Games Like Atom Zombie Smasher

Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.

Why similar: Tower Defense 32.7%, RTS 28%, Strategy 13%, Top-Down 10.7%, Tactical 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the tactical squad-based combat against massive, overwhelming alien swarms found in Atom Zombie Smasher.

Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.

Why similar: Tower Defense 64%, RTS 18.8%, Strategy 10.1%, Top-Down 3.1%, Indie 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on managing a fluid, encroaching enemy threat through strategic unit placement and resource management on procedural maps.

Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

Why similar: Tactical 29%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, RTS 11.4%, Top-Down 11.2%, Strategy 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a top-down, tactical planning experience where you must carefully manage your units to complete high-pressure objectives.

They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

Why similar: Zombies 30.1%, RTS 29.3%, Tower Defense 25.7%, Strategy 8.8%, Tactical 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the ultimate high-stakes zombie swarm defense experience where managing resources and tactical positioning is critical to survival.

The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!

Why similar: Tower Defense 63.1%, Strategy 12.2%, RTS 8.3%, Top-Down 5%, Sandbox 3.6%

Why You'll Like It: A procedural tower defense game that emphasizes strategic resource management and adapting to increasingly difficult enemy waves.

Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!

Why similar: RTS 44.7%, Strategy 13.5%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Local Co-Op 7%, Local Multiplayer 6.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, accessible RTS that strips away complex base building to focus on immediate tactical control and unit management.

Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

Why similar: Tower Defense 43.3%, Zombies 36.9%, Strategy 8%, Great Soundtrack 4.5%, Tactical 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential tower defense game that established the genre's focus on strategic unit placement against zombie waves.

Explore a randomly generated Galaxy populated with factions, enemies, missions, and items providing you with a unique experience each time you play.

Why similar: Zombies 30.6%, Procedural Generation 20.7%, Top-Down 15.8%, Sandbox 10.6%, Strategy 10.1%

Why You'll Like It: It features top-down, tactical combat against swarms of enemies with a strong emphasis on ship customization and strategy.

Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.4%, Strategy 23.2%, RTS 15.2%, Action 5.7%, Top-Down 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: This 'reverse' tower defense game requires tactical pathing and unit management to break through enemy lines.

Darwinia blends real-time strategy, action, and puzzles with a unique gesture-based control system. Save the Darwinians, battle viruses, and restore order in a retro-inspired digital world. Winner of multiple prestigious awards, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at IGF 2006.

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 44.5%, RTS 38.9%, Strategy 10.3%, Indie 4.2%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: It shares a distinct, minimalist aesthetic and a focus on tactical, procedural-style combat that feels like a spiritual cousin to the seed game.

Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.

Why similar: Tower Defense 42.5%, Local Co-Op 19.6%, Co-op 12.4%, Top-Down 8.9%, Strategy 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: It blends tower defense with top-down action, requiring you to actively manage your defenses while engaging in combat against massive waves.

Multiwinia is a fast-paced, retro-inspired RTS that blends arcade action with strategic depth. Command armies of Multiwinians in multiplayer battles across vibrant, nostalgic environments. With simple controls and dynamic gameplay, it offers endless fun and challenge for players of all skill levels.

Why similar: RTS 26.4%, Tower Defense 22.6%, Real Time Tactics 21%, Top-Down 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes large-scale, swarm-based tactical combat with a focus on objective control and unit maneuvering.

Survivor Squad is a Strategy Action game where you control a Squad of up to four survivors and guide them through a highly randomized world looking for supplies to aid you on your journey.

Why similar: Zombies 41.8%, Real Time Tactics 14%, Strategy 12.3%, Procedural Generation 8.1%, Top-Down 8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, top-down game focused on managing a group of survivors through dangerous, zombie-infested environments.

"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Zombies 41.7%, Tower Defense 25.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Procedural Generation 8.7%, RTS 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: It blends strategy and survival, requiring you to manage a group of survivors while navigating a zombie-filled world.

An RTS classic reborn with a twist. Time is of the essence, Commander! Capture the flags, conquer the territories, and eliminate the enemy fort. And finally, nuke them all! This old-school sci-fi Indie real time strategy game, crafted by devoted team, revives the genre's enduring allure.

Why similar: RTS 22%, Real Time Tactics 21%, Tower Defense 18.3%, Zombies 12.1%, Sandbox 11%

Why You'll Like It: A real-time tactics game that focuses on large-scale unit management and destructive weaponry to clear out enemy forces.

Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.7%, RTS 23.4%, Zombies 21.5%, Tactical 13.5%, Strategy 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical base defense game that requires careful planning and unit placement to survive waves of enemies on Mars.

Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Zombies 38.1%, Tower Defense 22.3%, RTS 21.6%, Tactical 12.2%, Strategy 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on defending against massive, physics-based swarms of enemies, requiring careful tactical placement of defenses.

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 47.5%, Local Multiplayer 18.8%, Co-op 14.6%, Multiplayer 8.6%, Strategy 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: While side-scrolling, it captures the frantic need to manage resources and defenses against nightly waves of enemies.

The horde is here to eat your brain and murder every single one of your scientists. Gather your forces, this is the last stand before we lose the facility! Place guards, close doors, and position traps. Survive as long as you can!

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.9%, Zombies 18.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, RTS 15.8%, Tactical 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the action-oriented side of tower defense, emphasizing survival against endless waves of zombies.

Zombo Buster Advance is a tower defense game taking place inside buildings with interchangeable elevators. Deploy, swap and shoot like a boss!

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.1%, Zombies 21%, Real Time Tactics 19.6%, RTS 18.8%, Strategy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward tower defense game that focuses on lane management and unit placement against zombie swarms.

RUNNING WITH RIFLES is a top-down tactical shooter with open world RPG elements. In RWR, you join the ranks of an army as a common soldier, just like the thousands around you.

Why similar: Moddable 30.8%, Sandbox 16.7%, Tactical 16.4%, Co-op 11.8%, Top-Down 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down tactical shooter that places you in the middle of a large-scale war, emphasizing squad-based movement and objective capture.

Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...

Why similar: Tower Defense 46.2%, Procedural Generation 18.4%, Strategy 14.1%, Co-op 12.2%, Great Soundtrack 4.9%

Why You'll Like It: It combines tactical resource management and defense with procedural exploration, creating a high-pressure survival experience.

In a near future, the world has been devastated by a virus turning humanity into zombies. You are Iron Corps, the last defense of civilization traveling the world to find resources, help people and find answers. Will you survive long enough?

Why similar: Zombies 33.9%, Tower Defense 33.1%, Strategy 13.8%, Tactical 11.6%, Action 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a tactical, top-down perspective on zombie defense, focusing on unit positioning and city-wide management.

CREEPS CRUMBLE. HEROES RISE. Command a team of renegade heroes and impale, slash, tear and burn through legions of undead hell-bent on world domination. Your mission: to defeat the world’s most powerful vampire, Count Necrosis.

Why similar: Tower Defense 59.7%, Zombies 11.6%, Strategy 8.8%, Co-op 5.8%, Multiplayer 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It adds an RPG layer to tower defense, focusing on hero management and active ability usage against waves of enemies.

Explore war-torn post-apocalyptic landscapes and take fight against enemies using various weapons in this FPS/RTS hybrid.

Why similar: RTS 29.1%, Real Time Tactics 22.2%, Tactical 13.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Multiplayer 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: It combines RTS-style base management with FPS action, requiring tactical coordination to defend against enemy teams.

You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.

Why similar: Tower Defense 61.3%, Co-op 14.3%, Strategy 8.9%, Multiplayer 4.8%, Action 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A hybrid tower defense and FPS that requires you to build effective mazes while actively participating in the combat.

Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.

Why similar: Zombies 83.9%, Tower Defense 6%, Co-op 3.3%, Multiplayer 2.3%, Local Co-Op 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, action-heavy defense game that focuses on surviving as long as possible against an ever-growing horde.

Team up or face it alone in this top down zombie slaying defense adventure! Featuring up to 4 player online co-op, cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses to build the Ultimate Zombie Defense. Can YOU stop them?

Why similar: Zombies 36.4%, Tower Defense 27.8%, Co-op 10.9%, Multiplayer 6.5%, Action 6.1%

A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.

Why similar: Zombies 39%, Tower Defense 31.1%, RTS 8.5%, Multiplayer 6.7%, Strategy 5.9%

Kingdoms vs Zombies is a blend of strategy, tower defense, and roguelike gameplay, where you must defend your kingdom against endless hordes of the undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 33.1%, Zombies 19.6%, RTS 18.2%, Strategy 15.9%, Action 7.3%

You and up to three friends fight to survive the Zombie outbreak in this game inspired by early '80s horror films!

Why similar: Zombies 65.7%, Strategy 18.1%, Action 9.2%, Co-op 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical, top-down zombie survival game that emphasizes careful movement and resource conservation.

Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.

Why similar: Tower Defense 18.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.9%, RTS 15.8%, Local Co-Op 10.9%, Tactical 9.4%

Envy the Dead is zombie survival roguelike, in which you are leading group of unique, randomly generated characters through destroyed lands, infested with zombies.

Why similar: Zombies 31.9%, Tower Defense 18.2%, Real Time Tactics 17.6%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Strategy 9.9%

Face massive zombie swarms in this funny post-apocalyptic tactical sandbox! Do you know what it's like to be surrounded by 100,000 zombies? Well, you're about to find out!

Why similar: Zombies 32.4%, Sandbox 22.1%, Strategy 17.4%, Tactical 14.6%, Action 7.5%

Rescue hostages, disarm bombs and save the day in this old school, side-scroller action game with retro graphics and retro sensibilities. Online and Couch Coop Included.

Why similar: Zombies 20.9%, Local Co-Op 18.9%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Local Multiplayer 12.7%, Tactical 12.4%

"Defence to death" - game in genre "Tower Defence". Defend Your castle from monster! Show Your's strength and wisdom.

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.7%, Zombies 18.9%, RTS 14.4%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Moddable 11.8%

Zombie Tower Defense: Join the ongoing war, in an open world, against the undead zombie horde. Choose between multiple powerful heroes all with unique epic gear and skills! With the wide variety of towers you can create your own perfect strategy.

Why similar: Tower Defense 47.8%, Zombies 32.9%, Top-Down 9.1%, Strategy 7.9%, Indie 2.3%

Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?

Why similar: Zombies 29.1%, Tower Defense 27%, Co-op 9.4%, Local Co-Op 8.9%, Local Multiplayer 8.6%

A fast-paced roguelike tower defense where you choose your Queen Bee with unique skills and the Artisan to build turrets and cast powerful spells to defend your hive through regions infested with zombees. Face bosses with insane mechanics and survive the Zumbeecalypse!

Why similar: Tower Defense 25%, Real Time Tactics 24.2%, RTS 23.3%, Zombies 17.6%, Strategy 6.4%

Organ Trail is a retro zombie survival game. Travel westward in a station wagon with 4 of your friends, scavenging for supplies and fending off the undead. Members of your party might die of dysentery or you might have to put them down yourself when they get bit.

Why similar: Zombies 75.9%, Strategy 12.5%, Indie 4.6%, Great Soundtrack 3.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%

After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

Why similar: RTS 22.8%, Zombies 22%, Tower Defense 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Sandbox 12.3%

Survive zombie apocalypse! Plunder resources for survival!

Why similar: RTS 42.8%, Zombies 32.6%, Strategy 21.5%, Indie 3.1%

Real-time combat in the zombie apocalypse! Guide your survivors through hordes of the infected to escape the epicentre of infection!

Why similar: Strategy 53.6%, Indie 46.4%

The Apocalypse has arrived and your goal is simple: Make it 10 miles to safety through a limitless procedurally-generated world overrun with The Infected and packed with the tools and weapons to fight them.

Why similar: Zombies 48.1%, Strategy 15.7%, Top-Down 14.8%, Co-op 10.5%, Action 7.2%

Axon TD lets you expand the map boundaries themselves. A huge arsenal of towers and a wide variety of enemies clash in a battlefield that grows to your whims. Engage in single, cooperative, and roguelite gameplay.

Why similar: Tower Defense 25.8%, Real Time Tactics 24.9%, RTS 19.6%, Tactical 10.2%, Co-op 7.1%

Brings the simultaneous turn-based strategy genre up-to-date and lets you give detailed, accurate orders to your squad.

Why similar: Tactical 38.9%, Strategy 21.3%, Great Soundtrack 13.9%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Top-Down 8.8%

Tikiman the Forest Defender is in trouble. Hordes of monsters are sweeping through his realm, hoping to chow down on his offspring – and it’s up to you to defend them. By placing weapon towers at strategic points around the landscape, you can destroy the invaders and save the little ones.

Why similar: Tower Defense 63.9%, Local Co-Op 16.1%, Strategy 12%, Co-op 6.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%

4-player co-op, zombie slaying, base building, boss battling mayhem! Cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses in Ultimate Zombie Defense 2!

Why similar: Zombies 50.6%, Tactical 20.9%, Strategy 13.2%, Multiplayer 8.5%, Action 6.8%

Build and protect your home after a nuclear apocalypse!

Why similar: Strategy 43.8%, Tower Defense 36.5%, Indie 13%, Casual 4.6%, Singleplayer 2.2%

Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.

Why similar: Zombies 31.1%, Tower Defense 30.5%, Co-op 12%, Strategy 8.8%, Top-Down 8.7%

Sequel to the best-seller ​The Red Solstice​. Plan your strategy and infiltrate a real-time tactical battlefield - alone or with up to 7 squad members. Can you demonstrate the combat prowess to survive and secure a future for humanity?

Why similar: Real Time Tactics 26.5%, Zombies 24.8%, Procedural Generation 14.9%, Tactical 9.5%, Co-op 9.4%

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 35%, Zombies 23.2%, Tactical 15.9%, Top-Down 11%, Strategy 8.8%

Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.

Why similar: Zombies 28.5%, Strategy 26.4%, Tactical 13.8%, Multiplayer 11.6%, Sandbox 6.7%

Top down, action packed, multiplayer, zombie shooter. Build your base with friends and see how long you can survive the endless horde of zombies. Level up with friends, or alone, how you die is up to you.

Why similar: Zombies 34.1%, Tower Defense 29.2%, Co-op 12.7%, Multiplayer 8.4%, Top-Down 6.2%

The Horde is coming, but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your squad, choose their upgrades, and build powerful synergies against thousands of undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break every limit in this deceptively simple but addictive bullet heaven game.

Why similar: Zombies 61.4%, Top-Down 23.2%, Action 5.6%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Command your Squad of Survivors in a game where Line of Sight is extremely important, you cannot shoot what you cannot see. Develop your formations, move as a unit and cover every corner. Leave no man behind!

Why similar: Zombies 32.7%, Real Time Tactics 26.3%, Strategy 14.7%, Top-Down 13.3%, Action 7.2%

HIGH SPEED ZOMBIE TACTICS - Fight mobs of undead attacking from all sides in this streamlined turn-based tactics that emphasizes unit placement and synergies. Help the survivors live through fights and manage their rations to avoid permanent death, and they just might be able to reach the Sanctuary.

Why similar: Zombies 49.9%, Tactical 33.1%, Strategy 11.1%, Indie 2.4%, Singleplayer 2.2%

2280 A.D. The last few survivors of a ruined Earth seek a new home: Mars, a planet whose inhabitants didn't take too kindly to outsiders. The Red Solstice is a tense, tactical, squad-based action game. Fight to survive with up to 8 players in co-op, or lead your own squad in single-player mode.

Why similar: RTS 21.4%, Real Time Tactics 20.5%, Zombies 14.6%, Tactical 12.7%, Co-op 10.2%

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: Zombies 44.5%, RTS 27.8%, Sandbox 15.6%, Strategy 10.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%