- #1 Pullstation
97% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: ZIROH
Windows
Pullstation is an incremental tower defence about saving your space station from the ever-growing horde of UNKNOWN origin.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.1%, Idler 30.1%, Incremental 23.6%, Action 5.2%
- #2 Crystal Keeper
96% match7 user reviews29% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: WombartPub: Wombart Games
Windows
Mine crystals and defend your wall in this survival defense game. Balance resource gathering with combat as you upgrade your way through endless enemy waves.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.5%, Incremental 20.2%, Automation 14.7%, Action 14.5%, Idler 13.3%
- #3 QUBE: Incremental TD
96% matchPositive84% of 25 reviews2026
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
QUBE: Incremental TD is a crazy mix of an incremental game and tower defense, where upgrade choices matter. Gather resources, build defensive towers, upgrade yourself, and survive as many enemy waves as possible!
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.5%, Idler 24%, Incremental 21.6%, Action 10.8%, 2D 2.3%
- #4 How many Cows do they need?!
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Jumping Ram
Windows
Fight off alien invaders abducting your cows in this colorful incremental game. Repel hundreds of them at once, collect the rewards, upgrade towers, tools and objects in the tech tree... Specialize and choose your game style and try to reach the next season…
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.1%, Idler 34.3%, Incremental 25.3%, 2D 4.6%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #5 Grow Defense
95% matchMostly Positive77% of 610 reviews2021
Dev: SoftCowGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 80.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Upgrade your Castle and Unlock new tiers of Skills and Weapons to Defend vs Monsters and Bosses across VARIOUS ZONES! Find Rare ITEMS dropped from monsters and bosses and upgrade them to their full potential! Defeat RAID Mega-Bosses to find LEGENDARY items!
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.4%, Idler 33.6%, Incremental 24.2%, 2D 1.3%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #6 Orbitra
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: klebO
Windows
Orbitra is a short, fast-paced incremental game that brings the tower defense genre to a planet under attack from space. Defend yourself against meteors, aliens, and increasingly bizarre threats from across the galaxy as you unlock powerful upgrades!
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.8%, Incremental 30.3%, Action 16.1%, Idler 12.2%, 2D 3.3%
- #7 Core Idle TD
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: CYR Games
Windows
Protect your base against endless waves. Collect cores from bosses, unlock permanent upgrades, and prestige resets to push further. Refine your setup, survive the swarms, and climb the global leaderboards.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.8%, Idler 26.7%, Incremental 21.1%, Automation 12.8%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #8 Don’t Idle: TD
92% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lil knee Games
Windows
This is an idle auto-battle tower defense game that runs quietly in the corner of the screen while you are busy with other things.
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.2%, Idler 32.1%, Automation 14.4%, 2D 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #9 Bottom Squad
91% matchMixed63% of 16 reviews2026
Dev: Family Devs
Windows
An idle defense game at the bottom of your screen. Build your squad, upgrade your base, and hold the line against relentless alien waves while you work or browse.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.6%, Idler 28.6%, Incremental 21.7%, Automation 9.7%, Action 5.1%
- #10 Trenchhold TD
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Two Fat Badgers Games
Windows
Trenchhold TD is an incremental tower defense game set on the battlefields of World War I. Hold your trenches against thousands of enemies, strengthen your forces through permanent upgrades, and launch full-scale counterattacks to crush their defenses!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.7%, Idler 23.7%, Incremental 22%, Military 16.4%, 2D 1.7%
- #11 Bunker Siege
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Filip Suta
Windows
A first-person wave-defense shooter. Hold one bunker as infantry, armour and aircraft come across the meadow through clear days, black nights and blinding fog. Work up from a revolver to a machine gun, hire riflemen for the wall, throw flares into the dark and call artillery. Money survives death.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.8%, Military 19.8%, Action 19.6%, Gore 9.2%, Violent 8.5%
- #12 Clickomorph
89% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Madrize
Windows
Hover over enemies to kill them... Until you choose an ability! Each new ability offers a new playstyle! Build a small auto clicker army, shoot your enemies as an archer, summon a Soul Reaper to assist you or even play a mini rhythm game! And more!
Why similar: Idler 29.7%, Incremental 27.4%, Action 20%, Automation 17.3%, 2D 4.9%
- #13 Parasite Core
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Farwind Studios
Windows
Buy time to harvest resources in this incremental tower defense game where you defend your core from the native species that want you off their home! Play actively and unleash your abilities, or idle and let your turrets take care of the pests.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.1%, Idler 26.1%, Incremental 25.5%, 2D 4.4%, Singleplayer 1%
- #14 Bastion Defense
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KatisCrT
Windows
Defend your base, level up, upgrade your defenses, and hire companions in this small incremental semi-idle game with RPG elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.4%, Idler 26.1%, Incremental 23.3%, Action 7.2%, 2D 4.2%
- #15 Pacremental
86% matchPositive100% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Erocol
Windows
Pacremental is a incremental game about opening packs, unlocking weapon cards, evolve them and automating your progress. Collect rare artifacts, combine them with weapons, and push through increasingly difficult waves. Build tower your own way.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.5%, Idler 23.8%, Incremental 22%, Automation 15.1%, Action 6.2%
- #16 Florana Defense
86% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Petr "Glubo" Sykora
Windows · Mac · Linux
Incremental Mazing Tower Defense. No lives, just make more gold. No fixed mob path, create the best maze ever.
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.3%, Incremental 26%, Idler 18.8%, Violent 6.5%, 2D 3.1%
- #17 Christmas Is Coming
87% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: SumGames
Windows
Christmas is coming and you must stop it at all cost! Place down towers and ground defences to fight back against Christmas themed enemies. Break through stone and groom snow to expose new buildable areas. Upgrade your towers and collect Christmas cards that apply special abilities.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.3%, Idler 23%, Incremental 23%, Level Editor 11.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #18 Recursive
85% matchPositive83% of 47 reviews2026
Dev: Xero
Windows · Linux
Every time you think you understand it, it unlocks something else, adding new layers, mechanics, and ways to grow.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.9%, Idler 30.2%, Incremental 29.1%, 2D 4.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #19 Pixel Orbit
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 34 reviews2026
Dev: YaxWorks
Windows
Incremental game about defending Earth from impending danger. Develop your Skill Tree to setup automatic turrets and various other defensive mechanisms.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.2%, Idler 27.8%, Incremental 25.4%, Action 7.4%, 2D 4.3%
- #20 Corner Clash
84% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Ape Blues
Windows
Idle auto‑battle game running quietly in your screen’s corner. Upgrade, unlock weapons, and face endless waves of stronger enemies.
Why similar: Idler 30.7%, Tower Defense 25.5%, Incremental 22.7%, Automation 16.7%, 2D 4.1%
- #21 One Gun Army
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: PurePlayNow
Windows
One gun to conquer the universe. Every trigger squeeze, mag dump, and slam on the bolt release inches you closer and closer to full domination in this incremental idler.
Why similar: Idler 33.1%, Incremental 32.4%, Military 16.4%, Automation 12.1%, 2D 5.1%
- #22 Feed Da King
83% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: MON Studios LLC
Windows
An idle clicker game that features moments of active and passive play, with a dynamic window system that allows you to toggle the game on top of other applications and adjust it to your preference.
Why similar: Idler 40.3%, Incremental 29.6%, Automation 23.2%, 2D 5.8%, Singleplayer 1%
- #23 Infiniclick
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 150 reviews2025
Dev: Nacho AB
Windows
Combine, automate and upgrade programs to amass a fortune! Infiniclick is a relaxing (or not, it's up to you) incremental game in which your goal is to pay an unfair debt with Fun Corp.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.3%, Idler 27%, Incremental 23.9%, Automation 10.2%, 2D 4.1%
- #24 Idle Deathworks
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NiutNiut Games
Windows
An idle tower defense roguelite where you summon enemies, harvest their resources, build defenses, and risk increasingly dangerous challenges. When the run ends, resurrect stronger and push farther.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.3%, Idler 25%, Incremental 22.4%, Automation 14.5%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #25 Idle Trash
80% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: G.Saltzpyre
Windows
A simple clicker about cleaning up trash. Click the pile, collect beer can openers, buy upgrades, and clear ever-growing mountains of junk. Leaderboard included.
Why similar: Idler 39.1%, Incremental 30.5%, Automation 23.2%, 2D 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #26 Tiny Fortress
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RKO Software
Windows
[Previously called "Tiny Towers"] A short incremental game about defending your tiny fortress from hordes of tiny mobs. Place towers, gain resources by defeating enemies, and unlock new upgrades in the skill tree to strengthen your goblin stronghold.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.2%, Incremental 29.1%, Idler 25.7%, 2D 4.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #27 Tower Ball - Incremental Tower Defense
82% matchMixed62% of 237 reviews2021
Dev: WaffleStack Studio LLC
Windows
Build turrets to destroy balls & earn cash, spend it to upgrade and get stronger
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.2%, Idler 29.9%, Incremental 27.4%, 2D 4.4%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #28 Don't Panic, Defend!
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ryan4237
Windows
Enemies keep coming. Your soldiers fight on their own. You decide who to buy, when to spend, and what the army is made of. Every copy of a unit costs more than the last. Losing only costs you the gold you're carrying. An incremental defense game that doesn't need fast hands.
Why similar: Idler 34.6%, Incremental 30.5%, Tower Defense 24.1%, Military 5.6%, Automation 4.7%
- #29 Moonlight Castle: Easy Idle Defense
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kagurazaka Mitsuko
Windows
A short relaxing idle game disguised as a first-person shooter. Defend against endless waves, upgrade your firepower, and watch the numbers go up.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.6%, Idler 23%, Action 19.6%, Incremental 18.1%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #30 Auto Match Blast
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 战魂网络Pub: Zhanhun Network
Windows
**Idle match-3 + tower defense. Mine early via matching; auto-miners take over later. Build, craft bullets, raise defenses to shield your digs. Explore 9 planets / 50+ monsters / 50+ tech. Each launch is its own campaign — grab one more haul or retreat? Your call.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.9%, Idler 26%, Automation 18.9%, Incremental 15.3%, 2D 3%
- #31 One More Slime
75% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Lisad Games
Windows
Rain arrows on slimes, spend the gold, do it again. A bite-sized incremental arena: 15-second runs, a 100+ node upgrade tree, 9 slime types, forge your bow at the anvil, hunt artifacts, and close the slime portal to win.
Why similar: Idler 39.4%, Incremental 31%, Action 22.6%, 2D 6.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #32 MAR: Millions Are Rising
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Samharia Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Millions of monsters are escaping the hole. Stop them with a unique arsenal of towers, nukes, and deep upgrades in this incremental tower defense game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.1%, Incremental 21.7%, Idler 19.7%, Military 17%, Action 7.1%
- #33 Cell Defense
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: blaubessen
Windows · Mac
Cell Defense is an incremental tower defense set inside the body. One antibody holds the center as endless waves of viruses and bacteria close in. Survive, earn, and spend it on weapons, build-defining cards, and upgrades that keep paying out while you idle.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.9%, Idler 28.7%, Incremental 25.6%, 2D 3.2%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #34 Idle Monster TD
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 856 reviews2021
Dev: Swell Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 162.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
An endless Tower Defense game of epic Monsters vs evil War Machines. Unlock and upgrade tons of unique elemental Monsters (Water, Air, Earth, and Fire) to defend your home from an infinite swarm of robots. Strategize the most effective placement of Monsters to synergize their elemental abilities.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.7%, Idler 28.9%, Incremental 15.5%, Automation 13.5%, 2D 4.2%
- #35 Nightgate Defense
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Kamen
Windows
Light incremental gameplay meets castle defense. When night falls, monsters pour from summoning gates—the city wall is your last stand. Hundreds of archers volley as one, four heroes fight at your side, and each night grows harder than the last.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.1%, Incremental 31.3%, Idler 27.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #36 castle idler
73% matchVery Positive80% of 184 reviews2026
Dev: Soy Boy Games
Windows · Mac
castle idler is a short, relaxing incremental tower defense game with no waves. upgrade towers, collect coins, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades to defend your castle.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.1%, Idler 32.2%, Incremental 26.1%, 2D 4%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #37 NodalBastion
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: BNStudio
Windows · Linux
Defend the last AI core in a minimalist incremental game as you manage resources, upgrade your network, and unleash powerful skills. Resist humanity’s onslaught!
Why similar: Tower Defense 49.6%, Idler 35%, Automation 11.6%, 2D 2.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #38 PixelJunk™ Monsters 2
79% matchMixed66% of 291 reviews2018
Dev: Q-Games Ltd.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
PixelJunk™ Monsters is back with the simple, yet highly strategic real-time tower defense gameplay gameplay of the original title, now with updated graphics and brand new multiplayer modes!
Why similar: Tower Defense 63.4%, Action 36.6%
- #39 SCRIMBLO SCRAMBLE
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: OBJECT OBSERVER
Windows
Put it all on the line in this roulette-themed incremental game where you torment your scrimblos in order to manage and eventually escape hell.
Why similar: Idler 37.9%, Incremental 37.4%, Automation 17.8%, 2D 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #40 This Isn't Just Tower Defense
73% matchMixed60% of 128 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 36%, Idler 25.8%, Incremental 22.5%, Automation 14.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #41 The Defender: Farm and Castle
77% matchVery Positive89% of 1,095 reviews2019
Dev: Kobsoft Kitti
Windows
You are an archer tasked with defending a castle from invading monsters. Inside the castle, you can manage resources and harvest crops, gather experience points to level up, and learn new skills and abilities to face stronger enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 67.1%, Action 16.1%, Incremental 9.7%, 2D 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #42 Metal Soldiers: Incremental Defense
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Play365
Windows · Mac
Optimize, automate, and scale your defense to survive increasingly challenging waves in this addictive incremental tower defense.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.7%, Idler 19.2%, Military 19.1%, Incremental 18.6%, 2D 3.6%
- #43 Slot Grind
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 131 reviews2026
Dev: OneMoreSystem
Windows · Mac
Slot Grind is an incremental slot machine game where you spin, earn money, and put it back into upgrades. Unlock new machines with better payouts, improve them, and automate your slots as your profits grow, until you finally pay off your debts.
Why similar: Idler 46.7%, Incremental 43.2%, 2D 7.8%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #44 Feed The Frog King: Incremental TD
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TurtlePub: Shared Braincell
Windows · Linux
A short incremental tower defense game with a massive skill tree! Recruit a team of cute and deadly animal friends, shop for powerful hats, construct buildings, assign workers, and unlock powerful upgrades to Feed The Frog King!
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.3%, Incremental 29.7%, Idler 28.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #45 Idle Tower Defense
72% matchMixed54% of 118 reviews2024
Dev: ZNZ Games
Windows
Idle Tower Defense is a game where you control a single tower to fight off hordes of enemies. No randomization. Choose from a variety of modules to create unique builds and upgrade modules and survive endless waves.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.4%, Idler 30.6%, Incremental 27.7%, 2D 1.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #46 Bumper to Billions
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Happy Distractions Studio
Windows
An incremental game about processing vehicles through a toll road.
Why similar: Idler 39.8%, Incremental 29.3%, Automation 25.2%, 2D 4.8%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #47 Ball Wizard
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: werdnalt
Windows
A short incremental pachinko-like wave defense where you repel hordes of enemies with your Balls!
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.9%, Incremental 31.8%, Idler 15.8%, Action 10.4%, 2D 2.7%
- #48 Motelet
68% matchPositive100% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: Team Baeb Sae
Windows
Motelet is an incremental game about cleaning dusty rooms with a cute robot vacuum. Clear away dust and debris, earn coins, and purchase powerful upgrades as you transform your humble cleaner into the ultimate cleaning machine.
Why similar: Idler 33.6%, Incremental 31.5%, Automation 18.5%, Action 11.2%, 2D 4.4%
- #49 Flippin' Bottles
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SUMER
Windows
Flip bottles, stack earnings, and turn a tiny tabletop trick into an automated idle machine. Buy bigger bottles, unlock helpers and prestige for permanent upgrades.
Why similar: Idler 40.8%, Incremental 30.2%, Automation 23.4%, 2D 4.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #50 ClickShot
70% matchMixed48% of 27 reviews2025
Dev: ApeXPloit Studios
Windows
Lock, Load, Click. A slick clicker game where every click pulls the trigger. Earn shells, unlock wild gun cosmetics, and stack permanent multipliers. Simple to play, hard to quit. Lock, load, and click your way to glory.
Why similar: Idler 34.6%, Incremental 33.7%, Automation 25.4%, 2D 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #51 Empire of Zombies
69% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: Tomasz Letki
Windows
Raise an undead army and conquer the realms of the living! Empire of Zombies is a dark fantasy idle clicker where you recruit skeletons, zombies, and ghosts, build your necropolis, and crush human, elven, and barbarian kingdoms one by one.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39%, Idler 34.6%, Incremental 22.6%, 2D 3.3%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #52 Sofa Clicker
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Lapki BuisnessPub: Aleksandr Golovkin
Windows
Sofa Clicker is an idle game featuring cats with a single mission: total sofa destruction.
Why similar: Idler 39.2%, Incremental 35.9%, Automation 18%, 2D 6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #53 Last Hit Titan
69% matchMixed60% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: Summonings systems
Windows
Strategically place turrets and build defenses to maximize your firepower against colossal Titans! Experiment with different setups, optimize your battlefield, and take down legendary creatures with the most efficient tactics. Every decision counts in this unique tower defense experience!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.7%, Idler 28.4%, Incremental 23.4%, Automation 8.8%, 2D 4.8%
- #54 Pixel Clicker
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: MaxGameDev
Windows
A pixel art-style clicker game where you tap to blast pixels and bosses, upgrade, automate, and travel through diverse biomes, from lush jungles to the far reaches of space, all wrapped in an immersive soundscape. Climb the leaderboard and become the ultimate pixel boss.
Why similar: Incremental 37.5%, Idler 32.6%, Automation 23.6%, 2D 4.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #55 Kaiju Harvest
66% matchVery Positive81% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: Tavuno Forge
Windows · Mac · Linux
Heroes defeat the kaiju. You turn the remains into profit! Carve through colossal carcasses, harvest meat, bones, organs, and heart-cores, upgrade your gear, deploy collector bots, automate the grind, and clean up battle zones worldwide in this fast-paced pixel-art action-idle game.
Why similar: Idler 31.6%, Incremental 30.5%, Automation 20.6%, Gore 6.6%, Violent 6.1%
- #56 Endless TD
67% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: UnlockedSoftware
Windows
A simple yet unending tower defense game with a mix of idling and incremental progress. Tons of upgrades to purchase and endless progress to achieve.
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.2%, Idler 40.8%, Action 13.2%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #57 Towerburst
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Gwyn GamesPub: GwynGames
Windows
An incremental tower defense game where you fight enemies using unique tower combinations. Gather resources from fallen enemies, unlock and upgrade your towers, discover new tower synergies and defeat every enemy before your towers run out of shots.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.6%, Idler 31.5%, Incremental 28.8%, Singleplayer 1%
- #58 Bing Chill Inc
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: PIPAPOUPub: Coduck Studio
Windows
An incremental game about bingo.
Why similar: Idler 43.7%, Incremental 32.1%, Automation 16.9%, 2D 6.3%, Singleplayer 1%
- #59 Exploiters
66% match7 user reviews14% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: Comar Studios
Windows
Idle zombie defense where you grow your colony, earn passive income, and survive endless waves with automated combat and strategic upgrades.
Why similar: Idler 38.6%, Incremental 30.7%, Tower Defense 23.4%, 2D 6.2%, Singleplayer 1%
- #60 Swarm Slasher
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elusor Games
Windows
An endless, seething swarm of tens of thousands of monsters is coming for you. Hold back the tide of biomass in frantic battles! Build your defenses, annihilate everything that moves, and upgrade your death blender to insane power. Can you withstand 100,000 enemies at once?
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.7%, Idler 25.8%, Incremental 23%, Action 7.9%, 2D 3.6%