- #1 SHOOPER NOVA
97% matchVery Positive85% of 664 reviews2025
Dev: JamesikaPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Craft Your Ultimate Circular Fortress! Dive into SHOOPER NOVA, where you choose props and components to build a unique fortress. Unlock combos to shape your strategy and battle style. Become an unstoppable barrage machine and obliterate waves of enemies from all directions!
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.2%, Bullet Hell 23.7%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Strategy 10.7%, Space 8.5%
- #2 Astro Looter: Survivor
96% matchMixed70% of 432 reviews2024
Dev: Soda Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Explore alien planets to mine resources, kill alien insects, build defense turrets, and survive waves of insect attacks across the galactic frontier. Astro Looter combines elements of survival, roguelike, and tower defense in a top-down shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 32.6%, Tower Defense 24.6%, Action Roguelike 19.6%, Shooter 9.4%, RPG 6.9%
- #3 Towerful Defense: Prologue
96% 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 27.9%, Bullet Hell 27.5%, Action Roguelike 22.7%, Strategy 8.8%, RPG 7.4%
- #4 Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD
95% matchMostly Positive74% of 241 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
A roguelike tower defense 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 unique effect items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.8%, Bullet Hell 26.2%, Action Roguelike 24.8%, Strategy 8.4%, RPG 7.2%
- #5 Stellar Initiative
94% matchMostly Positive77% of 414 reviews2024
Dev: Five Head Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Stellar Initiative is a roguelike tower defense game where you land on the planet and use your orbit ship to deliver buildings and support you with fire. Complete missions, install new upgrades, discover powerful artifacts, and find the best strategy!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.9%, Base Building 23.1%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Space 13.4%, Strategy 10.7%
- #6 outpost4
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 121 reviews2026
Dev: BananaDogGames
Windows
Build your mobile outpost and combine over 20 weapons with 100+ items to create unique builds. Grow stronger against endless enemy hordes, conquer new planets, and experience the thrill of evolving from desperate survival to overwhelming firepower.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.2%, Bullet Hell 31.3%, Strategy 15.4%, Space 9.1%, Sci-fi 4.8%
- #7 Acid Planet
93% matchVery Positive80% of 71 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 26.9%, Base Building 22.6%, Bullet Hell 21.3%, Action Roguelike 20.3%, Strategy 7.8%
- #8 Axom: Conquest
92% matchVery Positive80% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Hairy Penguin
Windows
Build and defend your fortress while expanding out in this hold-out tower defense roguelite. Battle across a procedural alien homeworld, fight back corrupted terrain, discover hundreds of structures and upgrades as physics-driven swarms threaten to wipe out humanity.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.9%, Base Building 25.5%, Space 12.3%, Military 11.3%, Sci-fi 10.6%
- #9 Tower Dominion
91% matchVery Positive86% of 5,610 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.5%, Base Building 28.2%, Military 14.1%, Strategy 10.6%, Sci-fi 7.6%
- #10 Starforged Legacy
90% matchVery Positive88% of 190 reviews2026
Dev: Second Shift GamesPub: Tripwire Presents
Windows
Outlast the onslaught in a sci-fi survivors-like where your decisions matter as much as your firepower. Command customizable starships, enhance your arsenal with 100+ strategy-defining upgrades, and annihilate endless fleets of cosmic combatants! Carve your legacy among the stars or die trying!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.3%, Action Roguelike 24.9%, Space 20.3%, Sci-fi 11.3%, Strategy 8.4%
- #11 Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 67 reviews2023
Dev: ReijaPub: indie.io
Windows
You are Earth's last line of defense in a relentless alien invasion. Experience intense top-down roguelite action across diverse landscapes, fighting invaders with a versatile arsenal. Outsmart, outgun, and survive your foes. Every run increases the challenge - so adapt, evolve, dominate!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.7%, Action Roguelike 22.7%, Military 18.7%, Sci-fi 12.5%, RPG 8.4%
- #12 Rogue Command
89% matchVery Positive90% of 1,064 reviews2026
Dev: feneq
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 71%
True RTS gameplay reinforced with roguelite build crafting. Control units with bullet-time precision. Call down bases and raise armies. Drafted from a different arsenal every run. Weave builds that break the game. Or the game breaks you.
Why similar: Base Building 21.1%, Space 18.8%, Action Roguelike 18.3%, Military 17.7%, Sci-fi 11.5%
- #13 Project Astra Dominium
89% matchVery Positive89% of 89 reviews2024
Dev: Snob Entertainment UG
Windows · Mac · Linux
Project Astra Dominium is a Tower Defense game with Basebuilding and Automation elements. Build up your base to become a supply hub for Earth's desperately needed materials, gather resources while defending against an unknown alien threat and improve your tower's and AI capabilities.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27%, Base Building 22.8%, Space 20.4%, Crafting 9.1%, Sci-fi 8.9%
- #14 Cast Out Colony
88% matchVery Positive93% of 80 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: Bullet Hell 29.7%, Action Roguelike 27.7%, Base Building 21.8%, Strategy 8.7%, RPG 7.9%
- #15 SENTRY
86% matchVery Positive83% of 915 reviews2024
Dev: Fireblade Software
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 38.3%, Space 21.1%, Sci-fi 15.6%, Strategy 11.7%, Shooter 8.1%
- #16 Rogue Station
87% matchMostly Positive77% of 231 reviews2023
Dev: Quint Studio
Windows
This "space station builder simulation roguelite" puts you in charge of a space station. Fight off enemy ships, fleets and rival stations to dominate your corner of space. Build and upgrade your station, hire and manage your crew. Survive as long as you can.
Why similar: Base Building 29.8%, Space 26.9%, Action Roguelike 23.8%, Strategy 10.6%, Sci-fi 6.6%
- #17 Battle Grid
86% matchVery Positive82% of 232 reviews2023
Dev: Barking Dogs
Windows
Face relentless alien hordes, collect their resources and assemble an unstoppable squadron of mechs! In this Action Roguelite, discover game-breaking synergies, mix and match weapons and units, unlock upgrades, harvest and conquer alien planets.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.5%, 2.5D 21.1%, Action Roguelike 20.6%, Sci-fi 10.7%, Strategy 9%
- #18 Space Will
85% matchVery Positive98% of 90 reviews2024
Dev: 张亮002Pub: Aori Games
Windows
Sixty basic cores, hundreds of base station equipment, and thousands of chips, you can freely cooperate and shoot through the dual-angle joystick operation in a survival Roguelike game! Explore the sci-fi space and build your strongest battleship!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 26.6%, Space 24.8%, Sci-fi 17.2%, Strategy 13.7%, Action 6.6%
- #19 Planet Killer
84% matchVery Positive82% of 116 reviews2026
Dev: Talisman One Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A physics-driven sci-fi destruction roguelite. Orbit hostile worlds, unleash devastating weapons, and carve real craters into fully simulated planets while escalating planetary defenses fight back.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 30.9%, Action Roguelike 27.9%, Shooter 13.1%, Space 12.9%, Action 8%
- #20 Space Cycle
84% matchVery Positive94% of 198 reviews2024
Dev: Some Sugar Studio
Windows
Space resources are the battleground for warring factions. As a Space Defense Officer, protect your faction's assets in a vast, hostile universe. Allocate resources, upgrade defenses, and repel relentless enemy attacks! With over 50 unique units and deep strategy, experience real-time tower defense!
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.4%, Space 29.7%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Strategy 12%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #21 Arcane Tower Survivors
82% matchMostly Positive75% of 98 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: Bullet Hell 48%, Action Roguelike 40%, Action 7%, Singleplayer 1.9%, Adventure 1.8%
- #22 Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility
83% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Cool Smithy Games
Windows
DPSWTF is a base defense game with roguelike elements, where instead of placing towers, you build the best tower of them all. Combine the best projectiles with effective modifiers and push back the incoming hordes. Research them all to conquer the secrets of the Great North!
Why similar: Tower Defense 60.4%, Sci-fi 18.4%, Strategy 15.4%, Simulation 5.8%
- #23 Mineral Defense
81% matchVery Positive90% of 253 reviews2024
Dev: Corestone Games
Windows · Linux
Mineral Defense combines tower defense with roguelite elements and procedural generation. Build paths, unlock upgrades, and unleash powerful synergies to conquer evolving challenges in an ever-expanding world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.2%, Base Building 27.6%, Space 15.3%, Strategy 11.3%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #24 Star Survivor
82% matchMixed68% of 565 reviews2024
Dev: SpaceOwl Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Star Survivor is a space-themed survival game that blends intense deckbuilding strategy. Pilot humanity's last spaceship through the vast galaxy, Unlock powerful weapon combos, collect card modules, and craft unique builds. As the enemy swarms grow denser, will you be the last one standing?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 34.5%, Space 29%, Action Roguelike 28.5%, Action 4.6%, Casual 1.7%
- #25 Voids Vigil
80% matchVery Positive94% of 384 reviews2025
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Blast through robotic hordes in this arena auto-battler rogue-lite Brotato-like. Use auto-firing weapons and drones, timely dashes and special abilities to reach the Void where a final Conservator awaits convergence. Spend your Cogs wisely within the varied shops to create unique builds!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 35.5%, Action Roguelike 31%, Sci-fi 17.9%, RPG 8.1%, Action 4.3%
- #26 Galactic Glitch
79% matchVery Positive90% of 988 reviews2025
Dev: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 60%
A physics-powered action roguelike. Grab asteroids, catch missiles, and hurl them back at swarming enemies. Build wild loadouts, defeat colossal bosses, and push deeper into a collapsing galaxy.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 27%, Action Roguelike 25%, Space 19.3%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Shooter 10.5%
- #27 Run Build Pew!
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 573 reviews2022
Dev: Knight Owl Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
Why similar: Space 28.5%, Action Roguelike 27.9%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Shooter 12.8%, Strategy 9.7%
- #28 BALL x PIT
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 27,314 reviews2025
Dev: Kenny Sun and FriendsPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 38.2%, Action Roguelike 29.3%, Base Building 18.7%, Action 7.2%, Crafting 5.8%
- #29 Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite
78% matchVery Positive83% of 738 reviews2025
Dev: RyanJakob
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Blast. Collect. Upgrade. Repeat. Void Miner is a retro-inspired roguelite asteroid shooter where you pilot a space ship and manage an automated tower to destroy endless fields of chaos. Dodge, blast, and harvest your way through waves of asteroids in a fast-paced loop of destruction and progression.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 30.2%, Tower Defense 24.4%, Space 22.3%, Strategy 9%, Shooter 8.7%
- #30 Let Them Come: Onslaught
77% matchVery Positive91% of 244 reviews2025
Dev: Tuatara GamesPub: Digital Bandidos
Windows
Survive the relentless offensive of the alien horde in Let Them Come: Onslaught, a sci-fi survival roguelite. The pursuit of the perfect build and an ever-expanding arsenal of abilities are the keys to your success.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.4%, Action Roguelike 25.5%, 2.5D 19.8%, Sci-fi 12.1%, RPG 7.3%
- #31 Ketz: Galactic Overlords
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 410 reviews2025
Dev: Keep Games
Windows
Sci-fantasy themed roguelite horde survival game with RPG elements. Choose your character, collect various gear, and create game-breaking builds using powerful skills from the Galactic Leaders!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 42.7%, Action Roguelike 36.8%, RPG 11.9%, Action 5.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #32 Galactic Vault
76% matchVery Positive91% of 178 reviews2026
Dev: MeepMeep Games
Windows
Build devastating weapons on the fly in this blend of movement shooter and roguelike action. Sprint, slide, and dash to plunder high-tech vaults. Stack gun upgrades, abilities, and grenades for wild synergies as you survive a spreading infestation.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 29%, Action Roguelike 26.3%, Space 19.2%, Shooter 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.8%
- #33 Vortica
77% matchVery Positive82% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: Vortical StudiosPub: Caketown Interactive
Windows
Vortica is a 2D action roguelite set in a solar system overrun by hostile aliens. Loot up, suit up, and shoot up as you battle against enemy hordes, explore derelict outposts, and hunt giant bosses. But remember to bring the right tools for the job!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.9%, Action Roguelike 25.2%, Space 15.9%, Sci-fi 14%, Crafting 10%
- #34 Astroloot
75% matchVery Positive93% of 617 reviews2025
Dev: Andreas Hager Gaming
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 24.9 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Loot, level up, and obliterate everything in your path. Astroloot is a sci-fi bullet heaven with deep ARPG systems, featuring a massive skill tree, deterministic crafting, and near-endless build possibilities.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.4%, Space 26%, Sci-fi 15.4%, Crafting 10.6%, RPG 8.8%
- #35 Mars or Die!
79% matchMixed53% of 74 reviews2018
Dev: 34BigThings srl
Windows
Median: 12 minMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 37%
Control two characters simultaneously! Survive, gather, collect upgrades, fight all sizes of one-eyed Martians, build defensible outposts and conquer Mars, in this glorious mix between roguelite and tower defense.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.9%, Base Building 22.3%, Space 21.1%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Strategy 9.5%
- #36 Bonelords
74% matchVery Positive92% of 107 reviews2025
Dev: Z0 Game Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Rogue-like! Souls-like! Terraria-like! Build your character & your defenses in Bonelords! Protect Fort Platz against waves of enemies & bosses in this un-bone-leavable experience!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.1%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Action Roguelike 20.2%, Base Building 17.6%, Strategy 7.9%
- #37 Sublight
73% matchVery Positive90% of 99 reviews2026
Dev: CODEBREW SOFTWARE LTD
Windows · Linux
Sublight is a space bullet heaven roguelike, where you captain a powerful warship and carve through escalating waves of enemies. Upgrade your arsenal, unlock new ships, and experiment with countless builds to dominate the battlefield.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 32.6%, Action Roguelike 29.4%, Space 19.9%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Action 4%
- #38 Taur
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,113 reviews2020
Dev: Echo Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 42.1%, Base Building 22.7%, Strategy 12.1%, Sci-fi 9.6%, Space 8%
- #39 Rogue Factory
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 167 reviews2026
Dev: curried_functor
Windows
The AUTOMATION bullet heaven! Build your custom spellcasting factory and tear through endless waves of monsters. Unlock 20+ characters and 100+ golden totems to craft broken roguelite synergies and survive the swarm! Build, automate, autocast, OBLITERATE!
Why similar: Action Roguelike 47.9%, Base Building 35.6%, Action 5.7%, Simulation 4.3%, Crafting 4%
- #40 Lichgate: Tower Survivor
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 64 reviews2026
Dev: Sun Lion Games
Windows
Burn through the underworld legion in this rogue-lite Tower Survivor. Craft the ultimate tower of destruction and survive as long as you can against endless hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 67.2%, Strategy 31.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #41 The Gate Must Stand
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 257 reviews2026
Dev: Senmu StudioPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Fend off brutal waves of demonic hordes in this epic fantasy tower defense survivors like! Hack and slash among the action or zoom to strategically control the battlefield. You are the city’s last line of defense, build your base, defend the gate!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.3%, Bullet Hell 24.7%, Action Roguelike 21.1%, Base Building 19.5%, Strategy 6.6%
- #42 Void Resurgence
71% matchVery Positive94% of 72 reviews2025
Dev: Puza Games
Windows · Mac
Command a starship in Void Resurgence, a retro-futuristic space roguelite. Battle through colorful cosmic fields, collect upgrades, and build your ultimate ship. Dodge intense bullet-hell patterns and fight for survival. Every run offers new challenges and permanent progress.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 33.8%, Action Roguelike 30.9%, Space 19.7%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Action 3%
- #43 Rogue Star Rescue
73% matchVery Positive90% of 136 reviews2021
Dev: Chute Apps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Bullet Hell Insanity + Tower Defense Strategy. Rogue Star Rescue is a quirky new type of rogue-like shooter. Blast your way through diverse planets while rescuing your teammates and gathering traps for your defense strategy. Play solo or online to stop the Rogue Star before it annihilates everything!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 31.1%, Action Roguelike 26.8%, Tower Defense 25.7%, Strategy 7.2%, Shooter 7.1%
- #44 Lumencraft
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,289 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 28.3%, Base Building 23.7%, Action Roguelike 22.5%, Shooter 10.8%, Strategy 9.1%
- #45 Black blood
74% matchMixed64% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: Arcane Games
Windows
Black blood is a mix of hardcore Tower Defense strategy and top-down shooter. Act as a defender against alien invaders, attack and destroy all their insidious plans...
Why similar: Tower Defense 52.8%, Shooter 19.4%, Strategy 16.2%, Action 7%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #46 Void Scrappers
71% matchVery Positive89% of 625 reviews2022
Dev: 8BitSkull
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Blast hordes of alien ships into junk. Collect the scrap to upgrade your ship into an unstoppable force of destruction. Unlock new characters and weapons and upgrade your stats between runs.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 29.4%, Bullet Hell 25.7%, Space 19.5%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Shooter 9.3%
- #47 Monsters are Coming!
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,892 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 24.4%, Bullet Hell 23.2%, Base Building 21%, Action Roguelike 18.9%, Strategy 7%
- #48 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
70% matchVery Positive87% of 448 reviews2023
Dev: Refinery Games
Windows
Get ready for the ULTIMATE tower defense onslaught. Build, deploy, research and upgrade your defenses in this epic, old school RTS inspired sci-fi adventure.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.8%, Space 23.9%, Sci-fi 17.1%, Strategy 12.2%, Action 5.2%
- #49 Nomad Survival
70% matchVery Positive84% of 2,192 reviews2022
Dev: The Fox Knocks
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Battle against hordes of enemies, conquer Boss encounters, and explore various character and skill combinations in this time-based auto-attacking Roguelite in your quest to become stronger and defeat the most menacing of creatures that lay in wait at the end of each run.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 49.9%, Action Roguelike 43.3%, Action 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%, Indie 0.7%
- #50 Wireworks
68% matchVery Positive89% of 633 reviews2026
Dev: JJJ
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Design your defenses, build your module board, and manage your wires. Combine signals and create synergies to empower your weapons and survive in this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.
Why similar: Tower Defense 70.4%, Strategy 20.8%, Simulation 4.7%, Singleplayer 2%, Casual 1.1%
- #51 IDUN - Frontline Survival
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 725 reviews2025
Dev: IDUN InteractivePub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.5%, Base Building 21.7%, Space 18.4%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Strategy 8%
- #52 Road Defense: Outsiders
69% matchVery Positive83% of 169 reviews2023
Dev: Minicactus Games
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 2.7 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Protect vehicles on the road and survive! Road Defense: Outsiders is a game that combines elements of the 'roguelike' and 'tower defense' genres. Upgrade the towers and your own skills to be able to annihilate all the life around you!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.2%, Action Roguelike 27.9%, Tower Defense 26%, Shooter 9.6%, Action 4.8%
- #53 Repel The Rifts
66% matchVery Positive85% of 373 reviews2025
Dev: RefinedBearGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Linux
Repel the Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game where you lead a commander through an alien world, uncovering new terrain each wave, drafting powerful upgrades, and constructing defenses to hold back the chaos.
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.4%, Space 26.9%, Sci-fi 17.9%, Strategy 9.5%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #54 Devader
69% matchVery Positive95% of 55 reviews2019
Dev: Falkenbrew
Windows · Mac · Linux
Devader is an intense 90's-style twin-stick shooter, complete with crazy old-school bosses, powerful strategic abilities and multiple endings. Upgrade your robot with nukes, shields, turrets and more to exterminate the relentless invaders.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.4%, Tower Defense 23.1%, Action Roguelike 20.4%, 2.5D 16.3%, Shooter 8.8%
- #55 Mining Survivors
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: Wonderbounce Games
Windows
Incremental Survivors-like in which you mine valuable resources whilst slaying hoards of enemies.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 39.2%, Action Roguelike 29.4%, Shooter 12.1%, Strategy 9.4%, Sci-fi 4.8%
- #56 Radiant Defense
70% matchVery Positive83% of 149 reviews2014
Dev: Hexage
Windows
MILLIONS OF ALIENS WILL DIE!Radiant Defense is a tower defense game set in a vibrant universe invaded by countless alien hordes.Build your space fortress any way you wish, set up wide variety of weapons and traps and let the invasions begin!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35%, Space 23.8%, 2.5D 14.4%, Strategy 11.8%, Sci-fi 5.8%
- #57 Kritter: Defend Together
66% matchVery Positive84% of 153 reviews2026
Dev: LJF Games
Windows · Linux
Explore, loot, and rush back to defend your ship against alien hordes. Solo or 4-player coop, grow stronger run after run in this frantic action roguelite with a touch of tower defense.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.4%, Base Building 30.8%, Action Roguelike 26%, Action 5.8%
- #58 Xeno Command
68% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: ChillyRoomPub: ChillyRoom
Windows
Defend galaxy against Alien invasion in the RTS offline game with roguelike fun
Why similar: Tower Defense 34%, Base Building 23.7%, Space 19.8%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Strategy 10.6%
- #59 Stellarcraft
65% matchVery Positive91% of 101 reviews2026
Dev: DreamStudios
Windows
Stellarcraft is a sci-fi tower defense adventure: explore alien planets, gather resources, build defenses, and fend off waves of enemies, solo or in 4-player co-op. 🚀
Why similar: Base Building 49.3%, Sci-fi 20%, Strategy 19.7%, Tower Defense 8.2%, Casual 1.5%
- #60 Deadlock Station
65% matchVery Positive81% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: Luxorix Games
Windows
Turn the battlefield into your ally in this tactical rogue-like with indirect controls. Assemble a unique squad, destroy the alien invaders with precise planning, and uncover the truth about the Event and the mysterious disappearance of humans.
Why similar: Sci-fi 41.4%, Strategy 27.8%, RPG 23.6%, Adventure 3.6%, Singleplayer 3.6%