
A tactical tower defense roguelike game where chess pieces defend against waves from other games. Place strategic pieces, play powerful cards, build synergistic decks, and survive procedurally generated runs of increasing difficulty.
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A tactical tower defense roguelike game where chess pieces defend against waves from other games. Place strategic pieces, play powerful cards, build synergistic decks, and survive procedurally generated runs of increasing difficulty.

Fantasy Monster Hunt
Ultra-massive hordes of monsters are invading! Select heroes, choose upgrades, collect relics, and strategically deploy skills to prevent the monsters from reaching the defensive line. Each match lasts 15 minutes.

Chess Defense
Chess Defense is a strategy tower defense game where chess pieces become your towers.
Ultra-massive hordes of monsters are invading! Select heroes, choose upgrades, collect relics, and strategically deploy skills to prevent the monsters from reaching the defensive line. Each match lasts 15 minutes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.3%, Deckbuilding 28.7%, Roguelike 16.4%, Strategy 12.5%, Casual 2.1%
Chess Defense is a strategy tower defense game where chess pieces become your towers.
Why similar: Chess 49.9% ★, Tower Defense 27%, Strategy 11.4%, Roguelike 8.9%, Casual 2.2%
Dive into the whimsical world of Tinker Tactics, a unique blend of roguelike deckbuilding and tower defense. Craft the perfect deck to build the most efficient engines for your toy towers, then fend off waves of malfunctioning toy robots.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.3%, Deckbuilding 26.5%, Roguelike 13.7%, Tactical 12.3%, Strategy 8%
A roguelike tower defense on a chessboard that reshapes itself every turn. Build mazes and fend off the advancing army of black chess pieces with towers, traps, and cards.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.3%, Chess 28.9% ★, Deckbuilding 18.7%, Strategy 11.9%, Tactical 4.9%
You are a cloud operator. In the game, to protect the core and resist the continuous virus invasions, you build defenses, construct cards, install creatively designed plugins that provide you with various attack methods, repair external nodes, and at the same time offer you more convenient defense.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.8%, Deckbuilding 16.4%, Roguelike 14.2%, Strategy 12.7%, Card Battler 9.4%
Elemental Defender is a tower defense game using card to power up your units. Build your deck and place powerful units to defend your base from passing enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.1%, Deckbuilding 25%, Strategy 15.7%, Card Game 9.2%, Tactical 7.8%
Tower defense game with unprecedented freedom: move towers at will, access a vast array of cards, build decks freely, and even synthesize and upgrade them.
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.5%, Deckbuilding 18%, Roguelike 16.3%, Strategy 12.8%, Combat 3.7%
A roguelike deckbuilder where your cards move like chess pieces. Build an army, bless your troops, and conquer the kingdom one battle at a time.
Why similar: Chess 37.7% ★, Deckbuilding 15.6%, Roguelike 12.4%, Card Battler 12.3%, Strategy 8.7%
A cozy chess career simulation where every move matters. Shape your strategy with decision cards, rise through local tournaments, and work city jobs to build the life that supports your path to becoming a champion.
Why similar: Chess 49.2% ★, Deckbuilding 20.2%, Strategy 10.3%, Card Battler 9.2%, Card Game 5.5%
Sky Escort is a rogue-like card game featuring TD and management. Players roleplay an airborne mercenary,escorting clients' cargo to earn rewards. Buildcard decks, recruit crew members, and customize arms to enrich gameplay. Multiple factions can be chose from, each with unique combat style.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.4%, Deckbuilding 25.1%, Card Battler 12.9%, Roguelike 12.1%, Strategy 10%
Try your luck! Mecha Kucha Gacha Defense is a pixel gacha defense game. It is a game to smash enemies by summoning units through gacha. If you think you're running out of luck, get more units with more payments(free)!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.6%, Deckbuilding 32.3%, Roguelike 14.1%, Strategy 8.4%, PvE 3.4%
A lightning-fast roguelike deckbuilding auto-battler by Jason Rohrer. Puts the Chess back in "auto chess".
Why similar: Chess 45.5% ★, Deckbuilding 24%, Roguelike 14.9%, Strategy 10%, Card Battler 5.1%
Face down swarms of enemies using cards with diverse abilities. Evolve your own unique deck to overcome the trials ahead, and become a quick-witted hero who can conquer any crisis. You will be joined by loyal companions OR charismatic fairies who aren't afraid to use you for their own ends.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 27.7%, Tower Defense 23.8%, Strategy 17.2%, Roguelike 9.6%, Card Game 8.1%
Passant is a chess roguelike that changes all the rules. Progress through challenging rounds while collecting powerful pieces and game-changing items to seize victory.
Why similar: Chess 59.3% ★, Roguelike 13.4%, Strategy 12.8%, Deckbuilding 9.9%, Casual 2.6%
Castle Cardians fused card games,roguelike and real time colony defense together. Build your powerful deck, defend the castle and beat invaders.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 25.1%, Tower Defense 24.4%, Card Battler 11.7%, Roguelike 11.5%, Strategy 9.8%
A tower-defense game where you combine spells to modify the effects of your projectiles. A tower is defined by how you choose to apply modifications to it - create a shotgun wizard by combining multi-casts, create a swarm of black-holes, and absolutely break the game with your insane combinations!
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.1%, Deckbuilding 26.2%, Card Battler 15%, Roguelike 10.6%, Card Game 6.6%
Become the hero of a fantasy world and defend against monsters! 'Legacy of Defense - Prologue' is the intro to the innovative game 'Legacy of Defense' combining side-scrolling action and deck-building. Collect cards, use skills, gain experience, upgrade, and defeat the final boss!
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.8%, Deckbuilding 26.8%, Dungeon Crawler 13.6%, Roguelike 11.8%, Strategy 10%
Customize your board with a host of new pieces. Start with an aggressive forward assault, Or perhaps a defensive fortress designed to weather the storm. Will you outwit, outmanoeuvre, or out-explode your way to victory?
Why similar: Chess 51.6% ★, Deckbuilding 23.4%, Tactical 10.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Casual 2.5%
ASCENDANT VEIL is a sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder where you create powerful card synergies, upgrade your Exosuit with Boosters, and explore mysterious planets filled with ancient ruins, deadly creatures, and cosmic secrets.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 25.7%, Roguelike 16.5%, Strategy 12.8%, Dungeon Crawler 10.8%, Card Battler 10.3%
From the beginning, you've got all the cards. Now, command the garrisons of the Gate of Radiance to stop them from approaching.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.3%, Deckbuilding 31.9%, Strategy 14.5%, Roguelike 10.3%, Card Game 7.1%
Adventure with your unique friends and defeat powerful enemies! UNILOGUE is a new tower defense game with elements of a build-your-own roguelike. Form the best party you can think of and set out on a rugged adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.5%, Deckbuilding 22.6%, Roguelike 15.1%, Strategy 15.1%, Tactical 6.1%
A storybook tower defense where stationery knights fight the Void. Deploy pencil swordsmen, fountain pen mages, and eraser monks across four chapters. Evolve units via class changes and build your deck with cards earned each stage. Languages: Japanese / English / Chinese
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.3%, Deckbuilding 24.3%, Card Battler 16%, Strategy 10.2%, Roguelike 6.5%
Build your totem from cards, defend against waves of enemies, and grow your deck in this roguelite tower defense adventure. Strategize, rotate, survive, repeat!
Why similar: Tower Defense 39%, Deckbuilding 26.9%, Strategy 13.6%, Card Game 9.1%, Tactical 8.8%
Cardaver is a tower defense, deckbuilder, with roguelike looping gameplay. Using a wide variety of monsters and spells to defend each lane, help the Dragon Queen protect her Castle Kingdom against an army of fantasy do-gooders and tyrannical princesses.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.3%, Deckbuilding 26.1%, Roguelike 13.5%, Strategy 12.2%, 2.5D 8.8%
Tavern Defense is a Tower Defense + Roguelike Deckbuilder game where you build your deck of cards, carve your own paths for monsters, and create magnificent synergies to win the game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.5%, Deckbuilding 24.6%, Roguelike 13.7%, Strategy 10.3%, Card Battler 10.1%
Progressively harder waves of enemies fall from the sky. Capture them to earn gold, and then purchase your own reinforcements to drop onto the board. 10 brand new chess pieces to master. How many waves can you survive?
Why similar: Chess 54.5% ★, Tower Defense 25%, Strategy 8.4%, 2.5D 6%, Casual 2.5%
Descend into a living dungeon where hesitation empowers the darkness. Build your deck, command creatures across tactical lanes, and survive a roguelike descent shaped by fear, strategy, and the echoes of your past failures.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 32.4%, Dungeon Crawler 15.8%, Roguelike 14.6%, Tactical 12.5%, Card Battler 10.2%
Play cards to cast spells that control enemy hordes and use your deck to build deadly mazes of towers with funky attack patterns.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.3%, Deckbuilding 18.2%, Card Battler 14.3%, Tactical 11.9%, Roguelike 11.6%
The swipe roguelite. Trait puts two powers on every card and one choice in your hands: left or right. Build devastating decks, fight through shifting encounters, and learn that in this game, one wrong swipe can be your last.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 25.8%, Card Battler 19.3%, Roguelike 15.1%, Strategy 10.5%, Dungeon Crawler 10.3%
Defend your castle in this roguelite tower defense! Use towers and spells against endless waves of enemies. Merge your towers, build powerful combinations, strengthen your King, and survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.2%, Strategy 15.8%, Card Battler 15.8%, Roguelike 15.7%, Deckbuilding 13%
Roguelike deck-building strategy game. Combine decks compatible with your chosen playstyle, deliver satisfying damage, and cast powerful spells to defend your territory in this card-themed strategy game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.4%, Deckbuilding 17%, Card Battler 13.4%, Tactical 8.8%, Strategy 8.8%
Roll the dice, defend your tower, build your deck! Synthwave Dice TD is a neon-drenched roguelike tower defense where every roll matters. Demo: Pure roguelike TD action. Full Game: Adds deckbuilding with 5 playable cards that manipulate your dice fate!
Why similar: Tower Defense 42%, Deckbuilding 23.9%, Roguelike 16.9%, Strategy 16.4%, Indie 0.8%
Tower defense deckbuilder where your towers are classes from D&D. Enchant towers with powerful buffs, sacrifice cards to forge new synergies, and select artifacts to customize your build.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.5%, Deckbuilding 26.9%, Roguelike 10.8%, Tactical 9.5%, Strategy 8.9%
Create your own cards and combine them in a unique and everchanging deck. Explore and battle through hostile lands, encounter bizarre creatures and craft the perfect strategy in this roguelike deckbuilder.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 36.1%, Card Battler 16%, Roguelike 15.2%, Dungeon Crawler 13.3%, Strategy 10.4%
Overbloom is a real-time roguelite tower defense where you cultivate powerful plant builds, discover strange items from the past, and survive against a spreading corruption looking to consume all life on the planet!
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.9%, Strategy 14%, Roguelike 10.8%, Dungeon Crawler 9.8%, 2.5D 8.2%
Turn an ordinary hand into a devastating play in this roguelike deckbuilder. Roll Dice to empower cards, assemble game-changing Relic Combos and unleash Cheats as you battle through an ever-changing casino multiverse.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 37%, Strategy 18.1%, Card Battler 15.3%, Roguelike 14.9%, Card Game 9.3%
A chess roguelike where every run bends the rules. Build your army, wield powerful kings, and survive deadly variants on your way to proving a human can still beat the machine. Shape your build, outlast the chaos, and choose when to command the board yourself.
Why similar: Chess 52.2% ★, Deckbuilding 28.8%, Strategy 10.5%, Grid-Based Movement 5%, PvE 2.8%
A real-time roguelite castle defense made by a solo developer. Shoot from your castle, drag soldier cards onto the field, and cast spells to hold the line. Between runs, open chests to recruit new units and spend mastery on a huge upgrade tree, then push the horde back chapter by chapter.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36%, Deckbuilding 25.7%, Action Roguelike 9.4%, Card Battler 8.9%, Strategy 6.2%
"Striking Wine" is a tower defense game. By combining a variety of defense towers and ammunition with different characteristics, you will clash with the natives who are well versed in environmental survival strategies and ultimately uncover the truth behind the mutation.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.2%, Deckbuilding 17.9%, Card Battler 16.6%, Roguelike 11.7%, Strategy 7.6%
Cribbage meets roguelike deckbuilding. Score powerful hands to deal damage, unlock faction talents, and fight through increasingly dangerous encounters. Every hand is a gamble — every point matters.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 32.7%, Roguelike 20.5%, Strategy 16.4%, Card Battler 12.8%, Card Game 9.5%
Become the hero who protects the fantasy world and stop the monster invasion! 'Legacy of Defense' combines defense with deck-building. Build your deck, use powerful skills, gain experience, upgrade, clear stages, and defeat the final boss. Ready to test your strategy and luck?
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.9%, Deckbuilding 24%, Card Battler 12.5%, Dungeon Crawler 11%, Roguelike 9.3%
secretly the most overpowered game in existence
Why similar: Chess 40.9% ★, Deckbuilding 24.5%, Tactical 12.7%, Card Battler 10.9%, Card Game 6.5%
Chess of doom is a chess-based roguelike where you're outnumbered at every turn. Harness the dungeon's power to battle enemy hordes, familiar and strange. Die, learn, master, conquer!
Why similar: Chess 61.4% ★, Roguelike 13.6%, Strategy 13%, Dungeon Crawler 9.8%, Indie 1.4%
Build a unique defense every run in this roguelike tower defense. Choose a hero, discover new towers, collect upgrade cards, and create powerful synergies to overcome increasingly difficult enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.4%, Deckbuilding 24.1%, Roguelike 13.7%, Tactical 11.2%, Strategy 10.1%
Explore the dungeons Below the Crown, in this love letter to Roguelikes, Dungeon Crawlers, and Chess. Prepare for strategy, game-changing spells, psychological tests, and challenges from your fellow players. From the award-winning creators of Duskers & A Virus Named TOM.
Why similar: Chess 39.6% ★, Deckbuilding 14.5%, Dungeon Crawler 11.2%, Roguelike 10.4%, 2.5D 8.5%
A chess game with 30+ pieces and deck building,
Why similar: Chess 46.4% ★, Deckbuilding 14.5%, Roguelike 12.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Tactical 8%
A deck builder tower defense game, in which you create a deck of cards which can used to place down towers that can defeat incoming enemies. Complete campaigns, collect cards, and assemble the best deck!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.2%, Deckbuilding 25%, Strategy 18.7%, Card Game 9.2%, Casual 3.5%
A chess arcade game where you play against the strongest chess engine in the world.
Why similar: Chess 78.3% ★, Strategy 12.4%, Tactical 7.5%, 2D 1.9%
A Tower Defense Deckbuilding Roguelike about saving four princesses with strategy, skill, and a bit of luck!
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.1%, Strategy 18.8%, Roguelike 16.5%, Deckbuilding 13.9%, Action Roguelike 13.1%
DEFEND 99 is a rogue-lite tower defense game with deckbuilding and autochess elements. Place your turrets, roll for upgrades, equip Mods and Buddies, balance your economy and prepare your board strategy for enemy empowering weather effects. Can you hold off all ninety nine waves?
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.4%, Deckbuilding 22.1%, Roguelike 14.1%, Tactical 13.9%, Strategy 11.1%
The tower-defense roguelike deckbuilder. Find your strategy. Place your towers. Overcome tough foes. Perfect your deck. See what awaits past our world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.8%, Strategy 20.2%, Roguelike 18%, Card Battler 13.6%, Action Roguelike 11.4%
EvilMana is a real-time roguelite card battle RPG, where players can enjoy adventures and deck-building as they seek the “core of mana” that lies deep within a dark cavern!
Why similar: Deckbuilding 29.9%, Strategy 22.7%, Card Battler 20.3%, Roguelike 19.5%, Card Game 6.6%
Shatranj Pro is a tactical chess puzzle game featuring 10,000 unique puzzles, 3 AI difficulty levels, and local 2-player mode. Solve challenging positions, improve your tactical vision, and progress through a massive chess puzzle experience at your own pace.
Why similar: Chess 76.8% ★, Strategy 17.9%, 2D 2.5%, Casual 1.9%, Indie 1%
War Land TD is a strategic tower-defense card battler where you defend a single vulnerable tower by summoning heroes and bosses with cards. Build your deck, manage gold tokens, and battle challenging enemies across 60 missions.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.7%, Card Battler 21.5%, Deckbuilding 17.3%, Strategy 14.3%, Tactical 6%
On a cursed slot machine, you engage in a deadly game of souls with the demons. Devil Slot Machine is a roguelike pinball tower defense game. Purchase chips as defensive towers and release elemental bullets to destroy your enemies. Enjoy the exhilarating feeling of annihilating demons!
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.1%, Deckbuilding 31.9%, Strategy 17.9%, Roguelike 11.3%, Combat 3.5%
Drop Order is a dark sci-fi tactical tower defense where every turret placement shapes both your firepower and the enemy's route. Build synergistic defenses, create deadly mazes, and survive alien hordes with cards and hands-on drone combat.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.5%, Deckbuilding 25.7%, Strategy 14.5%, Tactical 9.8%, Roguelike 9.1%
Building on the rich card entries of the first generation, this game innovatively incorporates the concept of projectiles. With strategic card combinations and projectile aiming and bouncing features, it guarantees you a refreshing, one-of-a-kind experience with no alternatives online!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.5%, Deckbuilding 28.2%, Roguelike 14.4%, Strategy 11.4%, Card Game 6.9%
From the creators of Vampire Survivors comes a turbo-charged, turn-based roguelite deckbuilder! Deal world-ending combos, blitz through infested dungeons, and master the Turboturn to obliterate hordes of familiar foes with a chaotic hand of cards.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 24.6%, Card Battler 20.3%, Dungeon Crawler 14%, Roguelike 12.5%, Strategy 9.1%
Stop The Slimes is a tower defense card-based game where you need to protect their realm from a relentless invasion of the slimes. In this strategic and turn-based adventure, players assemble a formidable deck of cards of towers and spells.
Why similar: Tower Defense 50.9%, Deckbuilding 22.1%, Strategy 14%, Card Game 12.3%, Indie 0.7%