- #1 Legendary Hoplite: Arachne’s Trial
97% matchMostly Positive76% of 263 reviews2024
Dev: TripleBricksGamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Legendary Hoplite: Arachne’s Trial is a combination of Tower Defense and Action RPG. Upgrade your army, get the best gear, and craft unique strategies across 10 levels. Face Arachne, and seamlessly transfer progress to the main game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 15.3%, Action RTS 14.6% ★, Hack and Slash 10.3%, Action RPG 9.4%, Real Time Tactics 8.7%
- #2 Legendary Hoplite
96% matchMixed65% of 381 reviews2024
Dev: TripleBricksGamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 62%
A combination of Action RPG and Tower Defense: slay monsters, find weapons, upgrade your armies, defend your base… Prevent humanity from extinction at the hands of monsters from Greek mythology and ancient tribes. Don't let them cross the gate, commander!
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.3%, Real Time Tactics 13.5%, Hack and Slash 13.5%, Action RPG 11.7%, Tactical 10.8%
- #3 World Crafter TD: Prologue
96% matchMostly Positive73% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 52%
A highly addictive survival crafting tower defense game! Gather, craft, build turrets, shoot guns, and expand the land to defend against waves of enemies! The prologue for the full game, World Crafter TD!
Why similar: Tower Defense 71.4%, Strategy 13.9%, Adventure 7.1%, Base Building 7.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #4 Age of Defense: Prehistory
95% 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 38.6%, Tactical 20.8%, Strategy 10%, Cartoony 7.4%, RPG 6.2%
- #5 Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue
94% matchVery Positive93% of 1,553 reviews2020
Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 32%
Gladiator Guild Manager: Prologue is a battle sim about managing your own Gladiator Guild in an epic fantasy world. Build and run your own guild, hire and train gladiators, develop unique tactics, manage resources, compete for the rank in the arena, and much more.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 30.3%, Management 20.7%, RPG 14%, Strategy 14%, Cartoony 8.9%
- #6 Dwerve: Prologue
94% matchVery Positive92% of 628 reviews2021
Dev: Half Human Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Begin your apprenticeship as Dwerve! Tinker with a couple of the turrets! Meet your companions! Learn the basic strategies and tactics of turret-based combat. Hone your tower-defense dungeon-crawling skills so you're ready for the full game!
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.2%, Tactical RPG 14.6%, Action RPG 12.7%, Hack and Slash 11.1%, Tactical 11%
- #7 Legacy of Defense - Prologue
92% matchVery Positive82% of 585 reviews2024
Dev: Enter the Game Studios
Windows
Become the hero of a fantasy world and defend against monsters! 'Legacy of Defense - Prologue' is the intro to the innovative game 'Legacy of Defense' combining side-scrolling action and deck-building. Collect cards, use skills, gain experience, upgrade, and defeat the final boss!
Why similar: Tower Defense 65.9%, Strategy 16.8%, Hack and Slash 6.7%, Fantasy 6.6%, 2D 3.9%
- #8 Sunstone War
91% 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 20.8% ★, Tower Defense 19.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Tactical RPG 11.2%, Action RPG 10.8%
- #9 Towerful Defense: Prologue
91% matchVery Positive88% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A tower defense action roguelike where you control a single tower to fight against hordes of aliens coming from all directions. Pick your tower, equip up to 4 skills, and choose from a variety of traits and items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.9%, Action RTS 28.2% ★, Action RPG 16.1%, RPG 8.7%, Strategy 8.3%
- #10 Chrysalis
88% matchVery Positive85% of 119 reviews2024
Dev: Metamorph Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defend your Chrysalis from growing hordes of monsters in this hybrid game that combines elements of tower defense, survival, and roguelike RPGs. Explore procedurally generated levels, possess and control animals, and grow deadly gardens. How far can you get before the next wave of monsters?
Why similar: Tower Defense 51.8%, Mythology 13.8%, RPG 13.7%, Strategy 11.6%, 2D 4.5%
- #11 Legendary Knight
89% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: Oki AkiPub: Oki Game Lab
Windows
The enemy is invading your lands, and only the Legendary Knight, the king himself, can rally his forces to stand against them. As both ruler and commander, you must lead your army, fortify defenses, and push back relentless waves of invaders to safeguard your kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.7%, Real Time Tactics 17.3%, Hack and Slash 17.2%, Action RPG 14.1%, Tactical 10.8%
- #12 Defense Of Greece TD
89% matchMixed68% of 93 reviews2016
Dev: First Games InteractivePub: First Games Interactive
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 69.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Ancient Greece under siege. Steam engines roar, bronze towers rise, and waves of soldiers and machines march against you.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.3%, Tactical 21.1%, Strategy 10%, Cartoony 8.1%, Action 5.2%
- #13 Endlanders : First Encounter
86% matchMostly Positive79% of 220 reviews2022
Dev: Eteros Studios
Windows · Linux
Median: 30 minMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 28%
Build your deck, glitch through enemies, translate unknown languages and decipher the mysteries of this universe, in this grid-based real time combat indie game. This version features only one playable character and serves as the prologue for the game.
Why similar: Action RPG 51.4%, RPG 27.7%, Action 12.7%, 2D 8.3%
- #14 Heldric - The legend of the shoemaker
87% matchMixed66% of 58 reviews2014
Dev: Astral Byte Ltd.
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Heldric is a unique blend of hack-n-slash and tower defense rolled into one. Build and upgrade structures to defend against waves of monsters intent on killing everyone. Fight goblins, orcs, spiders, trolls and more. Do you have what it takes to survive?
Why similar: Tower Defense 58.7%, Hack and Slash 28.1%, Action 8.7%, Fantasy 4.4%
- #15 Tempest Tower
83% matchVery Positive93% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Half Past Yellow
Windows
Tempest Tower is an action packed tower defense platformer where you must brawl with incoming hordes of Creepers while herding the local critters to safety. Build, fight, upgrade, overcome.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.5%, Action RTS 29.9% ★, Hack and Slash 16%, Strategy 8.1%, Cartoony 6.5%
- #16 The Riftbreaker: Prologue
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 4,121 reviews2020
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 48%
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.4%, Hack and Slash 26.2%, Action RPG 23.1%, Strategy 7.4%, Base Building 4.6%
- #17 Trial Of Empires TD
85% matchMostly Positive69% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Mustafa YILMAZER
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trial of Empires TD, is a Free to Play 3D tower defense game. Pick your ally and build your strategy with different combinations. Compete with other players on the Leaderboards with Single-Player or CO-OP game modes
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.5%, Tactical RPG 26.1%, Tactical 14.5%, Strategy 10.1%, Action 7.3%
- #18 Hollow Survivors: Prologue
82% matchVery Positive93% of 536 reviews2024
Dev: Danny DeerPub: Games Incubator
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version. Battle through hordes of horrific creatures as you hack and slash your way to the top of the Tower in this rogue-like dungeon crawler game. Choose from a variety of upgrades, new weapons, and save the Tower.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 39.7%, Action RPG 35.4%, RPG 16.7%, Adventure 5%, 2D 3.1%
- #19 Lock's Quest
86% matchMixed43% of 141 reviews2017
Dev: Digital ContinuePub: HandyGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build Defenses and Battle against the Clockwork horde in this 2D Action RPG / Tower Defense hybrid. Experience a gripping story, which unfolds as you progress through 75 Days of warfare, aided by a collection of turrets, traps and special attacks.
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.9%, RPG 22.2%, Strategy 19.6%, Fantasy 3.4%, Action 3.1%
- #20 Crystal Guardians Prologue
82% matchVery Positive93% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Green Pine Studios
Windows
Crystal Guardians prologue (small slice of the full game) is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Fight off waves and defend the base crystal. Gear up your towers with a powerful combination of items for your personal strategy. In a procedural map, find hidden powers and conquer the enemy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 62.4%, Strategy 15.7%, Cartoony 12.2%, Base Building 4.9%, Fantasy 4.6%
- #21 Legacy of Defense
80% matchMostly Positive79% of 430 reviews2025
Dev: Enter the Game Studios
Windows
Become the hero who protects the fantasy world and stop the monster invasion! 'Legacy of Defense' combines defense with deck-building. Build your deck, use powerful skills, gain experience, upgrade, clear stages, and defeat the final boss. Ready to test your strategy and luck?
Why similar: Tower Defense 55.7%, Hack and Slash 21.2%, Strategy 13.4%, Fantasy 5.4%, 2D 3.8%
- #22 HELLCARD: Prologue
81% matchVery Positive87% of 388 reviews2023
Dev: Thing TrunkPub: Skystone Games
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 44%
HELLCARD: Prologue lets you try the main game's Singleplayer and Multiplayer modes. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other gamers in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!
Why similar: RPG 41.5%, Strategy 34.2%, Fantasy 13.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #23 Dwerve
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 551 reviews2022
Dev: Half Human Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
An epic action-adventure with tower defense combat! Dungeon crawl through a ruined kingdom, fending off hordes with turrets and traps! Punch them into pits! Pull them into spinblades! Zap and burn them!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.5%, Tactical RPG 14.6%, Action RPG 13%, Hack and Slash 11%, Tactical 10.5%
- #24 Spirits of the Hellements - TD
79% matchVery Positive93% of 338 reviews2022
Dev: Hippo Rider Games
Windows
Assemble legendary Spirits and defend against the endless hordes of Hell. A tower defense where you must shape the battlefield and create a maze using the three Hellements. Use Fire, Lightning, and Wind tiles to trap your enemies, or augment your defenses.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.9%, Tactical 17.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.6%, Strategy 11%, Cartoony 5.3%
- #25 Throbax TD
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 50 reviews2022
Dev: Unterrainer Informatik OG
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Throbax TD is the "Tower Defense" game you are looking for: Help Ughlar fight his way through 50 levels, buy over 100 upgrades and get all of the 50+ achievements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.5%, Action RTS 24.6% ★, Tactical RPG 22.1%, RPG 8.4%, Strategy 8.2%
- #26 Monster Tiles TD: Tower Wars
77% matchVery Positive82% of 496 reviews2024
Dev: Swell Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Free Tower Defense game with unique roguelike elements. Custom base building mechanics allow you to create your own base and maze with tiles earned after each wave. Unleash a variety of monsters, each with its own evolution path and unique skills, and evolve them into legendary creatures.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.9%, Tactical RPG 24.3%, Tactical 12.4%, Strategy 10.9%, Management 9.6%
- #27 Yokai Art: Survival Prologue
78% matchVery Positive95% of 60 reviews2023
Dev: Secret Labo
Windows
Strategically position units on a chess-based battlefield, defending territories while earning roguelike upgrade-items for leveling up. Discover over 30 unique equipment pieces that modify units, allowing for exciting customization and ensuring endless excitement and replayability.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.6%, Real Time Tactics 29.1%, Strategy 11.1%, Action 5.4%, Cartoony 5%
- #28 Acid Planet
77% matchMostly Positive80% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Adam Travers
Windows
Acid Planet is a caustic blend of horde-survival, tower-defense and strategy. Build, fight and evolve to survive against rampaging swarms of monsters and fearsome Kaiju.
Why similar: Action RTS 41.9% ★, Tower Defense 40.2%, Strategy 10%, Base Building 4%, 2D 3.5%
- #29 PolyCore Defense
76% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: TorksGame
Windows
PolyCore Defense is a tower defense game where you have to raise your defenses in order to defend your core. Build unique turrets, upgrade them with special effects and use abilities to survive waves of enemies that are trying to destroy your core!
Why similar: Tower Defense 54.3%, Tactical 13.8%, Strategy 13.6%, Management 8.1%, Action 5.9%
- #30 Relic Guardian - Tower Defense
72% 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 41.3%, Tactical 20.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Cartoony 10.5%, Fantasy 6.1%
- #31 Pixel Survivors : Roguelike
75% matchVery Positive81% of 468 reviews2023
Dev: Amrita
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 73%
A rogue-lite game where you must face hundreds of monsters with increasingly difficult bosses that strong enough to take you down. Choose your abilities, build your favorite combat style, become stronger and survive as long as you can!
Why similar: RPG 31.7%, Action RPG 31.4%, Action 13.1%, 2D 8.8%, Fantasy 7.3%
- #32 Artisan TD
72% matchVery Positive87% of 2,400 reviews2024
Dev: 4rtisansPub: Unexpected
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Artisan TD is a puzzle-oriented Tower Defense game where you must survive by building mazes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.9%, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Tactical 18.6%, Strategy 10.7%, Management 6.3%
- #33 Defend the Rook
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 243 reviews2021
Dev: One Up PlusPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.2%, Tactical RPG 24.5%, Tactical 18.3%, RPG 9.7%, Strategy 8.4%
- #34 Fortify
76% 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: Strategy 67.5%, Action 32.5%
- #35 Castle Of Alchemists
70% matchVery Positive83% of 744 reviews2025
Dev: Team Machiavelli
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Defend your castle in this fast-paced tower defense/action hybrid game with stunning pixel art graphics! Play as alchemically enhanced warrior Bellator, set traps, build towers, craft powerful weapons, and defend your home! The fate of the castle lies in your hands!
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.7%, Real Time Tactics 17%, Action RPG 17%, Tactical 14.2%, RPG 7.1%
- #36 The Territory of Egg
71% 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: Tower Defense 63.3%, Strategy 16.5%, Cartoony 13.1%, Fantasy 6.3%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #37 Last Stand: Defense
70% matchVery Positive84% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: ZiiTech Games
Windows · Mac
"Last Stand:Defense" is a tower defense-themed Rogue-like game. Players need to defend against waves of enemies by building bases, matching talents, and performing delicate operations during battles. Remember, every choice you make will affect the final outcome of the battle!
Why similar: Tower Defense 60%, Strategy 17.1%, Tactical 14%, Fantasy 8%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #38 Firebase Defence
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Rasmus Agergaard
Windows
Firebase Defence is a new spin on the traditional tower defence gameplay. You have to defend yourself from the waves upon waves of incoming enemies. You are free to build, place and manage your available resources and units in any way you want. But failing to balance those will result in defeat!
Why similar: Tower Defense 44%, Strategy 16%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Tactical 11.4%, Action 8.6%
- #39 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,788 reviews2018
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.9%, Tactical 17.7%, Strategy 9.6%, Cartoony 7.4%, RPG 5.8%
- #40 Rift Riff
68% matchVery Positive96% of 376 reviews2025
Dev: Adriaan de Jongh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world. A strategic mix of juicy tower loadouts, varied monster behaviors, and forgiving mechanics.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.6%, Action RTS 25.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 16.9%, Strategy 9%, Action 4%
- #41 Tower of Babel: Survivors of Chaos
67% matchMixed68% of 6,013 reviews2026
Dev: NANOO
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 19.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Battle hordes of monsters, acquire new skills, and upgrade your abilities. Customize your build with hundreds of item combinations and reach the top to fulfill your deepest desires. Conquer the tower in this thrilling roguelite hack and slash survivors game!
Why similar: Hack and Slash 48.9%, Action RPG 24.4%, Action 10.1%, Fantasy 8.8%, 2D 6.5%
- #42 Northend Tower Defense
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,417 reviews2024
Dev: Northend Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!
Why similar: Action RTS 26.4% ★, Tower Defense 25.2%, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Tactical 12.6%, Management 8.4%
- #43 Hell Warders
74% matchMixed56% of 171 reviews2019
Dev: Anti Gravity Game StudiosPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Face the gates of Hell in a fusion of third-person action, RPG and Tower Defence. Repel the demons alone or in co-op by building defences. Upgrade powerful units to help you in battle, before jumping into the fight yourself, with an arsenal of skills and weapons to rip apart the oncoming swarm.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.5%, Action RPG 21.2%, RPG 12.8%, Strategy 11.1%, Action 6%
- #44 Arcane Tower Survivors
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 96 reviews2025
Dev: Red Horde Games
Windows
Survive waves of enemies in this horde survival roguelite. Unleash devastating spells, master unique skills, and craft unstoppable builds. Between battles, fortify your tower and unlock powerful upgrades in a strategic meta-game. Will your magic outlast the chaos?
Why similar: Action 35.8%, 2D 25.8%, Adventure 24.7%, Fantasy 9.6%, Singleplayer 4%
- #45 Monsters are Coming!
66% matchVery Positive80% of 2,489 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.1%, Hack and Slash 31.9%, Strategy 11.1%, Action 6.5%, Base Building 4.6%
- #46 Nordhold
66% matchVery Positive87% of 3,149 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.6%, Management 15.4%, Tactical 14.7%, Strategy 12.4%, RPG 7.5%
- #47 IDUN Prologue - Frontline Survival
68% matchVery Positive89% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: IDUN InteractivePub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Step into the arena with IDUN: Prologue, a thrilling slice of our full-length defense RTS where real-time strategy meets rogue-lite chaos. Fight your way through unique mission objectives with overwhelming swarms of enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.6%, Real Time Tactics 18.8%, Tactical RPG 18.4%, Strategy 12.1%, Base Building 3.4%
- #48 Gods Of Defense
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Blue Math
Windows
Tower Defense Rogue-like. Defend a temple on a procedural map with variety of towers. Craft your strategy through Boon and Curse cards. With every run earn faith to upgrade the weapons. Many progression paths keep you engaged and entertained without getting stuck.
Why similar: Tower Defense 52%, Action RTS 26.2% ★, Strategy 12.9%, Management 6.5%, Base Building 1.8%
- #49 Defence to death
73% matchMixed55% of 275 reviews2017
Dev: Laush Dmitriy SergeevichPub: Laush Studio
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 92%
"Defence to death" - game in genre "Tower Defence". Defend Your castle from monster! Show Your's strength and wisdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 58.5%, Real Time Tactics 20.7%, Strategy 16.6%, Base Building 3.2%, Singleplayer 1%
- #50 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: Tower Defense 41.7%, Real Time Tactics 18.5%, Strategy 17.8%, Tactical 10%, Adventure 6%
- #51 Border Pioneer
65% matchVery Positive87% of 1,822 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!
Why similar: Tower Defense 60.1%, Strategy 15.4%, Fantasy 7%, Action 6.9%, Base Building 5.7%
- #52 Rogue Monster Rush
63% matchVery Positive97% of 234 reviews2026
Dev: Ghost Vibes LLC
Windows
A unique Tower Defense game featuring Monster Collecting and Roguelike mechanics. Hatch, upgrade, and command a party of monster defenders, while unleashing player spells, to defend your base from the hordes of invading robots.
Why similar: Tower Defense 95.9%, Strategy 4.1%
- #53 Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
67% 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 55.7%, Tactical 14.4%, Strategy 9.5%, Cartoony 5.6%, Fantasy 3.6%
- #54 Goblin Defenders: Steel‘n’ Wood
71% 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 62.5%, Strategy 27.2%, Adventure 9.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%