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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Tower Defense, Strategy, Action, Singleplayer.

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You have 9 days to find a safe place on the planet. Your ship is low on fuel and you have to land. Setup sentry guns around you to defend yourself while you collect more fuel for the ship. AI controlled Drones and Tanks attack you trying to find weaknesses in your defenses.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 76% — of 262 reviews
Released: 2020-03-13
Developer: 100Hr Games Inc
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%

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  2. #2 Artificial Defense
    96% matchVery Positive82% of 210 reviews2016
    Dev: Thiemo Bolder, ONEMANGAMES
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    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Artificial Defense is a one man made, real time strategy game combining orbital shooter and tower defense components within an electrifying, virtual reality setting. You are the machine, a mighty computer-system defending its servers against swarms of intruding creeps.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 36.8%, Strategy 32.7%, Action 16.8%, Indie 13.7%

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    96% matchMixed66% of 175 reviews2019
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    Windows

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    95% matchVery Positive90% of 4,268 reviews2018
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    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    94% matchMostly Positive73% of 292 reviews2025
    Dev: BruceGalaxy
    Windows

    Desperate Place is a strategic tower defense game where you play as a crew member who wakes up early on a damaged colonization starship. Stranded on an unknown planet, you must gather resources, repair the ship, and defend against alien monsters to survive and escape.

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    93% matchMixed42% of 175 reviews2015
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    89% matchVery Positive95% of 1,706 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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  12. #12 FortressCraft Evolved!
    90% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,055 reviews2015
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.

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    87% matchVery Positive89% of 243 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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    82% matchMixed43% of 1,964 reviews2017
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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Windows

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    Windows
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    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 671 reviews2025
    Dev: IDUN InteractivePub: Surefire.Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    76% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2018
    Dev: Ominous Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    73% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,264 reviews2023
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    75% matchVery Positive82% of 455 reviews2017
    Dev: Flying Islands Team
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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    Why similar: Tower Defense 45.6%, Action 12.9%, Survival 10.9%, Sci-fi 10.4%, Difficult 9.7%

  40. #40 AI: Rampage
    77% matchMostly Negative39% of 541 reviews2016
    Dev: Sekerin ProductionsPub: New Reality Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    74% matchMixed67% of 57 reviews2020
    Dev: Arcane Games
    Windows

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    Why similar: Tower Defense 42.7%, Strategy 13.2%, Resource Management 12.7%, Survival 11.3%, Difficult 7.8%

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    72% matchMixed66% of 448 reviews2019
    Dev: Stardock Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%

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    Why similar: Tower Defense 60.5%, Strategy 17.8%, Sci-fi 13%, Action 8.7%

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    69% matchMixed66% of 13,528 reviews2024
    Dev: Team RangerPub: Lightning Games
    Windows
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    69% matchVery Positive88% of 75 reviews2024
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    71% matchMixed54% of 99 reviews2022
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    Windows

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    72% matchMixed47% of 147 reviews2021
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    Windows

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    70% matchMostly Positive80% of 144 reviews2021
    Dev: Fly Penguin inc.
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Tower Defense 50.1%, Strategy 16.6%, Resource Management 14.6%, Survival 10.4%, Indie 6.6%

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    71% matchMixed49% of 846 reviews2019
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    Windows
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    67% matchVery Positive92% of 4,073 reviews2017
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    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

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    68% matchMixed56% of 128 reviews2024
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    65% matchMixed64% of 718 reviews2025
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    Why similar: Tower Defense 65.8%, Strategy 19.3%, Survival 13%, Singleplayer 2%

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    70% matchMixed46% of 68 reviews2017
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    Median: 54 minMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 47%

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    68% matchMixed65% of 95 reviews2020
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    Windows

    While searching for a new home, an unexpected failure in your ship has left you stranded on a planet surprisingly similar to Earth. Discover a vast open world, hunt for food, develop technologies, and build yourself a new home to survive!

    Why similar: Survival 35%, Sandbox 18%, Adventure 14.6%, Sci-fi 12.5%, First-Person 9.4%

  59. #59 Wall World
    63% matchVery Positive91% of 11,769 reviews2023
    Dev: Alawar
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 48.3%, Strategy 14.6%, Difficult 11.1%, Resource Management 9.8%, Sci-fi 8.7%

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