- #1 Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
97% 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 41%, Tactical 11%, Medieval 8.5%, Strategy 7.8%, Funny 5.5%
- #2 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,641 reviews2018
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 31.1%, Tactical 12.7%, Medieval 10.2%, Difficult 8.1%, Strategy 7.5%
- #3 Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense
96% matchVery Positive94% of 10,436 reviews2020
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
It's payback time! Lead your mighty dark army and make the Kingdom tremble with every step. Build powerful towers, choose your arsenal for destruction, and find the deadliest combination - train legendary heroes and lead them to victory!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.5%, Medieval 13.2%, Difficult 10.1%, Strategy 9.2%, Tactical RPG 8%
- #4 Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense
95% matchMostly Positive78% of 343 reviews2022
Dev: IriySoftPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Why be good when you can be... bad? Cursed Treasure 2 is a classic tower-defense game, remastered and carefully re-balanced. Build towers of powerful orcs, demons, and undead, and master powerful spells, to protect your precious hoard from all manner of no-good do-gooders.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.1%, Medieval 16.9%, Funny 9.3%, Fantasy 8.5%, Strategy 6.2%
- #5 Castle Doombad Classic
94% matchVery Positive94% of 172 reviews2024
Dev: Grumpyface Studios
Windows · Mac
BE THE VILLAIN and slay any hero who dares enter your dark domain! Deck out your castle with traps and minions as the ultimate diabolical dungeon keeper in this strategy / TD puzzler. Includes the original Castle Doombad game, rebuilt and remastered, plus brand new content.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.8%, Strategy 13.5%, Medieval 12.1%, Fantasy 10.8%, Funny 9%
- #6 Oh My Gore!
94% matchVery Positive87% of 537 reviews2016
Dev: bumblebee.Pub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Control the Powers of Evil to crush the Good Guys! Take control of the revived God of War Raelius, recruit evil minions, build bastions of doom and command your groveling servants.
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.8%, Strategy 28.1%, Fantasy 13.5%, Indie 9.5%
- #7 Cursed Treasure 2
93% matchVery Positive82% of 565 reviews2017
Dev: IriySoftPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Why be good when you can be... bad? Cursed Treasure 2 is an addictive tower-defense game that puts the power of darkness at your fingertips. Build towers of powerful orcs, demons, and undead, and master powerful spells, to protect your precious hoard from all manner of no-good do-gooders.
Why similar: Tower Defense 61.2%, Strategy 18.6%, 2D 5.4%, Indie 5.4%, Fantasy 4.5%
- #8 Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
91% 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 44.2%, Strategy 10.7%, Difficult 9.7%, Funny 8.4%, Fantasy 7.6%
- #9 HERO DEFENSE
92% matchMixed63% of 766 reviews2016
Dev: Happy TuesdayPub: Headup
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
CREEPS CRUMBLE. HEROES RISE. Command a team of renegade heroes and impale, slash, tear and burn through legions of undead hell-bent on world domination. Your mission: to defeat the world’s most powerful vampire, Count Necrosis.
Why similar: Tower Defense 62.9%, Strategy 10.8%, RPG 5.6%, Action 3.8%, Difficult 3.7%
- #10 Dungeon Warfare
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,987 reviews2015
Dev: Valsar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Dungeon Warfare is a challenging tower defense strategy game where you become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wanna-be heroes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.5%, Tactical 16.2%, Medieval 12.8%, Strategy 9.6%, Fantasy 8%
- #11 Mostly Intense Monster Defense
90% matchVery Positive91% of 65 reviews2019
Dev: Patsui Games
Windows
Defend your dungeon against a bunch of impolite humans in this humorous tower/lane defense game. Summon monsters, change tactics on the fly & skip funny dialogue to defeat waves and waves of the most generic heroes mankind has ever seen!
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.5%, Funny 14.2%, Tactical 11.7%, Strategy 11.5%, Fantasy 5.9%
- #12 Reverse Crawl
89% matchVery Positive89% of 571 reviews2015
Dev: Nerdook Productions
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%
A dungeon crawl where YOU are the dungeon! Lead your minions in tactical turn-based combat against the pesky heroes, and unlock a variety of evil Powers. With a dynamic campaign system and a branching storyline, "Reverse Crawl" lets you experience an RPG from a whole new angle!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 24%, Tactical 18.3%, Fantasy 13.8%, Strategy 12.4%, RPG 7.6%
- #13 Dungeon Warfare 2
88% matchVery Positive90% of 1,138 reviews2018
Dev: Valsar
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with the deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wannabe heroes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.2%, Strategy 27.8%, Indie 7.8%, 2D 4.1%, Pixel Graphics 3%
- #14 Age of Defense
87% matchMostly Positive78% of 718 reviews2024
Dev: Battlecruiser GamesPub: Valkyrie Initiative
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Age of Defense is a tower defense game full of mind-blowing mayhem. There are tons of monsters and tough defenders in the game each of which fits perfectly into a funny cartoonish setting.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.7%, Tactical 10.5%, Funny 8.6%, Strategy 8.4%, Fantasy 8.1%
- #15 Tangy TD
85% 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 34.8%, Tactical 15.3%, Strategy 9.7%, Funny 9.1%, Difficult 6.9%
- #16 Death Crown
86% matchVery Positive89% of 582 reviews2019
Dev: 5WORD Team
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Death Crown is a minimalist real time strategy game in a 1bit style, where you will be play Death herself, commanding her legions of death, and punishing humanity's Kingdom for its overconfidence.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.3%, Tactical 14.8%, Medieval 14.8%, Difficult 9.7%, War 8.2%
- #17 Medieval Defenders
89% matchMostly Negative36% of 256 reviews2016
Dev: CreobitPub: 8Floor
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Defend your ancestral castle – show the invader who the master is! Build towers, save money, train your spells, and your enemy will be vanquished.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.5%, Medieval 17.5%, Strategy 11.3%, Funny 6.6%, Fantasy 6.3%
- #18 Tomb of Tyrants
86% matchVery Positive81% of 327 reviews2015
Dev: Jake Huhman
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Claim and defend the Tomb of Tyrants against greedy adventurers by matching tiles to build a deadly dungeon full of traps, minions, and more!
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.3%, Strategy 20.6%, Fantasy 12.2%, Medieval 10.3%, Casual 7.8%
- #19 Land of the Mage Lords
84% matchVery Positive89% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: Rafe's Games
Windows
Summon troops and use magic to defeat mage lords and other foes while surviving attacks from their followers. Learn new spells and recruit troops with unique powers. Venture across the land, battling ever stronger enemies until reaching the evil Mage King.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.1%, Strategy 14.7%, Medieval 8.4%, 2D 7.4%, Tactical 7.3%
- #20 GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath
83% matchVery Positive89% of 2,818 reviews2020
Dev: Game in a Bottle
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 38.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 29.8%, Tactical 14.6%, Medieval 13.1%, Difficult 10.6%, Strategy 8.4%
- #21 Iratus: Lord of the Dead
82% matchVery Positive86% of 8,142 reviews2020
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!
Why similar: Strategy 37.3%, RPG 25.9%, Difficult 11.1%, Indie 10.1%, Fantasy 10.1%
- #22 Dungeon Warfare 3
82% matchMostly Positive79% of 619 reviews2025
Dev: Excidium Inc.
Windows · Mac
Forge invincible defenses with lethal traps and devious machines, and crush relentless waves of adventurers in the ultimate tower defense showdown!
Why similar: Tower Defense 51.1%, Medieval 15.1%, Strategy 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.3%, Fantasy 3.9%
- #23 Evil Defenders
84% matchVery Positive82% of 395 reviews2015
Dev: CP Decision
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Evil Defenders is a fun, frenetic defense game: build and upgrade your towers, сast spells to repel enemy forces, use special landmarks and defend the Lands of Evil from invaders! Feel free to play the game in many different ways through unique tower upgrades, a deep skill tree and 100 in-game achievements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 72.1%, Strategy 17.3%, Casual 6.2%, Indie 4.3%
- #24 Undead Horde
81% matchVery Positive87% of 1,395 reviews2019
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Become a necromancer and raise the dead - Undead Horde is a necromantic action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack'n'slash. Maraud through the lands of the living, raze their villages and steal their treasures. Ultimately you'll take over the whole kingdom of the living!
Why similar: Fantasy 19.8%, Funny 17.3%, RPG 16.2%, Top-Down 11%, Adventure 10.8%
- #25 Broken Banners
81% matchVery Positive81% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Eirik Wiklund
Windows
Defend your kingdom from evil monsters in this combination of Tower Defense and Auto Battle. Place your defenses and stop the forces of evil from reaching your kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.3%, Strategy 17.5%, Tactical 15.9%, Fantasy 10.5%, 2D 3.8%
- #26 Relic Guardian - Tower Defense
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 914 reviews2025
Dev: Mystrigger
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
"Relic Guardian" is a fantasy style strategy tower defense game. As the builder on the battlefield, summon a variety of defense towers and spells with reliable hero companions to complete this epic and guarding adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.2%, Tactical 16%, Strategy 9.9%, Fantasy 9.2%, Funny 7.9%
- #27 Secrets of Magonia
79% matchVery Positive92% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Elixion
Windows
In this tower defence game, you enter the world of Magonia and defend it against hordes of humans, orcs, ogres and other evil forces. Fight in different areas and adapt your strategy to the terrain and the enemy forces.
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.5%, Medieval 13.7%, Strategy 13%, Fantasy 7.6%, RPG 5.7%
- #28 Underworld Overseer
79% matchPositive92% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Myron Games
Windows
Build your dungeon, command demons, set traps, and slay invading adventurers with powerful spells.
Why similar: Tower Defense 62.3%, Strategy 20.2%, Medieval 15.8%, Singleplayer 1%, Indie 0.8%
- #29 Necronator: Dead Wrong
80% matchMixed69% of 524 reviews2020
Dev: Toge ProductionsPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Necronator: Dead Wrong is a deck-building roguelike with an RTS twist. Build a powerful deck. Collect and deploy undead units and raise a unique army. Master each commander’s playstyle and conquer the world. Change the game with rule-bending relics. Unlock new decks and do it all again.
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.2%, Funny 14.3%, Strategy 12.8%, Fantasy 11%, Casual 5.6%
- #30 Undead Horde 2: Necropolis
78% matchVery Positive83% of 484 reviews2023
Dev: 10tons Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%
As a powerful necromancer you have the ability to raise the dead and command them in battle. With each victory, your army will grow stronger and your city will become more powerful. Undead Horde 2 is an action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack'n'slash. Rise from the crypt and rebuild!
Why similar: Fantasy 23.4%, Strategy 21.6%, RPG 14.9%, Top-Down 12.2%, Action 10.7%
- #31 Boneraiser Minions
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,299 reviews2023
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Amass an army of undead to fight endless waves of heroes intent to end your boneraising ways! In this gothic auto-battler rogue-lite Survivor-like, use the bones of slain heroes to raise your minions, collect relics and spells, and unlock meta upgrades, all to survive King Gigald's crusade!
Why similar: 2D 18.8%, RPG 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.4%, Casual 12.3%, Action 11.2%
- #32 Necro Rumble
76% matchVery Positive82% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: TesepaPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Master the dark art of necromancy in a 2D top-down strategy game. Unleash and lead your undead legions to defeat and dominate enemy waves in this action-packed adventure.
Why similar: Medieval 18.4%, Casual 15.2%, Fantasy 14.4%, 2D 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
- #33 One Troll Army
77% matchVery Positive86% of 1,481 reviews2016
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Play as a giant troll in One Troll Army - a defense game about building forts, upgrading your troll, and fighting off waves of enemies. Play Against The Twitch Chat!
Why similar: Strategy 45%, Tower Defense 39.3%, Fantasy 5.6%, Casual 4.2%, Indie 3.2%
- #34 Praise Dead
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 121 reviews2023
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows
Praise Dead is a roguelike auto-battler where you create zombies from the parts of dead villagers and monsters. Use your zombies to defeat waves of demons, and to harvest resources to improve and upgrade your village.
Why similar: Tactical 36.4%, Strategy 22.2%, RPG 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, 2D 7.4%
- #35 OTTTD
77% matchMostly Positive75% of 356 reviews2014
Dev: SMG Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Take command of HEROCORP™ and launch a Preemptive Defence Campaign™ against parallel dimensions in OTTTD, the most outrageous Tower Defence title around.
Why similar: Tower Defense 49.3%, Funny 14.6%, Strategy 14.2%, RPG 8.5%, Action 5.1%
- #36 Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 221 reviews2022
Dev: Seasun Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Swarm the City: Zombie Evolved is a villain protagonist real-time strategy game. You will play as the King of the Dead and rule the world once again by creating zombie legions and destroying human cities. As the King of the Dead, you can infect humans, turn them into zombies and rule the world!
Why similar: Tactical 38.4%, Difficult 23.6%, Strategy 18.7%, Casual 7.9%, Singleplayer 6%
- #37 Rats, Bats, and Bones
74% matchVery Positive91% of 95 reviews2019
Dev: Smallfry Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
The undead have awakened! You must build clever mazes of traps if you wish to defeat them in this challenging trap defense game. Travel across the land battling a host of creepy monsters, unlocking new traps and upgrades, and finally finding the source of the evil and stopping it once and for all.
Why similar: Tower Defense 55.6%, Strategy 28.2%, Indie 9.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #38 Siegebreaker
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: Immortal ForgePub: indie.io
Windows
Conquer the realm in this strategic tower defense game. Build unique towers, unlock powerful upgrades, and master new tactics to overpower your enemies and vanquish the fallen gods.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.1%, Tactical 19.6%, Medieval 11.8%, Strategy 11.7%, Fantasy 8.4%
- #39 Swords and Soldiers HD
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,045 reviews2010
Dev: Ronimo GamesPub: Atari
Windows · Mac
Median: 36 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Rewrite history as you take control of the brutal Vikings, the devious Aztecs or the crafty Chinese in their global quest to win the favour of the Gods! Swords & Soldiers is a side-scrolling strategy game that lets you control an entire army and lets you wield devastating magical abilities.
Why similar: Strategy 80.7%, Tower Defense 11%, 2D 2.5%, Casual 2.4%, Indie 1.8%
- #40 Fortify
73% 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: Strategy 59.1%, Action 23.3%, Indie 17.7%
- #41 Sea Salt
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 712 reviews2019
Dev: YCJY Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Sea Salt is a dark fantasy reverse horror action-strategy game where you play as the nightmarish force of Dagon by controlling and growing a horde of minions.
Why similar: Strategy 36.3%, Action 18.1%, Adventure 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 12.9%, Indie 12.4%
- #42 Spirits of the Hellements - TD
70% matchVery Positive93% of 338 reviews2022
Dev: Hippo Rider Games
Windows
Assemble legendary Spirits and defend against the endless hordes of Hell. A tower defense where you must shape the battlefield and create a maze using the three Hellements. Use Fire, Lightning, and Wind tiles to trap your enemies, or augment your defenses.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.1%, Tactical 15.8%, Strategy 10.7%, Medieval 10.5%, Fantasy 8.9%
- #43 Battle Time
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 218 reviews2016
Dev: FoggybusPub: Jetdogs Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Take a role of a true general of a real army. Join the battle, capture enemies’ castles and raise the power of your army. Lead your clan to the victory!
Why similar: Strategy 59%, Action 20.8%, Adventure 20.1%
- #44 Infectonator 3: Apocalypse
70% matchVery Positive83% of 1,287 reviews2018
Dev: Toge ProductionsPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
A campy, crazy pixelart zombie apocalypse arcade sim where you're the bad guy. Drop your virus and spread it across the globe while you unlock a whole horde of bizarre undead to do your bidding.
Why similar: Strategy 22%, Difficult 18.9%, Tactical 18.3%, Funny 13.6%, Indie 7.4%
- #45 X-Morph: Defense
69% matchVery Positive92% of 4,073 reviews2017
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.5%, Strategy 14%, Difficult 10.8%, Top-Down 5.5%, Action 5.4%
- #46 Goblin Defenders: Steel‘n’ Wood
72% matchMixed69% of 148 reviews2015
Dev: Alawar Casual
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Battle hordes of monsters in Goblin Defenders: Steel 'n' Wood!
Why similar: Tower Defense 51.5%, Strategy 25.1%, Casual 10.1%, Adventure 9.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #47 None Shall Intrude
68% matchMostly Positive74% of 901 reviews2025
Dev: Aeterna LudiPub: GrabTheGames
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Venture into None Shall Intrude, a roguelite deck-builder with tile-based combat where you become a powerful Raid Boss. Epic battles, intricate strategies, and the ever-present threat of heroic challengers seeking to vanquish your reign. Will you conquer all or fall to valiant heroes?
Why similar: Strategy 29.3%, Medieval 24.3%, Tactical 15.4%, Fantasy 15.3%, 2D 10.8%
- #48 Journey to Incrementalia
67% matchVery Positive88% of 879 reviews2024
Dev: Adam Travers
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Journey to Incrementalia is an active incremental auto-battler about a necromancer on a short quest. Cast diabolical spells, summon an army and open the gates of hell on your quest to break down 99 walls and reach the lost city of Incrementalia.
Why similar: Strategy 26.1%, Fantasy 17.1%, RPG 14.6%, 2D 11.8%, Top-Down 10.8%
- #49 Tower Escape
68% matchVery Positive85% of 387 reviews2023
Dev: Final Screw
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Tower Escape is a reverse tower defense game, where instead of defending against incoming enemies, you play the baddies and guide your minions to the exit. Recruit a team of minions, and collect powerful gems and relics that make each run unique.
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.5%, Strategy 14.6%, 2D 8.5%, Top-Down 8%, Indie 5.2%
- #50 Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD
65% matchVery Positive88% of 11,050 reviews2024
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 17.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%
While a formidable evil emerges, an unexpected alliance is taking shape! It will take the finest warriors of Linirea and the relentless Dark Army to stop it. Beware! Though they may journey side by side the ever-changing winds of fate could swiftly alter their course.
Why similar: Tower Defense 51%, Strategy 16.6%, Medieval 8.2%, Fantasy 6.5%, Funny 5.8%
- #51 Endless Horde
71% matchMixed66% of 196 reviews2017
Dev: Ominous Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The horde is here to eat your brain and murder every single one of your scientists. Gather your forces, this is the last stand before we lose the facility! Place guards, close doors, and position traps. Survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Tower Defense 46%, Tactical 17.7%, Funny 8.6%, Strategy 8.1%, War 7.4%
- #52 Little Kingdom RTS
67% matchVery Positive86% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.1%, Medieval 19.5%, Strategy 12.2%, War 9.3%, Top-Down 5.1%
- #53 Ash Warden
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 89 reviews2026
Dev: Mgfa StudioPub: Molter Games
Windows
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 49.8%, Strategy 13.3%, Fantasy 11.4%, Top-Down 5.7%, RPG 5.6%
- #54 Endgame of Devil
66% matchVery Positive89% of 1,028 reviews2023
Dev: MiniWhalePub: Anotherindie
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
As the Devil, command your minions to defeat the greedy adventurers! Build your team with over 240 minions and over 200 treasures, and discover various battle strategies. Enjoy the convenience of one-click auto battles!
Why similar: Tactical 24.1%, Medieval 20.7%, Strategy 13.2%, Fantasy 11.6%, RPG 7.7%
- #55 Ghost Master: Resurrection
65% matchVery Positive86% of 349 reviews2026
Dev: Mechano Story StudioPub: Strategy First
Windows
Command an army of specters, unleash terror on the town of Gravenville, and solve puzzles to unlock mysteries in this strategic adventure game of resource management and supernatural mayhem.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.9%, Funny 30.5%, Strategy 19.5%, Top-Down 10%
- #56 Necrosmith 2
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,440 reviews2024
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Like a dead man reanimated by dark sorcery, the necromancer simulator is back! Give the undead the ability to fly over mountains and swim across rivers, explore a fully generated world at night and fend off enemy hordes during the day. Start a new, uhm, life.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.9%, Tactical 21.7%, Strategy 12.6%, Top-Down 6.8%, 2D 6.1%
- #57 Necrosmith
66% matchVery Positive86% of 5,302 reviews2022
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.
Why similar: Tower Defense 54.6%, Strategy 16%, Top-Down 9.3%, 2D 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%