Games Like Chrysalis

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 32.5%, Roguelike 23.9%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Strategy 9%, Pixel Graphics 8%

Why You'll Like It: This classic hybrid masterfully combines tower defense, roguelike exploration, and RPG party management in a way that mirrors the depth of Chrysalis.

A combination of Action RPG and Tower Defense: slay monsters, find weapons, upgrade your armies, defend your base… Prevent humanity from extinction at the hands of monsters from Greek mythology and ancient tribes. Don't let them cross the gate, commander!

Why similar: Strategy RPG 29.1%, Tower Defense 25.5%, Mythology 15.8%, Base Building 11.5%, Survival 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar blend of action-RPG combat and tower defense strategy, forcing you to manage both your hero and your defenses simultaneously.

Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

Why similar: Strategy RPG 24.3%, Tower Defense 23.7%, Base Building 13.5%, Roguelike 11.2%, RPG 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It provides a deep tactical RPG experience combined with intense tower defense elements, challenging you to protect your base against massive nightly hordes.

Tunnel of Doom is an action rogue-lite hybrid that mixes tower defense with melee and ranged combat gameplay. Randomly generated, every run is different as you guide Angel on a quest to rescue her husband. Gather resources, discover perks, and use what you find to battle waves of monsters.

Why similar: Tower Defense 29.6%, Action Roguelike 15.8%, Roguelike 14.7%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Top-Down 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the action-roguelike and tower defense hybrid feel by forcing you to mine, build, and fight through procedurally generated dungeons.

Everwarder is a refreshing take on the tower defense genre, blending roguelite mechanics with a time-based survival concept. Fight against the encroaching darkness and fend off emerging enemies. Collect artifacts, buy upgrades, discover ancient structures, unlock new units and more!

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.6%, Procedural Generation 18%, Roguelike 13.8%, Survival 9.8%, Top-Down 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the survival and base-building aspects of tower defense, requiring constant adaptation to survive against growing threats.

Acid Planet is a caustic blend of horde-survival, tower-defense and strategy. Build, fight and evolve to survive against rampaging swarms of monsters and fearsome Kaiju.

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.3%, Base Building 15.6%, Action Roguelike 13%, Roguelike 9.4%, Top-Down 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: It combines action-roguelike movement with base-building and tower defense, creating a high-stakes environment where you must constantly expand your territory.

We fused deck-building roguelikes and tower defenses in a way never seen before - deploy your towers, collect valuable trinkets and cast powerful spells to defend yourself against the Salkoth!

Why similar: Tower Defense 40.2%, Roguelike 18.8%, Procedural Generation 13.1%, Top-Down 9.4%, Strategy 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: It integrates deckbuilding mechanics into a tower defense framework, offering a strategic depth that rewards careful planning and roguelike progression.

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 81.6%, Strategy 10.5%, RPG 6.7%, Singleplayer 1.2%

Why You'll Like It: A quintessential action-tower defense hybrid that emphasizes active combat and creative trap placement to survive waves of enemies.

Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.4%, Procedural Generation 20.8%, Roguelike 18.1%, Magic 12.8%, Strategy 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelite tower defense game uses a hexagonal grid to offer unique strategic positioning and base-building challenges.

A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.1%, Roguelike 24.6%, Survival 13.6%, Strategy 13.1%, 2D 10%

Why You'll Like It: This unique title blends deckbuilding with real-time tower defense, requiring quick strategic decisions to protect your city from encroaching waves.

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 30.8%, Base Building 16.3%, Roguelike 14.9%, Procedural Generation 10.6%, Top-Down 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: It combines turn-based strategy with tower defense, offering a dark fantasy setting that requires careful planning to survive.

A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.8%, Strategy RPG 23.2%, Base Building 16.3%, Roguelike 14.7%, RPG 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: This tactical RPG features roguelite elements and tower defense mechanics, focusing on positioning and unit synergy to survive waves.

Tower Defense Rogue-like. Defend a temple on a procedural map with variety of towers. Craft your strategy through Boon and Curse cards. With every run earn faith to upgrade the weapons. Many progression paths keep you engaged and entertained without getting stuck.

Why similar: Tower Defense 35.8%, Procedural Generation 21.8%, Roguelike 20.7%, Strategy 7.8%, Base Building 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: This roguelike tower defense game focuses on procedural generation and strategic placement to survive increasingly difficult enemy waves.

Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.

Why similar: Tower Defense 38%, Roguelike 21%, Top-Down 9.4%, Strategy 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that incorporates tower defense elements, providing a similar hybrid gameplay loop where you actively participate in the defense.

Stellar Initiative is a roguelike tower defense game where you land on the planet and use your orbit ship to deliver buildings and support you with fire. Complete missions, install new upgrades, discover powerful artifacts, and find the best strategy!

Why similar: Tower Defense 35.4%, Roguelike 17.6%, Base Building 15.1%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Strategy 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It blends tactical, turn-based strategy with tower defense, requiring careful resource management and positioning to defend against alien threats.

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 50.4%, Base Building 21.6%, Survival 10.8%, Strategy 8.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: While more focused on side-scrolling management, it shares the nature-themed aesthetic and the constant pressure of defending your growing settlement against nightly monster attacks.

A roguelike tower defense where you control a single tower to fight against hordes of aliens coming from all directions. Pick your tower, equip up to 4 skills, and choose from a variety of traits and unique effect items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.

Why similar: Tower Defense 35.2%, Action Roguelike 19.3%, Roguelike 10.8%, Survival 10.4%, Strategy 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: It emphasizes the action-roguelike side of the genre, allowing for fast-paced combat alongside traditional tower defense building.

Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.1%, Base Building 17.9%, Procedural Generation 15.6%, Roguelike 15.3%, Choices Matter 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: An RTS-tower defense hybrid that focuses on large-scale base building and strategic unit deployment.

Repel the Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game where you lead a commander through an alien world, uncovering new terrain each wave, drafting powerful upgrades, and constructing defenses to hold back the chaos.

Why similar: Tower Defense 53.3%, Roguelike 26.5%, Strategy 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, 2D 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical tower defense game that utilizes mechs and sci-fi elements to create a challenging defensive experience.

Role of Hex is a real-time strategy game where you defend your hexagonal base from the dangers of the universe. Gather upgrades and unlock special buildings to survive this hostile land as endless waves of enemies approach. But be quick, time is ticking and the waves are getting bigger.

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.2%, Procedural Generation 18%, Roguelike 15.9%, Base Building 14.7%, Action Roguelike 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game offers a unique blend of exploration and tower defense, where you must manage your resources while defending your territory.

Creeping Dusk is a tower defense game. Build a town around an abandoned gold mine and defend against monsters that swarm the area. Fortify your defenses, and prepare for the increasingly challenging nights. Will you be able to protect your town from the encroaching darkness?

Why similar: Tower Defense 51.9%, Base Building 29.2%, Strategy 13%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on base-building and strategy, requiring you to fortify your position against relentless waves of monsters.

Tower defense reimagined! Dead Ground is a procedurally generated tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Each playthrough will offer randomly generated guns, skills and augments. You'll have to travel, collect scrap, water, manage your inventory and upgrade your base to survive!

Why similar: Tower Defense 60.6%, Action Roguelike 13.3%, Procedural Generation 8.1%, RPG 7.8%, Strategy 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling action game that heavily incorporates tower defense and RPG elements, allowing for deep customization of your defensive capabilities.

The Territory of Egg is a unique twist on tower defense game. You need to build defense lines with egg warriors to protect the Holy Egg, the core of all eggs. Remember to upgrade your Tech Tree with the resources you've collected and unlock more skills to fight against the evil monsters.

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.4%, Procedural Generation 16.8%, Nature 15.7%, Roguelike 13.8%, Magic 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist RTS-tower defense hybrid that focuses on quick decision-making and efficient base management.

A unique Tower Defense game featuring Monster Collecting and Roguelike mechanics. Hatch, upgrade, and command a party of monster defenders, while unleashing player spells, to defend your base from the hordes of invading robots.

Why similar: Tower Defense 65.2%, Roguelike 32.4%, Strategy 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends creature collection with tower defense, allowing you to use unique monsters to defend your base.

PolyCore Defense is a tower defense game where you have to raise your defenses in order to defend your core. Build unique turrets, upgrade them with special effects and use abilities to survive waves of enemies that are trying to destroy your core!

Why similar: Tower Defense 43.9%, Nature 14.5%, Choices Matter 13.6%, Top-Down 11.6%, Strategy 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging tower defense game that requires precise strategy and decision-making to survive against diverse enemy types.

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: Tower Defense 28.4%, Roguelike 14.9%, Procedural Generation 12.2%, Grid-Based Movement 11.1%, Base Building 10%

Why You'll Like It: It combines city-building and tower defense, allowing for creative base designs that must be defended against roguelike threats.

“Natti” is a roguelike tower defense game unfolds in the Otherworld of Korean folktales. Place defense towers, collect equipment, and strategically utilize various heroes to defeat all the monsters and protect the Otherworld with “Natti”, goblins in form of animals.

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.9%, Roguelike 14.2%, Procedural Generation 13%, Mythology 11.5%, Base Building 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: This casual tower defense game incorporates roguelike elements to keep each playthrough feeling fresh and challenging.

Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde

Why similar: Tower Defense 31.9%, Procedural Generation 18.4%, Roguelike 15.2%, Base Building 14.3%, Survival 7.9%

A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.9%, Roguelike 22.9%, Base Building 21.5%, Strategy 8.5%, Pixel Graphics 7%

Why You'll Like It: This title integrates deckbuilding and base-building into a tower defense structure, providing a fresh take on wave-based survival.

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 29.1%, Procedural Generation 15.8%, Roguelike 14.2%, Base Building 14.2%, Top-Down 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: This survival-focused tower defense game emphasizes resource gathering and base fortification to withstand waves of enemies.

The epic tower defense dark fantasy journey continues! Create powerful gems with various abilities and take on the battle against an endlessly flowing army of monsters, and face the growing darkness as you fight your way back towards the Spiritforge.

Why similar: Tower Defense 48.5%, Magic 16.8%, Top-Down 16.2%, Strategy 10.7%, 2D 6.6%

Why You'll Like It: A deep, complex tower defense game with strong RPG elements and a massive skill tree that rewards strategic experimentation.

Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.2%, Roguelike 17.7%, Procedural Generation 13.3%, Base Building 10.7%, Strategy 8.6%

Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?

Why similar: Tower Defense 32.6%, Base Building 19.9%, Action Roguelike 16.6%, Top-Down 12.3%, Survival 10.1%

Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!

Why similar: Procedural Generation 36.7%, Roguelike 35.3%, Strategy 15.7%, 2D 9.5%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Crystal Guardians prologue (small slice of the full game) is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Fight off waves and defend the base crystal. Gear up your towers with a powerful combination of items for your personal strategy. In a procedural map, find hidden powers and conquer the enemy.

Why similar: Tower Defense 33.7%, Procedural Generation 19.6%, Roguelike 17.5%, Base Building 15.9%, Strategy 7.4%

A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.6%, Base Building 18.3%, Survival 10.9%, Strategy 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%

Crystal Guardians is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Fight of waves and defend the world crystal. Gear up your towers with a powerful combination of items for your strategy. In an ever expanding map, find hidden powers and conquer the enemies.

Why similar: Tower Defense 35.5%, Roguelike 17.9%, Procedural Generation 17.6%, Base Building 12.1%, Magic 8.4%

Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.1%, Roguelike 27.8%, Procedural Generation 22.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%, 2D 5.1%

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 47.1%, Roguelike 21.6%, Strategy 10%, Survival 7.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%

Survive waves of enemies in Ash Warden, an incremental tower defense where you slowly become overpowered. Unlock new abilities, fight against powerful bosses, and evolve into an unstoppable force against the endless Redgaze hordes.

Why similar: Tower Defense 46.2%, Survival 13.6%, Top-Down 11.3%, Strategy 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%

Isle of Arrows is a Puzzle Tower Defense game in which you build a fortress in the sky. Place towers, expand the isle, and build your own paths. Can you find the perfect spot for each tile to beat the RNG and defend against waves of invaders?

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.5%, Roguelike 18.4%, Procedural Generation 17.9%, Choices Matter 10.6%, Top-Down 8.5%

Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.

Why similar: Tower Defense 56.7%, Choices Matter 11.8%, Strategy 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%, 2D 6.3%

Free Tower Defense game with unique roguelike elements. Custom base building mechanics allow you to create your own base and maze with tiles earned after each wave. Unleash a variety of monsters, each with its own evolution path and unique skills, and evolve them into legendary creatures.

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.7%, Strategy RPG 22.1%, Roguelike 14.2%, Action Roguelike 13.8%, Magic 8.1%

Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.

Why similar: Tower Defense 32.9%, Base Building 20.5%, Action Roguelike 16.6%, Survival 10.2%, Strategy 7.8%

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 40.4%, Roguelike 17.2%, Top-Down 12%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%, RPG 7.9%

A minimalist rogue-like tower defense where you protect Earth against humanity.

Why similar: Tower Defense 34%, Nature 25.6%, Action Roguelike 17.9%, Top-Down 10.8%, Survival 10.6%

A tower defense action roguelike where you control a single tower to fight against hordes of aliens coming from all directions. Pick your tower, equip up to 4 skills, and choose from a variety of traits and items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.

Why similar: Tower Defense 37.4%, Action Roguelike 19.9%, Top-Down 10%, Survival 9%, Strategy 8.8%

Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world. A strategic mix of juicy tower loadouts, varied monster behaviors, and forgiving mechanics.

Why similar: Tower Defense 44.8%, Base Building 23.9%, Strategy 9.4%, Survival 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 6%

Mechs V Kaijus is an addictive hardcore tower defense gameplay. In Mechs V Kaijus you take on the role of Commander of a powerful Mechs squadron. Improve your Mech, strategically place towers and factories on the battlefield. Deploy support units on the battlefield, and save our civilization.

Why similar: Tower Defense 78.4%, Strategy 8.2%, Base Building 7%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%, Singleplayer 0.7%

Mineral Defense combines tower defense with roguelite elements and procedural generation. Build paths, unlock upgrades, and unleash powerful synergies to conquer evolving challenges in an ever-expanding world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 35.2%, Base Building 19.4%, Procedural Generation 18.6%, Roguelike 18.3%, Strategy 8.5%

Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

Why similar: Tower Defense 43.9%, Base Building 28.7%, Survival 14.7%, Strategy 10.7%, Singleplayer 2%

Will you be the savior to purify this land? The Monarch is a lane-defense game where you control a monarch, expand your kingdom, and defend against evil by strategically managing gold resources, recruiting diverse units, and exploring a world filled with mythical threats.

Why similar: Tower Defense 29.2%, Strategy RPG 19.6%, Base Building 17.2%, Roguelike 12.1%, Survival 9.1%

Roguelite TD: all towers & enemies start the same, but you have 1 choice per wave affecting BOTH and stacking up for dramatic variance. Gradually salvage and make some choices permanent to build deeper strategies. Also a unique mazing challenge where wires and towers must be linked to a power source

Why similar: Tower Defense 29%, Base Building 17.4%, Roguelike 14%, Grid-Based Movement 13.7%, Old School 8.7%

Fend off hordes of enemies in this arcade tower defense roguelite with autobattler elements. Build up a team of powerful synergies and become unstoppable.

Why similar: Roguelike 37.8%, Action Roguelike 33.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, 2D 7.7%, Tower Defense 7.5%

A fusion of tower defense games and roguelike deckbuilders. Use your cards to build towers and to upgrade them in unique ways. Gain rewards to customize your deck, defense and playstyle. Break the shapes before they break you!

Why similar: Tower Defense 39.7%, Procedural Generation 18.3%, Roguelike 16.5%, Top-Down 9.9%, Strategy 8.9%

Design your defenses, build your module board, and manage your wires. Combine signals and create synergies to empower your weapons and survive in this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.

Why similar: Tower Defense 48.6%, Roguelike 19.1%, Strategy 10.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%, Top-Down 6.5%

A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.4%, Base Building 17.3%, Nature 12.1%, Top-Down 9.8%, Strategy 8.5%

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 52.2%, Top-Down 13.5%, Nature 12.1%, Strategy 10.9%, Base Building 9.9%

Crawl Tactics combines classic turn-based tactics with roguelike progression. In Dungeon Mode, face challenging, ever-changing encounters as you explore procedurally generated maps. In Quest Mode, develop your village, train your mercenaries, and defend against growing enemy invasions.

Why similar: Strategy RPG 30.4%, Grid-Based Movement 18.7%, Roguelike 15.3%, RPG 12.5%, Strategy 11.3%

Take on the ultimate tower defense challenge in Digs, a roguelike game where you shape the battlefield, mine resources, and strategize against a variety of enemies. Manage your actions, customize your arsenal with upgrade cards, and explore diverse levels. Can you dig in and emerge victorious?

Why similar: Tower Defense 33.6%, Procedural Generation 17.3%, Grid-Based Movement 14.1%, Roguelike 14%, Old School 12.3%