- #1 Isekai Tower Defense
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: ISEKAI GAME CREATOR
Windows
God decrees annihilation. Fallen Angel Michael chooses love; leads the last stand. Isekai Tower Defense: Strategic TD meets fast action combat. Possess heroes, slay enemy swarms, upgrade defenses via Faith. Protect final stronghold from God's wrath, relentless Shibito. Can your love save humanity?
Why similar: Tower Defense 26%, Swordplay 22.4%, Class-Based 17.4%, Fantasy 8.3%, Dark Fantasy 7.3%
- #2 Slot Siege
96% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Apt 12
Windows
Keep the machine spinning and the walls standing. Slot Siege is a chaotic co-op defense game where you gamble your gold for gear and upgrades. Fight off hordes, scavenge resources, and try to survive 10 days of RNG-fueled madness with your friends. Don't go broke. Don't die.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.7%, Hack and Slash 18.6%, FPS 12.4%, Strategy 9%, First-Person 6%
- #3 Sorrow Be The Night
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: High Riser Media
Windows
A dark fantasy action tower defense where you summon powerful defenses, wield diverse weapons, and unleash devastating magic to hold back relentless hordes across crumbling castles, haunted towns, and ancient ruins.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.7%, Swordplay 18.5%, Dark Fantasy 15.1%, Hack and Slash 14%, Combat 5.5%
- #4 Tiny Tyrant: Dungeon Master
95% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Michael Falcone
Windows
Build and Customize your dungeon, place deadly traps, defenses and monsters to fight alongside in this FPS / Tower Defense hybrid. Stop those dastardly heroes from stealing your hard-earned treasure.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.3%, FPS 14.3%, Base Building 11.3%, Building 9.3%, Strategy 7.7%
- #5 Warriors of the End
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DoubleXP Game Studio
Windows
Warriors of the End is a fast-paced tower-defense horde-battler roguelike. Defend the Princess against enemy hordes by strategically positioning and upgrading your towers, customize unique characters with deadly weapons and spells, discover mindblowing synergies and create game-breaking builds!
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.1%, Bullet Heaven 22.6% ★, Hack and Slash 18%, Swordplay 12.8%, Class-Based 10.2%
- #6 MOOSA: Dirty Fate
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: IGGYMOB
Windows
A fierce action game set in 17th-century Korea during an age of famine and chaos. Fight as a fallen warrior using sword and bow to battle demons, corrupt factions, and colossal creatures from Korean folklore.
Why similar: Swordplay 25.4%, Hack and Slash 23.3%, Dark Fantasy 19%, Gore 12.5%, Action 9.7%
- #7 MEDIEVAL KNIGHTMARE
93% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2022
Dev: MrFatcat
Windows
Hordes of monsters has invaded the village, the last opportunity to avoid them reach the king is you. Arm with weapons and fight the hordes solo or with a team.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.8%, Swordplay 22.1%, Hack and Slash 17.8%, Dark Fantasy 12%, FPS 11.6%
- #8 Archangel: Demon Rush
92% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Don't Know Studio
Windows
Build your fortress while the horde is already attacking, then fight inside it. Freely place turrets and combine brutal weapons, cards and abilities until a desperate defence becomes an unstoppable demon-killing war machine in this third-person action roguelite.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.1%, Hack and Slash 17.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Bullet Heaven 13.4% ★, Gore 10%
- #9 Abyssfall: The Black Citadel
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nightveil Game Studio
Windows
Abyssfall: The Black Citadel is a dark fantasy tower defense game where you build defenses, control a battle mage in real time, and gamble on a tabletop-inspired d20 Fate Dice system against waves of abyssal monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.8%, Dark Fantasy 18.3%, Class-Based 12.6%, Fantasy 8.5%, Base Building 8.3%
- #10 WPG Ravelin
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: A KunPub: A Kun Studio
Windows
WPG Ravelin is a single‑player first‑person tower‑defense shooter. Build fortifications, deploy turrets, fight against hordes of enemies and defend your camp.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.1%, Base Building 15.4%, FPS 15.2%, Building 8.7%, First-Person 6.3%
- #11 Arthurian Legends
90% matchVery Positive90% of 579 reviews2021
Dev: Scolaro Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 59%
Arthurian Legends is a medieval first person action game set in the land of Albion during a time of myth and legend. Battle hordes of Saxons, demonic beasts, the undead and worse in thy quest to save Albion from The Masters of the Old Religion.
Why similar: Swordplay 21.4%, Hack and Slash 15.5%, Dark Fantasy 14%, Gore 13.1%, FPS 11.8%
- #12 Heterodox
89% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2021
Dev: Cosmin NastasoiuPub: Phalanx Softworks
Windows
Carefully cut and shoot your way through undead or other unique creatures in a dark-fantasy world fps. Do this to remove the evil, twisted schemers from taking control of the lands below the Sky-Gate. After that, return gloriously in your home capital as it is safe once more.
Why similar: Gore 23.8%, Dark Fantasy 22%, Violent 15%, FPS 13.4%, Fantasy 9.4%
- #13 Tired of Being the Hero
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tired Hero Games
Windows
As a retired hero, lead and train your villagers to stand against relentless monster attacks. Assign roles, motivate your team, upgrade townsfolk, unlock powerful abilities, and adapt your strategy to outlast the next assault. TBH is a first-person fantasy action RPG with a strategy twist.
Why similar: Swordplay 25.2%, Tower Defense 18.2%, Hack and Slash 18.1%, Dark Fantasy 17.2%, First-Person 8.4%
- #14 Killwright
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hollow Chapel Studios
Windows
Killwright is a brutal first-person melee roguelite built around precision and momentum. Choose your Killwright, forge a vicious build, and perfectly time your defence to trigger Tempo, slow the world around you, and turn a single opening into a devastating chain of violence.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 22.1%, Swordplay 19.4%, Gore 18%, Dark Fantasy 12.8%, First-Person 8.2%
- #15 Knight of Noshland
87% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Meow Burrito Games
Windows
Wield your mighty Crusader blade and defend your kingdom against relentless waves of invaders. Forge powerful defenses and unleash devastating attacks as you upgrade your towers and arsenal. In this fantastical world strategize against a vast array of foes and claim ultimate victory over your realm!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25%, Hack and Slash 16.4%, Swordplay 16.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.3%, Base Building 11.4%
- #16 Battlemage Ascension
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Alex H
Windows
Dark Messiah-inspired first-person melee slasher where you play as a battle mage. Combine brutal, physics-driven melee combat with devastating elemental spells and highly interactive environments, kick enemies into traps and throw objects with telekinesis.
Why similar: Swordplay 31.6%, Hack and Slash 22.2%, Dark Fantasy 16.2%, First-Person 10.2%, FPS 6.1%
- #17 Reforge Front
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Four Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defend the furnace from waves of goblins by building and upgrading in an FPS tower defense.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.3%, Base Building 16.4%, FPS 12.7%, First-Person 7.9%, Building 7%
- #18 Hands of Necromancy II
85% matchVery Positive86% of 127 reviews2024
Dev: HON TeamPub: Fulqrum Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Hands of Necromancy II is a dark fantasy FPS sequel, inspired by classics such as Heretic and Doom. Choose from two characters, wield new weapons and learn even more powerful spells and transformations to prove once and for all that you are the supreme Necromancer, master of death itself!
Why similar: Class-Based 23.3%, Dark Fantasy 20.9%, FPS 15.6%, Fantasy 10.2%, Violent 8.1%
- #19 Swarmhold
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Peng-O-Labs
Windows
A base-building action roguelite where the swarm never lets up. Drop into new terrain every run. Gather resources, build your defenses, draft upgrades mid-run, and fight alongside your base to hold the line. Solo or up to 4-player co-op.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 25.8% ★, Tower Defense 21%, Class-Based 15.9%, Base Building 14.6%, Building 5.5%
- #20 Lichenvale
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 65 reviews2023
Dev: Filip Zemljak
Windows · Linux
Lichenvale is a first person slasher offering fast-paced melee combat mixed with tactical use of spells and dashing around your enemies. Battle through nightmarish hordes of monsters representing your innermost fears in this 90's hits inspired title.
Why similar: Swordplay 25.7%, Hack and Slash 19.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.2%, FPS 12.4%, Fantasy 7.4%
- #21 Iron grid
82% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Iscreamdye
Windows
Aliens invade Earth to harvest its resources, and you are humanity’s last line of defense. Fight on the battlefield in first person while building and upgrading towers to stop the invasion. Face enemies from multiple lanes, adapt your strategy, and exploit tower damage types with a deep tech tree.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.7%, FPS 15.3%, Base Building 11.2%, First-Person 9.5%, Building 9.1%
- #22 Soul Stone Defense
83% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: SoloDevTom
Windows
A dark fantasy tower defense and survival game where you build defenses by day and possess your warriors by night to fight off endless waves of monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.1%, Base Building 12.8%, Hack and Slash 12.7%, Dark Fantasy 11.3%, Building 6.9%
- #23 Axilon: Legend of Artifacts - Prologue
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 302 reviews2021
Dev: AzDimension
Windows
Axilon: Legend of Artifacts - Prologue is a short linear corridor first-person fantasy action RPG game. Awaken your true power and resist the forces of evil that are trying to destroy your world.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 20.2%, Dark Fantasy 16.7%, Gore 15.5%, Violent 9.9%, Fantasy 8.7%
- #24 Up To Clouds
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Bela MagyarPub: Undead Factory
Windows
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 43.8%, Hack and Slash 24%, Strategy 9.8%, Action 8.6%, Fantasy 6.6%
- #25 Dwarfenstein
81% matchPositive96% of 28 reviews2022
Dev: Alex Djenkov
Windows
Fight your way through countless enemy waves in this story driven mix of First Person Shooter and Tower Defense. Bring death to various creatures in different worlds. Kill, collect crystals, level-up, die and revive again.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.2%, Gore 12.7%, FPS 11.3%, First-Person 10.1%, Combat 8.6%
- #26 Queen's Revenge
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WizradHatDice
Windows
Queen’s Revenge is a fast-paced tower defense game where you play as a fallen queen, betrayed and cast into darkness. Build defenses by day, fight relentless foes at night, and reclaim your throne. Every action counts—plan, battle, survive!
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.7%, Base Building 13%, Building 9.4%, Combat 8.8%, Strategy 8.6%
- #27 Appalachian Onslaught
78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Subtus Studios
Windows
Build, upgrade and defend against an endless onslaught of the terrifying cryptids of Appalachia in this roguelite base-defence horror!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30%, Base Building 15.4%, Gore 11.1%, Horror 7.2%, Violent 6.8%
- #28 Shadow Warrior
79% matchVery Positive92% of 26,754 reviews2013
Dev: Flying Wild HogPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Shadow Warrior is a bold reimagining of the classic 3D Realms’ shooter from independent developer Flying Wild Hog (Hard Reset) starring the legendary and quick-witted warrior Lo Wang.
Why similar: Swordplay 34.6%, Gore 20%, FPS 18.4%, Hack and Slash 12.9%, Action 7.1%
- #29 Throneguard: Last Stand
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ahmet Enes Cakir
Windows
Become the last guardian of the kingdom and defend the throne! Fight on the front lines with your sword, build barricades and towers between waves, and upgrade your hero. Throneguard: Last Stand is a 3D medieval action tower defense game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.1%, Hack and Slash 17.6%, Swordplay 17.2%, Base Building 15.3%, Fantasy 6.4%
- #30 Dawnhold
77% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Alex Spalvieri
Windows
Dawnhold is a top-down action base-defense game where you gather resources, build up your defenses, and survive relentless enemy waves. Strike back by assaulting enemy strongholds and defeating powerful bosses in a fight to protect the Sunstone.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.4%, Class-Based 20.5%, Base Building 16.9%, Building 7.8%, Combat 6.7%
- #31 KNIGHTCORE
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: INDIEPUNK
Windows
KNIGHTCORE IS A FAST-PACED MEDIEVAL ONLINE ARENA-SLASHER. Master movement-based combat, parry anything, and tear your opponents apart in seconds.
Why similar: Swordplay 25.1%, Hack and Slash 23.3%, Gore 15.2%, FPS 13.8%, Violent 10.4%
- #32 Kinghold
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Barkitect
Windows
You are the king and the spawn point in this frantic real-time tower defense roguelite. Play cards to summon autonomous troops, construct buildings, and set traps as you scramble to defend your castle against escalating enemy hordes.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 30.8% ★, Tower Defense 29.6%, Base Building 15%, Fantasy 6%, Building 5%
- #33 Ashfield
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Pioneer Games
Windows
A dark-fantasy survivors game. Enter a graveyard too weak to put down a single corpse. Survive, grow, and become the thing the dead cannot outrun.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 40.8% ★, Dark Fantasy 17.2%, Hack and Slash 15.3%, Class-Based 8.6%, Action 6.6%
- #34 Milkraid
76% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KartsDev
Windows
Defend the milk at all costs! Place towers, build your base, recruit minions, and battle endless swarms of enemies. Unlock new towers, characters and base upgrades, and upgrade them to create ridiculous builds. Every run is unique.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.3%, Base Building 19.2%, Class-Based 9.7%, Fantasy 7.8%, Combat 7.5%
- #35 Order of Wallachia
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LOG•X Games Studio
Windows
A first-person action-adventure set in the medieval town of Kronstadt. Uncover dark secrets, battle Romanian folklore-inspired monsters, and fight back against the evil that plagues the land using various weaponry.
Why similar: Swordplay 25.8%, Hack and Slash 19%, Dark Fantasy 18.6%, FPS 9.5%, Gore 9.1%
- #36 Re:Blade
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 175 reviews2026
Dev: STAGE Games
Windows
Re:Blade is an incremental action game where your cursor is your blade. Choose Awakening effects, upgrade your sword, and defeat Raid bosses.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 31.7% ★, Swordplay 30%, Hack and Slash 16.9%, Fantasy 7.3%, Combat 7%
- #37 Hollowfall
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Afterlight Games
Windows
Hollowfall is a dark fantasy first-person roguelite where you battle through escalating waves of twisted creatures, build powerful combinations, and grow stronger across each doomed Cycle. Fight, adapt, and ascend or fall and begin again.
Why similar: Swordplay 25.5%, Hack and Slash 16.8%, Dark Fantasy 15.1%, Action 10.5%, Fantasy 7.9%
- #38 Bullet Meltdown
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Games Anatomy Studio
Windows · Linux
An adrenaline-pumping bullet heaven where death is permanent. Hire and evolve unique companions, discover 950+ weapon variations, and fight through swarms of enemies and bosses. Grow stronger every run, but if your team falls, they're gone for good.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 33% ★, Hack and Slash 18.5%, Base Building 15.8%, Tower Defense 12.9%, Combat 7.6%
- #39 Firebase Defence
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 63 reviews2019
Dev: Rasmus Agergaard
Windows
Firebase Defence is a new spin on the traditional tower defence gameplay. You have to defend yourself from the waves upon waves of incoming enemies. You are free to build, place and manage your available resources and units in any way you want. But failing to balance those will result in defeat!
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.1%, Gore 22.8%, Violent 15.1%, Base Building 13%, Strategy 7%
- #40 Hell Rush:Cryptfal
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: INFINITE STORM
Windows
Lead Kael into an epic fantasy war between good and evil. Survive intense Bullet Hell battles, gather resources, and build colonies, castles, and deadly defenses. Upgrade your army, crush the forces of darkness, and decide the fate of a world on the brink!
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.1%, Base Building 22%, Bullet Heaven 19.5% ★, Action 7.4%, Fantasy 6.5%
- #41 Horde Up Ahead: Survivors TD
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Aristocrat Mouse
Windows
Tower Defense against massive zombie hordes. Build turrets, defend your tower, and discover roguelite and survivor-like progression.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 31% ★, Tower Defense 29.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Gore 10.4%, Violent 6.4%
- #42 Vespers Edge
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Twitchy Turtle
Windows · Linux
Defend humanity's last light in Vespers Edge, a fast-paced rogue-lite hero siege. Use your hero to harness the power of Constellations to survive relentless enemy waves. When you fall, the Core revives you with a defiant roar: "YOU ARE NOT FINISHED YET." Conquer the Void or vanish into the silence.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.3%, Hack and Slash 25.1%, Class-Based 12.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.5%, PvE 5.7%
- #43 Alarion: The Ruined King
72% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: SHADOW
Windows
Alarion: The Ruined King is a dark fantasy action game. A dead king awakens through the power of his own blood and sets out across a demon-infested kingdom. unleash forbidden blood powers, battle deadly enemies and bosses, and face Malachar to end his reign.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 27%, Dark Fantasy 21.6%, Gore 15.5%, Violent 9.9%, Combat 9.5%
- #44 Item TD
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: 悠系鼠醬Pub: GamsterSmith
Windows
In this tower defense game, you play as a fighter, fighting alongside towers and a mage partner. Arrange items in the inventories of your fighter and towers to maximize their power. Develop your skill tree to strengthen your fighter and towers. Survive waves of enemies across challenging stages.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.4%, Hack and Slash 32%, Strategy 9.8%, Fantasy 6.6%, Action 6.5%
- #45 Barbaria
71% matchVery Positive94% of 139 reviews2023
Dev: Stalwart Games, LLC
Windows
Barbaria is a VR combat/builder mashup. Attack other players, build defenses, and equip your team as you compete to be the Mightiest in Barbaria!
Why similar: Swordplay 28.6%, Hack and Slash 19.7%, Base Building 12.6%, First-Person 7%, Fantasy 6.9%
- #46 Citizen Pain
69% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Alessandro Capriolo
Windows
Citizen Pain is a first-person dark fantasy action game. Play as Catherina, warrior princess of the Moges Empire, who gains the supernatural force known as Pain and leads the fight against the Undead King. Classic single-player combat meets modern visuals in this skill-based indie experience.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 31.4%, Dark Fantasy 18.4%, First-Person 12%, Fantasy 11.4%, Action 10.5%
- #47 Knight's Empire
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: StarsCrew
Windows
Play Knight the knight in a rogue-defense game, involving tower defense and rogue-like mechanics. Defend your kingdom from tons of goblins and slayers.
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.9%, Hack and Slash 20.9%, Swordplay 20.8%, Strategy 7%, Action 5.1%
- #48 Jwala: Himalayan Temple Defense
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: MonkVerse
Windows
Defend a sacred Himalayan temple as its warrior-guardian in an action tower defense where you don't just place defenders — you fight beside them. Wield sword, spear, trident, and bow against a dark cult seeking to corrupt its sacred flame and bandits out to plunder its ancient treasure.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.6%, Hack and Slash 20.3%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Base Building 12.8%, Fantasy 6.2%
- #49 Unawake
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RealityArts Studio
Windows
You are the Unawake. While fighting against the legions of hell in an eternal war between angels and demons, you are also trying to unravel the mysteries behind your long lost memories. What is the truth? Who are you really? Redeemer or destroyer?
Why similar: Swordplay 28%, Hack and Slash 17.8%, Dark Fantasy 16.8%, FPS 10.4%, Fantasy 7.8%
- #50 Slayer Queen
67% matchPositive100% of 22 reviews2026
Dev: Xenty
Windows
A bullet heaven roguelite where rock music, alternative fashion, and the chaos of purgatory collide in intense 3-minute runs. Create powerful weapon builds and fight to the sound of a licensed soundtrack featuring emerging independent artists.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 35.4% ★, Tower Defense 27.6%, Hack and Slash 25.5%, Dark Fantasy 6.4%, Action 4.3%
- #51 The Aether Project TD
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Public Void
Windows
A classic tower defense game with evolving battlefields and relentless waves. Build deadly defenses, adapt to new attack routes, and survive escalating enemy assaults.
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.4%, Fantasy 14.1%, Base Building 11.1%, Strategy 8.2%, Action 6.5%
- #52 Taerim's Blueberry Defense
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: taerim_k
Windows
Sweep away the swarming blueberry horde! Taerim's Blueberry Defense is a side-scrolling roguelite defense game bursting with particle effects. Hammer your skills to clear the field, evolve maxed-out skills for a different build every run, and spend Essence to unlock new skills.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 38% ★, Tower Defense 26.7%, Hack and Slash 15.8%, Class-Based 8.5%, Strategy 5.6%
- #53 Kalyzmyr
68% matchPositive97% of 37 reviews2024
Dev: PsychoSeel
Windows
Devastate your foes in this combat focused hack'n slash dungeon crawler, optimise your build, beat the bosses and make your escape from Kalyzmyr as fast as you can. Take control of the Legendary Warrior Smyrna, unleash her rage upon her enemies, and beat the highest score.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 20.9%, Tower Defense 20.6%, Gore 17.6%, Dark Fantasy 14.6%, Combat 8.7%
- #54 Hellwake: Hordes of Styx
68% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Reija
Windows
Fast-paced first-person hack & slash roguelike. Keep moving or die: dash through demon hordes, cut and cast in the same breath. Stack rune Invocations until Hell can't keep up. New maps every run. Die, spend the points, descend again.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 32% ★, Hack and Slash 21.7%, Dark Fantasy 17%, Combat 6.4%, First-Person 6.4%
- #55 Dark Shadows - Army of Evil
71% matchMostly Negative35% of 318 reviews2014
Dev: Burian Media EnterprisesPub: Volens Nolens Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Dark Shadows - Army of Evil takes you back to September 1362. A horde of monsters has been ravaging the country like a plague of locusts for over a year. While you were away doing your knightly duties of catching a runaway horse, the monsters stormed the castle, injured the king, and kidnapped Katarina, the love of your life.
Why similar: Hack and Slash 20.1%, FPS 13.3%, Gore 12.9%, Fantasy 11.7%, First-Person 10.8%
- #56 Portal Sentinels
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Astrow Games
Windows · Linux
Portal Sentinels is a pixel-art, grid-based tower defense blending labyrinthine strategy and rich tower evolution. Choose a class, create the path the army will take and wipe them out before they reach their destination.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.6%, Base Building 18.6%, Dark Fantasy 16.1%, Strategy 10.7%, Fantasy 7.9%
- #57 Ordinary Heroes
67% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: COW Studios
Windows
Ordinary Heroes is a hand-drawn 2D hack-and-slash strategy game where you lead a ragtag group of villagers in the fight of their lives. Monsters have overrun the once-peaceful village of Hillscrest, and only by banding together can the villagers hope to survive.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36%, Hack and Slash 28.3%, Action 9.9%, Fantasy 9.6%, Strategy 9.3%
- #58 Siege of Akanor
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: North Sun Games
Windows
A castle defense you fight in person. Between waves you spend your gold on swordsmen, archers, traps and barricades; when the horn sounds you take the field yourself, sword and bow in hand. Solo, in co-op for up to four, or from the horde's side.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36%, Hack and Slash 22.4%, Dark Fantasy 10%, Fantasy 9.3%, Strategy 6.4%
- #59 Evilos
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Bunch of Idiots Studio
Windows
Evilos is an action tower defense game where you play as an ancient evil sorcerer battling endless waves of do-gooders. Tear down the kingdom with a vast arsenal of evolvable magic weapons and spells, and bolster your defenses with elite minions across 10 acts. This time, you are the final boss!
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 37.3% ★, Tower Defense 36.9%, Dark Fantasy 10.1%, Strategy 6.2%, Action 4.7%
- #60 Kritter: Defend Together
65% matchVery Positive84% of 153 reviews2026
Dev: LJF Games
Windows · Linux
Explore, loot, and rush back to defend your ship against alien hordes. Solo or 4-player coop, grow stronger run after run in this frantic action roguelite with a touch of tower defense.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 25% ★, Tower Defense 22%, Class-Based 18.3%, Hack and Slash 15.1%, Base Building 12.1%