- #1 Worbital
97% matchVery Positive89% of 475 reviews2019
Dev: Team Jolly Roger
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
With the shifting gravity on your side, aim your cannons, blast your enemies and enjoy the fireworks. Worbital is a real-time strategic artillery game in space, peppered with a heavy dose of cosmic chaos. The goal: be the last civilization standing!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 31.2%, RTS 27.2%, Multiplayer 16.1%, Strategy 8.1%, 2D 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RTS that uses physics-based orbital mechanics and artillery combat similar to the core loop of Cannon Brawl.
- #2 ShellShock Live
96% matchVery Positive93% of 35,331 reviews2020
Dev: kChamp Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 30.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Demolish your friends with hundreds of upgradable weapons shot from your customizable tank in this action-packed online multiplayer tanks game. Earn XP to level up and unlock new tanks, weapons, and gear. Fight against or alongside your friends for strategic team or free-for-all matches.
Why similar: Multiplayer 44.9%, Strategy 19.4%, 2D 14.5%, Colorful 7.3%, Action 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A dedicated artillery game that focuses on a massive variety of weapons and tactical positioning in a 2D environment.
- #3 Tooth and Tail
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 4,111 reviews2017
Dev: Pocketwatch Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 44.2%, Multiplayer 16.9%, Strategy 15.2%, Local Multiplayer 9.9%, Indie 5%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, controller-friendly RTS that distills complex strategy into quick, intense matches.
- #4 CastleStorm
95% matchVery Positive89% of 1,616 reviews2013
Dev: Zen Studios
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Welcome to the world of CastleStorm, a super genre mashup of 2D physics destruction mashed with tower defense brawler! CastleStorm was born out of the fond childhood memory of building and destroying LEGO castles.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 26.3%, Tower Defense 14.8%, RTS 14.2%, Strategy 12.8%, Multiplayer 10.5%
Why You'll Like It: Combines physics-based projectile destruction with tower defense elements for a chaotic and strategic experience.
- #5 Worms W.M.D
94% matchVery Positive85% of 13,982 reviews2016
Dev: Team17
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The worms are back in their most destructive game yet. With a gorgeous, hand-drawn 2D look, brand new weapons, the introduction of crafting, vehicles and buildings plus the return of some much-loved classic weapons and gameplay, Worms W.M.D is the best worms experience ever.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 35.6%, Multiplayer 32%, Strategy 17.8%, 2D 6.9%, Action 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: This classic artillery game features the same destructible terrain and weapon-based combat that makes Cannon Brawl so engaging.
- #6 Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon
94% matchMixed70% of 315 reviews2018
Dev: Ronimo GamesPub: Atari
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 38%
Take command of mighty Vikings, sly Persians or brutish Demons! Destroy your opponent’s base while defending your own in this action-packed side-scrolling RTS!
Why similar: RTS 30.3%, Strategy 22.4%, Multiplayer 14%, Indie 10.2%, Action 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game that balances base management with real-time combat in a colorful 2D world.
- #7 Ballistic Craft
93% matchVery Positive94% of 69 reviews2020
Dev: Palladium SoftPub: GameTomo Co., Ltd.
Windows
A bullet hell of your own making! Play the game where strategy and creativity meet - duel rival wizards in real time battle arenas with custom shot crafting to win the League of Crafters!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 33.6%, Indie 26.8%, Action 22.6%, Multiplayer 16.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on customizable artillery and fast-paced PvP combat that mirrors the airship-based battles of the seed game.
- #8 Mayan Death Robots
92% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2015
Dev: Sileni Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Duke it out with massive alien robots during the peak of the Mayan civilization. Nuke, zap, implode, incinerate and destroy your friends in singleplayer or local multiplayer. Win the adoration of your tiny Mayan tribesmen, and keep an eye out for Mayan Gods who will try to crash your party.
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 42.1%, Multiplayer 23.8%, Strategy 13.5%, 2D 10.9%, Action 5.3%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D artillery game where players must destroy the enemy base while protecting their own through tactical weapon placement.
- #9 Boom Slingers
90% matchVery Positive90% of 128 reviews2022
Dev: Boom Corp
Windows · Mac
A fresh take on the classic artillery genre! Fight in physics-based battles online against players around the world. Defeat your opponents with UFO-tracked Cows, gravity-defying Anvils, or a good ol' fashioned Baseball Bat. The choice is yours!
Why similar: Multiplayer 40.6%, Strategy 22.3%, 2D 13.6%, Colorful 13.4%, Action 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A physics-based artillery game that emphasizes turn-based tactical combat and destructible environments.
- #10 Slam Bolt Scrappers
91% matchMixed55% of 55 reviews2013
Dev: Fire Hose Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Build and brawl in this fast and frantic mash-up! Race your opponents to build the most powerful towers in Slam Bolt City while defending against deceptively adorable baddies and hugely epic bosses. Create weapons that shoot lasers, drills, missiles, and more to annihilate your adversary.
Why similar: Strategy 35%, Local Multiplayer 29.7%, Indie 19.2%, Action 16%
Why You'll Like It: An action-strategy hybrid that requires quick reflexes and building placement to defeat opponents.
- #11 Mushroom Wars 2
91% matchMixed62% of 975 reviews2017
Dev: Zillion WhalesPub: Azur Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In Mushroom Wars 2, enemy tribes of feisty mushroom creatures face off in short but fierce RTS battles. Step into the shoes of a fearless Mushroom Commander, choose a hero to lead your army, and take control of the battlefield in a variety of multiplayer modes or challenging story campaign.
Why similar: RTS 38.2%, Multiplayer 20.8%, Strategy 18%, Tower Defense 9.4%, Indie 5%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, colorful RTS that emphasizes quick unit management and territory control.
- #12 Tower Wars
89% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,753 reviews2012
Dev: SuperVillain Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Tower Wars combines elements of tower defense, RTS, and all-out multi-player mayhem to bring you a completely unique experience, delivered with a fun and funny not-so-old world style!
Why similar: Tower Defense 39%, Multiplayer 25.9%, Strategy 22.7%, Indie 7.9%, Action 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A competitive tower defense game that allows players to build defenses while simultaneously sending units to attack the enemy.
- #13 Bish Bash Bots
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 207 reviews2023
Dev: CATASTROPHIC_OVERLOADPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Bish Bash Bots is a unique mix of casual tower defense strategy and all-out brawling action. Team up in couch co-op / online play or go it alone and fight to save the world by building upgradable turrets, unlocking gadgets and bashing bots with giant hammers.
Why similar: Multiplayer 41.9%, Tower Defense 27.7%, Strategy 15.8%, Action 10.1%, Singleplayer 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A unique tower defense game where players must actively fight alongside their towers to survive waves of enemies.
- #14 Fortify
88% matchMostly Positive74% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Holgersson Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Fortify is a real-time strategy game with a tower defense twist. Defend your castle from attacking monsters and siege weapons by using ranged and melee defenders, catapults, cannons, oil fields and more. You start at the iron age, advancing to the medieval age, and later, the imperial age.
Why similar: RTS 43.7%, Strategy 29.4%, Indie 15%, Action 11.9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the strategic placement of defenses and real-time management of resources to survive enemy onslaughts.
- #15 Battlepillars Gold Edition
87% matchVery Positive84% of 385 reviews2014
Dev: Hitcents
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Battlepillars is a real-time tug-of-war strategy game in which you command caterpillars armed to the teeth with flamethrowers, sticky honey, mines, machine guns, and more!
Why similar: Strategy 66.9%, Indie 17.6%, Action 15.5%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game where players manage units to push back the enemy line in real-time.
- #16 Circle Empires
85% matchVery Positive90% of 4,100 reviews2018
Dev: LuminousPub: Iceberg Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 18.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Circle Empires is a fresh take on the RTS genre, featuring a fast-paced approach to conquering the world.
Why similar: RTS 48.5%, Strategy 25.2%, Indie 11.7%, Multiplayer 10.3%, 2D 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced RTS that uses a unique circular map design to keep the action constant and engaging.
- #17 Mushroom Wars
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 571 reviews2016
Dev: Zillion WhalesPub: Azur Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Mushroom Wars is a dynamic real-time strategy game, where smart strategy meets furious action in epic PvP and PvE battles.
Why similar: RTS 36.9%, Multiplayer 18.2%, Strategy 14.9%, Tower Defense 9.4%, 2D 7%
Why You'll Like It: The original title in the series, offering pure, fast-paced RTS gameplay in a colorful setting.
- #18 Orcs Must Die! 2
84% matchVery Positive92% of 19,505 reviews2012
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.7%, Multiplayer 20.4%, Strategy 18.9%, Action 9.6%, Indie 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: Blends intense action with tower defense mechanics, requiring players to actively participate in the defense of their base.
- #19 Tank Brawl 2: Armor Fury
84% matchMixed67% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: Phung Games
Windows
Satisfy your need of destruction by smashing armor vehicles to pieces in spectacular fashions during the epic 4 players co-op campaign. Vehicles and drivers have unique upgrades and class combination. Multiple weapons such as laser beam, giant hammer, Mech's katana.
Why similar: Multiplayer 100%
Why You'll Like It: Offers chaotic vehicular combat with a focus on local multiplayer and tactical destruction.
- #20 8-Bit Armies
82% matchVery Positive82% of 2,459 reviews2016
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. Featuring a campaign of 25 single-player missions, 12 co-op missions, multiplayer and skirmish modes.
Why similar: RTS 47.5%, Strategy 25%, Multiplayer 17%, Indie 8.6%, Action 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A vibrant, accessible RTS that captures the fun and fast nature of real-time strategy without overwhelming complexity.
- #21 Kingdom Two Crowns
81% matchVery Positive90% of 37,612 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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: Local Multiplayer 39.9%, Tower Defense 19.4%, Multiplayer 19.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Adventure 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D strategy game that focuses on base building and resource management with a distinct, charming aesthetic.
- #22 Worms Revolution
82% matchVery Positive87% of 8,995 reviews2012
Dev: Team17 Digital Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Worms™ Revolution is the latest game in the classic turn-based strategy series to come to the PC.
Why similar: Multiplayer 35.9%, Local Multiplayer 31.9%, Strategy 25.2%, Action 2.7%, 2D 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features the iconic artillery gameplay with added physics-based environmental hazards and destructible terrain.
- #23 BRAWL
83% matchMixed66% of 82 reviews2015
Dev: Bloober Team SA
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 96%
The most explosive competitive arena game of the year has arrived on Steam! Battle it out in this heavily skilled-reliant bomb bonanza, controlling one of eight unique characters, each possessing their own deadly skillset that adds speed and tactical depth to the oldschool gameplay.
Why similar: Multiplayer 38.6%, Indie 34.2%, Action 27.2%
Why You'll Like It: An action-packed multiplayer game that emphasizes environmental traps and tactical combat.
- #24 Anomaly: Warzone Earth
81% matchVery Positive87% of 4,668 reviews2011
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!
Why similar: Strategy 36.6%, RTS 21.1%, Tower Defense 19.6%, Indie 11.1%, Action 8%
Why You'll Like It: A reverse tower defense game where you lead a squad through enemy defenses, requiring tactical pathing and ability usage.
- #25 Dungeon Defenders
79% matchVery Positive93% of 18,745 reviews2011
Dev: Chromatic Games
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 42.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!
Why similar: Multiplayer 48.9%, Tower Defense 26.1%, Strategy 17.4%, Singleplayer 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: Combines action-RPG elements with tower defense, allowing players to actively defend their base alongside their towers.
- #26 TDS - Tower Defense Strategy
77% matchVery Positive81% of 354 reviews2025
Dev: Blockage
Windows · Mac · Linux
TOWER ▪ DEFENSE ▪ STRATEGY. Control Vessels. Utilize their uniquely deep set of towers. Create an everchanging defense. Play with friends. Protect your Basin at all costs. An absolute Tower Defense, Real-Time Strategy Hybrid
Why similar: RTS 47.8%, Multiplayer 22.6%, Tower Defense 15.9%, Strategy 6.8%, Indie 3.9%
- #27 Iron Harvest
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 15,723 reviews2020
Dev: KING ArtPub: Prime Matter
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 12.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A classic real-time strategy game with an epic single player campaign, multiplayer & coop, set in the alternate reality of 1920+
Why similar: RTS 59.9%, Multiplayer 17.9%, Strategy 16.9%, Action 3.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: An RTS set in a diesel-punk world that features destructible environments and tactical unit positioning.
- #28 Tempest Tower
76% 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 32.1%, Strategy 28%, Colorful 13.6%, Action 9.6%, Indie 8.4%
- #29 PixelJunk™ Monsters 2
80% matchMixed66% of 277 reviews2018
Dev: Q-Games Ltd.Pub: Spike Chunsoft Co., Ltd.
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 52.7%, Action 47.3%
Why You'll Like It: A colorful tower defense game that emphasizes active participation and strategic tower management.
- #30 8-Bit Hordes
79% matchVery Positive81% of 533 reviews2016
Dev: Petroglyph
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
From the team that brought you 8-Bit Armies comes a new fantasy RTS as fast-paced and friendly as the original! 8-BIT HORDES is a colorful strategy-arcade game that is easy to learn for players of all skill levels. Collect resources, build up and defend your base, amass your army of orcs or humans and ultimately crush your opponents!
Why similar: RTS 50.3%, Strategy 26.7%, Multiplayer 14%, Indie 9%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed RTS that shares the accessible, colorful, and fast-paced design philosophy of the seed game.
- #31 Sunstone War
76% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Blukulélé
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sunstone War is a unique Action game with Tower Defense element where you can carry EVERYTHING! Move towers, toss away enemies, carry obstacles, upgrade skills and journey through lands to protect your village from calamity!
Why similar: RTS 43.4%, Tower Defense 14.6%, Strategy 13.6%, Colorful 9.6%, 2D 8.5%
- #32 Caribbean Crashers
74% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,370 reviews2024
Dev: Bloxhill
Windows
Caribbean Crashers is a fast paced pirate strategy game where you control your own ship and fire cannonballs at enemy vessels to secure victory!
Why similar: Strategy 29.3%, 2D 25.9%, Indie 21.5%, Adventure 14.7%, Singleplayer 4.9%
- #33 Tangy TD
71% matchVery Positive92% of 1,121 reviews2026
Dev: Cakez
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Strategic tower defense where you play a witch, place class-based towers, equip them with items that grant powerful abilities, combine them, create unique builds & deal ridiculous amounts of damage! Customize your builds with a deep stat system and giant skill tree!
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.6%, Strategy 23.4%, 2D 14.7%, Colorful 12.1%, Action 10.1%
- #34 iBomber Defense
78% matchMostly Positive74% of 244 reviews2011
Dev: Cobra Mobile
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 54%
iBomber Defense combines classic tower defense gameplay with intense action and strategy. Keep enemies at bay all over the world using a variety of weapons and tactics, from rattling Machine guns, explosive cannons and awesome anti-aircraft artillery!
Why similar: Tower Defense 42%, Strategy 40.2%, Indie 17.8%
- #35 Cliff & Field Tower Defense
75% matchMixed65% of 56 reviews2023
Dev: Kami Ventures AB
Windows · Mac
Use clever strategies and tricks to defend your new kingdom in this fast-paced, atmospheric and bullet-packed tower defense adventure.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.9%, Strategy 22%, 2D 16.1%, Colorful 14.9%, Indie 7.8%
- #36 Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,241 reviews2016
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Command your troops through an epic (mis)adventure as you defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and ghastly denizens of the underworld -all with flashy new towers, levels, heroes, and more goodies to help you crush your foes in this Fantasy Action Tower Defense game!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25%, Strategy 19%, RTS 18.3%, 2D 11.3%, Colorful 6.9%
- #37 A Gentlemen's Dispute
70% matchVery Positive95% of 1,163 reviews2025
Dev: Blast Furnace Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A fancy party brawler for proper scoundrels! Sling traps, swing bats, and fire cannons in destructible arenas as you scramble for absurd perks and weapons. Outlast your so-called peers by any gentlemanly means necessary - all in the name of good sport, of course.
Why similar: Multiplayer 40.4%, Colorful 17.9%, Strategy 17.8%, Local Multiplayer 13.7%, Action 10.1%
- #38 Cubemen 2
77% matchMixed68% of 231 reviews2013
Dev: 3 Sprockets
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Cubemen 2 is a fast paced, action packed, original 3D Strategy game where you use your little Cubemen units to defend and attack enemies in a range of awesome game modes including CTF, Skirmish, Territory and more.
Why similar: Strategy 34.3%, Tower Defense 26.1%, Multiplayer 20.2%, Indie 19.4%
- #39 Forts
72% matchVery Positive92% of 24,366 reviews2017
Dev: EarthWork Games
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 23.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Unleash your creativity and strategic prowess in Forts, the exhilarating physics-based RTS! Design, construct, and customize imposing fortresses, bristling with devastating firepower, and blast your opponent’s buildings to rubble!
Why similar: Multiplayer 42.5%, Strategy 23.2%, 2D 13.2%, Indie 8.2%, Action 7.9%
- #40 Mortars VR
75% matchMixed61% of 158 reviews2018
Dev: Growl Interactive
Windows
An online multiplayer VR artillery shooter. Operate your cannon tower and destroy other players to grow taller. Dominate and become the tallest tower in the arena. Play online or offline with bots!
Why similar: Strategy 50.2%, Indie 26.8%, Action 23%
- #41 Cortex Command
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 6,051 reviews2012
Dev: Data RealmsPub: Data Realms, LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Choose between different factions, with their own set of expendable soldiers, mechas, and weapons. Protect your brain, mine gold, and destroy the enemy cortex in his bunker complex!
Why similar: Strategy 71.1%, Local Multiplayer 8.3%, 2D 5%, RTS 4.6%, Indie 4.2%
- #42 Air Brawl
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,713 reviews2015
Dev: Landfall
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 37%
A fast paced multiplayer dogfighting game that focuses on creative weapons and game mechanics that reward skillful flying.
Why similar: Multiplayer 53.7%, Action 24.6%, Indie 21.7%
- #43 Topple Tactics
69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,518 reviews2023
Dev: Braian StrakPub: Tewtiy
Windows
Topple Tactics is a physics-based multiplayer tower defense game where one huge player controls the map by placing towers and using abilities, whilst the little players level up their stats and equipment to reach the end of the map and defeat the huge player!
Why similar: Multiplayer 29.8%, Colorful 21.3%, Tower Defense 18%, Strategy 16.2%, Indie 7.7%
- #44 Mob Control
70% matchMostly Positive71% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: VOODOOPub: QubicGames
Windows
Are you ready to become the ultimate champion in the world of tower defense battles? Create, grow and lead!
Why similar: Action 40.2%, Colorful 38.7%, Singleplayer 21.1%
- #45 Conflicks - Revolutionary Space Battles
73% matchMostly Positive72% of 173 reviews2015
Dev: Artifice Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Spaceships, lasers, and… chickens! What more could you ask for?Conflicks: Revolutionary Space Battles is a creative new take on space-themed videogames that merges the deep, thoughtful gameplay of strategy games with the intuitive accessibility of physics-based games.
Why similar: Strategy 37.2%, Multiplayer 22.9%, Indie 18.6%, Action 12.5%, Adventure 5%
- #46 Rusted Warfare - RTS
70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,087 reviews2017
Dev: Corroding Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 32.4 hrs≥1hr: 78%
{{An RTS inspired by the classics of the past!}} Making up for it's subpar retro graphics with fun gameplay and modern multi-threaded tech enabling huge battles to run smooth... Featuring singleplayer challenges, skirmish, sandbox, 10-player multiplayer & workshop modding.
Why similar: RTS 57.3%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Strategy 13.7%, 2D 5.3%, Indie 3.6%
- #47 City Siege: Faction Island
72% matchMixed68% of 252 reviews2017
Dev: Ish GamesPub: Conglomerate 5
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 82%
The ultimate 2D Physics War Game - War just got fun, build your army with tanks, guns, spies, flame tanks and helicopters. Then embark on battles of mass destruction and tactical rescues. Bring peace to faction island by destroying all your enemies!
Why similar: 2D 22.8%, Indie 21.3%, Action 18.5%, Colorful 18.4%, Strategy 13.6%
- #48 Artillerists
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 132 reviews2017
Dev: SolarLance
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Artillerists is a turn-based isometric strategy. You should destroy the enemy’s armed forces, capture territories, earn money and upgrade your army. In addition to the main types of units and weapons, player can use radar reconnaissance, volley fire, air strikes, artillery strikes and many others...
Why similar: Strategy 64.2%, Indie 35.8%
- #49 Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,302 reviews2014
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.4%, Strategy 22.5%, 2D 11.7%, Indie 6.7%, Action 6.2%
- #50 Rift Riff
63% matchVery Positive96% of 365 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: RTS 40.5%, Tower Defense 16.9%, Strategy 14.3%, Colorful 10.3%, 2D 8.9%
- #51 Siege of Centauri
68% matchMixed66% of 448 reviews2019
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Defend against thousands of enemies in this explosive tower defense game. Deploy upgradable towers and unleash powerful orbital abilities as you try to protect Earth's first colony world from destruction.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.9%, Strategy 30.6%, Colorful 22.7%, Action 11.8%
- #52 Siegecraft Commander
69% matchMixed63% of 52 reviews2017
Dev: Blowfish Studios
Windows · Mac
Create the ultimate fortress and wreak havoc, raining destruction on your enemies with catapult-flinging fun!
Why similar: RTS 35.9%, Strategy 26.2%, Multiplayer 17.8%, Action 11.6%, Indie 5.4%
- #53 Castle Of Alchemists
63% matchVery Positive83% of 731 reviews2025
Dev: Team Machiavelli
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Defend your castle in this fast-paced tower defense/action hybrid game with stunning pixel art graphics! Play as alchemically enhanced warrior Bellator, set traps, build towers, craft powerful weapons, and defend your home! The fate of the castle lies in your hands!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.1%, Strategy 23.2%, 2D 17.2%, Indie 12.1%, Action 10.2%
- #54 Steampunk Syndicate
69% matchMixed57% of 79 reviews2017
Dev: Stereo7 Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Steampunk Syndicate is a tower defense with elements of collectible card games.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.4%, Strategy 31%, Action 21.5%, Indie 15.1%
- #55 Cannons-Defenders: Steam Edition
67% matchMixed67% of 206 reviews2017
Dev: REX PEX GAMES
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Hardcore 2D game with a fascinating and unusual mechanics, where you have to defend the base from annoying saboteurs.
Why similar: Indie 29.2%, Action 27.1%, 2D 18.8%, Tower Defense 18%, Singleplayer 6.9%
- #56 Bang Bang Barrage
60% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 897 reviews2025
Dev: Monkey BreadPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Survive the treacherous sea in this quirky multiplayer shooter game! Play solo or team up and fight off Cthulhu's minions. Master a unique recoil-based mechanic to blast enemies and chart your course. Mix and match upgrades to craft the perfect sea-surviving strategy!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 55.4%, Multiplayer 25.9%, Colorful 8.6%, 2D 4.8%, Adventure 2.2%
- #57 Treadnauts
66% matchVery Positive87% of 187 reviews2018
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Treadnauts launches 4-player tank brawls into the sky. Drive up all the walls! Rocket jump onto the roof! Shoot bullets out of the air! Move with style!!
Why similar: Local Multiplayer 53.5%, Multiplayer 29.3%, Indie 6.7%, 2D 5.5%, Action 5.1%