- #1 Rogue Tower
97% matchVery Positive82% of 5,842 reviews2022
Dev: Die of Death Games
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 20.2 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 42.6%, Roguelike 15.8%, Base Building 12.9%, Roguelite 8.8%, Strategy 7.7%
- #2 Block Tower TD
96% matchVery Positive82% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Block Tower TD is a roguelike tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Build a world out of blocks, choose random upgrades to make every run unique.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.4%, Grid-Based Movement 14.6%, Roguelite 13.9%, Roguelike 13.6%, Base Building 12.3%
- #3 Yap Wizards Tower Defence
96% matchVery Positive96% of 134 reviews2025
Dev: Noffty Productions
Windows · Mac · Linux
Dynamic tower defence with an ever-scaling battlefield and unexpected twists!
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.4%, Base Building 15.2%, Grid-Based Movement 15.2%, Strategy 12.3%, Cartoony 11.3%
- #4 Crystal Guardians Prologue
95% matchVery Positive93% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Green Pine Studios
Windows
Crystal Guardians prologue (small slice of the full game) is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Fight off waves and defend the base crystal. Gear up your towers with a powerful combination of items for your personal strategy. In a procedural map, find hidden powers and conquer the enemy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.2%, Base Building 18.1%, Roguelite 15.5%, Roguelike 14.9%, Cartoony 7.9%
- #5 Tower Dominion
94% matchVery Positive86% of 4,827 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 29.3%, Base Building 19.6%, Roguelike 12.5%, Roguelite 12.3%, Building 11.5%
- #6 Monster Tiles TD: Tower Wars
94% matchVery Positive82% of 494 reviews2024
Dev: Swell Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Free Tower Defense game with unique roguelike elements. Custom base building mechanics allow you to create your own base and maze with tiles earned after each wave. Unleash a variety of monsters, each with its own evolution path and unique skills, and evolve them into legendary creatures.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.8%, Roguelite 16%, Roguelike 16%, Building 13.9%, Base Building 12.3%
- #7 Elements and build
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 215 reviews2024
Dev: ChuTouMiao StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Form your own genre with skills in different elements, use building rewards to build your own unique maze in randomly generated levels, and fight to survive waves of monsters to win
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.9%, Base Building 15.6%, Roguelite 14.8%, Building 12.7%, Roguelike 11.3%
- #8 Tangy TD
91% matchVery Positive92% of 1,121 reviews2026
Dev: Cakez
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Strategic tower defense where you play a witch, place class-based towers, equip them with items that grant powerful abilities, combine them, create unique builds & deal ridiculous amounts of damage! Customize your builds with a deep stat system and giant skill tree!
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.4%, Roguelike 21.6%, Cartoony 11.2%, Strategy 9.8%, 2D 4.9%
- #9 Broken Universe - Tower Defense
91% matchVery Positive91% of 311 reviews2023
Dev: Jinthree Studio
Windows
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 33.9%, Base Building 22%, Building 18.2%, Cartoony 9.1%, Strategy 7.7%
- #10 Mineral Defense
90% matchVery Positive91% of 236 reviews2024
Dev: Corestone Games
Windows · Linux
Mineral Defense combines tower defense with roguelite elements and procedural generation. Build paths, unlock upgrades, and unleash powerful synergies to conquer evolving challenges in an ever-expanding world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.2%, Base Building 21.1%, Roguelite 17%, Roguelike 14.9%, Building 8.4%
- #11 Galaxy Defense War
89% matchVery Positive97% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Zero Space
Windows
'Galaxy Defense War' is a roguelike tower defense game where you need to select suitable galactic principles from randomly dropped heroes and equipment to form a combat-ready team to resist alien invaders.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32%, Base Building 20%, Roguelite 19.8%, Building 12.5%, Strategy 9.7%
- #12 Towerful Defense: Prologue
89% 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 50.2%, Roguelite 27.6%, Strategy 11.2%, 2D 6.3%, Casual 3%
- #13 Emberward
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,607 reviews2024
Dev: Refic Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 29%, Base Building 20.5%, Roguelite 15.5%, Roguelike 11.3%, Building 9.2%
- #14 Crystal Guardians TD
88% matchVery Positive89% of 114 reviews2024
Dev: Green Pine Studios
Windows
Crystal Guardians is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Fight of waves and defend the world crystal. Gear up your towers with a powerful combination of items for your strategy. In an ever expanding map, find hidden powers and conquer the enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.8%, Roguelite 16.4%, Roguelike 14.7%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 9.4%
- #15 ReRoad
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 128 reviews2024
Dev: Rabbithole Games
Windows
ReRoad is a Tower Defense game with a brand new concept where the players dig their own paths. You need to consider the locations of the randomly placed towers of the stages as well as the towers you will build and strategically create a path. Stop the enemy through a path you have created!
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.9%, Steampunk 23.7% ★, Roguelite 15.3%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Building 9.4%
- #16 Stellar Initiative
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 390 reviews2024
Dev: Five Head Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.6 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 40.3%, Base Building 21.8%, Roguelike 19%, Strategy 8.1%, Building 6.2%
- #17 Bella Wants Blood
84% matchVery Positive96% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: Sonderland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Entertain the god-like Bella’s thirst for blood in this absurd bite-sized roguelike terror defense game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.5%, Roguelike 18%, Roguelite 11.9%, Choices Matter 10.7%, Cartoony 8.4%
- #18 Outpost
85% matchVery Positive87% of 780 reviews2020
Dev: Open Mid Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Outpost brings the perfect mix between survival and roguelite gameplay. Start the game in a randomly generated environment and try to adapt, and make it through as many nights as possible. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.2%, Base Building 18%, Roguelite 14.1%, Building 14%, Roguelike 13.5%
- #19 Loopstructor
82% matchVery Positive84% of 372 reviews2024
Dev: Pone Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a strategy game that combines tower defense with Roguelike. Unlike traditional tower defense game, the towers in the game are vehicles that move along ‘loops’.You need to create defense loop and build battle trains to defend against enemy attacks.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.3%, Base Building 20.5%, Roguelike 18.4%, Roguelite 8.9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #20 Gods Of Defense
84% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Blue Math
Windows
Tower Defense Rogue-like. Defend a temple on a procedural map with variety of towers. Craft your strategy through Boon and Curse cards. With every run earn faith to upgrade the weapons. Many progression paths keep you engaged and entertained without getting stuck.
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.6%, Roguelike 24.4%, Base Building 11.9%, Strategy 9.2%, Building 7.4%
- #21 Everwarder
82% matchVery Positive88% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: qLatePub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 33.5%, Building 18.6%, Roguelite 17.8%, Roguelike 14.3%, Strategy 7.2%
- #22 Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility
83% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Cool Smithy Games
Windows
DPSWTF is a base defense game with roguelike elements, where instead of placing towers, you build the best tower of them all. Combine the best projectiles with effective modifiers and push back the incoming hordes. Research them all to conquer the secrets of the Great North!
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.9%, Roguelite 19.1%, Roguelike 16.8%, Building 16.5%, Strategy 6.6%
- #23 Quacker Bros : First Heist
81% matchVery Positive94% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: Reima Project
Windows
Quacker Bros is a roguelike TD game about protecting your bounty from the intercepting chicken Mafia! Survive until the help comes and you can finally enjoy the blood and sweat of your heist!
Why similar: Tower Defense 53.5%, Roguelike 26.8%, Strategy 11.5%, 2D 6.3%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #24 Digs TD
81% matchMostly Positive70% of 104 reviews2023
Dev: Catchy
Windows · Mac
Take on the ultimate tower defense challenge in Digs, a roguelike game where you shape the battlefield, mine resources, and strategize against a variety of enemies. Manage your actions, customize your arsenal with upgrade cards, and explore diverse levels. Can you dig in and emerge victorious?
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.7%, Grid-Based Movement 15.9%, Roguelite 14.2%, Old School 12.7%, Building 11.7%
- #25 League TD
80% matchVery Positive87% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: Wondarabyte
Windows
"League Tower Defense" is a strategy tower defense game that combines unique defense towers and various upgradeable components to unleash different attack effects. Come and build your perfect defense line.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.1%, Old School 20.6%, Base Building 14.3%, Cartoony 14.2%, Strategy 9.2%
- #26 Repel The Rifts
78% matchVery Positive86% of 313 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 46.6%, Roguelike 21.9%, Roguelite 19.6%, Strategy 7%, 2D 3%
- #27 Dungeon Tycoon: Prologue
77% matchVery Positive96% of 369 reviews2024
Dev: Lunheim Studios
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Build your own dungeon and attract heroes from all over the realm in this free version of Dungeon Tycoon. Grow your business by exploiting every facet of your visitors' dungeon exploration experience. Will you be able to keep your evil dungeon business going?
Why similar: Tower Defense 48%, Base Building 25.6%, Building 20.1%, Strategy 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #28 Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD
79% matchMostly Positive73% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 45.8%, Roguelite 24.1%, Roguelike 15.3%, Strategy 8.8%, 2D 3.7%
- #29 Gnomes
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,634 reviews2025
Dev: DYSTOPIAN
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.5%, Base Building 21.7%, Roguelike 17.2%, Roguelite 12.8%, Strategy 6.1%
- #30 Gem Miner TD
76% matchVery Positive97% of 66 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 35.4%, Roguelite 19.1%, Base Building 17.9%, Roguelike 13.5%, Strategy 7.4%
- #31 Super Sanctum TD
79% matchVery Positive87% of 1,575 reviews2013
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Super Sanctum TD is a retro-styled Tower Defense game that focuses on strategy, customization and replayability. Build advanced mazes and construct powerful towers to prevent alien hordes from reaching the Core!
Why similar: Tower Defense 72.4%, Strategy 10.4%, 2D 5.5%, Choices Matter 4.8%, Casual 2.7%
- #32 Yokai Art: Survival Prologue
77% matchVery Positive95% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Secret Labo
Windows
Strategically position units on a chess-based battlefield, defending territories while earning roguelike upgrade-items for leveling up. Discover over 30 unique equipment pieces that modify units, allowing for exciting customization and ensuring endless excitement and replayability.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.9%, Roguelite 23.6%, Roguelike 17.1%, Strategy 8.8%, Cartoony 6.5%
- #33 Wireworks
73% matchVery Positive87% of 245 reviews2026
Dev: JJJ
Windows · Linux
Design your defenses, build your module board, and manage your wires. Combine signals and create synergies to empower your weapons and survive in this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.
Why similar: Tower Defense 52.6%, Roguelike 17.7%, Roguelite 17.2%, Strategy 10.4%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #34 Tower Wars
78% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,753 reviews2012
Dev: SuperVillain Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Tower Wars combines elements of tower defense, RTS, and all-out multi-player mayhem to bring you a completely unique experience, delivered with a fun and funny not-so-old world style!
Why similar: Tower Defense 61%, Steampunk 26.5% ★, Strategy 8.4%, Multiplayer 2.5%, Indie 1.3%
- #35 CD 2: Trap Master
75% matchVery Positive80% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: ACE ENTERTAINMENT
Windows · Mac
Become THE Trap Master - play your deck of lethal traps to mow down waves of bizarre creatures and protect your altars! Craft a unique deck of traps and powers, discover treasure of surprise effects, and guard a different base each time until you are ready for the unforgiving boss.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.6%, Roguelite 20.9%, Roguelike 19.8%, Strategy 8.4%, Dark 5.5%
- #36 Defensurvivor
74% matchMostly Positive72% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: SignatureGamez
Windows
DEFENSURVIVOR is a strategy game where you build obstacles and place and move units to block zombies. There are various units with unique characteristics and powerful high-level units that can be obtained through combination. Use randomly given units to survive until the end!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.6%, Base Building 26.3%, Roguelite 19.8%, Strategy 6.6%, Cartoony 6%
- #37 Protolife
76% matchVery Positive86% of 465 reviews2018
Dev: Volcanic Giraffe
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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 47.8%, Base Building 35.4%, Strategy 10%, Dark 3.4%, Indie 2%
- #38 Cartridge Defense
74% matchVery Positive92% of 100 reviews2022
Dev: Out Gaming
Windows
Cartridge Defense is a tower defense game with over 300 distinct collectible cards that you will use to create your own decks to defend against robots in the cyberpunk inspired future. Play cards (cartridges) to spawn towers, upgrades, special abilities and more in a campaign or rogue-like mode.
Why similar: Tower Defense 56.1%, Roguelite 29.1%, Strategy 10.6%, Singleplayer 2.3%, Indie 2%
- #39 Graphic Tower Defense
72% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2025
Dev: FatSheep Studio
Windows
This is a minimalist-style tower defense game that is easy-going and relaxing, with a moderate level of difficulty. Build your tower formations to fend off enemies. It also supports online multiplayer, allowing you to team up and experience an unprecedented level of tower defense fun!
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.4%, Roguelite 21.9%, Roguelike 11.2%, Building 10.5%, Strategy 7.7%
- #40 Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
70% matchVery Positive87% of 722 reviews2024
Dev: Element Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Axon TD lets you expand the map boundaries themselves. A huge arsenal of towers and a wide variety of enemies clash in a battlefield that grows to your whims. Engage in single, cooperative, and roguelite gameplay.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.4%, Roguelite 19.7%, Roguelike 15.5%, Building 14.4%, Strategy 7.7%
- #41 Keep Keepers
70% matchVery Positive88% of 150 reviews2024
Dev: Thunderrock Innovations
Windows
Tower Defense meets Base Management. Strategically place your defenses. Craft wacky ammunition like fiery peppers and boomerang bananas. Discover amazing weapons and automate your economy while defending against waves of enemies. Can you handle the chaos?
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.3%, Base Building 20.5%, Roguelite 15.1%, Roguelike 11.2%, Building 8.9%
- #42 Core Defense
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 366 reviews2020
Dev: ehmprahPub: Sonderland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%
A roguelike tower defense game with a dash of deckbuilding. Choose a reward, improve your build, survive the next wave, repeat. Highly replayable, difficult, and addictive. You'll want just one more wave, just one more run!
Why similar: Tower Defense 49.1%, Roguelike 17.7%, Roguelite 12.7%, Strategy 7.5%, 2D 4.2%
- #43 Refactor
71% matchVery Positive84% of 465 reviews2022
Dev: GAGAPub: LightOn Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 35.9 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Refactor is a hard-core tower defense game that combines modular building, route planning, and element composition.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.8%, Building 19.7%, Roguelite 18.9%, Roguelike 11.3%, Strategy 7%
- #44 Rogue Monster Rush
67% matchVery Positive96% of 195 reviews2026
Dev: Ghost Vibes LLC
Windows
A unique Tower Defense game featuring Monster Collecting and Roguelike mechanics. Hatch, upgrade, and command a party of monster defenders, while unleashing player spells, to defend your base from the hordes of invading robots.
Why similar: Tower Defense 65.6%, Roguelike 30.9%, Strategy 2.3%, Casual 0.7%, Indie 0.6%
- #45 TDS - Tower Defense Strategy
69% matchVery Positive81% of 354 reviews2025
Dev: Blockage
Windows · Mac · Linux
TOWER ▪ DEFENSE ▪ STRATEGY. Control Vessels. Utilize their uniquely deep set of towers. Create an everchanging defense. Play with friends. Protect your Basin at all costs. An absolute Tower Defense, Real-Time Strategy Hybrid
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.6%, Building 22.5%, Base Building 20.8%, Strategy 4.6%, Multiplayer 3.9%
- #46 Shapebreaker - Tower Defense Deckbuilder
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: Alexander Van den Bulck
Windows
A fusion of tower defense games and roguelike deckbuilders. Use your cards to build towers and to upgrade them in unique ways. Gain rewards to customize your deck, defense and playstyle. Break the shapes before they break you!
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.1%, Roguelite 18.7%, Roguelike 17.7%, Strategy 9.5%, 2D 5%
- #47 Hexagonal Tower
73% matchMixed52% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: Z.F. Gams
Windows
[Hexagonal Tower] is a tower defense game with cards and roguelike random elements. Try to deploy your turrets and various reinforcement components in the dungeon to form a unique and powerful defense. Darkness is coming. Guard the last fortress of mankind with your wisdom!
Why similar: Tower Defense 52.1%, Roguelite 28.5%, Strategy 14.3%, Dark 2.9%, Indie 1.3%
- #48 City Defense Z
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 300 reviews2025
Dev: Good Mood Games
Windows · Linux
City Defense Z combines base-building and base defense in a roguelite progression loop. Build by day, defend by night, and face a growing zombie threat. Every defeat unlocks permanent upgrades, helping you rebuild smarter and push further each time. See how many days you can last.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.2%, Base Building 23.5%, Roguelike 17.3%, Roguelite 17%, Strategy 6.7%
- #49 Final War: Frozen Defense
71% matchMixed46% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: HaoPlay Limited
Windows
Strategy Tower Defense, RTS Battles on the World Map
Why similar: Tower Defense 43%, Roguelite 20.8%, Roguelike 18.3%, Strategy 11%, Building 6%
- #50 Nordhold
66% matchVery Positive88% of 3,019 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.4%, Base Building 21.1%, Roguelite 17.5%, Roguelike 14.4%, Strategy 7.1%
- #51 Aurora Defense
69% matchMixed65% of 95 reviews2025
Dev: Moka Games
Windows
A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.4%, Base Building 23.8%, Roguelike 18.9%, Roguelite 15.7%, Strategy 7%
- #52 Hexguardian
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 685 reviews2024
Dev: Split Second GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.2%, Roguelite 19.3%, Roguelike 17.6%, Cartoony 12.7%, Strategy 7.6%
- #53 Chrysalis
67% matchVery Positive85% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: Metamorph Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defend your Chrysalis from growing hordes of monsters in this hybrid game that combines elements of tower defense, survival, and roguelike RPGs. Explore procedurally generated levels, possess and control animals, and grow deadly gardens. How far can you get before the next wave of monsters?
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.8%, Base Building 17.4%, Roguelike 14.1%, Grid-Based Movement 13.7%, Old School 8.6%
- #54 Tower Tactics: Liberation
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,229 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 17.2 hrs≥1hr: 87%
We fused deck-building roguelikes and tower defenses in a way never seen before - deploy your towers, collect valuable trinkets and cast powerful spells to defend yourself against the Salkoth!
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.5%, Roguelike 20.6%, Roguelite 18.1%, Strategy 7.8%, 2D 4.2%
- #55 Dead Ground
72% matchMixed62% of 114 reviews2018
Dev: Shotx
Windows · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Tower defense reimagined! Dead Ground is a procedurally generated tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Each playthrough will offer randomly generated guns, skills and augments. You'll have to travel, collect scrap, water, manage your inventory and upgrade your base to survive!
Why similar: Tower Defense 75.1%, Roguelite 10%, Strategy 8.9%, 2D 2.2%, Indie 2.1%
- #56 Endless Defense: Survival
69% matchMixed53% of 72 reviews2024
Dev: New Folder
Windows
This is a innovative roguelike TD game made with the 『CliCli』. No need for path planning or tower combos—just one tower! With almost 100 weapons, you’ll be mowing down foes and dominating the battlefield. Enjoy the rush and let off some steam!
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.5%, Roguelike 20.3%, Roguelite 20%, Strategy 10.3%, Indie 2.3%
- #57 Knightica: Prologue
65% matchVery Positive94% of 110 reviews2025
Dev: Mad Mango GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Recruit powerful units, place them strategically and find the best synergies in this Roguelike Autobattler! Discover optimal combinations, weave powerful enchants, face dangerous monsters and lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Roguelike 35.9%, Roguelite 32.9%, Strategy 23.4%, 2D 5.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #58 Fortress Fury
66% matchMostly Positive72% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: Kervado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fortress Fury is a survivor multiplayer tower defense roguelite. Endless hordes of enemies want to crush your tower! Buy weapons and upgrades to craft an array of overpowering builds. Will you be able to survive all waves and be the last tower?
Why similar: Tower Defense 51.3%, Roguelite 26.7%, Strategy 13.1%, 2D 6%, Multiplayer 2.1%
- #59 Arms Evolution: ZOMBIE DESTROYER
68% matchMixed66% of 285 reviews2023
Dev: Ash Game StudioPub: LP Game
Windows
"Arms Evolution: ZOMBIE DESTROYER" is a unique Roguelite tower defense game. You will slaughter thousands of zombies in the game and enhance your weapon towers through build character in the RPG way. and , the game also offers an idle mode, so you can enjoy building weapons anytime and anywhere.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.1%, Roguelike 19.3%, Roguelite 15.5%, Building 13.6%, Strategy 7.4%