Games Like Defend the Rook

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

Why similar: Turn-Based 12.4%, Tactical RPG 11.7%, Strategy RPG 10.1%, Perma Death 9.5%, Tower Defense 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines turn-based tactical combat with wave-based base defense in a challenging roguelite format.

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 32.3%, Roguelike 16.6%, City Builder 16.5%, Roguelite 14.8%, Medieval 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A clever mix of tower defense and board-game mechanics that forces strategic placement on a limited grid.

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.4%, City Builder 16.9%, Tactical 14.2%, Roguelite 14.1%, Roguelike 13.1%

Why You'll Like It: Blends tower defense with roguelite elements and grid-based strategy for a deep, replayable experience.

ValeGuard is an RTS, Town-Management hybrid game that combines Turn-Based City-Building with Real-Time Combat. Each day you construct your defenses, train troops, and prepare for attack. When enemies come in the night, you defend with towers, troops, and heroes with powerful abilities.

Why similar: Turn-Based 19.9%, Tower Defense 18.6%, City Builder 17.7%, Base Building 13.5%, Medieval 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tower defense game that focuses on building defenses and managing units to survive waves of enemies.

It's turn-based fantasy tactics with trash animals. Defend your trash from invading rats, and eat your trash to upgrade your team. Think your way out of ruin by using the shape of each level to your advantage. Be creative, and try to not die.

Why similar: Tactical RPG 13.5%, Turn-Based 12.2%, Party-Based RPG 11.6%, Tower Defense 11.2%, Strategy RPG 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar blend of turn-based tactical RPG combat and tower defense mechanics in a roguelike structure.

The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes. Assemble a formidable army, discover powerful relics, and buy surprising gadgets to defeat the Coven.

Why similar: Difficult 22%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.4%, Roguelite 19.7%, Roguelike 15.2%, Medieval 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelite that uses chess-like movement and board positioning to create deep strategic combat.

Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

Why similar: Turn-Based Strategy 23.9%, Turn-Based 20.6%, Roguelike 12.4%, Roguelite 10.2%, Turn-Based Combat 9.9%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for grid-based tactical roguelites where positioning and predicting enemy moves are essential for survival.

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 38.8%, Roguelike 18.5%, Roguelite 16%, Tactical 12%, Strategy 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: Integrates deckbuilding mechanics into a tower defense framework, requiring careful resource management and strategic planning.

Guild of Ascension is a Tactical-Action-RPG with rogue-lite elements, mixing turn-based combat with real-time action combo system. Craft weapons, learn skills, befriend critters, encounter bizarre creatures, and fight giant Bosses in your Ascension of the Tower!

Why similar: Turn-Based 12.2%, Tactical RPG 12.1%, Perma Death 9.8%, Party-Based RPG 9.6%, Strategy RPG 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical RPG with roguelite elements that emphasizes turn-based combat and character progression.

Guardians of Holme is a tower defense game with deckbuilding and roguelite elements. Players must use the terrain to their advantage and formulate defensive tactics by strategically placing powerful traps to repel endless waves of enemies.

Why similar: Tower Defense 55.1%, Strategy 24.1%, Tactical 13.6%, 2D 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tower defense with deckbuilding and RTS elements, focusing on trap placement and hero utility.

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 19.9%, Roguelite 18.3%, Difficult 16.3%, City Builder 14.6%, Roguelike 13.8%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced deckbuilding game that incorporates tower defense elements to protect your city from invading hordes.

Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.3%, Roguelike 20.5%, Perma Death 17%, Difficult 9.6%, Strategy 8.9%

Why You'll Like It: A unique tactical squad-based defense game where managing resources and room-by-room positioning is critical.

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 43.8%, Roguelike 17.5%, Base Building 12.8%, Strategy 9.8%, Roguelite 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: A pure tower defense roguelike that emphasizes procedural generation and strategic tower placement.

A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.

Why similar: Turn-Based 26.7%, Turn-Based Combat 19.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.2%, Strategy 11.8%, Roguelike 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A grid-based tactical roguelite that emphasizes movement and positioning to overcome overwhelming odds.

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 29%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Roguelite 16.6%, Tactical 15.2%, Medieval 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tower defense and deckbuilding, requiring players to manage resources while defending against waves.

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 29.5%, Roguelite 16.6%, Difficult 14.1%, Roguelike 13.6%, Tactical 12.6%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tower defense with survival and building mechanics in a roguelite setting.

Meet the Floppy Knights: tangible projections summoned from floppy disks! Tactics fuse with card game mechanics as Phoebe and Carlton, a brilliant young inventor & her robot-arm bestie, square off in turn-based battles. Select your Knights, hone your deck, and execute your strategy for victory!

Why similar: Turn-Based 29.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 23.1%, Turn-Based Combat 17.2%, Tactical 16%, Strategy 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical deckbuilder that uses grid-based movement and unit summoning to achieve objectives.

Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.

Why similar: Tower Defense 37.7%, Roguelite 18.5%, Roguelike 18%, Tactical 17.1%, Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist tactical defense game where positioning your units on islands is key to repelling invaders.

Take to the battlefield with Wargroove, a strategy game for up to 4 players! Choose your Commander and wage turn-based war on battling factions. Design and share maps, cut-scenes and campaigns with easy-to-use editors and in-depth customization tools!

Why similar: Tactical RPG 24.8%, Turn-Based 20.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.2%, Strategy RPG 17%, Tactical 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that features base-building and unit management reminiscent of classic tactical games.

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 20.4%, City Builder 19.9%, Base Building 15.5%, Roguelike 13.6%, Roguelite 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike tower defense game that incorporates deckbuilding for varied strategic approaches.

A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.

Why similar: Turn-Based 30.8%, Roguelike 17.8%, Base Building 17.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12.4%, Roguelite 12.1%

Why You'll Like It: A dark-fantasy tactical roguelite that focuses on character builds and strategic combat encounters.

Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.

Why similar: Roguelite 19.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.6%, Difficult 16.8%, Roguelike 16.8%, Turn-Based Combat 15.2%

Why You'll Like It: A lane-based tower defense roguelite that requires deep strategic planning for unit placement and spell usage.

A Heroic-Parody tactical RPG combining dungeon crawler’s gameplay and turn-based fights. Dive in an off-beat universe, manage your team and craft mighty gear to equip them! Build your own dungeon by hiding traps and monsters in your galleries, then challenge other players to clean it!

Why similar: Turn-Based 17.1%, Turn-Based Combat 13.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 13%, Difficult 12.7%, Roguelite 11.8%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based dungeon crawler with tactical combat and roguelite elements.

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 29.5%, Tactical 14.7%, Roguelite 13%, Roguelike 12.5%, Turn-Based 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game that uses deckbuilding to create unique defensive strategies against waves of enemies.

Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…

Why similar: Turn-Based 19.9%, Perma Death 16.5%, Difficult 14%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Roguelite 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical deckbuilder with lane-based combat that rewards careful positioning and synergy between units.

Artisan TD is a puzzle-oriented Tower Defense game where you must survive by building mazes.

Why similar: Tower Defense 41.6%, Difficult 25.3%, Tactical 19.9%, Strategy 11.4%, Singleplayer 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game that focuses on puzzle-like placement and difficult strategic challenges.

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

Why similar: Turn-Based 15.7%, Tactical RPG 14.7%, Party-Based RPG 13.6%, Strategy RPG 10.6%, Turn-Based Combat 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical roguelite that focuses on grid-based movement and party management.

Raise mighty armies, wield ancient magic and forge an empire. This turn-based strategy adventure game fuses strategic decision making, tactical combat and kingdom management.

Why similar: Strategy RPG 22%, Tactical RPG 21.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.6%, Turn-Based Combat 16.9%, Tactical 15.6%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game that blends tactical combat with city-building and resource management.

Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?

Why similar: Tower Defense 18.5%, City Builder 16.7%, Base Building 12.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 12%, Roguelite 10.9%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.3%, Base Building 19.6%, Tactical 14.4%, Roguelike 13.9%, Roguelite 13.2%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 25.3%, Perma Death 16.2%, Roguelite 14.3%, Tactical 13.2%, Roguelike 13%

Why You'll Like It: A 3D tower defense roguelite that offers varied strategic options for defending your base.

As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!

Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Tower Defense 22.9%, Base Building 16.1%, Medieval 12%, Roguelite 9.3%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 40.6%, Roguelite 23.2%, Roguelike 12.7%, Strategy 10.1%, RPG 9.6%

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 36.1%, Difficult 16.9%, Tactical 14.6%, Medieval 13.6%, Strategy 8%

"Defence to death" - game in genre "Tower Defence". Defend Your castle from monster! Show Your's strength and wisdom.

Why similar: Tower Defense 56.7%, Base Building 22.8%, Strategy 16.5%, Singleplayer 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical defense game that emphasizes atmospheric combat and strategic positioning.

"Last Stand:Defense" is a tower defense-themed Rogue-like game. Players need to defend against waves of enemies by building bases, matching talents, and performing delicate operations during battles. Remember, every choice you make will affect the final outcome of the battle!

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.6%, City Builder 25.7%, Roguelite 16.1%, Medieval 9.5%, Strategy 8.9%

RPG turn-based combat game with deep tactics and bad jokes! Do you have what it takes to save the kingdom?

Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.1%, Strategy RPG 15.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Turn-Based Combat 12.3%, Roguelite 9.9%

A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!

Why similar: Tactical RPG 19.8%, Turn-Based 18.8%, Perma Death 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.3%, Roguelite 10.6%

Refactor is a hard-core tower defense game that combines modular building, route planning, and element composition.

Why similar: Tower Defense 36%, Roguelite 20.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Roguelike 12.2%, Strategy 8.8%

This is a strategy game that combines tower defense with Roguelike. Unlike traditional tower defense game, the towers in the game are vehicles that move along ‘loops’.You need to create defense loop and build battle trains to defend against enemy attacks.

Why similar: Tower Defense 35.5%, Base Building 19.5%, Roguelike 19.4%, Strategy 10.4%, Roguelite 9.3%

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 32.1%, Base Building 15.5%, Difficult 15%, Tactical 14.7%, Medieval 11.3%

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

Why similar: Turn-Based 21.9%, Turn-Based Combat 14.5%, Medieval 13.5%, Difficult 13.4%, Roguelite 13%

A light Rogue strategy game centered on building and defense. Build your territory, recruit soldiers to fend off enemies. 9 maps, 6 weapons (30 talents), 40 monsters, 30 units/buildings. Plan your pace, control soldiers, choose abilities—enjoy command and strategy.

Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, Tower Defense 22.7%, Roguelite 13.9%, Base Building 13.4%, Medieval 11.6%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.4%, Turn-Based 23.9%, Tactical 14.3%, Roguelike 13.9%, Roguelite 12.3%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.3%, Difficult 21.6%, Roguelite 18.7%, Roguelike 14.6%, Strategy 9.1%

An epic action-adventure with tower defense combat! Dungeon crawl through a ruined kingdom, fending off hordes with turrets and traps! Punch them into pits! Pull them into spinblades! Zap and burn them!

Why similar: Tower Defense 25.2%, Tactical RPG 23.1%, Strategy RPG 19.6%, Tactical 11.6%, Difficult 8.7%

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

Why similar: Strategy RPG 27.9%, Tower Defense 21.9%, Roguelite 15.1%, Tactical 12.7%, Base Building 12.2%

Defend your castle in this fast-paced tower defense/action hybrid game with stunning pixel art graphics! Play as alchemically enhanced warrior Bellator, set traps, build towers, craft powerful weapons, and defend your home! The fate of the castle lies in your hands!

Why similar: Tower Defense 38.6%, Tactical 19.6%, Roguelike 16.7%, Strategy 8.7%, RPG 8.6%

Defend your Chrysalis from growing hordes of monsters in this hybrid game that combines elements of tower defense, survival, and roguelike RPGs. Explore procedurally generated levels, possess and control animals, and grow deadly gardens. How far can you get before the next wave of monsters?

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

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

Why similar: Turn-Based 22.3%, Tower Defense 20.3%, City Builder 15.7%, Base Building 11.2%, Roguelike 9.9%

Block Tower TD is a roguelike tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Build a world out of blocks, choose random upgrades to make every run unique.

Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Tower Defense 22.4%, Roguelite 12%, Roguelike 11.9%, Tactical 10.1%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 42.9%, Roguelite 25%, Strategy 11.9%, RPG 11%, 2D 7.1%

Chess Survivors is a grid based, quick-turn, roguelike where you outmaneuver and destroy an ever growing horde of chess based enemies. Combine abilities, upgrades, and relics to create game-breaking builds. Think fast, die, learn, repeat!

Why similar: Perma Death 26.3%, Roguelite 17.5%, Turn-Based Combat 14.4%, Roguelike 14%, Tactical 10%

A roguelite tower defense where every defeat makes you stronger. Spend gold on powerful temporary boosts, invest gems in permanent upgrades, and push your tower higher each attempt as you fight to survive all 100 waves.

Why similar: Tower Defense 60.8%, Medieval 15.7%, Strategy 14.5%, 2D 7.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%

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

Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Tower Defense 27.2%, Base Building 20.5%, Roguelite 16.2%, Strategy 6.9%

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 51.1%, Tactical 13.5%, Medieval 12.1%, Strategy 9%, Difficult 6.5%

Train your folks, defeat monsters and upgrade your town!

Why similar: Tactical RPG 25.4%, Strategy RPG 14.7%, Tactical 14.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.7%, Roguelike 8.9%

A unique roguelike card-based tower defense game. Strategically place cards, manage resource transport, balance production with combat, and craft distinctive decks to claim victory.

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 20.1%, Roguelite 14.4%, Strategy 13.1%, Tabletop 11.5%