Games Like Desperate Place

Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?

Why similar: Tower Defense 25.8%, City Builder 23.8%, Base Building 16.4%, Strategy 8.5%, Space 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on mining and base defense, requiring you to protect your core from waves of enemies while expanding your operations.

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 33.3%, Top-Down Shooter 18%, Futuristic 11.5%, Shooter 8.8%, Sci-fi 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique blend of tower defense and top-down shooter gameplay where you must defend your structures against waves of enemies.

The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.6%, Base Building 30%, Building 15.7%, Survival 14.9%, Strategy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines top-down action, base building, and tower defense with a heavy emphasis on resource gathering on an alien planet.

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: Tower Defense 22.7%, Top-Down Shooter 19.8%, Base Building 17.4%, Survival 10.7%, Shooter 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter with deep mining and base-building mechanics that requires you to defend your tunnels from alien infestations.

They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

Why similar: Base Building 31.4%, Tower Defense 21.8%, City Builder 16%, Survival 13.5%, Strategy 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive base-building survival game that challenges you to fortify your colony against massive swarms of enemies.

Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.

Why similar: Tower Defense 43.3%, Strategy 19.2%, Top-Down 16.8%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Indie 3.8%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical strategy game where you command a squad to destroy alien hives while managing base defenses and resources.

SENTRY is an action-defense first person shooter where you defend your spaceship against invading aliens. Plot an escape route through hostile space and battle the enemy across your vessel with the support of traps, turrets and environmental destruction.

Why similar: Tower Defense 33.1%, Space 14.5%, Survival 14.4%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Strategy 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A first-person action-defense game that tasks you with protecting your ship from alien boarding parties using traps and turrets.

Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?

Why similar: Tower Defense 32.4%, Base Building 15.5%, Real Time Tactics 9.5%, Strategy 8.8%, Top-Down Shooter 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi tower defense game that allows you to control a powerful turret to defend your home world from robotic invaders.

In this city builder and tower defense game, you will command a small band of ship wrecked colonists. Progress from struggling to survive the elements to a thriving kingdom that will smash the demon hordes that dare attack your settlement.

Why similar: City Builder 28%, Tower Defense 27.6%, Building 17%, Survival 9.2%, Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim and tower defense hybrid where you must build and defend a settlement in a hostile, frozen environment.

“Alien Marauder” is a real-time strategy game with survival and confrontation theme. In this game, you will be the leader to a treacherous alien planet, build and defend base to survive against the vexan waves. Make the right decision!

Why similar: Tower Defense 18.3%, Base Building 16.6%, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, Building 12.9%, Survival 11.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines real-time strategy with survival elements as you build a base and defend against waves of alien creatures.

Last Outpost is a minimalist Base Building & Strategy game where you build and defend your outpost in zombie apocalypse. Choose your vehicle and loadout before embarking on your adventure. Use your abilities and control your units to eliminate all threats. Will you manage to defend your outpost?

Why similar: Tower Defense 31.4%, City Builder 30.7%, Base Building 20.8%, Strategy 8.6%, Combat 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic city-builder and tower defense game that forces you to manage resources while holding off enemy forces.

Control a fully armed Mech and fight through cyberpunk cities, military bases and industrial ruins. Capture and defend territories, build turrets and structures, and wage war against powerful enemies!

Why similar: Tower Defense 20.8%, Top-Down Shooter 20.2%, Cyberpunk 16%, Base Building 12%, Shooter 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that integrates tower defense elements, allowing you to build defenses while fighting on the front lines.

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: Tower Defense 31.5%, Space 14.9%, Survival 14.3%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Top-Down 11.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style tower defense game with a strong sci-fi theme and intense survival mechanics.

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 23.7%, Cyberpunk 17.3%, Building 13.7%, Survival 11.6%, Top-Down 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense game that emphasizes base building and survival against endless waves of enemies.

Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.

Why similar: Tower Defense 25.6%, Top-Down Shooter 22.4%, Building 13.6%, Shooter 9.1%, Strategy 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic tower defense game with roguelike elements and top-down shooter mechanics in a sci-fi setting.

Stellar Initiative is a roguelike tower defense game where you land on the planet and use your orbit ship to deliver buildings and support you with fire. Complete missions, install new upgrades, discover powerful artifacts, and find the best strategy!

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.6%, Base Building 19.2%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Space 10.3%, Strategy 9.6%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike tower defense game that requires careful strategic planning to survive in deep space.

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 39.3%, Base Building 25.4%, Building 16%, Strategy 10.1%, Sci-fi 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic tower defense game with base-building elements that emphasizes tactical placement and resource management.

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: Tower Defense 24.8%, Base Building 18.1%, Top-Down Shooter 16.5%, Building 11.4%, Top-Down 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A base-building tower defense game that challenges you to survive on a hostile planet with limited resources.

Defend humanity's last hope, pilot a powerful mech, in Frontlines Crisis! A battlefield swarming with insects makes strategic and combat decisions crucial. Each decision will determine your fate. Defend humanity's last sanctuary, fight fiercely, and uphold human honor with wits and courage!

Why similar: Tower Defense 33.7%, Top-Down Shooter 29.2%, Space 16.4%, Base Building 9.6%, Strategy 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter and tower defense hybrid that focuses on managing resources and defending against waves of enemies.

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 36.1%, Top-Down Shooter 25.7%, Survival 15.8%, Top-Down 9.5%, Strategy 9%

Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelike that blends tower defense and shooter mechanics for a fast-paced survival experience.

Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.1%, Real Time Tactics 19%, Base Building 13.7%, Top-Down 9.5%, Survival 7.8%

Why You'll Like It: A streamlined tower defense game that focuses on core strategic mechanics and survival.

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 45.5%, Space 21.8%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Strategy 9%, 2D 3.9%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical tower defense game featuring mechs and sci-fi elements that requires strategic positioning to succeed.

Project Astra Dominium is a Tower Defense game with Basebuilding and Automation elements. Build up your base to become a supply hub for Earth's desperately needed materials, gather resources while defending against an unknown alien threat and improve your tower's and AI capabilities.

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.9%, Base Building 19.7%, Space 16.1%, Futuristic 11.4%, Sci-fi 8.1%

Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game that includes deep automation and crafting mechanics to help you survive in space.

This "space station builder simulation roguelite" puts you in charge of a space station. Fight off enemy ships, fleets and rival stations to dominate your corner of space. Build and upgrade your station, hire and manage your crew. Survive as long as you can.

Why similar: City Builder 19.4%, Base Building 15.7%, Real Time Tactics 13.8%, Space 12.9%, Building 12%

Why You'll Like It: A base-building strategy game that tasks you with managing a space station while defending against various threats.

An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.2%, Base Building 30.6%, Building 13.6%, Strategy 9.5%, Survival 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: A complex tower defense game that incorporates resource automation and factory building to maintain your defenses.

You have 9 days to find a safe place on the planet. Your ship is low on fuel and you have to land. Setup sentry guns around you to defend yourself while you collect more fuel for the ship. AI controlled Drones and Tanks attack you trying to find weaknesses in your defenses.

Why similar: Tower Defense 46.7%, Strategy 15.1%, Survival 12.1%, Sci-fi 12.1%, Adventure 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that combines base building and tower defense, requiring you to manage resources to survive against robots.

Get ready to rethink all your defense strategies! Build barricades to stop monsters, or lure them into a maze and attack. A variety of stages that change each time depending on how you play them.

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.8%, Base Building 15.6%, Building 13.9%, Space 13.8%, Survival 10.7%

Why You'll Like It: A strategic tower defense game that focuses on building and upgrading defenses to survive in a shattered universe.

Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.2%, Base Building 20.9%, Building 15.2%, Survival 12.1%, Fantasy 8.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival RTS that tasks you with building a massive base to survive against thousands of enemies at once.

Space Run is a «real-time spaceship construction strategy game». Space Run takes the well-known Tower Defense-style gameplay and twists it, challenging you to manage and protect a spaceship and its cargo against the hazards of deep space!

Why similar: Tower Defense 50.9%, Space 24.5%, Strategy 11.5%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Indie 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A unique tower defense game where you must protect your cargo ship while navigating through dangerous space sectors.

Starship Theory is a ship building survival game. Mine and trade to gather resources. Plan and construct new upgrades. Train and manage crew. Fight to survive.

Why similar: Base Building 30%, Space 21.2%, Survival 13.9%, Strategy 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A space-based simulation game that focuses on building and managing a ship while surviving hostile encounters.

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: Tower Defense 19.7%, City Builder 19.7%, Base Building 14.8%, Building 11.8%, Survival 9.3%

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.

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.1%, Top-Down Shooter 25.8%, Survival 14.3%, Shooter 12.6%, Top-Down 12.5%

A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!

Why similar: Tower Defense 19.2%, Building 15.3%, Base Building 14.2%, Space 11%, Survival 9.3%

A sci-fi survival city builder set on an inhospitable alien planet. Faced with imminent destruction of Earth, humanity pooled together their resources and sent sleeper ships to nearby potentially habitable planets. But this one turned out to be much less habitable than expected....

Why similar: City Builder 33.9%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 15.6%, Survival 11.7%, Strategy 8.9%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.6%, Building 15.2%, Space 11.9%, Futuristic 10.5%, Sci-fi 8.5%

Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!

Why similar: Tower Defense 33.4%, Space 21.6%, Sci-fi 17%, Combat 13.5%, 2D 5.9%

Stranded on an alien planet, you must defend your Powercore! Use your weapons to fight hordes of alien enemies and strategically use traps in this new FPS tower-defense survival game!

Why similar: Tower Defense 33.1%, Survival 14.8%, Strategy 13.2%, Space 11.8%, Sci-fi 10.6%

you will play as Gaia, the shattered will of a planet, and command your spaceship to explore new worlds, collect and refine various resources, build a home on the damaged spacecraft, summon a wide range of monsters, and ultimately, devour other shattered wills to repair yourself.

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.7%, City Builder 20.6%, Base Building 13.6%, Futuristic 12.8%, Building 9.6%

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: Tower Defense 29.2%, Cyberpunk 17%, Futuristic 11.9%, Strategy 9.4%, Top-Down Shooter 9.4%

Barricadez is a mix of tower defense and survival game. Take on your care robot and explore the underground, find new blueprints, gather resources and build your defenses and traps to survive through the night against a myriad of zombie-like creatures. Your goal: to defend the defenseless cradle.

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.9%, Base Building 22.4%, Building 16.9%, Survival 11.1%, Strategy 9.4%

ReEarth is an exciting TD & (RTS) indie game. Here, you will play as humanity's last hope. You will fend off the oncoming swarms by continuously building your base and dispatching various types of units. Prepare for the challenge and save the future of humanity!

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.7%, Real Time Tactics 22.6%, Space 15.2%, Building 13.2%, Futuristic 11%

Take over a disfunctional Waste Management Facility on a distant planet. Build incinerators, recyclers, robots, turrets, and more. Battle vicious creatures on the planet's surface with powerful weapons!

Why similar: Strategy 17.7%, Top-Down Shooter 15.9%, Base Building 13.4%, Building 12.5%, Indie 9.8%

Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 37.2%, Base Building 17.4%, Strategy 11.6%, Building 8.3%, Sci-fi 7.7%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.7%, Real Time Tactics 20.4%, Building 17%, Strategy 10%, Top-Down 8%

Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?

Why similar: Tower Defense 29.4%, Base Building 23.3%, Survival 14.8%, Building 12.8%, Strategy 8.2%

Employ lethal turrets, traps, and gadgets to defend against an onslaught of evolving creeps! Step into a twisted, hyper 3D, mind bending realm. Upgrade and adapt your defenses. Become a master maze crafter. Collect bizarre artifacts. Rush creeps for lucrative rewards, and succumb to greed!

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.1%, Real Time Tactics 15%, Sci-fi 10.5%, Building 9.9%, Survival 9.8%

Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

Why similar: City Builder 23.9%, Tower Defense 22.4%, Base Building 18%, Building 13.7%, Survival 11.5%

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: Tower Defense 25.4%, Base Building 19.8%, Survival 16.6%, Building 13.2%, Top-Down 10.3%

The Last Drop is a pixel art top-down shooter where you control the last water droplet on Earth. Battle waves of enemies with unique weapons, customize the map, and compete on the online leaderboard.

Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 17.7%, Tower Defense 17.4%, Survival 13.1%, Base Building 10.6%, Building 9.5%

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!

Why similar: Tower Defense 32.3%, Base Building 18.8%, Strategy 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%, Building 8.4%

Creeping Dusk is a tower defense game. Build a town around an abandoned gold mine and defend against monsters that swarm the area. Fortify your defenses, and prepare for the increasingly challenging nights. Will you be able to protect your town from the encroaching darkness?

Why similar: Tower Defense 37.9%, Base Building 26.3%, Building 20.2%, Strategy 11.7%, Indie 2.6%

Derelict Void is a space survival game involving scavenging for resources and base management. You command a ship and crew searching for resources you need to stay alive.

Why similar: City Builder 36%, Space 22.5%, Base Building 18.2%, Strategy 12.3%, Sci-fi 7.5%

Protolife is an unique tower-based strategy game which gives you a direct control over the builder robot in a struggle against the hungry proto-life organism.

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.8%, Base Building 26.4%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Strategy 10%, Top-Down 9.4%

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 45.5%, Survival 16.8%, Top-Down 14.5%, Strategy 13.2%, 2D 7.6%

Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?

Why similar: Tower Defense 31.7%, City Builder 27%, Base Building 23.2%, Building 12.6%, Fantasy 5.5%

Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world. A strategic mix of juicy tower loadouts, varied monster behaviors, and forgiving mechanics.

Why similar: Tower Defense 31.8%, Base Building 20.9%, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Survival 10.2%, Strategy 8.2%

Prepare your defenses during the day and survive until dawn. Defender Bros is a Top-Down Tower Defense Roguelike where you play as a Soldier defending your Base. Pick between multiple abilities as you level up to increase you power, then after each run buy perks and get stronger

Why similar: Tower Defense 42.2%, Base Building 23.7%, Top-Down 16.5%, Strategy 12.6%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Tempest Tower is an action packed tower defense platformer where you must brawl with incoming hordes of Creepers while herding the local critters to safety. Build, fight, upgrade, overcome.

Why similar: Tower Defense 39.6%, Base Building 29.2%, Top-Down 15.8%, Strategy 10.6%, Singleplayer 2.8%

Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 31%, Base Building 22.6%, Survival 14.7%, Building 12.4%, Strategy 9.8%

PolyCore Defense is a tower defense game where you have to raise your defenses in order to defend your core. Build unique turrets, upgrade them with special effects and use abilities to survive waves of enemies that are trying to destroy your core!

Why similar: Tower Defense 46.1%, Top-Down 14.5%, Strategy 12.4%, Building 12%, Survival 8%