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Games Like Dark Rising

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Indie, Casual, Tower Defense.

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Upgrade your castle, build towers, expand your village and train loyal pledges who will fight, and die at your command. Dark Rising is a tower defense game for anyone who's looking for a more in-depth approach to the popular genre.

Reviews: Mostly Negative — 31% — of 16 reviews
Released: 2017-10-20
Developer: Clear Light Games
Genres: Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows

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    96% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2017
    Dev: Eldritch Phantasmagoric Games
    Windows

    Plan and build your path through physics based puzzles. Create your own solutions to over 300 levels spread out through 10 distinct areas, each with their own unique hazards, effects and game-play.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  2. #2 Shuttle Siege
    96% matchMixed64% of 28 reviews2016
    Dev: Lasmelan
    Windows

    A sci-fi Tower Defense game where your space shuttle is invaded and you have to build mazes of defensive towers to stop the enemies.

    Why similar: Strategy 69.9%, Indie 30.1%

  3. #3 The Base
    95% matchMixed54% of 13 reviews2018
    Dev: GMGame
    Windows

    PC only tower defence inspired by oldschool RTS games. Build up your defence in realtime under the constant pressure of creeps.

    Why similar: Strategy 72.7%, Indie 27.3%

  4. #4 Goblins Keep Coming - Tower Defense
    94% matchMostly Positive75% of 32 reviews2017
    Dev: Los Exaltados
    Windows · Linux

    'Goblins Keep Coming' is an Endless 3D Tower Defense where hordes of Goblins won't stop coming! Protect your castle against bombers, warriors and kings. Evolve your defenses as the enemies won't stop sending bigger and stronger troops from different locations on the landscape.

    Why similar: Strategy 71.8%, Indie 28.2%

  5. #5 Hacked
    94% matchMostly Positive70% of 10 reviews2016
    Dev: Sol Bot Studios
    Windows

    Hacked brings a breath of fresh air to the classical puzzle styled game play. Packed with new features and game modes, this game will give you a new experience of an old classic.

    Why similar: Strategy 69.9%, Indie 30.1%

  6. #6 Defend the Highlands: World Tour
    92% matchPositive80% of 20 reviews2018
    Dev: Kilted CamelPub: KISS ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Command Alfredo and his band of Scotsmen as they travel the globe, freeing their oppressed countrymen wherever they go. In a hybrid of Tower Defense and RTS, you'll build defenses, manage resources and command your troops, as you show the world what happens if you mess with Scotland.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  7. #7 CHEXS
    93% matchMixed50% of 16 reviews2016
    Dev: Turnopia
    Windows · Mac

    CHEXS is an evolution of chess, a new take on the old classic. It is a strategy game played on a hexagonal board where both sides move all of its pieces within a single turn, then all movements are solved simultaneusly.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  8. #8 Civil War: 1865
    91% matchMixed52% of 23 reviews2017
    Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows · Mac

    After Columbia and Charleston, South Carolina, fell to the Union, in early 1865, Jefferson Davis belatedly handed over the supreme command or the army to General Lee. This could not stop the Union armies pressing on through North Carolina, capturing Fayetteville, Bentonville, Goldsboro and Raleigh by mid-April.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  9. #9 Ants! Mission of the salvation
    90% matchMixed60% of 19 reviews2018
    Dev: SteelSeedPub: Starwind Games
    Windows

    Sweet little universal strategy game inspired by Lemmings. The action may be slow, but the challenges are tough and the yummy images will bring you back to the table over and over. You may even feel the need to bake a cake while playing.

    Why similar: Strategy 71.9%, Indie 28.1%

  10. #10 Nature Defenders
    91% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2015
    Dev: Nordic Mist Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Fun strategic casual game, but by no means easy (believe me, the guys with shotguns are pure EVIL), its looks like PvsZ but it has its own soul and its quite challenging and in 3D, so using the satellite to change camera and place units it’s a must!

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  11. #11 Civil War: Gettysburg
    89% matchMostly Positive73% of 44 reviews2017
    Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows

    The Battle of Gettysburg was fought from 1st to 3rd July 1863, in Pennsylvania. The battle resulted the largest number of casualties in any battle of the entire war, and was the turning point of the American Civil War. Over three days General George Meade’s Army of the Potomac defeated the Confederate army of General Robert E.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  12. #12 Civil War: 1864
    89% matchMixed63% of 27 reviews2017
    Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows

    Civil War: 1864 is the latest addition to our Civil War strategy series, bringing you the ferocious battles from 1864. Experience the American Civil War like never before with with over 40 missions; including 20 detailed historical battles.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  13. #13 Skyraine
    88% matchMixed68% of 37 reviews2017
    Dev: DHTstudios LLC
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 10.7 hrs≥1hr: 34%

    Skyraine is an action packed platform/missile defender game. Defend against waves of enemies in your turret, and use special power-ups to annihilate the stronger hordes. Leave your turret to strategically expand your base between waves. Play with up to 3 players in local multiplayer co-op. Will you survive?

    Why similar: Strategy 72.7%, Indie 27.3%

  14. #14 Disparity
    87% matchPositive85% of 34 reviews2017
    Dev: tamationgames
    Windows

    Disparity is an extreme precision 2D Puzzle Platformer based around one core mechanic: swapping the polarity of levels.

    Why similar: Strategy 68.1%, Indie 31.9%

  15. #15 Tank Battle: East Front
    86% matchMostly Positive72% of 35 reviews2017
    Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows

    Use hex based tactical combat to dominate foes on the Russian front of the Second World War. Fight as the Germans or the Soviets in a series of ever more complex missions.

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  16. #16 Battle for Orion 2
    85% matchVery Positive80% of 76 reviews2017
    Dev: Infinite Loop Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Earth has been destroyed. Mankind is fractured. The galaxy is at war. But one hope remains: a new home for mankind. Probes detected a habitable planet in the Orion sector. You must fight your way to it, but nothing is as it seems. A more devious plan is underway that threatens the entire galaxy.

    Why similar: Strategy 71.9%, Indie 28.1%

  17. #17 Tank Battle: Normandy
    84% matchMixed64% of 22 reviews2017
    Dev: HexWar GamesPub: Hunted Cow Games
    Windows

    Land your troops on the beaches of northern France, lay bridges to cross flooded enemy defences, avoid tanktraps, clear the area of dangerous minefields, overcome the enemy and claim the beachhead for the Allies!

    Why similar: Strategy 100%

  18. #18 Artillerists
    83% matchMostly Positive76% of 132 reviews2017
    Dev: SolarLance
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.6 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 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  19. #19 Grimante
    82% matchPositive91% of 11 reviews2018
    Dev: aftermonk
    Windows · Mac

    50+ levels of tactical combat boiled down to its addicting, puzzle-like core. Solve the battlefield.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  20. #20 Survival Kingdom
    84% matchMixed61% of 44 reviews2016
    Dev: Bat Byte
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 97%

    Survival Kingdom is a turn-based, retro strategy game. You are the ruler of a kingdom in a medieval fantasy-pixel world. Embark on an adventure and test your ruling abilities. Will your kingdom escape death and achieve glory? Will you be able to survive? It all depends on you!

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  21. #21 Minda
    79% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2019
    Dev: Sunho Kim
    Windows · Mac

    Online Abalone board game.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  22. #22 Secret Santa
    81% matchVery Positive91% of 111 reviews2016
    Dev: Daniel Jonathan BourkePub: Project Tranquil
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Sneak around children, pets, and the elderly as you deliver Christmas joy. Complete the list of deliveries, and have some cookies.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

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    80% matchMixed66% of 291 reviews2018
    Dev: 上海班图网络科技有限公司
    Windows
    Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%

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    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  24. #24 Alteil: Horizons
    82% matchMixed49% of 116 reviews2016
    Dev: Apocoplay LLC
    Windows

    Alteil Horizons combines Tactical RPGs (like Final Fantasy Tactics) with the deck-building and collecting elements of card dueling games.

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  25. #25 Twinfold
    78% matchPositive94% of 16 reviews2018
    Dev: Kenny Sun
    Windows · Mac

    A roguelike about merging golden babies and squashing angry faces.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  26. #26 Rubico
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Game Runners
    Windows

    You were in the middle of a dying city, in the center of which a giant monster nestled - the Plague. People infected with it lose their sanity and die over time. In the midst of all this chaos, you have only one friend you can rely on - a mechanical kettle.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  27. #27 Coffee Pot Terrarium
    81% match8 user reviews38% of 8 reviews2016
    Dev: Brothers Flint
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Created by two brothers, Coffee Pot Terrarium is a turn-based puzzle game of tile manipulation. Raise new pathways to traverse the map, drop tiles to eliminate the enemy. Stop and smell the cherry blossoms.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  28. #28 ManGuin – Penguin Apocalypse
    79% matchNo user reviews2019
    Dev: Gary & EddyPub: EGCL
    Windows

    A real-time strategy (RTS) game which comes from our love of 50s Sci-fi films. Set in Antarctica you control a team of top scientists researching penguins. Disaster strikes when a satellite carrying an unknown space virus crashes near a penguin colony.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  29. #29 Wequer
    74% matchVery Positive90% of 80 reviews2019
    Dev: Ben Allen
    Windows

    Chess has evolved! Hatch units from eggs, make ranged attacks, cast dastardly spells, and take control of the board to win in Wequer.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  30. #30 Epic Little War Game
    77% matchVery Positive87% of 66 reviews2017
    Dev: Rubicon Development
    Windows

    The lighter side of turn-based war gaming. Take your time to plan good strategies, deploy your troops in the right places, try not to laugh whilst killing your enemies.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  31. #31 Strazeal
    74% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2019
    Dev: Tradosoft
    Windows · Linux

    A digital strategy board game for 2 - 4 players. Capture your opponent's bases while protecting all of your own using land, water and special weapons.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  32. #32 Cat Defense
    73% matchMostly Positive63% of 14 reviews2019
    Dev: Red twice potato
    Windows

    An army of the undead attacked the defenseless village of cute kittens

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  33. #33 Navalia
    76% matchMixed46% of 41 reviews2017
    Dev: Luotsi EntertainmentPub: Digital Tribe
    Windows

    Design, build and command your fleet of spaceships! Navalia allows you to freely design ships for your fleet, lead them in battle against formidable foes and gradually conquer the galaxy. Unleash your creativity with the innovative Navalia ship editor and bring your creations into battle!

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  34. #34 Aetherspace
    75% matchMixed63% of 84 reviews2017
    Dev: Munchkin's Lair
    Windows

    Aetherspace is a game about turn-based battles between outlaw gangs. In space. With starships.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  35. #35 Rampart Tactics
    73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2019
    Dev: Aaron Saluk
    Windows

    Indie Turnbased Strategy, solo or online.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  36. #36 Simple RTS
    75% matchPositive83% of 18 reviews2017
    Dev: Gal Hajaj
    Windows

    A Simple Real-Time-Strategy Game Like in the good old days, with 20 types of units. The goal is simply to conquer all territories on the map, which is also your AI opponent's goal...

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  37. #37 Kingdom Elemental
    78% matchMixed55% of 33 reviews2014
    Dev: Scott ThuneliusPub: Chronic Logic
    Windows

    Kingdom Elemental takes core game play elements from real-time strategy, tactics, and role-playing games and combines them into a game that is easy to pick up and play. It is designed to be lighthearted and humorous with fun, re-playable game play. Try out the Destiny Mode and challenge levels for more variety.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  38. #38 Vol'Talkes - The AI War
    77% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2015
    Dev: HyperDrive Games
    Windows

    SciFi RTS Space Combat game with a HUGE focus on the storyline in an open world (galaxy) gameplay mode. 4 different career paths, chosen by your actions during the story, force you to rethink your tactics and develop new strategies.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  39. #39 Mortal Squad: Portal to Hell
    73% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2018
    Dev: Crematorium of Time
    Windows

    Control a squad of fearless soldiers with unique abilities to stop a mad scientist who is ready to open a portal for creatures from hell. A classical turn-based system and procedural generation of levels which would require various tactical decisions to beat the game.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  40. #40 Pocket God vs Desert Ashes
    76% matchMixed43% of 23 reviews2015
    Dev: Nine Tales Digital
    Windows · Mac

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    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  41. #41 The Astonishing Game
    72% matchMostly Positive79% of 29 reviews2017
    Dev: Turbo Tape Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    The Astonishing is a turn-based tactical board-game that will challenge new to veteran gamers. Participate in competitions for great prizes, including signed albums, tickets and post-concert passes, available to players during the Dream Theater tours.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

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    61% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: PositionMatters
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    BlindOak Prow is a competitive strategy card game with unique, subtle tactics that mirror the political maneuvers of the setting. Form a party of four characters mixing and matching the six different classes however you'd like, then outwit your foes for control of the city and for your survival on a new land.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.2%, Indie 29.8%

  43. #43 TurretMaster
    71% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2017
    Dev: Hikati GamesPub: Hikati Games LLC
    Windows

    An invading army that does not stop. One survivor that can turn coffee creamer into a flame thrower and junk metal into shells. Defend the land against ground and air threats and move up the ranks. Become a creator with the level editor and challenge friends from all over the world with your own visions of an impossible invasion.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  44. #44 Witch of the Woods
    68% matchPositive87% of 15 reviews2018
    Dev: Druidic, LLC
    Windows · Mac

    In Witch of the Woods, you play as a witch who must gather ingredients in the forest in order to cast custom spells on the flora and fauna. Can you maintain the forest's ecosystem while fending off the corruption that is plaguing your woods?

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  45. #45 Hellfire Fortress
    60% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Gold & Lumber Games UG
    Windows · Mac

    In the Hellfire Fortress classic 1 vs 1 mode you’ll face sheer endless waves of demons and thus the goal is straight forward: Your Fortress needs to survive longer than your opponent’s! It’s your task to set up an army and strategically invest in economy while constantly leveling up your Fortress.

    Why similar: Strategy 69.9%, Indie 30.1%

  46. #46 Cute War:Zero 萌系战争:零
    70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2018
    Dev: F chord 繁弦
    Windows

    Polygon style SLG game.You can choose knight Viking samurai one of them for victory.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

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    71% matchVery Positive85% of 52 reviews2015
    Dev: Sirlin Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Puzzle Strike is an online deckbuilding puzzle game from David Sirlin, lead designer of Puzzle Fighter HD Remix and creator of the Fantasy Strike universe. Improve your deck (of chips!) as the game unfolds and crush your opponents under a mountain of gems!

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  48. #48 Party Saboteurs: After Party
    70% matchMixed68% of 56 reviews2016
    Dev: The Glitch Factory
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Party Saboteurs is a local multiplayer espionage party game for up to four players. Each player controls a spy who is trying to blend in an exclusive cocktail party to complete the missions. The catch? At the same time, they are all controlling snipers trying to identify and eliminate each other’s spies.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  49. #49 Prototype TD
    67% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2018
    Dev: Elijah Goering
    Windows

    Prototype TD is a tower defense game which includes rogue-like elements to make each game different. Different towers will be available each game and the starting map is randomly generated as well so it's not possible to win the same way every time.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  50. #50 Heidentum
    66% matchMixed62% of 13 reviews2019
    Dev: Kirchesch
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Heidentum is a multiplayer strategy game where you choose your Paganism and fight for it until your enemies are defeated.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  51. #51 stepbystep
    67% matchPositive80% of 10 reviews2018
    Dev: Evgeny PetrovPub: Not a Prototype games
    Windows · Linux

    stepbystep is a minimalistic programming puzzle platformer with experimental turn-based mechanics where you must write a command sequence to complete the levels that will be run automatically.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  52. #52 Barbarroja
    67% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2019
    Dev: MCD
    Windows

    Barbarroja is a classic turn-based strategy game for one or two playes, allows you to play in full turns, or in real time (only for Internet game), allows both players to play simultaneously.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  53. #53 The Escape
    68% matchMixed50% of 20 reviews2017
    Dev: The Escape Team
    Windows

    The Escape is a challenging online co-op strategy game for up to 4-players.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  54. #54 Rezist: Tower Defense
    64% match8 user reviews100% of 8 reviews2019
    Dev: SparkGames
    Windows

    Protect your server from the malicious software intrusion. Improve your utility programs in time, rollout patches — and you will stand fearless even against the algorithms of your most devious enemies.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  55. #55 Card Battle Spirit Link
    63% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2020
    Dev: Speedrobo Games
    Windows

    Get ready for a new kind of digital multiplayer card game. No shuffled decks, no random card packs. In Card Battle Spirit Link, strategy is the key!

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

  56. #56 Solmec: Among Stars
    69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2017
    Dev: Octopus 8 Studios
    Windows

    Solmec: Among Stars is a resource management game which allows you to play as the Ankazil, giant space roaming beasts. Infected by the Rot, you must travel across the different solar systems to find your way home. However, the Rot has spread across the galaxy making once peaceful environment’s infested with hostile enemies.

    Why similar: Strategy 70.9%, Indie 29.1%

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