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

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Based on the inhospitable frontier world of Mars, against the backdrop of a bacterial outbreak, Deadstone offers a compelling blend of frantic combat and tower defense, backed by a highly nuanced character development system and strategic elements of resource management.

Reviews: Very Positive — 80% — of 70 reviews
Released: 2014-11-12
Developer: Timeslip Softworks
Genres: Action, Indie, RPG, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 2.7 hrs
Mean playtime: 4.0 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 79%

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    96% matchMostly Positive74% of 880 reviews2022
    Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.

    Why similar: Zombies 38.8%, RPG 19.1%, Action RPG 16.1%, Action 15%, Strategy 8.2%

  2. #2 Dead Sky
    97% matchMostly Negative36% of 222 reviews2013
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 24 minMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 24%

    Dead Sky takes place admist the chaos of a mysterious outbreak where you will fight tooth-and-nail through hordes of undead creatures in order to escape the epidemic and survive. At its core, Dead Sky is an action-packed survival shooter that ties in several strategic tower defense elements.

    Why similar: Zombies 50.9%, Action 31.8%, Indie 17.3%

  3. #3 Warstone TD
    95% matchVery Positive82% of 3,879 reviews2018
    Dev: Battlecruiser Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Warstone is a Tower Defense game, with RPG, Strategy, and even city building elements. Detailed Hi-res graphics and beautiful illustrations combine with a deep storyline to draw you into the world.

    Why similar: Strategy 73.9%, Indie 26.1%

  4. #4 Mars or Die!
    96% matchMixed53% of 74 reviews2018
    Dev: 34BigThings srl
    Windows
    Median: 12 minMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    Control two characters simultaneously! Survive, gather, collect upgrades, fight all sizes of one-eyed Martians, build defensible outposts and conquer Mars, in this glorious mix between roguelite and tower defense.

    Why similar: Strategy 31.8%, Sci-fi 28.3%, Action 26.6%, Indie 13.3%

  5. #5 Dead Ground
    94% matchMixed61% of 115 reviews2018
    Dev: Shotx
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 6 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 30%

    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: RPG 32.3%, Strategy 29.3%, Action 25.5%, Indie 12.8%

  6. #6 X-Morph: Defense
    93% matchVery Positive91% of 4,115 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: Top-Down Shooter 28.2%, Local Co-Op 25.8%, Strategy 15.3%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Action 11.6%

  7. #7 Frontline Zed
    94% matchMixed59% of 336 reviews2019
    Dev: Richard EastPub: Volcanic Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.

    Why similar: Violent 25.3%, Zombies 24.9%, Top-Down Shooter 23.7%, Strategy 11.3%, Action 9.7%

  8. #8 Alien Robot Monsters
    92% matchVery Positive85% of 124 reviews2015
    Dev: Kraftix Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Epic sci-fi tower defense action with 16-bit era look and feel, pitching your colonists against an almost endless horde of hostile alien robots who strongly oppose your attempts of colonizing their planet! Deluxe version includes the soundtrack!

    Why similar: Strategy 44.4%, Action 37.5%, Indie 18%

  9. #9 Yet Another Zombie Defense HD
    91% matchVery Positive84% of 3,028 reviews2017
    Dev: Awesome Games Studio
    Windows
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 25.3%, Zombies 24.9%, Violent 22.4%, Local Co-Op 9.6%, Strategy 9.3%

  10. #10 Black blood
    91% matchMixed66% of 58 reviews2020
    Dev: Arcane Games
    Windows

    Black blood is a mix of hardcore Tower Defense strategy and top-down shooter. Act as a defender against alien invaders, attack and destroy all their insidious plans...

    Why similar: Strategy 47.4%, Action 36.8%, Indie 15.8%

  11. #11 Nation Red
    90% matchVery Positive88% of 2,778 reviews2009
    Dev: DiezelPower
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Nation Red is an ultra fast infinite play arena-based shooter providing an exceptional close-quarter battlefield experience. Fight thousands of zombie mutants and their bosses in frantic bloody gameplay while earning close to 100 perks. Fight in Barricade, Survival or Free Play mode.

    Why similar: Zombies 41.6%, Top-Down Shooter 24.1%, Local Co-Op 11.7%, Action 11.6%, Violent 6.7%

  12. #12 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
    89% matchVery Positive88% of 435 reviews2023
    Dev: Refinery Games
    Windows

    Get ready for the ULTIMATE tower defense onslaught. Build, deploy, research and upgrade your defenses in this epic, old school RTS inspired sci-fi adventure.

    Why similar: Zombies 36.2%, Sci-fi 24.6%, Strategy 22.3%, Action 16.9%

  13. #13 Emerge: Cities of the Apocalypse
    89% matchMixed70% of 161 reviews2016
    Dev: Emilios Manolidis
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    Part turn-based resource management, part real-time defense shooter, Emerge places you into a futuristic world, ravaged by a zombie Apocalypse.

    Why similar: Zombies 100%

  14. #14 Solstice Chronicles: MIA
    88% matchMostly Positive75% of 315 reviews2017
    Dev: Ironward
    Windows
    Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    In this 2-player twin-stick shooter, use a friendly drone for a game-changing abilities. Survive waves, upgrade, and uncover the mystery in this cooperative, action-packed experience.

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.7%, Local Co-Op 25.1%, Zombies 22%, Action 8.8%, Sci-fi 7.5%

  15. #15 Neural Shock
    86% matchVery Positive95% of 66 reviews2024
    Dev: Hardwired Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Control your Hero to aid your Turrets and Traps in battle in this grim, dark Tower Defense & Action RPG with a scifi-grindhouse aesthetic. Create deadly weapon barrages and fuse together Bleed, Burn, Shock, Freeze, Stun and many more elements to annihilate your enemies.

    Why similar: Action RPG 20%, Strategy 19.7%, RPG 16.4%, Top-Down Shooter 15.7%, Sci-fi 12.7%

  16. #16 Deathtrap
    86% matchVery Positive84% of 2,256 reviews2015
    Dev: NeocoreGames
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Deathtrap is a Tower Defense game with strong action-RPG elements, a game of vicious tricks, killing machines, rotating blades and splattering blood.

    Why similar: RPG 28.2%, Strategy 23.2%, Action 20.4%, Action RPG 18.7%, Indie 9.5%

  17. #17 Zombie Defense
    85% matchVery Positive84% of 2,168 reviews2016
    Dev: Home Net Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.

    Why similar: Zombies 67.5%, Strategy 16.5%, Action 11.8%, Indie 4.1%

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    83% matchVery Positive81% of 363 reviews2025
    Dev: Blockage
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    TOWER ▪ DEFENSE ▪ STRATEGY. Control Vessels. Utilize their uniquely deep set of towers. Create an everchanging defense. Play with friends. Protect your Basin at all costs. An absolute Tower Defense, Real-Time Strategy Hybrid

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  19. #19 Damned Nation Reborn
    87% matchMostly Negative20% of 83 reviews2015
    Dev: Sinister
    Windows

    Blending horror survival/ Building and tower defence elements Damned Nation gives the player more ways to experience the post apocalypse the ever before.

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  20. #20 MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
    84% matchMostly Positive78% of 890 reviews2019
    Dev: Giant Grey
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%

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    Why similar: Zombies 46%, Strategy 29.4%, Sci-fi 15.7%, Indie 8.9%

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    84% matchMixed67% of 1,157 reviews2016
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    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    "Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.

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  22. #22 HELLFRONT: HONEYMOON
    82% matchVery Positive82% of 101 reviews2018
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    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 46%

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    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.2%, Local Co-Op 22.7%, Sci-fi 15.7%, Strategy 12.4%, Action 9.1%

  23. #23 Fortified
    82% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,728 reviews2016
    Dev: Siege Camp
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Fortified is an explosive strategy shooter where players will defend the Earth against a menacing Martian invasion in the 1950s. Play as one-of-four pulp inspired heroes as they fight swarms of terrifying robots with an arsenal of Cold War era weapons and experimental technology.

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  24. #24 Alien Shooter TD
    81% matchVery Positive85% of 908 reviews2017
    Dev: Sigma Team Inc.
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Innovative Tower Defense inspired by legendary Alien Shooter series! The game was created in keeping with the best traditions of Sigma`s games, no concessions of any kind - everything is just like in real life!

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  25. #25 Astro Looter: Survivor
    80% matchMostly Positive70% of 425 reviews2024
    Dev: Soda Game Studio
    Windows · Mac

    Explore alien planets to mine resources, kill alien insects, build defense turrets, and survive waves of insect attacks across the galactic frontier. Astro Looter combines elements of survival, roguelike, and tower defense in a top-down shooter.

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    81% matchVery Positive85% of 240 reviews2017
    Dev: Touch Dimensions Interactive
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 63%

    Strain Tactics is a real-time-with-pause tactical game, where you command a squad of soldiers to liberate earth from an alien infestation. Using your helibase, deploy your custom squad and provide air support. Remember to keep your crew sane and motivated while staying clear of alien contamination!

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 20.5%, Zombies 18.5%, Strategy 14.3%, Violent 12.6%, Action 11.6%

  27. #27 Dead Engine
    77% matchMostly Positive71% of 136 reviews2026
    Dev: Chocolate Dungeon GamesPub: Red Axe Games
    Windows

    Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.

    Why similar: Zombies 53.7%, Strategy 19.8%, Action 18.7%, Indie 7.8%

  28. #28 Guns n Zombies
    79% matchMixed69% of 978 reviews2014
    Dev: Krealit
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    This is the world after a zombie apocalypse in which the main characters have to go through many perils. It is a story about ordinary people who, when faced with danger, decided not to run away from it, but to fight back. As the story goes along, you will learn what caused the disaster and help other survivors to overcome its aftermath.

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  29. #29 Atom Zombie Smasher
    78% matchVery Positive90% of 2,090 reviews2011
    Dev: Blendo Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 52%

    The zombie apocalypse is upon us and it's up to you to evacuate everyone before they fall prey to the undead. Conduct massive rescue operations with a helping hand from snipers, artillery crews, orbital bombardments, and more.

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  30. #30 VERSUS SQUAD
    79% matchMostly Positive79% of 578 reviews2016
    Dev: DiezelPower
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!

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  31. #31 Sunstone War
    76% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2024
    Dev: Blukulélé
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Sunstone War is a unique Action game with Tower Defense element where you can carry EVERYTHING! Move towers, toss away enemies, carry obstacles, upgrade skills and journey through lands to protect your village from calamity!

    Why similar: Strategy 50.5%, Action RPG 49.5%

  32. #32 Blasted Road Terror
    78% matchVery Positive81% of 94 reviews2018
    Dev: Tryzna83
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Blasted Road Terror is real-time tactical looter in post apocalyptic setting. Command mighty warcrawler and manage squadron of vehicles in order to get unseen riches of the world and reach immortal glory.

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    77% matchVery Positive83% of 458 reviews2016
    Dev: JE Software
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Zombie Tower Defense: Join the ongoing war, in an open world, against the undead zombie horde. Choose between multiple powerful heroes all with unique epic gear and skills! With the wide variety of towers you can create your own perfect strategy.

    Why similar: Zombies 64.5%, Strategy 24.9%, Indie 10.6%

  34. #34 Acid Planet
    74% matchMostly Positive80% of 69 reviews2024
    Dev: Adam Travers
    Windows

    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: Top-Down Shooter 66.4%, Strategy 33.6%

  35. #35 FatalZone
    73% matchMixed67% of 2,272 reviews2024
    Dev: Midhard GamesPub: 101XP
    Windows
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    FatalZone is an auto shooter with roguelike and RPG elements set in a savage world of zombies. Exterminate zombie hordes, collect resources, upgrade your camp, and level up mercenaries. Humanity must survive at any cost!

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 32.9%, Zombies 32.5%, Action RPG 12.5%, RPG 10.4%, Action 10.2%

  36. #36 Iron Grip: Warlord
    75% matchVery Positive85% of 448 reviews2008
    Dev: ISOTX
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 45%

    Iron Grip: Warlord invigorates tower defense with first-person shooter elements to give a new twist to the genre.It puts you in the heat of the battle, fighting off hordes of AI-controlled invaders. Play alone or with friends, in a diverse and challenging struggle to save all of Atelia.

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  37. #37 Ultimate Space Commando
    75% matchVery Positive81% of 58 reviews2015
    Dev: Creatio 49Pub: Angry Cat Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 96%

    USC is a turn-based, top-down view tactics game in which you control the crew of a stranded recon vessel in a "first contact war" for survival, featuring a detailed combat system with RPG elements, fully interactive randomized maps, unique weapons and gadgets, crafting, and custom multiplayer modes.

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  38. #38 Lumencraft
    72% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,273 reviews2023
    Dev: 2Dynamic GamesPub: Star Drifters
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    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: Top-Down Shooter 33.2%, Action RPG 18.6%, Action 14.6%, RPG 14.3%, Strategy 13.9%

  39. #39 Shadowgrounds
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 1,610 reviews2006
    Dev: Frozenbyte
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 16.1 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Shadowgrounds breathes fresh air into the action genre with explosive combat sequences, an innovative weapon upgrade system, and an intriguing storyline. The adrenaline-pumping, top-down gameplay and audiovisual fireworks set the scene for this new action experience which also includes single computer (split keyboard or joystick) co-op...

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  40. #40 Road Defense: Outsiders
    71% matchVery Positive84% of 160 reviews2023
    Dev: Minicactus Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%

    Protect vehicles on the road and survive! Road Defense: Outsiders is a game that combines elements of the 'roguelike' and 'tower defense' genres. Upgrade the towers and your own skills to be able to annihilate all the life around you!

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 53.6%, Action RPG 18.7%, Action 17.6%, Indie 10%

  41. #41 Cosmonator
    73% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2019
    Dev: Bourbontank
    Windows

    Cosmonator is an 'RPG-em-up': a hybrid of classic fast-paced top-down shoot-em-up action infused with deep character building elements. Build up your own unique alien-killing machine to avenge the destruction of planet Earth!

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  42. #42 Tower 57
    73% matchMixed64% of 814 reviews2017
    Dev: PixwerkPub: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%

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  43. #43 Deadzone: Rogue
    67% matchVery Positive83% of 15,360 reviews2025
    Dev: Prophecy Games
    Windows
    Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Deadzone: Rogue is a roguelite FPS set in space. Blast through swarms of hostile machines, combine powerful augments and elements to forge your build, and grow stronger with each run — solo or in co-op.

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  44. #44 Northend Tower Defense
    70% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,417 reviews2024
    Dev: Northend Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!

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  45. #45 Outpost: Infinity Siege
    69% matchMixed65% of 13,570 reviews2024
    Dev: Team RangerPub: Lightning Games
    Windows
    Median: 16.5 hrsMean: 41.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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  46. #46 WARSHIFT
    72% matchMostly Positive71% of 698 reviews2016
    Dev: Cyril Megem
    Windows
    Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Unique mix of Action, RTS and RPG gameplay elements that forms an innovative game genre. You can build base, manage troops, and then come down to keep your enemy at gunpoint in the dynamic battle and customize your main characters.

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  47. #47 Sanctum 2
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 14,378 reviews2013
    Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.

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  48. #48 CrossOver: Roll For Initiative
    69% matchVery Positive87% of 53 reviews2024
    Dev: Gaterooze, InkPub: MicroProse Software
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    70% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,487 reviews2011
    Dev: GameConnectPub: Iceberg Interactive
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%

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  50. #50 Zombie Builder Defense
    71% matchMixed67% of 509 reviews2018
    Dev: Noham Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%

    Top down, action packed, multiplayer, zombie shooter. Build your base with friends and see how long you can survive the endless horde of zombies. Level up with friends, or alone, how you die is up to you.

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    66% matchVery Positive86% of 110 reviews2026
    Dev: LJF Games
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    Explore, loot, and rush back to defend your ship against alien hordes. Solo or 4-player coop, grow stronger run after run in this frantic action roguelite with a touch of tower defense.

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  52. #52 McDROID
    71% matchMostly Positive73% of 215 reviews2014
    Dev: Elefantopia
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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    63% matchVery Positive87% of 399,251 reviews2024
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    7 Days to Die is an open-world game that is a unique combination of first-person shooter, survival horror, tower defense, and role-playing games. Play the definitive zombie survival sandbox RPG that came first. Navezgane awaits!

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  54. #54 Night of the Dead
    65% matchMostly Positive77% of 11,782 reviews2024
    Dev: Jackto Studios
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 32.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    'Night of the Dead' is an open-world game that combines elements of exploration, tower defense, survival, and crafting. Traverse a world dominated by zombies while collecting various resources and powerful equipment. Build a fortress to survive the hordes of zombies that swarm every night!

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  55. #55 Firebase Defence
    70% matchMostly Positive75% of 61 reviews2019
    Dev: Rasmus Agergaard
    Windows

    Firebase Defence is a new spin on the traditional tower defence gameplay. You have to defend yourself from the waves upon waves of incoming enemies. You are free to build, place and manage your available resources and units in any way you want. But failing to balance those will result in defeat!

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  57. #57 Bonelords
    65% matchVery Positive92% of 104 reviews2025
    Dev: Z0 Game Studios
    Windows

    Rogue-like! Souls-like! Terraria-like! Build your character & your defenses in Bonelords! Protect Fort Platz against waves of enemies & bosses in this un-bone-leavable experience!

    Why similar: Split Screen 38.2%, RPG 22.1%, Strategy 21.1%, Action RPG 18.6%

  58. #58 Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors
    67% matchMostly Positive79% of 61 reviews2023
    Dev: ReijaPub: indie.io
    Windows

    You are Earth's last line of defense in a relentless alien invasion. Experience intense top-down roguelite action across diverse landscapes, fighting invaders with a versatile arsenal. Outsmart, outgun, and survive your foes. Every run increases the challenge - so adapt, evolve, dominate!

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 43.6%, RPG 18.6%, Sci-fi 17.8%, Action 13.6%, Indie 6.4%

  59. #59 Crimsonland
    67% matchVery Positive93% of 3,093 reviews2014
    Dev: 10tons Ltd
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    Thousands of aliens, giant spiders, mutant lizards, and more are on the attack - can you survive the onslaught? Crimsonland is a top-down shooter with a touch of RPG. Unlock over 30 weapons and over 50 perks from quirky to brutal. Complete the quest and show your skills in five survival modes.

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 27.1%, Local Co-Op 23%, Action 14.3%, Zombies 10%, RPG 9%

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