- #1 Wall World
97% matchVery Positive91% of 12,734 reviews2023
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?
Why similar: Tower Defense 22%, Roguelike 18%, Procedural Generation 14%, Resource Management 9%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: Features nearly identical gameplay mechanics where you mine for resources on a massive wall while defending your mobile base from alien waves.
- #2 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
96% matchVery Positive86% of 48,355 reviews2025
Dev: Funday GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 31.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades to survive, as you wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes!
Why similar: Procedural Generation 26.9%, Space 17.9%, Sci-fi 17.4%, Roguelike 10.6%, Action 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines the iconic mining and dwarf aesthetic with a fast-paced, top-down action roguelite loop.
- #3 Drill Core
96% matchVery Positive85% of 2,478 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 30%, Roguelike 22.6%, Space 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Exploration 9%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the mining and base-defense loop, tasking you with drilling deep while managing automated defenses.
- #4 Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
95% matchVery Positive85% of 14,063 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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: Roguelike 29.6%, Tower Defense 26%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Resource Management 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: Blends exploration and resource management with tower defense mechanics as you protect your crystal through procedurally generated levels.
- #5 Thronefall
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,759 reviews2024
Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 74.2%, Combat 11.6%, Action 10.6%, Singleplayer 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a minimalist, highly strategic approach to base defense where you manage resources to fortify your position against waves.
- #6 Lumencraft
94% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,289 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: Post-apocalyptic 32.9%, Tower Defense 26.9%, Procedural Generation 17.6%, Exploration 8.2%, Action 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down shooter that emphasizes digging through destructible terrain to find resources while fending off swarms of enemies.
- #7 Kingdom Two Crowns
93% matchVery Positive90% of 39,881 reviews2018
Dev: Fury StudiosPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 63%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, Atmospheric 11.8%, Adventure 6.4%, Singleplayer 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful side-scrolling strategy game where you manage resources to build and defend your kingdom from nightly threats.
- #8 UnderMine
92% matchVery Positive90% of 9,862 reviews2020
Dev: Thorium
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 17.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
An action-adventure roguelike with a bit of RPG tossed in. Adventure deep into the UnderMine and discover powerful relics, deadly enemies, hidden secrets, and a few friends to help along the way.
Why similar: Pixel Graphics 26.2%, Procedural Generation 21.8%, Roguelike 14.7%, Action 11.4%, Retro 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite that centers on mining and dungeon exploration, featuring satisfying progression and resource collection.
- #9 Dig or Die
91% matchVery Positive90% of 4,291 reviews2018
Dev: Gaddy Games
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.2%, Physics 18.1%, 2D 12.4%, Action 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: Requires you to mine for materials to build defenses and traps to survive increasingly difficult nightly alien attacks.
- #10 Rogue Tower
91% matchVery Positive83% of 5,929 reviews2022
Dev: Die of Death Games
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 50.7%, Roguelike 30.8%, Procedural Generation 16%, Singleplayer 2.5%
Why You'll Like It: A pure tower defense experience with roguelike elements that forces you to adapt your strategy to procedural map layouts.
- #11 Against the Storm
89% matchVery Positive94% of 37,624 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Resource Management 83.4%, Singleplayer 16.6%
Why You'll Like It: A unique roguelite city-builder that emphasizes resource management and adaptation to survive harsh, changing environments.
- #12 Stellar Initiative
90% matchMostly Positive77% of 414 reviews2024
Dev: Five Head Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 29.7%, Roguelike 22.7%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Procedural Generation 11.6%, Space 9%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi tower defense game that requires tactical placement and resource management to survive against overwhelming odds.
- #13 Atomicrops
89% matchVery Positive92% of 6,350 reviews2020
Dev: Bird Bath GamesPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 22.8 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A twin-stick, bullet-hell, roguelite where you must cultivate and defend the last farm in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Farm mutated crops, upgrade your weapons, marry townsfolk, and kill every mutant creature that tries to invade your homestead! Yee-haw!
Why similar: Roguelike 47.8%, Pixel Graphics 17.8%, Action 15.7%, Combat 14.8%, Singleplayer 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: Combines farming and resource gathering with intense bullet-hell combat to protect your crops from waves of mutants.
- #14 Swarm Grinder
88% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,221 reviews2024
Dev: Last Bite GamesPub: Null State Protocol
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
An action roguelite game with alien swarms and mechs. Battle enemies to make your way through a mass of spreading and evolving cells hosting dormant enemies. Collect a variety of game-changing skills and upgrades to create unique builds.
Why similar: Roguelike 35.6%, Procedural Generation 24.7%, Sci-fi 13%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, 2D 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite where you fight through dense swarms of enemies, requiring constant upgrades to survive.
- #15 DREDGE
86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 57,198 reviews2023
Dev: Black Salt GamesPub: Team17
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
DREDGE is a single-player fishing adventure with a sinister undercurrent. Sell your catch, upgrade your boat, and dredge the depths for long-buried secrets. Explore a mysterious archipelago and discover why some things are best left forgotten.
Why similar: Exploration 46.3%, Atmospheric 24.9%, Adventure 17.2%, Singleplayer 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: While more exploration-focused, it captures the atmospheric tension and resource-loop satisfaction found in Dome Keeper.
- #16 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
87% matchVery Positive87% of 448 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: Tower Defense 24.7%, Post-apocalyptic 19.4%, Tactical 13.8%, Sci-fi 13%, Space 12.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic-style tower defense game that focuses on tactical combat and survival in a hostile sci-fi environment.
- #17 20 Minutes Till Dawn
86% matchVery Positive90% of 29,160 reviews2023
Dev: flanne
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
20 Minutes Till Dawn is a survival roguelite where endless hordes of creatures lurk from the dark. Craft an array of overpowering builds and eradicate waves of Lovecraftian nightmares. Will you be able to survive the night?
Why similar: Combat 39.8%, Pixel Graphics 28.8%, Action 19.5%, Singleplayer 11.8%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced action-roguelite that emphasizes survival and build synergy to withstand waves of Lovecraftian monsters.
- #18 Brotato
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 119,300 reviews2023
Dev: Blobfish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 37.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Why similar: Roguelike 52.3%, Sci-fi 24.9%, Action 8.7%, Singleplayer 7.5%, 2D 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down arena shooter roguelite that focuses on wave-based survival and character build customization.
- #19 Mindustry
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 28,247 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.9%, Resource Management 32.1%, Sci-fi 9%, Action 3.8%, 2D 3.7%
Why You'll Like It: Integrates resource extraction and automation with complex tower defense mechanics in a sci-fi setting.
- #20 Core Keeper
83% matchVery Positive93% of 66,787 reviews2024
Dev: PugstormPub: Fireshine Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 34.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Explore a vast cavern of creatures, relics and resources in a mining sandbox adventure for 1-8 players. Mine, build, fight, craft and farm to unravel the mystery of the ancient Core.
Why similar: Procedural Generation 25%, Combat 15.8%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Exploration 12.5%, Atmospheric 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: An open-world survival game that centers on mining, base building, and exploration in a mysterious underground world.
- #21 Heretic's Fork
84% matchVery Positive85% of 4,125 reviews2023
Dev: 9FingerGamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dear candidate, we are pleased to invite you to take up the position of manager of Hell. You will punish sinners by using our deck-building computer system to construct hellish towers capable of keeping the endless hordes of the underworld in check. Best of luck!
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.2%, Roguelike 23.1%, Tactical 19.9%, Pixel Graphics 9.2%, Action 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A deckbuilding tower defense game that challenges you to manage resources and defenses against endless waves of enemies.
- #22 Tower Dominion
82% matchVery Positive86% of 5,610 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 29.2%, Roguelike 19.9%, Tactical 14.4%, Procedural Generation 14.1%, Resource Management 12.9%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused tower defense game that incorporates roguelike elements and base building to test your tactical skills.
- #23 Repel The Rifts
82% matchVery Positive85% of 373 reviews2025
Dev: RefinedBearGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Linux
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 25.1%, Roguelike 19.3%, Tactical 13.9%, Space 13.1%, Sci-fi 12.4%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical tower defense game that uses mech units to defend against waves of enemies in a sci-fi setting.
- #24 Nova Drift
81% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 14,646 reviews2024
Dev: ChimericPub: Pixeljam
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Nova Drift distills the mechanical depth and strategy of an ARPG into classic arcade space combat. Control an endlessly evolving bio-mechanical ship, face legions of strange and deadly foes, and ride the wake of a dying star across the void.
Why similar: Roguelike 33.6%, Space 27.5%, Retro 17.3%, Action 9.3%, 2D 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite with deep upgrade systems that focuses on surviving increasingly difficult waves of space enemies.
- #25 Vampire Survivors
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 266,062 reviews2022
Dev: poncle
Windows · Mac
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 40.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Why similar: Roguelike 34.9%, Pixel Graphics 25.1%, Retro 13.5%, 2D 10.3%, Action 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: The quintessential wave-survival roguelite that focuses on scaling your power to survive against thousands of enemies.
- #26 Voidigo
79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 4,930 reviews2023
Dev: semiwork
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%
A vividly animated action roguelite focused on boss hunting. Unleash an array of diverse weapons and powerups to combat the corruption of the Void.
Why similar: Roguelike 43.7%, Procedural Generation 22.6%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Action 7.9%, 2D 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A chaotic action-roguelite that features exploration and boss-focused combat with a distinct visual style.
- #27 Orcs Must Die! 3
80% matchVery Positive86% of 14,930 reviews2021
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Slice, burn, toss, zap, grind and gib massive hordes of repugnant orcs in this long-awaited successor to the award-winning Orcs Must Die! series.
Why similar: Tower Defense 66.4%, Physics 11%, Combat 9.3%, Action 7.3%, Adventure 3.4%
Why You'll Like It: A high-energy tower defense game that emphasizes trap placement and active combat to protect your base.
- #28 Kingdom: New Lands
81% matchVery Positive85% of 12,403 reviews2016
Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Kingdom: New Lands builds upon the award-winning gameplay and mystery of Kingdom by introducing an abundance of new content to the IGF-nominated title while maintaining the simplicity and depth that legions of monarchs have come to experience and enjoy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.9%, Roguelike 27.5%, Exploration 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Atmospheric 9%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist base-building and defense game that shares the side-scrolling perspective and survival focus.
- #29 Ocean Keeper: Dome Survival
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 904 reviews2025
Dev: RetroStyle Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Explore dungeons, fight hordes of monsters and survive on a huge map. This is Ocean Keeper - an action roguelike with tower defense elements. Mine resources in caves, customize your Mech Spider, upgrade different weapons and face dangerous bosses that won't leave you a chance!
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Roguelike 15.1%, Procedural Generation 13.6%, Resource Management 10.6%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #30 Wall World 2
77% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,999 reviews2025
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The adventure in the mysterious world of the Wall continues! Pilot your robospider into its depths, uncover lost artifacts and technologies, upgrade your exosuit and spider, and battle the horrors lurking in the dark. Unravel the mysteries buried in the depths of the Wall!
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.1%, Roguelike 15.8%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Resource Management 10.6%, Sci-fi 9.6%
- #31 BALL x PIT
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 27,314 reviews2025
Dev: Kenny Sun and FriendsPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
BALL x PIT is a brick-breaking, ball-fusing, base-building survival roguelite. Batter hordes of enemies with ricocheting balls and gather the riches of the pit to expand your homestead, generate resources and recruit unique heroes.
Why similar: Roguelike 50.8%, Action 17.7%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, 2D 7.5%, Combat 7.1%
- #32 Monsters are Coming!
76% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,892 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 41.6%, Resource Management 24.3%, Combat 18.6%, Action 10%, Singleplayer 5.4%
- #33 Ocean Keeper Co-op Drill Multiplayer
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 165 reviews2025
Dev: RetroStyle Games
Windows
Dive into the Ocean Keeper – a cooperative roguelike where four survival miners defend their Mech Spider, fight with endless hordes of monsters, and dig for resources. Team up with your friends, upgrade between waves, and survive the deep caves, full of treasures… if you can.
Why similar: Tower Defense 17.3%, Roguelike 14.5%, Resource Management 10.7%, Space 9.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%
- #34 Kingdom: Classic
78% matchVery Positive91% of 22,754 reviews2015
Dev: NoioPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.3%, Resource Management 26.4%, Pixel Graphics 13.5%, Singleplayer 9.2%, Atmospheric 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: The original entry in the series that established the side-scrolling base-defense and resource-management loop.
- #35 The Ember Guardian
75% matchVery Positive83% of 297 reviews2026
Dev: Ratbit GamesPub: Slug Disco
Windows
Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit and command workers to gather resources, build your camp and set up your defenses during the day. When night falls, fend off waves of deadly creatures with powerful, upgradable weapons.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 26.9%, Tower Defense 26.5%, Roguelike 18.1%, Combat 6.7%, Atmospheric 4.8%
- #36 ITER-8
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 199 reviews2026
Dev: fluckyMachinePub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Welcome to the surface, ITER employee #8. Mine the Pillar, upgrade your tools, defend your base, reach the top... or die miserably. Each expendable worker pushes the mission forward - one glorious, replaceable iteration at a time.
Why similar: Tower Defense 16.7%, Roguelike 14.3%, Resource Management 11.9%, Procedural Generation 11%, Space 9.8%
- #37 Cosmodrill
74% matchMostly Positive77% of 183 reviews2026
Dev: Morse Morse Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Explore the vastness of space, dig deep into planets to find resources, upgrade your ship and survive against alien life in this short space mining adventure! How far are you willing to travel into the dark unknown?
Why similar: Sci-fi 16.4%, Space 15.9%, Resource Management 15.7%, Combat 12.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #38 9 Kings
73% matchVery Positive92% of 23,381 reviews2025
Dev: Sad SocketPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.
Why similar: Roguelike 47.5%, Procedural Generation 35.7%, 2D 9.5%, Singleplayer 7.2%
- #39 Cluckmech Oasis
74% matchVery Positive88% of 3,638 reviews2024
Dev: BlackLightPub: Mammorize
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 33.6%, Roguelike 28.7%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%, Action 6.5%, Sci-fi 6.5%
- #40 Signal Zone
73% matchMostly Positive78% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: Norafox Studio
Windows
Defend your base against increasingly dangerous enemy waves each night in this minimalist survival strategy. Mine resources, build and repair defenses, and upgrade your structures, tools, and abilities to survive in this harsh world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.4%, Post-apocalyptic 24.9%, Resource Management 17.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.7%, Procedural Generation 8.3%
- #41 The King is Watching
71% matchVery Positive89% of 10,637 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.6%, Roguelike 24.3%, Resource Management 16.4%, Tactical 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.1%
- #42 Axom: Conquest
71% matchVery Positive80% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Hairy Penguin
Windows
Build and defend your fortress while expanding out in this hold-out tower defense roguelite. Battle across a procedural alien homeworld, fight back corrupted terrain, discover hundreds of structures and upgrades as physics-driven swarms threaten to wipe out humanity.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.9%, Roguelike 20%, Procedural Generation 14.8%, Physics 12.1%, Sci-fi 10.5%
- #43 Tower Factory
70% matchVery Positive90% of 1,259 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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%, Roguelike 23.7%, Resource Management 17.6%, Procedural Generation 17.4%, Exploration 7.2%
- #44 Into the Breach
72% matchVery Positive94% of 22,436 reviews2018
Dev: Subset Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 32.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Roguelike 34.5%, Tactical 17.5%, Sci-fi 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 15.8%, Procedural Generation 11.9%
- #45 Psionic Awake
72% matchMixed66% of 208 reviews2025
Dev: Mighty CatPub: INDIECN
Windows
Psionic Awake is a Roguelike game . Collect resources during the day and defend against monsters at night. It emphasizes any combination of weapons, talents, treasures and partners.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.4%, Roguelike 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Sci-fi 5.8%
- #46 Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite
69% matchVery Positive83% of 738 reviews2025
Dev: RyanJakob
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Blast. Collect. Upgrade. Repeat. Void Miner is a retro-inspired roguelite asteroid shooter where you pilot a space ship and manage an automated tower to destroy endless fields of chaos. Dodge, blast, and harvest your way through waves of asteroids in a fast-paced loop of destruction and progression.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.9%, Roguelike 30.3%, Space 25.9%, 2D 5.9%, Adventure 5.1%
- #47 ENDLESS Dungeon™ - Definitive Edition
71% matchMixed65% of 3,849 reviews2023
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
ENDLESS Dungeon™ is a Rogue-lite Tactical Action game, set in the award-winning ENDLESS Universe™. Recruit a team of shipwrecked heroes, plunge into a long-abandoned space station, and protect your crystal against never-ending waves of monsters… or die trying, get reloaded, and try again.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.4%, Roguelike 29.2%, Sci-fi 14.2%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Action 9%
- #48 Loop Hero
70% matchVery Positive93% of 36,571 reviews2021
Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 28.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Why similar: Roguelike 31%, Tactical 26.4%, Resource Management 20.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, 2D 5.4%
- #49 Void War
67% matchVery Positive94% of 4,044 reviews2025
Dev: Tundra
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
Why similar: Space 19.9%, Roguelike 18.2%, Procedural Generation 14.4%, Resource Management 13.9%, Sci-fi 11.4%
- #50 Golemworks
68% matchVery Positive90% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: evilalbert
Windows · Mac · Linux
Assemble a factory, manufacture golems, and defend yourself from ruin in this strategic automation roguelike.
Why similar: Post-apocalyptic 24.4%, Tower Defense 22.2%, Roguelike 20.1%, Resource Management 9.3%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #51 Eventide Matter
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 939 reviews2025
Dev: Ottropi Games
Windows
A 2D space mining adventure. Mine exotic resources, unlock powerful equipment, and fend off relentless enemies to build an inter-dimensional portal, the last hope of salvation for your civilization.
Why similar: Space 26.7%, Sci-fi 21.4%, Resource Management 14%, Pixel Graphics 12.8%, 2D 8%
- #52 SENTRY
69% matchVery Positive83% of 915 reviews2024
Dev: Fireblade Software
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 32.5%, Sci-fi 16.2%, Space 15.5%, Roguelike 14.3%, Combat 8.3%
- #53 Rift Riff
67% matchVery Positive95% of 394 reviews2025
Dev: Adriaan de Jongh
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 37.3%, Post-apocalyptic 31%, Combat 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%, Action 6.7%
- #54 Risk of Rain Returns
67% matchVery Positive90% of 28,738 reviews2023
Dev: Hopoo GamesPub: Gearbox Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Carefully designed, beautifully remastered, and loaded with new ways to play—Risk of Rain is back and better than ever! Dive into the iconic roguelike full of unique loot combinations, enhanced with new Survivors, overhauled multiplayer, fan favorite content from Risk of Rain 2, and more!
Why similar: Roguelike 23.9%, Space 19.8%, Sci-fi 17.7%, Combat 8.7%, Action 7.3%
- #55 Gem Miner TD
66% matchVery Positive97% of 78 reviews2026
Dev: iFeral Games
Windows
Mine. Maze. Merge. Survive. Dig for powerful gems, merge them into game-breaking towers, stack buffs, and pick roguelike perks to build wild synergies. Do not let enemies drag your miner to the lava!
Why similar: Tower Defense 49.1%, Roguelike 28.1%, Pixel Graphics 12.7%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #56 Astro Looter: Survivor
69% matchMixed70% of 432 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.
Why similar: Roguelike 39.6%, Tower Defense 38.6%, Action 8.9%, Singleplayer 6.6%, Adventure 6.3%
- #57 Death Must Die
66% matchVery Positive90% of 21,775 reviews2023
Dev: Realm Archive
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Descend the nether in search of Death himself! Choose from God-given powers to slay his hordes of minions. Unlock new heroes, collect powerful items and create game-breaking synergies in this roguelite hack and slash survivors game.
Why similar: Roguelike 36.2%, Procedural Generation 21.2%, Pixel Graphics 19.3%, Action 11.6%, 2D 7.8%
- #58 Towerful Defense: Prologue
68% matchVery Positive88% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 67.3%, Action 15.1%, 2D 11.4%, Singleplayer 6.3%
- #59 Power of Ten
68% matchMostly Positive79% of 256 reviews2023
Dev: Pew Times Three
Windows · Mac
Median: 42 minMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Fly a star-fighter against a bloodthirsty armada. Gather weapons, resources, and upgrades to help you push back the relentless assault while protecting the galaxies' civilians!
Why similar: Space 19.6%, Roguelike 19.2%, Procedural Generation 16.8%, Sci-fi 14.1%, Retro 10%