tower Defense game where you must survive by building mazes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.7%, Real Time Tactics 20.5%, Difficult 19.5%, Strategy 8.8%, Tactical 8.1%
- #59 Guardener
67% matchVery Positive83% of 154 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
An arcade strategy game about defending your garden. Grow potatoes, onions and carrots to defend your lawn!
Why similar: Action RTS 39.9% ★, Real Time Tactics 27.7%, Strategy 9.7%, Fantasy 5.6%, Colorful 5.2%
- #60 War of Dots
62% matchVery Positive81% of 7,370 reviews2026
Dev: TeaAndPython
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 47%
Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.
Why similar: RTS 37.5%, Real Time Tactics 27.4%, Strategy 16.3%, Top-Down 6.8%, Tactical 6.2%