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Games Like Ash & Adam's Existential Treads

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Survival, Base Building, Tower Defense.

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  1. #1 Cluckmech Oasis
    97% matchVery Positive88% of 3,497 reviews2024
    Dev: BlackLightPub: Mammorize
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 32.1%, Top-Down Shooter 23.6%, Building 12.2%, Strategy 10%, Top-Down 7.5%

  2. #2 Border Pioneer
    96% 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: City Builder 30.1%, Tower Defense 30%, Base Building 18.1%, Strategy 8.6%, Top-Down 5.3%

  3. #3 Thronefall
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,974 reviews2024
    Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 31.6%, City Builder 28%, Base Building 10.6%, Strategy 8.9%, Building 7%

  4. #4 The Ember Guardian
    94% matchVery Positive83% of 201 reviews2026
    Dev: Ratbit GamesPub: Slug Disco
    Windows

    Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit and command workers to gather resources, build your camp and set up your defenses during the day. When night falls, fend off waves of deadly creatures with powerful, upgradable weapons.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 25.5%, City Builder 24.2%, Base Building 12.3%, Building 10.7%, Post-apocalyptic 7.6%

  5. #5 PolyCore Defense
    95% 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 35.7%, Strategy 9.9%, Top-Down 8.9%, Building 6.7%, Nature 6.1%

  6. #6 Monsters are Coming!
    92% 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 22.4%, City Builder 22.2%, Base Building 14.4%, Building 9.6%, Arcade 8.5%

  7. #7 HYPERNOVA: Escape from Hadea
    94% 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: City Builder 24.1%, Tower Defense 21.5%, Base Building 11.4%, Top-Down 6.5%, Exploration 6.4%

  8. #8 Post-Apo Builder
    93% matchMixed42% of 66 reviews2025
    Dev: Septarian GamesPub: PlayWay S.A.
    Windows

    Build your own city in a post-apocalyptic future. Scavenge and fight for resources, everything counts! Restore civilization on the ashes of the fallen world! Explore wastelands to gather resources, protect and take care of your people! Fight off raiders, wild tribesman and natural disasters.

    Why similar: City Builder 23.1%, Base Building 20.9%, Building 13.3%, Post-apocalyptic 12%, Top-Down 9.8%

  9. #9 FROM ASHES, BLOOM
    91% matchVery Positive93% of 748 reviews2024
    Dev: Screenshakes
    Windows · Linux

    A minimalist rogue-like tower defense where you protect Earth against humanity.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 37.6%, Nature 14.8%, Top-Down 11.3%, Stylized 9.4%, Colorful 8.7%

  10. #10 Acid Planet
    91% 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: Tower Defense 27.4%, Base Building 17.2%, Top-Down Shooter 15.4%, Building 9%, Top-Down 8%

  11. #11 Lumencraft
    90% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,273 reviews2023
    Dev: 2Dynamic GamesPub: Star Drifters
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 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.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 25.8%, Top-Down Shooter 19%, Base Building 17%, Exploration 8.9%, Strategy 7.8%

  12. #12 Surviving the Aftermath
    89% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,528 reviews2021
    Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.

    Why similar: City Builder 37.8%, Base Building 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 13.4%, Strategy 12.2%, Survival 7.3%

  13. #13 Last Outpost
    88% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 reviews2025
    Dev: Troyd Games
    Windows

    Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 32%, City Builder 31%, Base Building 17.7%, Strategy 9%, Stylized 6.3%

  14. #14 Block Tower TD
    89% matchVery Positive82% of 76 reviews2023
    Dev: MyDreamForever
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Block Tower TD is a roguelike tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Build a world out of blocks, choose random upgrades to make every run unique.

    Why similar: City Builder 28.6%, Tower Defense 27.3%, Base Building 10.2%, Strategy 8.8%, Management 6.4%

  15. #15 Ascent of Ashes
    87% matchMostly Positive70% of 298 reviews2025
    Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
    Windows

    A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs

    Why similar: City Builder 30.8%, Base Building 21%, Building 13.1%, Management 10.5%, Strategy 9.7%

  16. #16 Ash Warden
    86% matchMostly Positive74% of 101 reviews2026
    Dev: Mgfa StudioPub: Molter Games
    Windows

    Survive waves of enemies in Ash Warden, an incremental tower defense where you slowly become overpowered. Unlock new abilities, fight against powerful bosses, and evolve into an unstoppable force against the endless Redgaze hordes.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 39.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.5%, Management 11.4%, Strategy 10.6%, Top-Down 9.2%

  17. #17 Infection Free Zone
    84% matchVery Positive81% of 17,669 reviews2024
    Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
    Windows
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!

    Why similar: City Builder 33.7%, Base Building 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Strategy 9.1%, Management 8.6%

  18. #18 Desperate Place
    85% matchMostly Positive72% of 297 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.

    Why similar: City Builder 22.3%, Tower Defense 21.2%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Base Building 13.1%, Building 8.5%

  19. #19 Guardians of the Sanctree
    83% matchMostly Positive76% of 370 reviews2024
    Dev: HuCang Studio
    Windows

    You and allies, avian inhabitants of Sanctree City, build structures and production lines on the tree, crafting weapons to fend off subterranean insects. Defense is just the start—dig deeper, destroy nests, fortify new defenses against escalating threats for an impregnable stronghold.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 24.5%, City Builder 23.6%, Base Building 18.1%, Building 9.6%, Management 7.3%

  20. #20 After the Collapse
    84% matchMostly Positive78% of 209 reviews2022
    Dev: Anarkis Gaming
    Windows

    ATC is a base building game set in a post-apocalyptic world featuring urban environments. Build a base across several layers with dozens of survivors. Fight other factions for the control of the remaining production centers and explore the world to find long forgotten resources and technologies.

    Why similar: City Builder 28.1%, Base Building 20.9%, Management 10.2%, Post-apocalyptic 8.9%, Strategy 8.8%

  21. #21 Terra Nil
    82% matchVery Positive88% of 8,493 reviews2023
    Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.

    Why similar: City Builder 37.9%, Nature 17.8%, Strategy 13%, Procedural Generation 8.8%, Atmospheric 6.7%

  22. #22 Kingdom Eighties
    82% matchMostly Positive75% of 3,221 reviews2023
    Dev: Fury StudiosPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Kingdom Eighties is a short story-based standalone expansion set in the Kingdom universe. A rad adventure of micro-strategy and base building in vivid ‘80s neon. Defend your town against the mysterious Greed and discover the secrets of your family lineage!

    Why similar: City Builder 27.9%, Tower Defense 26.1%, Base Building 17.3%, Strategy 7.9%, Exploration 7.1%

  23. #23 Machine Mind
    81% matchMostly Positive74% of 484 reviews2026
    Dev: Chudo-Yudo GamesPub: Targem Games
    Windows · Mac

    Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 28.9%, Base Building 19.6%, Building 11.9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%, Management 8.7%

  24. #24 Minimalist Tower Defense
    80% matchVery Positive95% of 1,746 reviews2024
    Dev: Happy213
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies

    Why similar: Tower Defense 39%, Base Building 17.7%, Top-Down 11.3%, Strategy 10.8%, Post-apocalyptic 10%

  25. #25 Dream Engines: Nomad Cities
    81% matchMostly Positive73% of 618 reviews2024
    Dev: Suncrash
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 82%

    A survival city-building game with flying cities. Build, automate, and defend a flying city that travels between procedurally generated maps to survive in a wacky, nightmare-infested, post-apocalyptic world full of strange science and dreams.

    Why similar: City Builder 30.2%, Tower Defense 19.9%, Base Building 13.4%, Management 7.3%, Post-apocalyptic 7.1%

  26. #26 Settlement Survival
    78% matchVery Positive86% of 7,916 reviews2022
    Dev: Gleamer StudioPub: Team17
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    In this city-building game, you will lead a group of survivors in their search for a new home. Manipulate the landscape, manage limited supplies, plant crops, hunt wildlife, gather resources, and develop trade routes to build a bustling and unique town.

    Why similar: City Builder 39.5%, Building 14.1%, Base Building 11.7%, Management 9.9%, Survival 7%

  27. #27 Sporadic Spire
    79% matchVery Positive86% of 69 reviews2020
    Dev: Contamination Studios
    Windows

    Defeat hordes of enemies in this aesthetic tower defense game. The random terrain generation provides a beautiful environment and a unique experience every time you play.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 44.9%, Strategy 15.3%, Top-Down 11.6%, Action 8.6%, Building 6.6%

  28. #28 Cast Out Colony
    77% matchVery Positive94% of 79 reviews2025
    Dev: Wooshido
    Windows

    Cast Out Colony combines roguelite and bullet-heaven action with robust town-building elements. Choose from various characters, fight hordes of foes, and grow your colony, which in return grows your stats, offering a unique twist on the survival genre.

    Why similar: City Builder 36.2%, Base Building 18.4%, Top-Down 10.2%, Strategy 9.4%, Building 9%

  29. #29 Decision: Red Daze
    78% matchMostly Positive74% of 880 reviews2022
    Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 28.3%, Base Building 18.9%, Building 10.5%, Post-apocalyptic 10.2%, Top-Down 9%

  30. #30 BastionOS
    74% matchVery Positive98% of 117 reviews2026
    Dev: Feral Paw
    Windows · Mac

    A short active incremental game where you stack ludicrous weapons and upgrades onto a tower. Destroy a gigantic evolving horde, unlock new tech, repeat.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 38.7%, Arcade 16.8%, Management 13.3%, Top-Down 9.5%, Stylized 8.9%

  31. #31 Settlements Rising
    76% matchVery Positive81% of 426 reviews2025
    Dev: The Catalyst Crew
    Windows

    Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.

    Why similar: City Builder 32.3%, Tower Defense 13.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Building 9.7%, Strategy 8.2%

  32. #32 Project Rebearth
    75% matchMostly Positive73% of 174 reviews2026
    Dev: Program Sam
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A massive online multiplayer where everyone plays on an exact replica of planet earth. The game is set 1000 years into the future where you rebuild society. Grow your town, trade with other players, face challenges and discover the rich history of this suspiciously empty planet.

    Why similar: City Builder 32.3%, Base Building 12.2%, Building 10.4%, Strategy 10.1%, Top-Down 8.9%

  33. #33 Mini Settlers
    74% matchVery Positive84% of 652 reviews2025
    Dev: Knight Owl GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Mini Settlers is a minimalistic city builder! Settle islands, construct cities, and design efficient logistic networks to fulfill your buildings' needs and fuel population growth to adventure into new worlds.

    Why similar: City Builder 34.9%, Base Building 24.6%, Building 12.9%, Management 11.7%, Strategy 9.6%

  34. #34 Ragnorium
    77% matchMixed59% of 624 reviews2022
    Dev: Vitali KirpuPub: Devolver Digital
    Windows

    Lead a team of cloned settlers and build a home on a new planet. Start from the Stone Age, construct sturdy shelters, hunt for food, and fight off dangers. Make your team stronger and better equipped to survive.

    Why similar: City Builder 33.2%, Base Building 19.6%, Post-apocalyptic 13%, Survival 10.6%, Strategy 8.5%

  35. #35 Civitatem
    76% matchMixed63% of 133 reviews2022
    Dev: LW Games
    Windows

    Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.

    Why similar: City Builder 43.8%, Base Building 16.6%, Strategy 15.1%, Building 8.4%, Management 6.6%

  36. #36 Exodus Borealis
    75% matchVery Positive86% of 303 reviews2021
    Dev: Smug Marmot Studios
    Windows

    In this city builder and tower defense game, you will command a small band of ship wrecked colonists. Progress from struggling to survive the elements to a thriving kingdom that will smash the demon hordes that dare attack your settlement.

    Why similar: City Builder 33.5%, Tower Defense 33.2%, Building 14.7%, Strategy 10.7%, Survival 5.3%

  37. #37 Beacon of Neyda
    73% matchVery Positive90% of 52 reviews2025
    Dev: Ghost Creative Studio
    Windows · Linux

    In a world where a robot revolution failed, the last humans search for a way to survive and escape. Beacon of Neyda is a side-scrolling action-strategy game where you must survive waves of enemies while creating and upgrading your base as you explore a world in ruins.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 33.3%, Post-apocalyptic 14.2%, Strategy 12.4%, Building 10.6%, Exploration 7.3%

  38. #38 This Isn't Just Tower Defense
    73% matchMixed61% of 119 reviews2025
    Dev: Pri Games
    Windows

    Defend your base with placeable towers that can be upgraded endlessly. Automate your production and make sure there's enough power to keep everything running.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 49.9%, Strategy 13.3%, Top-Down 12.2%, Base Building 10%, Nature 6%

  39. #39 Tempest Tower
    72% 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 33.5%, Base Building 21.2%, Top-Down 10.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Stylized 9.1%

  40. #40 SteamWorld Build
    71% matchVery Positive84% of 2,156 reviews2023
    Dev: The StationPub: Thunderful Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%

    SteamWorld Build is a casual city-building and dungeon-management cross-over set in the SteamWorld Universe, where you build and manage a town on a dying planet. You'll need to balance resources, construction, and exploration to its depths to ensure your town's survival and eventual escape.

    Why similar: City Builder 38.4%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 12.1%, Management 10.8%, Strategy 8.5%

  41. #41 The Wandering Village
    69% matchVery Positive92% of 8,187 reviews2025
    Dev: Stray Fawn StudioPub: Stray Fawn Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?

    Why similar: City Builder 37.3%, Base Building 15%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Management 12.3%, Nature 8.7%

  42. #42 Outpost
    73% matchVery Positive87% of 790 reviews2020
    Dev: Open Mid Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%

    Outpost brings the perfect mix between survival and roguelite gameplay. Start the game in a randomly generated environment and try to adapt, and make it through as many nights as possible. How long can you survive?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 32.5%, Base Building 16.7%, Building 11.6%, Strategy 10%, Top-Down 9.8%

  43. #43 Bee Island
    70% matchVery Positive86% of 1,613 reviews2023
    Dev: Lemma Arts
    Windows
    Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    Take control of the hive and protect it from enemies. Build factories and defence, research technologies and, if necessary, use nuclear weapons, but do not let the enemies harm the queen!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 29.3%, City Builder 23.7%, Base Building 15.3%, Building 10.6%, Strategy 7.5%

  44. #44 Signal Zone
    69% matchMostly Positive79% of 84 reviews2026
    Dev: Norafox Studio
    Windows

    Defend your base against increasingly dangerous enemy waves each night in this minimalist survival strategy. Mine resources, build and repair defenses, and upgrade your structures, tools, and abilities to survive in this harsh world.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 36.4%, Base Building 22.3%, Strategy 15.8%, Post-apocalyptic 8.6%, Building 7%

  45. #45 After Inc: Revival
    69% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,271 reviews2025
    Dev: Ndemic Creations
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.

    Why similar: City Builder 35%, Base Building 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.3%, Building 9.1%, Management 8.1%

  46. #46 Rebirth evolution
    72% matchMixed63% of 136 reviews2023
    Dev: 异界游网络科技
    Windows

    2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.

    Why similar: City Builder 34%, Base Building 20.8%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Building 10%, Survival 8%

  47. #47 EcoGnomix
    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 293 reviews2024
    Dev: Irox GamesPub: Untold Tales
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    A quirky mix of roguelite and city builder. Build a lively little city above, by looting mystical caves with a team of gnomes below! Use multiple runs to unlock upgrades and abilities to help your gnomes venture deeper into the dangerous underground.

    Why similar: City Builder 38.2%, Base Building 20.2%, Building 14.5%, Strategy 10.5%, Procedural Generation 6.5%

  48. #48 The Last Haven
    71% matchMixed61% of 1,529 reviews2023
    Dev: Thunder Devs.
    Windows
    Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

    Why similar: Base Building 26.3%, City Builder 22.1%, Strategy 16%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Building 7.8%

  49. #49 Chrysalis
    68% 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 34.4%, Base Building 17.3%, Nature 12.1%, Top-Down 9.8%, Strategy 8.5%

  50. #50 Turtle Riders
    68% matchMostly Positive78% of 126 reviews2025
    Dev: Solenya
    Windows

    Ride giant turtles and aim your weapons at hordes of enemies chasing you while you gather as many resources as you can. Pick your upgrades carefully and create strong builds to survive the long road to the Outpost!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 51.4%, Survival 12.6%, Strategy 12.4%, Action 8.9%, Atmospheric 8.5%

  51. #51 Seeds of Resilience
    71% matchMixed70% of 367 reviews2019
    Dev: Subtle GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Ready to start anew? Build a village from scratch in Seeds of Resilience. Learn to choose the right items, understand nature's patterns, use real life-based constructions and craft techniques in this turn-based tycoon game.

    Why similar: City Builder 30.8%, Base Building 16.8%, Building 12.3%, Management 8.8%, Nature 8.7%

  52. #52 Until We Die
    70% matchMixed64% of 4,594 reviews2021
    Dev: Pixeye Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 26.6%, Base Building 20.1%, Strategy 10.2%, Building 9%, Post-apocalyptic 8.7%

  53. #53 Oxygen
    68% matchMostly Positive72% of 879 reviews2023
    Dev: Turquoise Revival GamesPub: GrabTheGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 79%

    Oxygen is a survival city builder. Build your city around the Oxygen Center and ensure your people's survival in a post-apocalyptic future, threatened by crack explosions, deadly winds, droughts and frosts. Lead your people and more importantly keep the Oxygen Center running!

    Why similar: City Builder 32.8%, Base Building 20.3%, Building 11.1%, Strategy 9.4%, Survival 7%

  54. #54 Rift Riff
    65% 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 39.7%, Base Building 22.4%, Strategy 10.6%, Post-apocalyptic 9.7%, Colorful 6.8%

  55. #55 Last Stand: Defense
    67% 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 35.7%, City Builder 29.6%, Building 15.1%, Strategy 11.3%, 3D 5.7%

  56. #56 City Defense Z
    65% matchMostly Positive77% of 312 reviews2025
    Dev: Good Mood Games
    Windows · Linux

    City Defense Z combines base-building and base defense in a roguelite progression loop. Build by day, defend by night, and face a growing zombie threat. Every defeat unlocks permanent upgrades, helping you rebuild smarter and push further each time. See how many days you can last.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 30.8%, Base Building 20%, Post-apocalyptic 11.6%, Management 10.6%, Strategy 9.2%

  57. #57 Gnomes
    63% 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 31.8%, City Builder 24.3%, Base Building 15%, Procedural Generation 7.4%, Strategy 6.8%

  58. #58 Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
    67% matchVery Positive86% of 2,031 reviews2015
    Dev: Northway Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.

    Why similar: City Builder 30.4%, Base Building 17%, Building 11.3%, Post-apocalyptic 11.1%, Strategy 9%

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