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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Tower Defense, Action, Strategy, 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 264 reviews
Released: 2020-03-13
Developer: 100Hr Games Inc
Genres: Action, Adventure, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    97% matchMostly Positive79% of 107 reviews2026
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    A Tower Defense hybrid where survival depends on strategy and firepower. Build turrets, mine resources, and hold the line against relentless AI swarms. Switch instantly between commanding the battlefield in RTS view or fighting on the ground in FPS combat.

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  2. #2 SENTRY
    96% matchVery Positive82% of 893 reviews2024
    Dev: Fireblade Software
    Windows
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    SENTRY is an action-defense first person shooter where you defend your spaceship against invading aliens. Plot an escape route through hostile space and battle the enemy across your vessel with the support of traps, turrets and environmental destruction.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 40.6%, FPS 13.9%, Strategy 12.5%, Survival 10.3%, Sci-fi 10.3%

  3. #3 Artificial Defense
    96% matchVery Positive82% of 210 reviews2016
    Dev: Thiemo Bolder, ONEMANGAMES
    Windows
    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 32.5%, Action 17.1%, Indie 13.6%

  4. #4 Taur
    95% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,099 reviews2020
    Dev: Echo Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 61.1%, Strategy 17.7%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Action 7%, Indie 4.5%

  5. #5 Stellar Survivor
    94% matchMixed66% of 175 reviews2019
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    Windows

    Stranded on an alien planet, you must defend your Powercore! Use your weapons to fight hordes of alien enemies and strategically use traps in this new FPS tower-defense survival game!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 37.6%, Strategy 16.3%, Survival 9.8%, Action 9.6%, FPS 8.6%

  6. #6 Dig or Die
    94% matchVery Positive90% of 4,273 reviews2018
    Dev: Gaddy Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 31.4%, Survival 20%, Sandbox 18.2%, Strategy 10.2%, RPG 6.3%

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    93% matchMostly Positive72% of 299 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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    91% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,280 reviews2023
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.

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    91% matchVery Positive95% of 73 reviews2015
    Dev: Ville Mönkkönen
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 36%

    You have crash-landed on Notrium. Your food supplies are running low, and a pack of predatory aliens have your scent. You're out of bullets for your pistol, your only weapon a handful of rocks. A freezing night is setting in, and you are desperately looking for firewood. Can you survive?

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  10. #10 Abyss Raiders: Uncharted
    92% matchMixed41% of 179 reviews2015
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    Windows
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    Abyss Raiders: Uncharted is an action tower defence game, set in a future where robots are the dominant species in the universe. You will need to survive waves of fierce enemies whilst searching for the ancient ruins that have the power to prevent the second apocalypse.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 42.6%, Strategy 29.5%, Action 11%, Adventure 9.8%, Indie 7.1%

  11. #11 Block Fortress 2
    89% matchVery Positive82% of 265 reviews2025
    Dev: Foursaken Media
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    Choose a planet, build your fortress, and prepare for war. Arm yourself with powerful weapons, deploy troops, and defend your stronghold against relentless attacks. In this action-packed block-builder, survival is earned, and only the strongest will remain.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 43.7%, FPS 17.3%, Sandbox 13.5%, Action 10.8%, First-Person 5.8%

  12. #12 FortressCraft Evolved!
    90% matchMostly Positive72% of 3,058 reviews2015
    Dev: ProjectorGamesPub: Digital Tribe
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    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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  13. #13 Minimalist Tower Defense
    88% matchVery Positive95% of 1,790 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%

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    Windows · Mac

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  15. #15 LIFE EFFECT Survival
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    Windows
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    Windows
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows

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    Windows
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    Windows

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  36. #36 Alien Marauder
    75% matchMixed63% of 341 reviews2021
    Dev: Vexan Studio
    Windows

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    72% matchMostly Positive73% of 534 reviews2026
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    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Tower Defense 38.4%, RPG 12%, Strategy 11.6%, Survival 11.2%, Resource Management 11.1%

  38. #38 Pixel Gladiator
    74% matchVery Positive82% of 455 reviews2017
    Dev: Flying Islands Team
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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    71% matchMostly Positive79% of 702 reviews2025
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Why similar: Tower Defense 45.3%, Strategy 14.1%, Survival 12.7%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Adventure 7.3%

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    70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,226 reviews2024
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    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%

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    73% matchMostly Positive74% of 54 reviews2018
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    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Tower Defense 31.2%, Strategy 21.2%, Action 13%, Survival 10.4%, Indie 9.2%

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    72% matchMixed66% of 58 reviews2020
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    Windows

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    73% matchMixed46% of 148 reviews2021
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    Windows

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    74% matchMostly Negative40% of 544 reviews2016
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    68% matchMostly Positive80% of 93 reviews2026
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    Windows

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    71% matchMixed66% of 450 reviews2019
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    70% matchMixed54% of 99 reviews2022
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    69% matchMostly Positive80% of 144 reviews2021
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    64% matchVery Positive86% of 12,107 reviews2025
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    Windows
    Median: 18.2 hrsMean: 35.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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    71% matchMixed49% of 851 reviews2019
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    Windows
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    68% matchVery Positive83% of 9,298 reviews2019
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  52. #52 Outpost: Infinity Siege
    66% matchMixed65% of 13,600 reviews2024
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  53. #53 Towerful Defense: Prologue
    67% matchVery Positive88% of 75 reviews2024
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    70% matchMixed56% of 82 reviews2019
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    Windows · Mac

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    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    67% matchMixed57% of 129 reviews2024
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    Windows

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    69% matchMixed45% of 69 reviews2017
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    Median: 54 minMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 47%

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    65% matchMostly Positive76% of 391 reviews2023
    Dev: New Horizon Games
    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 17.9%, Adventure 14.7%, Sci-fi 12.5%, First-Person 9.4%

  59. #59 Iridio
    63% matchVery Positive88% of 109 reviews2026
    Dev: KR Games
    Windows

    Seized by criminals, the island designated for your research needs your help. Join Yatziri and the Wazhari tribe to liberate their hostages, explore hidden secrets, craft essential items and weapons, and strategically use fire and water in challenging puzzles and life-or-death battles for survival.

    Why similar: FPS 29.6%, Survival 19.9%, Action 17.2%, Adventure 15.7%, First-Person 15%

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