
No lanes. No safe paths. Build fast or fall. Fight and adapt in real time as enemies attack from every direction. Control your hero, place towers on the fly, and shape the battlefield in this intense 1–4 player tower defense.
60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Action, Top-Down Shooter, Twin Stick Shooter, Strategy.

No lanes. No safe paths. Build fast or fall. Fight and adapt in real time as enemies attack from every direction. Control your hero, place towers on the fly, and shape the battlefield in this intense 1–4 player tower defense.

There Are Millions of Goblins
Fight gigantic hordes of goblins with a supercharged vehicle and arsenal of crazy weapons, in a chaotic physics-based battle for survival

Battlefleet Gust Wind
About:The solar system was invaded by aliens of unknown origin. The earth has fallen. As the commander of the surviving space fleet, return to the solar system from outer space and save the earth.
Fight gigantic hordes of goblins with a supercharged vehicle and arsenal of crazy weapons, in a chaotic physics-based battle for survival
Why similar: Tower Defense 24%, Twin Stick Shooter 22%, Top-Down Shooter 18.7%, Strategy 16.3%, Action 10.7%
About:The solar system was invaded by aliens of unknown origin. The earth has fallen. As the commander of the surviving space fleet, return to the solar system from outer space and save the earth.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.1%, Top-Down Shooter 19.6%, Strategy 18.8%, Top-Down 5.4%
Action tower defense with physics & couch co-op: carry your turrets, hurl objects, and survive swarm attacks.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 24.7%, Tower Defense 21.5%, Top-Down Shooter 13.1%, Local Co-Op 10.3%, Strategy 9.9%
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 19.8%, Top-Down Shooter 14.5%, Strategy 10.1%, Local Co-Op 9.4%
ZAMB! Endless Extermination is a mash-up of a twin stick shooter and a tower defence game. Play in local co-op or online with a friend, sibling or partner as two space agents, Cye (the brawler) and Chrome (the tactician).
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.1%, Tower Defense 32.4%, Local Co-Op 16.9%, Co-op 5.2%, Action 4.3%
Fight giant bugs with your mech! Liberate the alien planet for your cause. In this top-down twin stick shooter, fight bugs as you secure the planet for humankind.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.1%, Top-Down Shooter 32.7%, Top-Down 11%, Action 9.2%, PvE 8.2%
When It Hits the Fan is a 2d action arcade top-down shooter for PC and arcade involving four apocalyptic events at once: zombie outbreak, robot AI takeover, demon incursion, and alien invasion!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.8%, Top-Down Shooter 21.6%, Action 14.3%, Local Co-Op 13.6%, Top-Down 8.4%
A.I. Invasion is an action-loaded top-down-shooter in a futuristic setting. The superior machines subjugated the universe. In a wide range of missions you take the role of a soldier and equip and command a team of special units to reclaim the planet system.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 34.8%, Twin Stick Shooter 34.4%, Strategy 16.3%, Action 14.6%
The Messier 111 is a twin-stick shooter that will test your skills.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 46.9%, Top-Down Shooter 30.3%, Action 11.5%, Top-Down 10.3%, Singleplayer 1%
Curse of the Deadwood is a unique evolution of a twin-stick genre that allows for single or couch co-op play. Take control of two unlikely friends as they fight back hordes of wooden zombies. Work together to save the beautiful world of Knottington from the Curse of the Deadwood.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.9%, Top-Down Shooter 21.9%, Local Co-Op 13.2%, Hack and Slash 10.5%, Strategy 8.5%
Halo: Spartan Assault brings the excitement of Halo combat to Steam for the very first time. Battle your way through 30 action-packed missions against the Covenant as you explore the origin of the Spartan Ops program featured in Halo 4. *DirectX feature level 10 required. *
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 36.3%, Twin Stick Shooter 26.4%, Action 16.4%, Top-Down 10.2%, Strategy 8.6%
Enter the AI universe and fight evil AIs with a variety of weapons and modifications. AIPD is a top-down coop twin-stick shooter where you can enjoy thousands of possible combinations of enemy and arena permutations that give you an unprecedented and nearly unlimited arcade experience.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 38.8%, Top-Down Shooter 26.3%, Local Co-Op 18.3%, Action 16.6%
Resistance is Fruitile is a challenging retro twin stick shooter with co-op play that's jam-packed with sinister fruit monsters and plenty of firepower to take them on!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 36.3%, Top-Down Shooter 26.1%, Local Co-Op 15.8%, Action 13.3%, Local Multiplayer 4.6%
Discover a Tower Defense as cute as it is addictive. Collect funny hats, magical equipment, and special powers to create the ultimate defense build. Explore an enchanted world filled with charming characters and challenges to overcome!
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.2%, Strategy 20%, Top-Down Shooter 13.2%, Action 12.9%, Fantasy 5.4%
Protect your village, don't let the monsters climb down the sky-high bean. Buy traps and upgrade them to the highest level. Wear the strongest armour and always use the right weapon to defeat the enemy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.1%, Strategy 22.3%, Hack and Slash 16.1%, Action 13.7%, Fantasy 4.5%
Soulcaller's Tower is a 2D survival game where you play as a Soul Mage, collecting souls from defeated enemies in your tower. As you gather souls, you can spend them on upgrades for yourself or your tower. Your tower attracts enemies, so be careful not to attract too many.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 31.6%, Tower Defense 23.5%, Top-Down Shooter 21%, Strategy 7%, PvE 6.4%
Stardrift Nomads is a dual-stick shooter with a focus on cooperative play and retro action. Build and upgrade 12 unique towers, customize your ship to fit your play style, and seize victory with up to 8 players!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 35.3%, Tower Defense 27.7%, Strategy 16.8%, Action 10.8%, Co-op 9.4%
Solar Defense is a Military Sci-Fi inspired Tower Defense game focused heavily on strategy and decision making. Defend key locations and repel the Pilakarr forces back to their home world to end their attack and bring an end to this war.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.1%, Top-Down Shooter 23.6%, Strategy 20.7%, Action 13.4%, Top-Down 7.5%
Asteria is under siege! Take up arms as the commander and find the perfect strategy in this hero filled tower defense game. Will you become a Defender of Asteria or fall short?
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.8%, Strategy 28%, Top-Down 13.4%, Fantasy 8.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Retro-style sci-fi top-down shooter and strategy game.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.1%, Top-Down Shooter 27.9%, Strategy 10.4%, PvE 10%, Action 9%
Aliens are invading! Load up your guns and eliminate them with the help of ancient indigenous equipment in your backpack!
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.3%, Top-Down Shooter 28.8%, Strategy 26.6%, Action 5.2%, Singleplayer 1%
Armoured Onslaught is a fast paced Top-Down Shooter and Tower Defence hybrid. You will need to make use of both strategy and skill as you fight your way through near endless hordes of deadly foes.
Why similar: Strategy 31%, Action 18.2%, Tower Defense 14.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 13.5%, Top-Down Shooter 11%
HELLDIVERS™ is a hardcore, cooperative, twin stick shooter. As part of the elite unit called the HELLDIVERS, players must work together to protect SUPER EARTH and defeat the enemies of mankind in an intense intergalactic war.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 28.3%, Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Local Co-Op 13.1%, Co-op 9.9%, 4 Player Local 6.1%
Tower Defense meets magical action. Fire cat cannons. Build, repair, and upgrade your defenses. Master multiple mage classes. Mage Fort puts the focus on co-op action with a heavy defensive theme!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35%, Local Co-Op 15.7%, Action 10.1%, 4 Player Local 10%, Local Multiplayer 8.5%
Help the Bug Heroes defend their food stash from hordes of enemies! Control powerful heroes, build your defenses, level up your heroes and towers, equip upgrades, and more!
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.9%, Strategy 21.9%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Action 14.2%, Top-Down 6.7%
Operation Sheep Defense is a fast paced tower defense game. Featuring dynamic levels and intelligent enemy behavior. Shape the enemy path or defend maze-like levels. Levels are short and intense.
Why similar: Tower Defense 54.5%, Strategy 21.2%, Local Co-Op 14.9%, Top-Down 8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Dracula Defense is a top down 2D tower defense game where the player will need to act strategically to survive an onslaught of enemies trying to attack a base. Only you can Defend Dracula!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.5%, Strategy 22.4%, Top-Down Shooter 20.1%, Action 14.6%, Top-Down 7.8%
Poly-Vinyl Pests! takes place many years in the future, where humans are long gone but plastics still litter the earth. Play as two ants from rival colonies in this twin-stick shooter to both squash plastic-laden pests and to prove the superiority of your colony!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 29.1%, Top-Down Shooter 22.7%, Strategy 13.4%, Action 9%, Top-Down 8.1%
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 59.9%, Strategy 27.4%, Action 12.7%
Defend your Command Centers against relentless waves of mutated insects! Customize powerful tanks with an arsenal of weapons and tactical modules in this action-packed tower defense game. Go solo or team up with friends in online co-op.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 24.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.3%, Strategy 17.8%, Action 11.8%
Blast through endless zombie hordes in KillThrough, a 2D isometric pixel shooter! Manage limited ammo, use diverse weapons, and master strategic movement to survive. Experience fast-paced, retro combat filled with satisfying pixel gore. Your only goal: Kill Through!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 37%, Top-Down Shooter 31.4%, Hack and Slash 15.6%, Action 8.5%, Top-Down 7.1%
Prepare to defend your village in Champi, a captivating Tower-Defense where your mission is to repel a invasion of mutated mushrooms.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.4%, Strategy 30.7%, Top-Down 11.3%, PvE 8%, Fantasy 5.7%
Blast your way through enemy lines to defeat Inferno, a madman intent on global domination. Destruction just got awesome.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 39.7%, Action 16%, Local Co-Op 15.6%, Top-Down 10.6%, Co-op 7.5%
Gear up, soldier - it’s time to reclaim freedom! Deploy turrets, adapt your tactics, and crush endless waves of enemies and bosses as you fight to liberate America, state by state.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.7%, Top-Down Shooter 23.9%, Strategy 20.4%, Action 13.1%, Top-Down 7.7%
HELLFRONT is an intense top-down shooter. Conquer ground, build a base, and command your troops in battle! Play PvP or beat the campaign co-op or solo.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 22.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 22%, Local Co-Op 10%, Strategy 9.9%, Top-Down 7.1%
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!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 23.6%, Top-Down Shooter 19.5%, Action 9.3%, Co-op 6.9%
Exclusively brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux in Anomaly Bundle, Anomaly Korea is an expansion campaign to Anomaly Warzone Earth. The alien robots are back and this time they’ve got Korea in their sights. It’s your job to lead a squad into fierce fire-fights and fend off the alien invasion.
Why similar: Strategy 40.6%, Tower Defense 36.6%, Action 19%, Top-Down 3.4%, Singleplayer 0.4%
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: Tower Defense 24%, Top-Down Shooter 20.4%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.1%, Strategy 9.6%, Local Co-Op 5.5%
In this retro style tower defence, we have created a short experience for all of you seeking a true Atari-like experience. This is off cause bull___. This was a school project completely made with Python and Pygames. Be sure to give us a grade;)
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.6%, Strategy 24.5%, Top-Down Shooter 17.4%, Top-Down 10.5%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Local co-op tower defense game set in a factory with zombies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.3%, Local Co-Op 17%, Local Multiplayer 10.5%, 4 Player Local 10.5%, Action 9%
A roguelite where superstitions take shape as items! Face enemies, collect drops with negative effects that can be traded for advantages. Explore always different rooms, with challenges inspired by beliefs that make us think twice before taking a risk.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 30.7%, Top-Down Shooter 26.4%, Local Co-Op 12.4%, Action 7.5%, Top-Down 7.3%
Defenders of the Last Colony is a Top Down Shooter with Strategy gameplay mechanics, where you have to protect the Colony's core while you gather resources and build defenses. You play as one of the 4 classes: Fighter, Engineer, Striker or Carrier. Defenders features coop up to 4 players and 3D graphics.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 27%, Top-Down Shooter 22%, Tower Defense 21.8%, Action 12.1%, Top-Down 9.2%
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 59%, Strategy 27.9%, Action 13.1%
Futuristic Tower Defense Action! All out war between You and Crossite vs. Erossite. Use Strategy to place down towers and defend from Erossite enemies. Equip Flash Drives to give yourself an edge above enemies. Solve puzzles to help Crossite locate enemy bases.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43%, Strategy 23.6%, PvE 9.5%, Action 8.9%, Top-Down 8.2%
A top-down tower-defense game where you play as a little robot that has crash landed on an alien planet. Defend yourself against waves of bug-like enemies using towers made from the local mushrooms. Find a way to repair your ship and escape the planet!
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.8%, Top-Down Shooter 36.3%, Action 10.9%, Top-Down 10.6%, Fantasy 4.7%
Tikiman the Forest Defender is in trouble. Hordes of monsters are sweeping through his realm, hoping to chow down on his offspring – and it’s up to you to defend them. By placing weapon towers at strategic points around the landscape, you can destroy the invaders and save the little ones.
Why similar: Tower Defense 64.3%, Strategy 19.8%, Local Co-Op 11.3%, Co-op 4.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
A Tower Defence game, that actually allows you to sit inside the turret and come face-to-face with the enemies! Addictive strategy - action game, with loads of shooting and explosions! Nearing 2 MILLION DOWNLOADS!
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.3%, Strategy 38.1%, Action 17.6%
A small, third-person, action, tower defense game where you play as a peasant who gets tired of adventurers breaking into his house. Place down towers and fight off waves and waves of "enemies." Progress through the story and see just how far one man will go to protect his beloved llama.
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.2%, Strategy 24.3%, Action 15%, PvE 7.1%, Fantasy 6.4%
A twin stick shooter survivors-like with low-poly pixel art graphics and simple controls. Protect the ghost Winry from the Dark Lord's army. Let the soul harvest, Begin!
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 32.7%, Top-Down Shooter 26.2%, Hack and Slash 17%, Action 7.5%, PvE 7.2%
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: Tower Defense 46.4%, Strategy 33.8%, Action 19.8%
Tiestru offers a new perspective to strategy games. The player has control all over the map and defines his strategy with the structures that he builds. Each structure, each connection, each location offer new and enhanced powers. In this deep and complex game everything is up to you! Define your strategy!
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.1%, Strategy 31.7%, Action 20.2%
Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign continues Steam's Anomaly Warzone Earth in an extra 15-level campaign. Originally released on mobile devices, the campaign is brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux exclusively in Anomaly Bundle. AWE Mobile Campaign turns tower defense on its head.
Why similar: Strategy 41.5%, Tower Defense 36.2%, Action 21.7%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Witch Sacrifice - you have to defend your lands from three cruel kings. A huge army is advancing on your swamps, which you have to stop.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.7%, Strategy 30%, Action 17%, Top-Down 12.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Lunarpunk is the first Tower Attack ever made. A brand-new experience based on moving forward with your turrets to destroy the cosmic menace. Crush your enemies, develop new turrets, enhance those you have and try to overcome the crisis that desolates your world. Are you ready to push forward?
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.5%, Twin Stick Shooter 32.1%, Strategy 20.3%, Action 10.3%, Singleplayer 0.8%
A cute yet dark and mysterious fantasy roguelike where you battle Egyptian gods using magical dice, collect powerful relics, and shape your final destiny through a blend of luck and strategy.
Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 29.1%, Strategy 27.9%, Action 19%, Top-Down 9.7%, PvE 7.2%
Dead TD is a tower defense game that was inspired by the old school original maps from WC3. It features a wide range of towers that upgrade into more powerful types and features a range of different abilities that can be used to create the ultimate defense.
Why similar: Tower Defense 54.6%, Strategy 30.6%, Top-Down 13.3%, Singleplayer 1.6%
A top-down shooter where you run and gun down bad guys as the vigilante, Rider. Vastly outnumbered, quickly kill and quickly die as you sweep through multifloored buildings bringing criminals to justice.
Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.8%, Top-Down Shooter 25.9%, Hack and Slash 16.4%, PvE 9.1%, Top-Down 8.6%
The sequel to the hit strategy game, with new weapons, landscapes, and options.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.7%, Strategy 36.6%, Action 19.7%
A roguelite tower defense where every run is different. Choose a commander, collect relics, activate mutators, and defend your fortress against escalating orcish hordes with ballista, walls, and four defender classes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.3%, Top-Down Shooter 28.5%, Action 15.8%, Top-Down 7.2%, Fantasy 4.6%
Defend the clearance shelf. When the lights go out, the seasonal war begins. Lead your unsold Easter stock against waves of full-price enemies — before morning reveals the secret.
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.2%, Strategy 36.1%, Top-Down 14%, Singleplayer 1.7%