
Build your village by day, survive the darkness by night. Awakening of Darkness is a 2D base-building survival game combining city building, tower defense, and roguelike mechanics in a day-night cycle.
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Build your village by day, survive the darkness by night. Awakening of Darkness is a 2D base-building survival game combining city building, tower defense, and roguelike mechanics in a day-night cycle.

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Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?

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| Rogue elements + Free Layout + BattleMastery + Turn-based March | What kind of different experience will it bring ? Will you be able to hold on to a tower caught in a tidal wave of enemy attacks ? May be this is the answer you're looking for.
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.8%, City Builder 17.8%, Dark Fantasy 11.8%, Base Building 11.5%, Roguelite 7.7%
| Rogue elements + Free Layout + BattleMastery + Turn-based March | What kind of different experience will it bring ? Will you be able to hold on to a tower caught in a tidal wave of enemy attacks ? May be this is the answer you're looking for.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.7%, City Builder 22.4%, Medieval 12.4%, Base Building 12%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: Tower Defense 17.9%, City Builder 16.6%, Base Building 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Medieval 9.9%
Block Tower TD 2 is a strategic game in the roguelike style with original innovations. Build worlds from blocks, choose random upgrades, each game will be unique.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23%, City Builder 22.8%, Medieval 10.4%, Base Building 9.9%, Roguelike 8.4%
Fortifend is a fantasy city builder with a mix of resource management and strategic tower defense. As Lord Mayor, build your settlement into a fortified city capable of fending off waves of demonic invaders. Guard the gates!
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.2%, City Builder 26.1%, Base Building 19.8%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Medieval 5.8%
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 22.1%, Tower Defense 22%, Sandbox 9.8%, Procedural Generation 8.9%, Base Building 8.1%
Raise massive armies and fight thousands of enemies. Dwarven Rampart is a fantasy roguelite strategy game where you build dwarven cities and fight massive fights. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.3%, City Builder 16.6%, Base Building 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Real Time Tactics 9.4%
A procedurally generated tower defense game. Shape creep pathing with defenses and buildings. Gather enough resources to keep up with increasingly powerful waves of creeps.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.7%, Procedural Generation 18.3%, Base Building 11.1%, Medieval 9.9%, Roguelike 9.5%
Dark Fantasy RTS with a tech tree determined by choices in the campaign. Learn the counter play and manage army compositions to challenge the campaign.
Why similar: City Builder 30.3%, Real Time Tactics 18.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Base Building 9.6%, Strategy 7.6%
Take action in this immersive 3D experience where you can build your own village, command your troops into battle, and plunder resources from enemies.
Why similar: City Builder 30.1%, Tower Defense 26%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Medieval 10.4%, Base Building 9.1%
They Fear The Mist is a real-time strategy game, where you command your Troops, build your Settlement, fight off thousands of Enemies and explore the Unknowns of the Mist. Take command of your people and defend them from the incoming hordes… Can you survive?
Why similar: Tower Defense 18.1%, City Builder 13.9%, Base Building 13.9%, Medieval 11.9%, Real Time Tactics 11.2%
A 2D Strategic Base Defender game set in Medieval times. As relentless Waves of enemy forces threaten your Stronghold, you must gather Resources, Fortify your Defenses and lead your Rebellion. Prepare to strengthen your Base and manage your Resources. But beaware of the Storms!
Why similar: City Builder 24%, Tower Defense 23%, Base Building 14.8%, Medieval 13.9%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%
Build defences, explore an all-encompassing fog and pray you can fight off the massive hordes of Ruin. Engage with an expansive unlock system and survive in a world that changes with your decisions. ‘Monuments to Ruin’ is a roguelite, tower defense game set in a world ravaged by a suffocating fog.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.8%, Medieval 14.4%, Procedural Generation 13%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%, Roguelike 9.1%
Become a hero of Eastern legend. Explore ancient secrets, plan your defenses, combine tower types and modifiers, and build an indestructible fortress in a tower-defence game with survival elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30%, City Builder 28.7%, Medieval 13.1%, Base Building 10.1%, Strategy 7.6%
Save the king from hordes of angry orcs, elves, and various other fantasy races in this castle-building tower defense game. Build a maze of walls using tetromino-shaped pieces and fortify it with loyal soldiers, powerful mages, and defensive siege weapons. Can your fortress withstand the onslaught?
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.1%, Medieval 19.5%, Base Building 16.8%, Roguelite 12.2%, Strategy 6.1%
Queen’s Revenge is a fast-paced tower defense game where you play as a fallen queen, betrayed and cast into darkness. Build defenses by day, fight relentless foes at night, and reclaim your throne. Every action counts—plan, battle, survive!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.5%, City Builder 17.1%, Medieval 13.7%, Base Building 12.8%, Dark Fantasy 7.3%
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 24.1%, Tower Defense 16.5%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Base Building 11%, Post-apocalyptic 9.9%
Eversiege is a roguelike, tower defense in which you'll defend a castle in procedurally generated terrain. Establish a production, build defending buildings and survive waves of enemies coming from everywhere! After defeat, buy new buildings, unlock new leaders and prepare to fight again.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.8%, Procedural Generation 15%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Base Building 10.3%, Roguelike 8.7%
We Are The Wall is a city-builder / RTS where you lead a hardy dwarf settlement fighting to protect their mountain home. Train armies, gather vital resources, explore the surrounding lands, and defend the Heart of the Mountain at all costs. We Are The Wall!
Why similar: City Builder 28.1%, Base Building 20.3%, Tower Defense 17.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.5%, Dark Fantasy 8.6%
Rule as Dracula in this castle-defense roguelite. Shape your fortress room by room, command an army of monsters, and step into battle yourself to protect your throne from relentless mortal invaders. A war waged for eternity, for the love you couldn’t save.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.9%, Base Building 15.4%, Dark Fantasy 11.4%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%, Roguelike 8.9%
A light Rogue strategy game centered on building and defense. Build your territory, recruit soldiers to fend off enemies. 9 maps, 6 weapons (30 talents), 40 monsters, 30 units/buildings. Plan your pace, control soldiers, choose abilities—enjoy command and strategy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.8%, City Builder 21.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.4%, Medieval 11.5%, Base Building 10.9%
Build up your defenses, fortify your camp and fight back the demon horde that has come to take what little you have left.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.1%, City Builder 19.8%, Medieval 14.6%, Base Building 14%, Real Time Tactics 12.3%
Combination of roguelike and strategy in one side view game. Defend yourself against constantly attacking Elms while researching procedural research branches. Destroy the enemy or lose
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.5%, City Builder 15.7%, Procedural Generation 13.2%, Base Building 11.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%
Delve for materials, machines and curiosities in this game inspired by Dungeon Keeper and Pikmin.
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.1%, City Builder 20.1%, Real Time Tactics 12%, Sandbox 10.3%, Roguelike 8.6%
clickyland is a tower defense village builder where clicks are your main resource. Use clicks to harvest resources, fight enemies and manage your village, but use them wisely as you only get 20 clicks every day! Can you reach day 100?
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.3%, City Builder 26%, Base Building 20.8%, Medieval 10.5%, Strategy 8.5%
Hoglands is a 2D side-scrolling base defense strategy with RPG elements where you with the help of your hero, will be protecting your kingdom against bloodthirsty, undead pigs. Gather resources, build a base, raise an army, improve your hero and lead defense of your lands.
Why similar: City Builder 23.5%, Tower Defense 22.1%, Base Building 12.2%, Sandbox 10.2%, Medieval 10.2%
NuTREEnts is a casual tower defense game about growing and expanding your forest. Plant saplings, fend off bugs, and explore a desolate planet while you grow a mighty colony of trees!
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.9%, City Builder 26.7%, Base Building 11.6%, Sandbox 7%, Strategy 6.6%
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: Tower Defense 26.8%, City Builder 25.4%, Base Building 15.8%, Medieval 14.3%, Roguelite 6.8%
Build, gamble, and most of all survive in this roguelike tower defense where everything is a tile. Use the slot shop to draft towers and physical upgrade tiles to buff your grid. With hundreds of unique synergies, will you hit the jackpot or let the enemies break your base? Play the odds today!
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.2%, Real Time Tactics 19.2%, Base Building 12.7%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Roguelike 10.1%
Tiny Kings is the whimsical medieval base builder where your dreams of building and managing a pint-sized kingdom come true! Unleash your inner ruler and build your kingdom, manage your citizens' tasks, and dominate the siege to become the ultimate ruler.
Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, Tower Defense 19.8%, Medieval 15.7%, Base Building 13.3%, Real Time Tactics 13%
Mawang: Dark Lord Defense is a real-time tactical tower defense game. As Princess Lua, defend the demon realm against the hero alliance. Build unique towers, manage unit morale, and use tactical pauses to repel invasions. Your strategy decides the demon realm's fate.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.4%, City Builder 21.9%, Base Building 15.3%, Medieval 12.9%, Dark Fantasy 11%
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 24.5%, Tower Defense 24.3%, Sandbox 10.7%, Medieval 10.2%, Roguelike 8.6%
Build, manage and defend your fantasy tavern.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23%, Base Building 15%, City Builder 13.7%, Medieval 12.5%, Roguelite 8.2%
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Why similar: Tower Defense 27%, City Builder 22.4%, Medieval 16.7%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Tactical 7.9%
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Why similar: Tower Defense 26%, City Builder 21.2%, Sandbox 11.5%, Medieval 9.8%, Roguelike 9%
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Why similar: Tower Defense 44.9%, Procedural Generation 12.6%, Roguelike 11.9%, Base Building 11.2%, Roguelite 6.1%
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Why similar: Tower Defense 22.4%, City Builder 18.3%, Base Building 14%, Procedural Generation 11.4%, Crafting 8.1%
A minimalist game of building and defending an isolated island after a nuclear apocalypse
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.2%, Base Building 17.1%, Post-apocalyptic 13.1%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Roguelite 10.6%
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Why similar: Tower Defense 25.7%, Base Building 18.6%, Procedural Generation 18.1%, Sandbox 12.2%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%
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Why similar: City Builder 32%, Tower Defense 29.8%, Procedural Generation 11.5%, Medieval 8.8%, Base Building 8.4%
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Why similar: Tower Defense 24.3%, City Builder 22.1%, Base Building 15.1%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%, Medieval 8.9%
Build by day. Survive by night. A focused medieval tower defense where every decision is permanent.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.7%, Medieval 18%, Base Building 17.3%, Real Time Tactics 13.7%, Strategy 6.9%
It Takes a Village is a city-building RPG taking inspiration from games like Legend of Zelda and Animal Crossing. Venture into a procedurally generated world filled with monsters, dungeons, and more as you collect resources to build up your village to push back the evil that infests your world.
Why similar: City Builder 28.1%, Base Building 16.7%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Tower Defense 12.2%, Crafting 10.2%
Fend off brutal waves of demonic hordes as a mobile hero amongst your stationary allies. As the city’s last line of defense, recruit followers, unlock upgrades, and synergize skills to hold the line against apocalyptic bosses. Remember: heroes can fall, but the gate must stand.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.5%, Medieval 12.8%, Roguelike 10.4%, Dark Fantasy 8.4%, Base Building 8%
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Why similar: Tower Defense 25.7%, City Builder 23.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.8%, Base Building 12.2%, Dark Fantasy 11.9%
Strategy Tower Defense, RTS Battles on the World Map
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.2%, City Builder 19.9%, Medieval 15.2%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Roguelite 8%
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Why similar: Tower Defense 21.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 12%, Medieval 11.7%, Procedural Generation 11.2%
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 27.1%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Base Building 13.8%, Roguelike 9%, Roguelite 8.7%
Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.
Why similar: City Builder 25.4%, Tower Defense 17.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, Medieval 13.5%, Base Building 11.8%
Unleash your inner necromancer in Crypt Keeper – a roguelite tower defense game. Raise skeleton armies, defend your crypt, and manipulate enemy waves with the ESSENCE-IAL update.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.8%, City Builder 27.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.3%, Roguelite 7.8%, Tactical 7.5%
Defend your imperial cities against the invasion of underworld mages! Rally survivors, mages and soldiers, strengthen your defenses and fight for survival in this epic tower defense fantasy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.8%, City Builder 21.8%, Base Building 14.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.9%, Medieval 13.2%
The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.
Why similar: City Builder 22.4%, Tower Defense 20.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.8%, Medieval 13.4%, Base Building 13.2%
One More Tower is a horde survival TD set in a medieval fantasy world. Pioneer an unexplored forest, build your town and defenses, and hold out against the onslaught of enemies. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.3%, Medieval 15.9%, Procedural Generation 14.9%, Base Building 12.4%, Roguelite 9.8%
A strategic tower defense game where management is key. Build houses to generate villagers, gather resources, and erect an impenetrable defense. Withstand increasingly powerful waves of enemies and prevent them from destroying your tower.
Why similar: City Builder 30.9%, Tower Defense 30.2%, Sandbox 13.8%, Roguelite 11.2%, Strategy 9.4%
A base-building survival game with terraforming and crafting. Earth lies poisoned and abandoned ten thousand years after invasion. Awaken from stasis, defend your fragile foothold, and restore a dead world so humanity can live here again.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.2%, Base Building 23.4%, City Builder 15.7%, Sandbox 11%, Crafting 7.1%
Simple strategy game in which you must build and expand your kingdom while defending it from waves of enemies. You will be able to recruit allies and raise defenses, while adversaries become more numerous and evolve over time.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.5%, City Builder 23.3%, Base Building 15.3%, Real Time Tactics 14.3%, Roguelike 7.8%
Islets Defense is a turn-based tower defense game in which you build a small village to gather resources and defend your castle. Carefully plan your actions, as each move brings the enemy waves closer! Strategize building placements and play your cards wisely, as timing and order are key.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.7%, City Builder 28.2%, Base Building 17.2%, Medieval 11.8%, Strategy 4.7%
CleanFall is a survival rogue-like that prizes player freedom and creativity. Build mobile death machines to fight off ravenous hordes, craft and alchemize gun turrets, and tunnel through subterranean ecosystems crawling with nameless horrors.
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Sandbox 9.2%
Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.
Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, Tower Defense 18.6%, Real Time Tactics 15%, Medieval 13.6%, Base Building 11.9%