- #1 Ninjas in the Dungeon
97% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2023
Dev: Cy1Games
Windows
Dungeon attack! In this roguelite shooter game, ninjas fight their way through dungeons and defeat various monsters in order to protect the villagers.
Why similar: Roguevania 74.1% ★, Strategy 21.8%, 3D 4.2%
- #2 Idiom
96% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Lin Jiaping
Windows
This game places players in the midst of an intense space battle, with finely detailed graphics showcasing the vastness and depth of the cosmos.
Why similar: Roguevania 74.2% ★, Strategy 25.8%
- #3 SuperEpic: The Entertainment War
96% matchMixed70% of 113 reviews2019
Dev: Undercoders
Windows
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
SuperEpic is a satirical and humorous Metroidvania style action-adventure game, starring a raccoon and a llama in their quest to save an Orwellian society from the rule of an evil corporation. RegnantCorp is an enterprise which is controlling minds through abusive micro transactions.
Why similar: Roguevania 100% ★
- #4 Abalyte
95% matchMixed67% of 203 reviews2018
Dev: Purple Studios
Windows
Abalyte is a 2D-roguelike metroidvania that focuses on the player's skill and inventiveness. While other games have crutches or progression systems that help the player beat the game, Abalyte does the opposite and throws you in a spike-pit.
Why similar: Roguevania 100% ★
- #5 Holy Towers
94% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2018
Dev: PlayFlock Two
Windows
Defeat hordes of imps in the very first Tower Defence game about the order of monks! All this to defend humankind from hordes of demons!
Why similar: Tower Defense 59%, Strategy 41%
- #6 Rift Keeper
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: Frymore
Windows
Embark on your journey, travel through rifts and restore the balance as the Rift Keeper in this handcrafted 2D roguelite platformer with challenging, fast-paced action gameplay.
Why similar: Roguevania 100% ★
- #7 Fantasy Tower Defense
93% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Ktisis Games
Windows
Fantasy Tower Defense is a challenging, fast-paced, and strategic Tower Defense game where you frantically build towers, cast spells, and upgrade to stop monsters from reaching your castle.
Why similar: Tower Defense 49.5%, Strategy 41.9%, 3D 8.7%
- #8 BYTES: The Reverse Tower Defense
92% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
Dev: Icy Soul Studios
Windows
BYTES:T.R.T.D is a twist on the classic Tower Defense formula. Build your own path to the exit and use special tiles to keep your Bytes safe against a dynamic AI that tries to counter your actions.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.6%, Strategy 34%, Futuristic 17.7%, 3D 6.7%
- #9 The Last Portal
91% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: PT Studios
Windows
Build and upgrade a fantasy army to defend the last surviving portal across 150 increasingly dangerous waves, expanding zones, and powerful boss battles.
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.4%, Strategy 38.4%, PvE 8.2%, 3D 8%
- #10 ASCII Tower Defense
91% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2024
Dev: David Segal Games
Windows
Wave after wave of enemy shapes are looking to break through your defenses and ravage the land of Language. Build your defenses, all made of ASCII characters, to repel the invaders!
Why similar: Tower Defense 54%, Strategy 32%, PvE 14%
- #11 Immortal Cards
90% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: ShengyuStudio
Windows
A Xianxia Roguelike deckbuilder. 3 cultivators, 214 cards, 42 relics, 12 formations. Master Five Elements combat across 3 acts. 9 endings, 21 difficulty levels. Every run is unique.
Why similar: Roguevania 77.5% ★, Strategy 22.5%
- #12 Meat is Murder
89% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Entertainment Software International
Windows
A top-down survival horror game, with procedurally generated maps, where eating meat heals you... but every bite makes the vegan serial-killer faster.
Why similar: Roguevania 100% ★
- #13 Space Adventure TD
89% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
Dev: Raphael B.
Windows
A Tower Defense game made in the best tradition with 35 unique towers, 70 upgrades and 8 biomes. A 20 level campaign and 2 challenge levels for now, with more to come! Made by an indie developper.
Why similar: Strategy 53.4%, Tower Defense 46.6%
- #14 SynthWaves
88% match8 user reviews75% of 8 reviews2022
Dev: Bosskiller Studios
Windows
A retrowave tower defense game where the player must manage their arsenal of sentries to fight off waves of synths, stop their invasion, and take the fight to their home.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.9%, Strategy 27%, Futuristic 17.9%, PvE 6.6%, 3D 4.5%
- #15 Z-APE: Tower Defense
87% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2024
Dev: Neon Nova Games
Windows · Mac
Z-Ape is a unique tower defense and first person shooter mash up game. Hordes of enemies attacking your base, it's up to you to stop them by placing towers or fighting them on FPS mode with guns, or both!
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.1%, Strategy 36.9%, PvE 11.2%, 3D 7.7%
- #16 Warped Point
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marc "selempo" Mengual
Windows
Explore the unknown, master your weapons, and face the corruption and dangers that lurk while you embrace the chaos. Welcome to Warped Point, a mysterious world on the brink of collapse.
Why similar: Roguevania 89% ★, PvE 7.5%, 3D 3.5%
- #17 Medieval Invasion
85% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Neki4 Electronics
Windows
Build towers, defend your main structure from waves of enemies in an intense strategy game. Prove your skills, join the legends!
Why similar: Tower Defense 49.2%, Strategy 42.2%, 3D 8.6%
- #18 Isekai Mage
84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: TongLee
Windows
Protagonist dies in a truck accident, reborn as a Mage Adventurer in an isekai. Explore chests, battle monsters, complete quests, and customize skills via roguelike mechanics. Defeat the Demon King in this blend of RPG, adventure, and light roguelike.
Why similar: Roguevania 100% ★
- #19 StarBreak
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,307 reviews2016
Dev: Crunchy Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 48 minMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 44%
StarBreak is a unique skill-based action platformer MMO where you explore strange sci-fi worlds alongside dozens of other players, kill legions of dangerous aliens and fight epic boss battles.
Why similar: Roguevania 100% ★
- #20 The Red Hood: Hunting the Wolf
82% matchMixed44% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Lola FisherPub: My Way Games
Windows
In "Red Hood's Hunt for the Wolf," you play as Red Riding Hood on a perilous journey through forests and caves to defeat the evil wolf. Battle enemies like skeletons and elves with your sword, collect coins, and overcome obstacles in this classic platformer to save the forest.
Why similar: Roguevania 100% ★
- #21 Defense Zone
83% matchVery Positive82% of 85 reviews2014
Dev: Artem Kotov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stunning detail of levels, in-depth gameplay, finely tuned balance of all levels and turrets. During the game you will hold your defense with your turrets against the massive hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 65%, Strategy 35%
- #22 Rush for Glory
82% matchMixed61% of 150 reviews2014
Dev: Parseh Game StudioPub: KATNAPPE SP. Z O. O.
Windows
Median: 24 minMean: 29.5 hrs≥1hr: 34%
Rush for Glory is featuring challenging and rewarding Tower Defense battles, in which players are defending their base against an alien invasion. By strategically building towers and upgrading them, the player can keep his base safely and further progress through the extensive singleplayer campaign.
Why similar: Tower Defense 65.4%, Strategy 34.6%
- #23 iBomber Defense
81% matchMostly Positive73% of 248 reviews2011
Dev: Cobra Mobile
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.2 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 66.8%, Strategy 33.2%
- #24 Star TD
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Viktor Martynovsky
Windows
Command your defense in an ever-changing roguelite TD. Harvest resources from mine nodes, explore the fog of war, and repel alien waves. With a deep branching tech tree and permanent progression, every defeat is just a step toward ultimate power. Build. Die. Research. Repeat.
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.9%, Strategy 33.6%, Futuristic 13%, PvE 6.5%, 3D 6%
- #25 War in a Box: Paper Tanks
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 209 reviews2014
Dev: DQ Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Build your towers of paper before they get out of the box and make a big mess in the room. Manage the turrets, upgrade and be careful where you put them... every decision can be fatal! Watch out for the air units, they have a different route!
Why similar: Tower Defense 66.8%, Strategy 33.2%
- #26 Quantum:Fantasy
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Roy Keren
Windows
Quantum:Fantasy is a multiplayer RPG with an emphasis on hunting monsters. Combat is tight and responsive, varying based on chosen class: of the four, each has different weapons and skills to use in and out of combat. Level up, upgrade armor and weapons, and tailor each class to play how you like!
Why similar: Roguevania 100% ★
- #27 Defense Zone 2
78% matchVery Positive85% of 164 reviews2014
Dev: Artem Kotov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stunning detail of levels, in-depth gameplay, finely tuned balance of all levels and turrets. The new, engaging levels are even more stunning and impressive.
Why similar: Tower Defense 69.9%, Strategy 30.1%
- #28 Crumbled World
78% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: Clone Corps
Windows · Linux
Crumbled World is a tower defense game where you're tasked to create a maze of defensive structures with the purpose to defend the world crystal. The world crystal is what keeps the world from further collapsing into darkness and without it no hope exists.
Why similar: Tower Defense 58.8%, Strategy 41.2%
- #29 Dungeon Warfare 2
76% matchVery Positive90% of 1,160 reviews2018
Dev: Valsar
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 56.1%, Strategy 43.9%
- #30 Bots Rush
77% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Ponomarev Denis
Windows
Bots Rush is a unique mix of Tower Defense and logistic puzzle. You will find a set of interesting and complicated game levels, original enemies. Your task is simply to build a network of roads to deliver resources to factories and ammo to towers. Sounds easy, right? Lets check this out.
Why similar: Tower Defense 54.3%, Strategy 45.7%
- #31 Aegis of Earth: Protonovus Assault
76% matchMixed63% of 68 reviews2016
Dev: ACQUIRE Corp.Pub: Aksys Games
Windows
Aegis of Earth: Protonovus Assault is a frenetic and explosive new spin on action strategy gaming. Plan out and build up your defenses as hordes of hulking monstrosities bombard your heavily fortified city in an attempt to wipe you off the Earth for good!
Why similar: Tower Defense 51.1%, Strategy 48.9%
- #32 Gemstone Guardians
75% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: MM Studios
Windows
Gemstone Guardians is a tower defense game where selection and combinations are key. Similar to a game of poker, players are given a set of random towers each round and must make the best combinations to prevent the waves of enemies from reaching the end.
Why similar: Tower Defense 49.7%, Strategy 41.9%, 3D 8.4%
- #33 Garden Rescue
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 153 reviews2015
Dev: Rainbow Games
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Help the plants to defend the garden from being invaded by sneaky beetles.
Why similar: Strategy 58.2%, Tower Defense 41.8%
- #34 Particula
74% matchMixed70% of 2,804 reviews2015
Dev: Microblast GamesPub: SA Industry
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Destroy negativity, clear your mind! Particula brings you a new perspective in gaming, helping you to concentrate and relax. A three players co-op tower defense experience with a relaxing soundtrack, smooth visuals and gameplay.
Why similar: Strategy 54%, Tower Defense 46%
- #35 RatSpire
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Lidu Studio
Windows
RatSpire is a top-down survivor roguelite where you lead a ratfolk army up a deadly spire, choosing your own path. Recruit quirky classes, stack weapons, potions, and relics to craft absurd builds, and the higher you climb, the better it feels. Hands off — let your legion fight for you.
Why similar: Roguevania 83.8% ★, Strategy 16.2%
- #36 Selknam Defense
74% matchMixed41% of 58 reviews2014
Windows · Mac
Median: 30 minMean: 1.7 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Selknam Defense is more than an exceptional strategy game. It’s a gateway to the past that puts a nation’s destiny into your control. Do you have the skills to alter history and save the Selknam?
Why similar: Tower Defense 63.2%, Strategy 36.8%
- #37 Galactic Siege
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: 2MGames
Windows
Defend your base across four unique worlds in this 3D tower defense game. Battle waves of monsters, conquer 20 campaign levels, and climb the global leaderboard in the endless mode.
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.5%, Strategy 27%, PvE 11.8%, Futuristic 10.3%, 3D 6.4%
- #38 TIDEBREAK: Salt and Bone
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Twinflight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horde defense roguelite where thirty thousand enemies flood at once. Build towers, place guns, survive endless waves. The pressure never stops and keeps escalating. Every run is different, every decision matters. How long can you last?
Why similar: Tower Defense 60%, Strategy 40%
- #39 Harvest: Massive Encounter
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 164 reviews2009
Dev: Oxeye Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Harvest: Massive Encounter is an award-winning real-time strategy game with battles of epic proportions and a unique style of resource management and exploration. Build power plants, mineral harvesters and defense towers and make sure they have sufficient energy to fend off endless hordes of evil aliens.
Why similar: Tower Defense 63.6%, Strategy 36.4%
- #40 Gemstone Defense
72% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Thrasosoft
Windows · Mac
A casual single player maze-based tower defense game. Build the best maze and discover the strongest towers, if you can.
Why similar: Tower Defense 52.3%, Strategy 28%, PvE 13.1%, 3D 6.7%
- #41 D.P.S: Weapons Testing Facility 2
70% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Cool Smithy Games
Windows
Find the best combinations of projectiles and components to create the ultimate weapon. Mutate and upgrade your components to create stronger weapons. Fight wave after wave of monsters to reach the top.
Why similar: Tower Defense 44%, Strategy 35.1%, Futuristic 14.7%, PvE 6.2%
- #42 Station 42
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Romain Bruckert
Windows · Mac · Linux
Station 42 is a space station builder and tower defense set in a dynamic, semi-realistic environment. Build an interconnected mining grid, chart moving orbital paths, and harness violent cosmic events to defend your outpost against the harsh realities of unknown space.
Why similar: Tower Defense 51.7%, Strategy 32.9%, Futuristic 15.4%
- #43 Anomaly Defenders
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 689 reviews2014
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Anomaly Defenders is the closing installment of the Anomaly series. The original incarnation of the Tower Offense sub-genre had players controlling humans fighting alien invaders. Now, the tables have turned. The human counterattack is underway and the alien homeworld is under threat.
Why similar: Tower Defense 64.6%, Strategy 35.4%
- #44 CrystalKeepers Tower Defense
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MacGGames
Windows
Immerse yourself in an epic yet whimsical journey to defend the crystals from hordes of enemies, each more broken-down than the next, with a whole arsenal of tricks! Fight on the plains, mountains, swamps, deserts and many others by adapting your strategy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 55.7%, Strategy 36.7%, 3D 7.7%
- #45 Cubemen
71% matchMostly Positive71% of 512 reviews2012
Dev: 3 SprocketsPub: 3 Sprockets
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Just Updated! Version 1.1 now has 6 New online Mayhem levels, Character Customization, 35 Defense levels, 25 Skirmish levels, and more!
Why similar: Tower Defense 67.2%, Strategy 32.8%
- #46 One Troll Army
69% matchVery Positive86% of 1,496 reviews2016
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 53%
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 65.3%, Tower Defense 34.7%
- #47 Xenon Valkyrie
70% matchMixed66% of 133 reviews2017
Dev: Diabolical Mind
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Xenon Valkyrie is a rogue-like with many RPG elements in which you will have to get to the deepest part of a moon and finish the plans of a wicked witch. You will be able to get many weapons randomly as you fight in a world that is created every time you play.
Why similar: Roguevania 100% ★
- #48 Crossite Definitive Edition
67% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: AL Studios
Windows · Linux
Two Private Militaries in a Futuristic Tower-Defense War!
Why similar: Tower Defense 47%, Strategy 29.8%, Futuristic 13.2%, PvE 10%
- #49 Cubemen 2
69% matchMixed68% of 231 reviews2013
Dev: 3 Sprockets
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.0 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: Tower Defense 59.4%, Strategy 40.6%
- #50 Evil Defenders
69% matchVery Positive82% of 406 reviews2015
Dev: CP Decision
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 11.7 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 71.8%, Strategy 28.2%
- #51 Modo Defence
68% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: PASTEL
Windows
Modo Defense is a strategy tower defense game. Spin yut, similar to dice, to obtain various resources and summon or strengthen towers. You can customize your tower however you like. Specialize in multi-attack or strong one-by-one! And we have to stop the demons coming in. How far can you stop it?
Why similar: Tower Defense 61.5%, Strategy 38.5%
- #52 Hormone Wars - Tower Defense
68% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: 3d pixel art studio
Windows
Do you like Tower Defense games with Strategy elements? Well, look no further! We've got exactly what you're looking for! Get ready to defend your settlement from enemies using a huge arsenal of towers!
Why similar: Tower Defense 58.9%, Strategy 30%, 3D 11.1%
- #53 Sentinel 3: Homeworld
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 149 reviews2014
Dev: Origin8Pub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
The biggest installment of the award winning Sentinel sci-fi tower defense series now on PC!Take the fight to the alien homeworld and unleash a massive arsenal of weaponry. Get up close and personal on the battlefield in your power armor to execute devastating attacks and support your defenses! * An epic campaign across 20 levels.
Why similar: Tower Defense 76.2%, Strategy 23.8%
- #54 Desolorian Defenses
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Open Mirror
Windows
An asynchronous multiplayer tower defense game were you either maze towers to defend against other players robots and/or assemble your robots and invade other players mazes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.2%, Strategy 33.8%, Futuristic 17.6%, 3D 7.3%
- #55 Rogue Robot: Escape Protocol
66% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Jonathan Francis
Windows
Take control of a little red robot on a daring mission to escape a factory filled with deadly traps, relentless enemies, and multiple paths in this rogue-lite platformer that blends fast-paced action with intense gameplay
Why similar: Roguevania 88.5% ★, Futuristic 11.5%
- #56 Bloodtide Tower Defense
65% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: The Wood Bird
Windows
We've traveled to the past to conquer these fertile lands. Now, you must defend them from the blood cult intent on taking it for themselves. Be careful though: from where their blood is spilled, ancient magicks empower whomever is still alive.
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.3%, Strategy 26.8%, Futuristic 19.7%, PvE 8.2%
- #57 Rabbit Island
67% matchMixed65% of 43 reviews2016
Dev: Serhii Vitukhin
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 98%
We invite you to join a trip to little islands of jolly forms. We will be thankful to you, the great strategist, if you help us to get rid of gluttonous rabbits.
Why similar: Strategy 53%, Tower Defense 47%