- #1 Goblins of Elderstone
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 399 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 39.5% ★, Tower Defense 17.8%, Resource Management 14.1%, Management 13.6%, Strategy 7.5%
- #2 Age of Defense
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 719 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 26.6%, Difficult 14.6%, Cartoony 10.6%, Strategy 9.4%, RTS 9.3%
- #3 Little Kingdom RTS
96% matchVery Positive87% of 68 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 20.1%, Action RTS 19.3% ★, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, Tower Defense 14.6%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #4 Goblin Buster: Incremental Tower Defense
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 155 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 22.6%, Incremental 21.2%, Resource Management 15.3%, Management 11.2%, Strategy 9.1%
- #5 OTTTD
95% matchMostly Positive75% of 359 reviews2014
Dev: SMG Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.8 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 26.9% ★, RTS 20.7%, Tower Defense 16.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.7%, Cartoony 7.2%
- #6 There Are No Orcs
93% matchVery Positive94% of 1,076 reviews2025
Dev: BaseTrade StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.8 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 46.2%, Tower Defense 31.8%, Strategy 9.9%, Fantasy 6.8%, Funny 4%
- #7 Guardians of Hyelore
94% 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 27.9% ★, RTS 25.2%, Tower Defense 17.2%, Management 7.7%, Cartoony 6.2%
- #8 Swarm Queen
92% matchVery Positive93% of 390 reviews2017
Dev: Helmi Bastami
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A quick-to-learn but challenging real-time strategy game where you spawn an army of space-bugs that control themselves.
Why similar: RTS 27.2%, Action RTS 22.5% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.9%, Difficult 15%, Strategy 6.6%
- #9 Smelogs Playground
91% matchVery Positive91% 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 29.9% ★, RTS 25.5%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Management 10.3%, Strategy 7%
- #10 Xeno Command
91% matchVery Positive82% of 56 reviews2022
Dev: ChillyRoomPub: ChillyRoom
Windows
Defend galaxy against Alien invasion in the RTS offline game with roguelike fun
Why similar: Action RTS 29.1% ★, RTS 19.3%, Real Time Tactics 18.9%, Tower Defense 14.8%, Hand-drawn 5.7%
- #11 Dog And Goblin
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 167 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 33.4%, Resource Management 30.1%, Fantasy 12%, 2D 9.1%, Casual 6.8%
- #12 Crustacean Nations
89% matchVery Positive92% of 511 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 36.1% ★, RTS 24.2%, Resource Management 11.5%, Strategy 8.5%, Funny 5.7%
- #13 Gobs and Gods
88% matchVery Positive95% of 84 reviews2024
Dev: Alexandre GilottePub: None
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 33.5%, Cartoony 31.1%, Funny 24.4%, 2D 11%
- #14 Natti
89% 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 27.7%, Real Time Tactics 17.7%, Difficult 17.2%, Cartoony 9.6%, Strategy 8.8%
- #15 Age of Defense: Prehistory
87% matchVery Positive86% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: Battlecruiser GamesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 36%
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 32.2%, Difficult 14.7%, Strategy 11.2%, Cartoony 11%, Fantasy 8.9%
- #16 Tangy TD
84% matchVery Positive92% of 1,348 reviews2026
Dev: Cakez
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 37.1%, Difficult 16%, Strategy 12.1%, Cartoony 11.4%, Funny 8.6%
- #17 Goblin Stone
86% matchMixed54% of 776 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 36.7%, Hand-drawn 27.6%, Fantasy 17.1%, Colorful 12.9%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #18 Mushroom Wars
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 571 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 44.7%, Tower Defense 25.3%, Strategy 15.3%, Cartoony 5.1%, 2D 3.4%
- #19 Crush Your Enemies
85% matchVery Positive81% of 439 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 62.9%, Strategy 25.3%, Funny 6.7%, Indie 5.1%
- #20 Now There Be Goblins: Tower Defense VR
83% matchVery Positive91% of 57 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 40.5%, Cartoony 15%, Strategy 13.4%, Funny 10.9%, Fantasy 9.3%
- #21 Gnomes
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,709 reviews2025
Dev: DYSTOPIAN
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 50.2%, Difficult 25.9%, Strategy 13%, Colorful 7.9%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #22 Mostly Intense Monster Defense
84% 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 27.7%, Real Time Tactics 26.8%, Tower Defense 23.3%, Strategy 7.7%, Funny 7.3%
- #23 Circle Empires
82% matchVery Positive90% of 4,132 reviews2018
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 17.9 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 55.1%, Strategy 24.3%, Fantasy 8.2%, Casual 5.3%, Indie 4.5%
- #24 Orcdom
81% matchVery Positive90% of 71 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 23.1%, Tower Defense 20.4%, RTS 18.2%, Resource Management 13.7%, Strategy 7%
- #25 Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,419 reviews2016
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 20.9 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 35.9%, Difficult 17.8%, RTS 11.8%, Strategy 10.4%, Fantasy 6.7%
- #26 Mushroom Wars 2
82% matchMixed62% of 975 reviews2017
Dev: Zillion WhalesPub: Azur Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.3 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 49.2%, Tower Defense 26.9%, Strategy 19.7%, Indie 2.2%, 2D 2%
- #27 Hexworld
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 89 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 28.2%, Action RTS 22.7% ★, Management 10.5%, Strategy 9.4%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #28 Iron Marines Invasion
79% matchMixed69% of 356 reviews2023
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 28.7% ★, RTS 25.8%, Real Time Tactics 20.5%, Cartoony 6.7%, Strategy 5.9%
- #29 Bees vs Zombees
76% matchVery Positive89% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: DeadpixelPub: Nuntius Games
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 30.2%, Real Time Tactics 25%, Tower Defense 22.3%, Strategy 8%, Funny 5.4%
- #30 HYPERNOVA: Escape from Hadea
78% matchVery Positive80% of 82 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 35.7%, Tower Defense 28.1%, Management 13.3%, Strategy 9.2%, Top-Down 8.8%
- #31 Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,522 reviews2014
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 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 49.2%, Strategy 11.3%, Cartoony 8.9%, Difficult 7.8%, Fantasy 6.8%
- #32 The Territory of Egg
76% matchVery Positive95% of 58 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 30.8%, Tower Defense 23.4%, Resource Management 14%, Cartoony 8.6%, Strategy 8.2%
- #33 Defend Your Life: TD
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,092 reviews2015
Dev: Alda Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 6.4 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 21.4%, Tower Defense 19.1%, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, Cartoony 8.4%, Strategy 6.6%
- #34 Fortify
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Holgersson Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.2 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 59.3%, Strategy 33.8%, Indie 6.9%
- #35 Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon
77% matchMixed70% of 316 reviews2018
Dev: Ronimo GamesPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 38%
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%, Strategy 27%, Fantasy 6.7%, Funny 5.9%, Colorful 5.1%
- #36 Bean Beasts
74% matchVery Positive89% of 118 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: Tower Defense 42.3%, Top-Down 14.7%, Strategy 14.6%, Fantasy 9.9%, Colorful 7.6%
- #37 Arrival of Beasts
75% 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 37.9%, Tower Defense 33.8%, Strategy 13.2%, Top-Down 7.3%, 2D 3.8%
- #38 Scarecropia
73% matchVery Positive90% of 61 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 27.9% ★, RTS 19.8%, Real Time Tactics 19.8%, Tower Defense 16.1%, Hand-drawn 5.9%
- #39 Ooglians
74% matchMixed64% of 255 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 28.8%, Tower Defense 25.7%, Hand-drawn 12.5%, Strategy 8%, Cartoony 7.1%
- #40 Sunstone War
72% 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 25.7% ★, RTS 22.5%, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Tower Defense 16.8%, Strategy 6%
- #41 King Pins
73% 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 57.9%, Strategy 21.2%, Resource Management 13.5%, 2D 4.7%, Indie 1.5%
- #42 Touhou Monster TD ~ 幻想乡妖怪塔防
71% matchVery Positive91% of 994 reviews2021
Dev: MyACG Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 12.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 25.4% ★, RTS 20.3%, Real Time Tactics 18.1%, Tower Defense 15.1%, Top-Down 5.3%
- #43 Countless Army
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 91 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 34.5%, Difficult 15.9%, Strategy 13.1%, Fantasy 10.1%, Funny 9.1%
- #44 Goblin Defenders: Steel‘n’ Wood
73% matchMixed68% of 151 reviews2015
Dev: Alawar Casual
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Battle hordes of monsters in Goblin Defenders: Steel 'n' Wood!
Why similar: Tower Defense 55.3%, Strategy 32.3%, Casual 8.9%, Singleplayer 2%, Indie 1.4%
- #45 Tabletop Gods
72% 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 35.7%, Cartoony 21.7%, Top-Down 11.3%, Colorful 10.4%, Fantasy 8.2%
- #46 Relic Guardian - Tower Defense
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,000 reviews2025
Dev: Mystrigger
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
"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 35.2%, Cartoony 15.9%, Strategy 13.3%, Fantasy 11.1%, Funny 8.1%
- #47 Land of the Mage Lords
70% matchVery Positive89% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: Rafe's Games
Windows
Summon troops and use magic to defeat mage lords and other foes while surviving attacks from their followers. Learn new spells and recruit troops with unique powers. Venture across the land, battling ever stronger enemies until reaching the evil Mage King.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 34.9%, Tower Defense 31.2%, Strategy 13.1%, Fantasy 5.8%, Colorful 5%
- #48 Bad North: Jotunn Edition
68% matchVery Positive93% of 13,754 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: RTS 32.9%, Real Time Tactics 32.6%, Tower Defense 26.6%, Strategy 8%
- #49 Iron Marines
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,847 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: RTS 55.5%, Strategy 13.9%, Cartoony 10.9%, Fantasy 4.6%, 2D 4.1%
- #50 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 30.7%, Cartoony 13.1%, Hand-drawn 12.4%, Strategy 12.2%, Fantasy 7.4%
- #51 Army of Pixels
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 56 reviews2015
Dev: Gergely Zsolnay
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Pixel strategy that combines real-time and turn-based gameplay. 17 factions from vampire queens to mechanical golems.
Why similar: Strategy 82.5%, Indie 17.5%
- #52 Dice 'n Goblins
67% matchVery Positive94% of 68 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 23.9%, Colorful 13.3%, Singleplayer 6.7%
- #53 Countryballs at War
67% matchVery Positive91% of 64 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 43.5%, Strategy 22.8%, Management 13.5%, Resource Management 12.7%, Colorful 6.8%
- #54 Tomb of Tyrants
70% matchVery Positive81% of 327 reviews2015
Dev: Jake Huhman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Claim and defend the Tomb of Tyrants against greedy adventurers by matching tiles to build a deadly dungeon full of traps, minions, and more!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.2%, Strategy 28.2%, Fantasy 15.7%, Casual 7.5%, Indie 6.3%
- #55 Trade Rivals - Goblin Age
67% matchVery Positive92% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: Roog Game Studio
Windows
Build your goblin shop empire in this competitive goblin store management for solo or 2–4 friends. Set prices, fight for fame, and sabotage rivals—all in a race to survive 10 chaotic days. Outsmart, out-sell, or outlast your way to victory in Trade Rivals – Goblin Age!
Why similar: Strategy 47%, Fantasy 24.5%, Casual 14.8%, Indie 7.9%, Singleplayer 5.7%
- #56 Guardener
68% matchVery Positive83% of 149 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 39.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 27.8%, Strategy 9.9%, Fantasy 5.6%, Colorful 5.2%
- #57 Andalia
69% matchVery Positive86% of 56 reviews2021
Dev: Joel St.Pub: Sundust
Windows
Andalia is a fantasy real-time strategy game (RTS) with a diverse range of civilisations, resources and environments. Build up your town and lead your forces into war against enemy players. Alternatively you may construct a monument and hold it long enough to reach victory.
Why similar: RTS 59.3%, Fantasy 13.5%, Strategy 13.5%, Resource Management 8.3%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #58 Swords and Soldiers HD
69% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,051 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 82.6%, Tower Defense 9.3%, Cartoony 3.7%, Casual 1.7%, 2D 1.5%
- #59 Hearthlands
69% matchVery Positive82% of 414 reviews2017
Dev: Four White Cats
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Hearthlands is a medieval/fantasy city-building real time strategy game in which you take a role of a king in a procedurally generated world. You can not control your subjects directly; instead you focus on city-building, resource management, diplomacy, magic, etc.
Why similar: RTS 33.9%, Management 19.2%, Resource Management 16.7%, Strategy 12.5%, Fantasy 7.9%
- #60 Circle Empires Rivals
66% matchVery Positive90% of 1,946 reviews2020
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 36.4%, Resource Management 20.5%, Top-Down 11.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Fantasy 10.5%