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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Tower Defense, Strategy, Singleplayer, Top-Down.

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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!

Reviews: Very Positive — 89% — of 370 reviews
Released: 2024-08-14
Developer: BCQT
Publisher: Gamersky Games
Genres: Strategy
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 1.2 hrs
Mean playtime: 4.0 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 57%

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  1. #1 Mechs V Kaijus - Tower Defense
    97% matchVery Positive84% of 529 reviews2022
    Dev: Doble Punch Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Mechs V Kaijus is an addictive hardcore tower defense gameplay. In Mechs V Kaijus you take on the role of Commander of a powerful Mechs squadron. Improve your Mech, strategically place towers and factories on the battlefield. Deploy support units on the battlefield, and save our civilization.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 61.6%, Mechs 23.4%, Strategy 6.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%, Base Building 2.7%

  2. #2 Cluckmech Oasis
    96% matchVery Positive88% of 3,463 reviews2024
    Dev: BlackLightPub: Mammorize
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 42.7%, Top-Down Shooter 34.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.9%, Strategy 11.1%, Singleplayer 0.3%

  3. #3 Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD
    96% 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 40.8%, Top-Down Shooter 26.7%, Bullet Hell 11.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.4%, Strategy 8.8%

  4. #4 Border Pioneer
    95% matchVery Positive87% of 1,768 reviews2025
    Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 38%, RTS 27.6%, Base Building 10.5%, Strategy 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

  5. #5 IDUN - Frontline Survival
    94% matchMostly Positive79% of 671 reviews2025
    Dev: IDUN InteractivePub: Surefire.Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    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 31.9%, RTS 28.7%, Space 14.8%, Base Building 9.3%, Strategy 7.9%

  6. #6 VOIDCRISIS
    94% matchMixed54% of 141 reviews2022
    Dev: HEXADRIVE Inc.
    Windows

    "VOIDCRISIS" is a four-player tower offense game on an undulating battlefield. Operate combat bio-machines called VA (Vital Armor) drawn with dynamic mechanical art shaders and work together to clear high-difficulty stages.

    Why similar: Mechs 27.9%, Action RTS 25.8%, Tower Defense 20.6%, Space 12.6%, War 7.4%

  7. #7 Infested Planet
    93% matchVery Positive94% of 3,014 reviews2014
    Dev: Rocket Bear Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    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 44.3%, RTS 36.9%, Strategy 16.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%, 2D 0.8%

  8. #8 SHOOPER NOVA
    91% matchVery Positive85% of 616 reviews2025
    Dev: JamesikaPub: Gamersky Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Craft Your Ultimate Circular Fortress! Dive into SHOOPER NOVA, where you choose props and components to build a unique fortress. Unlock combos to shape your strategy and battle style. Become an unstoppable barrage machine and obliterate waves of enemies from all directions!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 43.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15%, Strategy 13.6%, Bullet Hell 12.7%, Space 8.7%

  9. #9 Castle Of Alchemists
    91% matchVery Positive83% of 731 reviews2025
    Dev: Team Machiavelli
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Defend your castle in this fast-paced tower defense/action hybrid game with stunning pixel art graphics! Play as alchemically enhanced warrior Bellator, set traps, build towers, craft powerful weapons, and defend your home! The fate of the castle lies in your hands!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 38.6%, Top-Down Shooter 26.5%, Pixel Graphics 9%, Shoot 'Em Up 8.2%, Strategy 7.9%

  10. #10 Armed to the Gears
    92% matchMixed63% of 212 reviews2020
    Dev: Deonn Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    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 24.8%, Mechs 22.9%, RTS 22.9%, Top-Down Shooter 22.1%, Base Building 5.7%

  11. #11 X-Morph: Defense
    90% matchVery Positive92% of 4,073 reviews2017
    Dev: EXOR Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 47.3%, Top-Down Shooter 23.5%, Local Co-Op 18.9%, Strategy 9.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%

  12. #12 Minimalist Tower Defense
    89% matchVery Positive95% of 1,706 reviews2024
    Dev: Happy213
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%

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

    Why similar: Tower Defense 57.8%, Strategy 13.4%, Resource Management 13.2%, Base Building 12.1%, 2D 2.6%

  13. #13 Xeno Command
    89% matchVery Positive84% of 55 reviews2022
    Dev: ChillyRoomPub: ChillyRoom
    Windows

    Defend galaxy against Alien invasion in the RTS offline game with roguelike fun

    Why similar: Action RTS 23.6%, Tower Defense 19.9%, Mechs 17.9%, RTS 17.4%, Space 7.4%

  14. #14 Taur
    88% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,078 reviews2020
    Dev: Echo Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    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 44.3%, RTS 17.5%, Top-Down Shooter 10.4%, Strategy 10.3%, Base Building 8.4%

  15. #15 Tower Dominion
    85% 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 38.3%, RTS 27.7%, Resource Management 10.8%, Base Building 9.8%, Strategy 8.5%

  16. #16 D.O.T. Defence
    86% matchVery Positive86% of 139 reviews2025
    Dev: Rattleaxe Games
    Windows · Linux

    Welcome to the frontlines! Build towers, muster armies, and conquer the map. Challenge yourself in the single-player campaign following the Chroma Wars, survive relentless waves in solo defense, or battle it out in local matches against friends and AI bots. Victory comes with the last HQ standing!

    Why similar: Action RTS 26.8%, Tower Defense 26.1%, RTS 24%, Base Building 7.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%

  17. #17 Acid Planet
    86% matchMostly Positive80% of 69 reviews2024
    Dev: Adam Travers
    Windows

    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 22.2%, Action RTS 19.8%, RTS 17.3%, Top-Down Shooter 13.5%, Base Building 6.4%

  18. #18 Frontline Zed
    87% matchMixed59% of 333 reviews2019
    Dev: Richard EastPub: Volcanic Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 48.1%, Top-Down Shooter 37.3%, Strategy 13.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  19. #19 Cavalry Girls
    84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,930 reviews2023
    Dev: 中子星游戏研究所Pub: OKJOY
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    In this refreshing and exciting shooting game, lead the brave and fearless girl soldiers to fight with the enemy. Refit different types of machine armour, reasonably deploy machine soldiers with different skills, repel all kinds of enemies, and protect the Empire behind you in the gunfire.

    Why similar: Mechs 30.2%, Top-Down Shooter 23.3%, Tower Defense 21.1%, RTS 19.7%, Strategy 4.1%

  20. #20 Desperate Place
    84% matchMostly Positive73% of 292 reviews2025
    Dev: BruceGalaxy
    Windows

    Desperate Place is a strategic tower defense game where you play as a crew member who wakes up early on a damaged colonization starship. Stranded on an unknown planet, you must gather resources, repair the ship, and defend against alien monsters to survive and escape.

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

  21. #21 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
    83% matchVery Positive88% of 428 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 54.5%, Space 20.9%, Strategy 13.2%, Stylized 7.5%, 2D 2.3%

  22. #22 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
    82% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,403 reviews2025
    Dev: PlaySide
    Windows
    Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    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: Action RTS 25.4%, Tower Defense 25.2%, RTS 22.9%, Base Building 7.4%, Resource Management 7.3%

  23. #23 Towerful Defense: Prologue
    82% 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 29%, Action RTS 22.7%, RTS 21.6%, Bullet Hell 9.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 7.8%

  24. #24 Repel The Rifts
    80% 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: Mechs 34.3%, Tower Defense 33.8%, Space 13.1%, Resource Management 6.8%, Strategy 5.7%

  25. #25 ReEarth
    81% matchMostly Positive76% of 117 reviews2024
    Dev: Jiangzuogongfang Shanghai Game Co.,Ltd
    Windows

    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: RTS 28%, Tower Defense 28%, Mechs 18.6%, Space 12.5%, Strategy 7.9%

  26. #26 Stellar Initiative
    79% 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 37.9%, Mechs 26.4%, Space 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Strategy 8.6%

  27. #27 Firebase Defence
    81% matchMostly Positive75% of 61 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 43.3%, RTS 18.6%, Strategy 14.6%, Base Building 10%, Resource Management 7.4%

  28. #28 Last Outpost
    79% matchMostly Positive78% of 78 reviews2025
    Dev: Troyd Games
    Windows

    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 30%, RTS 24.8%, Action RTS 19.4%, Base Building 7.9%, Strategy 7.1%

  29. #29 Mech Fortress
    78% matchVery Positive85% of 216 reviews2026
    Dev: Some Sugar Studio
    Windows

    Mech Fortress is a sci-fi tower defense game where each turret has unique mechanics. You can freely place them on a 5×5 grid, and your goal is to eliminate all enemies!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 46.1%, Mechs 32.8%, Bullet Hell 10.4%, Strategy 10.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%

  30. #30 Wall World
    77% matchVery Positive91% of 11,769 reviews2023
    Dev: Alawar
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    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 35.8%, Mechs 33.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Resource Management 9.2%, Strategy 8.5%

  31. #31 Cyber Tower 2048
    77% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2025
    Dev: Galactic Geckon
    Windows

    Cyber Tower 2048 is an action tower defense game where players fight insectoids by building defenses and developing tactics.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 63.6%, Bullet Hell 12%, Resource Management 8.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Strategy 5.6%

  32. #32 TDS - Tower Defense Strategy
    76% 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 31.2%, RTS 28.4%, Action RTS 23.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Base Building 5.5%

  33. #33 Warpips
    75% matchVery Positive87% of 5,047 reviews2022
    Dev: Skirmish Mode GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%

    Warpips is the ultimate quick to learn but amazingly deep tug-of-war strategy game. Deploy the right composition of soldiers, tanks, helicopters and planes in this tight, streamlined strategy-focused war game. Compose the best army, research the right tech; overwhelm your enemy!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 31.2%, RTS 28.4%, Resource Management 10.4%, Strategy 7.9%, War 6.7%

  34. #34 ShellMobile: Titan Rampart
    73% matchVery Positive98% of 206 reviews2025
    Dev: 红景天娱乐
    Windows

    On the cosmic frontier, humanity has fought alien species for a century. As traditional defenses fall to new-gen alien mechs, tech giant ShellMobile—human-centered at its core—kindles new hope via breakthroughs in extraterrestrial titanium ore research.

    Why similar: Mechs 40.7%, RTS 29.5%, Strategy 11.3%, Base Building 10.4%, Resource Management 4.2%

  35. #35 Molten Armor
    78% matchMixed62% of 60 reviews2017
    Dev: Brutal Muse
    Windows

    Molten Armor is an action tower defense game with a non-linear story in sci-fi setting! Command defenses and stop hordes of enemies! Fight on land, sea and in the skies!Decisions taken in the heat of battle will change the course of the war.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 42.6%, RTS 37.3%, Strategy 11.3%, War 6%, 2D 1.6%

  36. #36 No Creeps Were Harmed TD
    74% matchVery Positive89% of 482 reviews2024
    Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
    Windows
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    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 51.4%, Action RTS 35.9%, Strategy 11.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  37. #37 Dome Keeper
    73% matchVery Positive92% of 19,233 reviews2022
    Dev: BippinbitsPub: Raw Fury
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    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 43.1%, Space 22.5%, Resource Management 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, 2D 2.4%

  38. #38 Operation: Polygon Storm
    75% matchMostly Positive71% of 285 reviews2024
    Dev: Toxic Studio
    Windows
    Median: 48 minMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 49%

    A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!

    Why similar: Action RTS 29.5%, Tower Defense 26.1%, RTS 23.1%, Resource Management 7.9%, Strategy 6.1%

  39. #39 Bug Heroes: Tower Defense
    73% matchVery Positive92% of 51 reviews2024
    Dev: Foursaken Media
    Windows · Mac

    Help the Bug Heroes defend their food stash from hordes of enemies! Control powerful heroes, build your defenses, level up your heroes and towers, equip upgrades, and more!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 47.6%, Top-Down Shooter 28.4%, Strategy 18%, War 5.6%, Singleplayer 0.4%

  40. #40 Protolife
    74% 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 36.9%, RTS 32.9%, Base Building 10.5%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Strategy 8.6%

  41. #41 Space Cycle
    71% matchVery Positive94% of 198 reviews2024
    Dev: Some Sugar Studio
    Windows

    Space resources are the battleground for warring factions. As a Space Defense Officer, protect your faction's assets in a vast, hostile universe. Allocate resources, upgrade defenses, and repel relentless enemy attacks! With over 50 unique units and deep strategy, experience real-time tower defense!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 57.3%, Space 27.6%, Strategy 13.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  42. #42 Drill Core
    70% matchVery Positive85% of 2,264 reviews2025
    Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows
    Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    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 46.5%, Strategy 13.2%, Space 12.1%, Base Building 11.7%, Stylized 7.5%

  43. #43 Creeper World IXE
    72% matchMostly Positive70% of 851 reviews2024
    Dev: Knuckle Cracker
    Windows
    Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    The unstoppable alien force known as The Creeper has returned, devouring thousands of worlds in its path, and yours is next. Battle against the Creeper fluid in a groundbreaking pixel-level simulation to prove that humanity will rule the galaxy forever!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 27.8%, RTS 26.7%, 1980s 14.3%, Space 13.6%, War 5.9%

  44. #44 DG2: Defense Grid 2
    72% matchVery Positive86% of 3,339 reviews2014
    Dev: Hidden Path Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 27.6%, RTS 23.8%, Local Co-Op 14.7%, Space 12.1%, Base Building 7.9%

  45. #45 IDUN Prologue - Frontline Survival
    70% matchVery Positive89% of 81 reviews2025
    Dev: IDUN InteractivePub: Surefire.Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Step into the arena with IDUN: Prologue, a thrilling slice of our full-length defense RTS where real-time strategy meets rogue-lite chaos. Fight your way through unique mission objectives with overwhelming swarms of enemies.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 36.7%, RTS 27.2%, Space 12.2%, Strategy 9.5%, Base Building 8.4%

  46. #46 From Glory To Goo
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,455 reviews2024
    Dev: Stratagem Blue
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 24.2%, Action RTS 22.8%, RTS 22.3%, Resource Management 9%, Base Building 7.7%

  47. #47 Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors
    71% matchVery Positive80% of 56 reviews2023
    Dev: ReijaPub: indie.io
    Windows

    You are Earth's last line of defense in a relentless alien invasion. Experience intense top-down roguelite action across diverse landscapes, fighting invaders with a versatile arsenal. Outsmart, outgun, and survive your foes. Every run increases the challenge - so adapt, evolve, dominate!

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 70.4%, Bullet Hell 27.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%

  48. #48 CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense
    69% matchVery Positive90% of 306 reviews2023
    Dev: FuturtechPub: Nova's Army
    Windows

    The replicator robots are back! It's 2528. The machines are increasingly infecting the planets with genetically modified monsters. Challenge them and try to stop the onslaught. Upgrade buildings and heroes, mine resources, discover technology and fight to save humanity!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 49.9%, RTS 38.4%, Strategy 11.7%

  49. #49 Deep Among the Swarm
    69% matchVery Positive88% of 137 reviews2024
    Dev: Pebble Mountain Games
    Windows

    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 28.9%, RTS 28.7%, Action RTS 14.6%, Resource Management 11.2%, Base Building 9.1%

  50. #50 Battle Grid
    70% matchVery Positive83% of 226 reviews2023
    Dev: Barking Dogs
    Windows

    Face relentless alien hordes, collect their resources and assemble an unstoppable squadron of mechs! In this Action Roguelite, discover game-breaking synergies, mix and match weapons and units, unlock upgrades, harvest and conquer alien planets.

    Why similar: Mechs 64.1%, Bullet Hell 18.1%, Strategy 11.3%, Resource Management 6.1%, Singleplayer 0.4%

  51. #51 Let Them Come
    71% matchVery Positive84% of 1,353 reviews2017
    Dev: Tuatara GamesPub: Versus Evil
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%

    Let Them Come is a fast paced pixel art shoot ‘em up. Twitchy trigger fingers and focused battle tactics are the order of the day as wave after wave of alien-like creatures try to take you down.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 55.7%, Pixel Graphics 15.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 9%, Strategy 7.8%, Bullet Hell 7.4%

  52. #52 Lumencraft
    69% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,264 reviews2023
    Dev: 2Dynamic GamesPub: Star Drifters
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    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 41.6%, Top-Down Shooter 33.2%, Base Building 12.6%, Strategy 10.4%, 2D 2.2%

  53. #53 Outpost: Infinity Siege
    67% matchMixed66% of 13,528 reviews2024
    Dev: Team RangerPub: Lightning Games
    Windows
    Median: 16.2 hrsMean: 41.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 36.6%, RTS 28.5%, Resource Management 14.4%, Base Building 11.3%, Strategy 8.3%

  54. #54 XENOBREAKERS: Classic Tower Defense
    67% matchVery Positive86% of 83 reviews2025
    Dev: Couch Potato Studios
    Windows

    Defend Billy and his crew on their way to the extraction zone! You have been authorized to use the defense system. Protect them from giant bugs, malfunctioning droids and more...

    Why similar: Strategy 43.1%, Stylized 33.8%, Tower Defense 19.1%, Singleplayer 4.1%

  55. #55 Here Comes The Swarm
    66% matchVery Positive88% of 161 reviews2026
    Dev: CableHook Games
    Windows

    Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?

    Why similar: Action RTS 25.4%, RTS 24.8%, Tower Defense 23.6%, Resource Management 10.4%, Base Building 8.5%

  56. #56 Xeno Crisis
    68% matchVery Positive87% of 209 reviews2019
    Dev: Bitmap Bureau
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Xeno Crisis is an arena shooter in which up to two players take control of battle-hardened marines embarking on a deadly mission to confront an alien menace! Run and gun your way through thousands of adversaries, searching for survivors, and ultimately facing the origin of the outpost's demise.

    Why similar: Top-Down Shooter 52.3%, Local Co-Op 21.7%, Pixel Graphics 17.8%, Shoot 'Em Up 4.3%, 2D 3.2%

  57. #57 REDCON
    67% matchVery Positive85% of 807 reviews2016
    Dev: Hexage
    Windows
    Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Command your own fortress in FTL-like real-time battles! Crush the enemy fortress with unrelenting bombardment or seize it with carefully executed invasion.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 53.5%, Strategy 28.4%, Base Building 14.3%, 2D 2.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%

  58. #58 Anomaly: Warzone Earth
    66% matchVery Positive87% of 4,668 reviews2011
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 54.5%, Strategy 26.8%, RTS 17.7%, Singleplayer 1%

  59. #59 Kitchen Crisis
    65% matchMostly Positive76% of 319 reviews2024
    Dev: Team Samoyed
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Kitchen Crisis is a culinary defense game. You are abducted by aliens and must satisfy their appetite. If you want to live to see another day, efficiently arrange your cooking appliances, upgrade your ingredients and tools! In order to survive, make wise decisions according to everchaning recipes.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 63%, Space 19.3%, Pixel Graphics 14%, 2D 3.2%, Singleplayer 0.5%

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