- #1 Goblins of Elderstone
97% matchMostly Positive74% of 394 reviews2023
Dev: Outerdawn
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 5.1 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: Tower Defense 28.5%, Management 25.7%, Resource Management 22.4%, Strategy 12.5%, Fantasy 8.4%
- #2 Age of Defense
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 718 reviews2024
Dev: Battlecruiser GamesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.8 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 27.3%, Difficult 14.3%, RTS 10.1%, Strategy 10.1%, Cartoony 9.9%
- #3 Little Kingdom RTS
96% matchVery Positive86% of 65 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 21.2%, Action RTS 18.7% ★, Tower Defense 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Resource Management 9.6%
- #4 Goblin Buster: Incremental Tower Defense
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 146 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: Clicker 24.7%, Tower Defense 21.3%, Resource Management 14.3%, Management 12.5%, Strategy 8.9%
- #5 OTTTD
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 356 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 26.5% ★, RTS 22.3%, Tower Defense 16.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%, Cartoony 6.6%
- #6 Smelogs Playground
93% 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 28.9% ★, RTS 26.8%, Management 12.1%, Real Time Tactics 12%, Strategy 7.3%
- #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 26.8% ★, RTS 26.3%, Tower Defense 17%, Management 9%, Strategy 5.9%
- #8 There Are No Orcs
91% matchVery Positive94% of 991 reviews2025
Dev: BaseTrade StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 47.6%, Tower Defense 31.3%, Strategy 10.1%, Fantasy 5.9%, Funny 3.8%
- #9 Swarm Queen
92% matchVery Positive93% of 378 reviews2017
Dev: Helmi Bastami
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 85%
A quick-to-learn but challenging real-time strategy game where you spawn an army of space-bugs that control themselves.
Why similar: RTS 29.3%, Action RTS 22.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Difficult 14.6%, Strategy 7.1%
- #10 Dog And Goblin
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 165 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 35.2%, Resource Management 30.1%, Fantasy 10.8%, 2D 8.9%, Casual 6.7%
- #11 Mostly Intense Monster Defense
90% matchVery Positive91% of 65 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 29.6%, Real Time Tactics 24.5%, Tower Defense 23.7%, Strategy 8.2%, Funny 7.1%
- #12 Age of Defense: Prehistory
89% matchVery Positive87% of 163 reviews2024
Dev: Battlecruiser GamesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 36 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 33.3%, Difficult 14.5%, Strategy 12.1%, Cartoony 10.2%, Fantasy 8.2%
- #13 Crush Your Enemies
89% 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 63.7%, Strategy 25.4%, Funny 6.2%, Indie 4.8%
- #14 Crustacean Nations
88% matchVery Positive93% of 505 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 34.9% ★, RTS 25.5%, Resource Management 11.4%, Strategy 8.8%, Funny 5.5%
- #15 Gobs and Gods
86% 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 36%, Cartoony 29%, Funny 24.1%, 2D 10.9%
- #16 Goblin Stone
87% matchMixed54% of 775 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 42.7%, Hand-drawn 25.1%, Fantasy 15%, Colorful 11.9%, Singleplayer 5.3%
- #17 Tangy TD
84% matchVery Positive92% of 1,121 reviews2026
Dev: Cakez
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 37.3%, Difficult 15.9%, Strategy 13.1%, Cartoony 10.6%, Funny 8.5%
- #18 Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,241 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 36.3%, Difficult 17.1%, RTS 12.6%, Strategy 11%, Funny 6%
- #19 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 46.1%, Tower Defense 24.8%, Strategy 15.6%, Cartoony 4.5%, 2D 3.2%
- #20 Natti
84% 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 29%, Difficult 17.2%, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, Strategy 9.5%, Cartoony 9%
- #21 Orcdom
82% matchVery Positive89% of 66 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 21.2%, Tower Defense 21%, RTS 19.5%, Resource Management 13.9%, Strategy 7.5%
- #22 Hexworld
82% matchMostly Positive80% of 89 reviews2023
Dev: Volcanic Giraffe
Windows
Hexworld is a tactical autobattle RTS where you control the travelling kingdom-island, manage your tiles, collect and upgrade buildings, crash into other islands and watch your rare precious giant golem inevitably fall off the cliff on his way to the front lines.
Why similar: RTS 29.3%, Action RTS 21.7% ★, Management 12.3%, Strategy 9.7%, Resource Management 8.6%
- #23 Mushroom Wars 2
83% matchMixed62% of 975 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 50.1%, Tower Defense 26.1%, Strategy 19.9%, Indie 2.1%, 2D 1.9%
- #24 Now There Be Goblins: Tower Defense VR
81% matchVery Positive91% of 56 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 41.7%, Strategy 14.4%, Cartoony 14%, Funny 10.7%, Fantasy 8.6%
- #25 Circle Empires
81% matchVery Positive90% of 4,100 reviews2018
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
Why similar: RTS 56.5%, Strategy 24.7%, Fantasy 7.2%, Casual 5.1%, Indie 4.3%
- #26 Gnomes
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,634 reviews2025
Dev: DYSTOPIAN
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 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 50.3%, Difficult 25.4%, Strategy 13.9%, Colorful 7.7%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #27 Xeno Command
80% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2022
Dev: ChillyRoomPub: ChillyRoom
Windows
Defend galaxy against Alien invasion in the RTS offline game with roguelike fun
Why similar: Action RTS 28.7% ★, RTS 20.8%, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Tower Defense 15.1%, Strategy 5.6%
- #28 The Territory of Egg
78% 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 32.4%, Tower Defense 23.4%, Resource Management 13.9%, Strategy 8.5%, Cartoony 7.8%
- #29 Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon
79% matchMixed70% of 315 reviews2018
Dev: Ronimo GamesPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 7.3 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 44.5%, Strategy 27.7%, Fantasy 5.9%, Funny 5.6%, Colorful 4.7%
- #30 Defend Your Life: TD
79% 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 23.1%, Tower Defense 19.6%, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Cartoony 7.8%, Strategy 7.1%
- #31 Iron Marines Invasion
77% matchMixed69% of 350 reviews2023
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 28.4% ★, RTS 27.9%, Real Time Tactics 19%, Strategy 6.4%, Cartoony 6.3%
- #32 Bees vs Zombees
76% matchVery Positive89% of 99 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 32.2%, Real Time Tactics 22.8%, Tower Defense 22.6%, Strategy 8.4%, Funny 5.2%
- #33 Dice 'n Goblins
75% matchVery Positive94% of 65 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 30.2%, Fantasy 25.7%, Cartoony 23.6%, Colorful 13.7%, Singleplayer 6.8%
- #34 Fantasy Town Regional Manager
77% matchVery Positive80% of 91 reviews2021
Dev: Caps Collective
Windows · Mac · Linux
Run a fantasy town for adventurers. Save it from monsters. Save it from itself. Watch it crumble to dust. Do it all again.
Why similar: Management 31.7%, Strategy 17.6%, Funny 15.1%, Fantasy 14.8%, Colorful 13%
- #35 Sunstone War
74% matchVery Positive100% of 52 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 25.2% ★, RTS 24.1%, Tower Defense 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.1%, Strategy 6.3%
- #36 Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,302 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 50.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Cartoony 8.2%, Difficult 7.6%, Fantasy 6.2%
- #37 HYPERNOVA: Escape from Hadea
76% 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 36.2%, Tower Defense 26.9%, Management 15.2%, Strategy 9.2%, Top-Down 8.2%
- #38 PAGO FOREST: TOWER DEFENSE
75% matchVery Positive87% of 89 reviews2020
Dev: FuturtechPub: Nova's Army
Windows
Flora, a former leader of Nova's army, is back in service. Still alive baal the necromancer contaminates the pago lands with his evil power. Flora's mission is to build a large army and recover power artifacts to annihilate her enemies. In her quest she will need you! Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: RTS 31.3%, Tower Defense 22.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, Resource Management 11.4%, Strategy 8.2%
- #39 Refence
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 140 reviews2025
Dev: Muurou Tech
Windows · Mac · Linux
Refence is a roguelite based idle defense game, where you can choose heroes and their traits, upgrade your castle, and manage resources to fend off enemies from the Demon Realm who are trying to attack your castle.
Why similar: Clicker 25%, Tower Defense 24.2%, Management 16.8%, Strategy 8.5%, Funny 6.6%
- #40 Relic Guardian - Tower Defense
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 914 reviews2025
Dev: Mystrigger
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
"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 36.3%, Cartoony 14.8%, Strategy 14.4%, Fantasy 10.3%, Funny 8%
- #41 Tower Lords
73% matchMixed47% of 104 reviews2025
Dev: Final Arcade
Windows
Become a Tower Lord! Build and upgrade your tower in this incremental idle game. Fight off the forces of the Dark Lord, conquer new lands, and challenge his dominion with the power of your dragon.
Why similar: Clicker 31.8%, Resource Management 21.8%, Management 13.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Fantasy 8.6%
- #42 Grab The Goblins!
71% matchVery Positive94% of 52 reviews2023
Dev: nobones
Windows
Grab The Goblins! is a cute hidden object game where you need to find tiny goblins to stop them running amok!
Why similar: Hand-drawn 37.4%, Fantasy 20.2%, Funny 15%, Colorful 12.5%, Casual 6.6%
- #43 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 38.3%, Cartoony 20.2%, Top-Down 11.2%, Colorful 10.1%, Fantasy 7.5%
- #44 Fortify
73% 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 59.8%, Strategy 33.8%, Indie 6.4%
- #45 Ooglians
72% matchMixed65% of 254 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 30.4%, Tower Defense 25.8%, Hand-drawn 11.6%, Strategy 8.4%, Cartoony 6.5%
- #46 Land of the Mage Lords
71% 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 32.9%, Tower Defense 32.5%, Strategy 14.3%, Fantasy 5.4%, Colorful 4.9%
- #47 Trolls vs Vikings: Reborn
70% 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 31.7%, Strategy 13.2%, Cartoony 12.3%, Hand-drawn 11.9%, Fantasy 6.9%
- #48 Grumpy Gaffer
69% matchVery Positive94% of 123 reviews2024
Dev: RC Games Studio
Windows
Join Mr. Gaffer on his mission to protect the peace of his home in this dynamic strategy game. Test your wits and reflexes as you face intense waves of enemies, and compete in thrilling mini-games against other players.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.7%, Cartoony 17.4%, Strategy 17.1%, Funny 9.8%, 2D 3.9%
- #49 Goblin Sushi
67% matchVery Positive92% of 324 reviews2026
Dev: Old Cake FactoryPub: Metaroot
Windows · Mac · Linux
A goblin as a sushi chef? Why not! But hurry up rent is due in minutes! Upgrade the restaurant, the menu and your ingredients to feed your fellow goblins the best and most expensive sushi any goblin can find in the cave!
Why similar: Resource Management 57.9%, Strategy 28%, 2D 8.9%, Singleplayer 5.3%
- #50 Bean Beasts
68% matchVery Positive89% of 116 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 43.1%, Strategy 15.5%, Top-Down 14.4%, Fantasy 9.1%, Colorful 7.3%
- #51 Touhou Monster TD ~ 幻想乡妖怪塔防
69% matchVery Positive91% of 986 reviews2021
Dev: MyACG Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 25.1% ★, RTS 21.9%, Real Time Tactics 16.7%, Tower Defense 15.5%, Strategy 5.6%
- #52 Beetle Uprising
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 98 reviews2020
Dev: Iocane Games, LLCPub: Disco Slug
Windows
Collect, raise and breed an army of beetles to rise up and lay claim to the abandoned lot! The game features a complex genetics simulation and real-time tactics missions with a full campaign.
Why similar: RTS 27.7%, Real Time Tactics 25.6%, Management 19.2%, Resource Management 13.4%, Strategy 7.7%
- #53 Goblin Defenders: Steel‘n’ Wood
71% matchMixed69% of 148 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 54.8%, Strategy 33.4%, Casual 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%, Indie 1.4%
- #54 Demon Castle Story
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 142 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.2%, Strategy 25.4%, Top-Down 8%, Casual 7.6%, Colorful 6.1%
- #55 Guardener
68% matchVery Positive84% of 146 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 40.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 26.3%, Strategy 10.9%, Fantasy 5.2%, Colorful 5.1%
- #56 Guardians of Holme
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 164 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 29.1%, Tower Defense 25.6%, Real Time Tactics 16.6%, Strategy 15.3%, Hand-drawn 6.3%
- #57 Artisan TD
65% matchVery Positive89% of 2,252 reviews2024
Dev: 4rtisansPub: Unexpected
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Artisan TD is a puzzle-oriented Tower Defense game where you must survive by building mazes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.6%, Real Time Tactics 20.7%, Difficult 20.1%, Strategy 10.3%, Management 9.1%
- #58 Army of Pixels
69% 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 83.5%, Indie 16.5%
- #59 War of Dots
63% matchVery Positive82% of 4,056 reviews2026
Dev: TeaAndPython
Windows
Easy to learn, hard to master. A simple & free RTS game.
Why similar: RTS 40%, Real Time Tactics 28.5%, Strategy 18.3%, Top-Down 7.2%, 2D 2.5%
- #60 Buggos
65% matchVery Positive88% of 1,349 reviews2022
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Lead your hive to victory in 'Buggos', an RTS Auto Battler! Customize your swarm with 120+ evolutions and conquer humanity. Strategy meets bug chaos!
Why similar: RTS 37.6%, Management 25.8%, Resource Management 15.3%, Strategy 13.6%, 2D 2.9%