Games Like GemCraft - Chasing Shadows

The epic tower defense dark fantasy journey continues! Create powerful gems with various abilities and take on the battle against an endlessly flowing army of monsters, and face the growing darkness as you fight your way back towards the Spiritforge.

Why similar: Tower Defense 64.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Top-Down 5.5%, Difficult 4.8%, Tactical 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: The direct sequel to the seed game, offering expanded mechanics and even more complex gem-crafting systems.

Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!

Why similar: Tower Defense 79.7%, Strategy 9.3%, Tactical 3.2%, Fantasy 2.1%, Indie 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for polished, fantasy-themed tower defense with tight tactical gameplay.

Dungeon Warfare is a challenging tower defense strategy game where you become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wanna-be heroes.

Why similar: Tower Defense 66.5%, Strategy 11.7%, Top-Down 5.3%, Tactical 4.9%, Fantasy 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging, trap-focused tower defense game that rewards tactical placement and creative level manipulation.

Element TD 2 sees you combine powerful elements to create unique towers. Prove your defenses against challenging foes, and compete or cooperate with others to determine who has mastered the elements.

Why similar: Tower Defense 76.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Tactical 4.8%, Fantasy 4.1%, Indie 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: Utilizes an elemental combination system that provides the same level of strategic depth as GemCraft's gem-crafting.

Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.

Why similar: Tower Defense 86.7%, Strategy 9.8%, Indie 1.4%, Top-Down 1%, Singleplayer 0.9%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique, fluid-based strategic experience that requires unconventional tower placement and resource management.

Infinitode 2 - a strategy in the Tower Defense genre, in which the player will have to build towers to protect his base from endless waves of enemies. The game features huge maps, lots of towers, resource miners, upgrade tree and map editor.

Why similar: Tower Defense 71.1%, Strategy 12.6%, Top-Down 6.6%, Tactical 6%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Why You'll Like It: Features deep, math-heavy progression and grid-based strategy that mirrors the complexity of GemCraft.

Command your troops through an epic (mis)adventure as you defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and ghastly denizens of the underworld -all with flashy new towers, levels, heroes, and more goodies to help you crush your foes in this Fantasy Action Tower Defense game!

Why similar: Tower Defense 76.1%, Strategy 11.3%, Difficult 3.5%, Fantasy 2.6%, Indie 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: Refines the core mechanics of the original with more diverse enemies and challenging tactical scenarios.

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.

Why similar: Tower Defense 88.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Indie 1.4%, Singleplayer 1%

Why You'll Like It: A classic, highly polished tower defense experience that emphasizes maze building and strategic planning.

Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.

Why similar: Tower Defense 85%, Strategy 8.2%, Fantasy 2%, Action 1.9%, Indie 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: Combines action-oriented gameplay with trap-based tower defense in a vibrant fantasy setting.

The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

Why similar: Tower Defense 81.2%, Strategy 12.5%, Difficult 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.7%, Great Soundtrack 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides immense depth through complex upgrade paths and high-level replayability.

Fight off hordes of monstrous mutants created from a strange cataclysmic event in the new tower defense game, Prime World: Defenders. Join a group of exile treasure hunters who have ventured into the capital of an ancient empire, vast with mystery and danger.

Why similar: Tower Defense 82.3%, Strategy 9.1%, Classic 2% ★, Indie 1.7%, Fantasy 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: Features a card-based progression system that adds a layer of deck-building strategy to the tower defense genre.

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 82.8%, Strategy 13.8%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%, 2D 0.7%

Why You'll Like It: Blends tower defense with resource management and automation, perfect for players who enjoy complex systems.

Why be good when you can be... bad? Cursed Treasure 2 is an addictive tower-defense game that puts the power of darkness at your fingertips. Build towers of powerful orcs, demons, and undead, and master powerful spells, to protect your precious hoard from all manner of no-good do-gooders.

Why similar: Tower Defense 77.2%, Strategy 14.4%, Indie 3.4%, Top-Down 2.1%, Fantasy 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on tactical placement and resource management within a charming, fantasy-themed environment.

Warstone is a Tower Defense game, with RPG, Strategy, and even city building elements. Detailed Hi-res graphics and beautiful illustrations combine with a deep storyline to draw you into the world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 79.6%, Strategy 13.7%, Indie 3%, Fantasy 2.2%, Great Soundtrack 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: Integrates RPG elements and hero progression into a traditional tower defense framework.

Get ready to DEFEND THE WORLD! The biggest sequel in tower defense history is finally here: Fieldrunners 2 has arrived! From Subatomic Studios, creators of the award winning classic strategy game comes an all new adventure that was years in the making.

Why similar: Tower Defense 88.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Action 1.5%

Why You'll Like It: A highly polished, classic tower defense game known for its challenging levels and variety of defensive structures.

Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.

Why similar: Tower Defense 87.7%, Strategy 8.3%, Action 1.4%, Indie 1.4%, Great Soundtrack 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: A unique hybrid that blends first-person shooter mechanics with deep tower defense strategy.

Tikiman the Forest Defender is in trouble. Hordes of monsters are sweeping through his realm, hoping to chow down on his offspring – and it’s up to you to defend them. By placing weapon towers at strategic points around the landscape, you can destroy the invaders and save the little ones.

Why similar: Tower Defense 87.1%, Strategy 11.6%, Indie 0.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%, 2D 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a unique approach to tower defense where you must actively collect resources while defending your base.

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 66.7%, Strategy 24.2%, Indie 3.6%, Action 2.4%, Top-Down 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A reverse tower defense game that requires careful pathing and tactical unit management.

The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!

Why similar: Tower Defense 80.8%, Strategy 11.1%, Indie 2.5%, Top-Down 1.6%, Difficult 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a complex tech tree and resource-heavy gameplay that rewards long-term strategic planning.

Ancient Planet is classic tower defense game. The stronghold of an ancient civilization has been invaded by hordes of alien raiders. Use powerful technologies of the Ancient and repel the attack of the enemy's armies!

Why similar: Tower Defense 86.9%, Strategy 9.6%, Indie 2.2%, Difficult 1.3%

Why You'll Like It: A classic, challenging tower defense experience with a distinct, retro-inspired aesthetic.

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 75.8%, Strategy 11.3%, Top-Down 4%, Difficult 3%, Indie 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Combines intense action with tower defense, allowing you to reshape the battlefield to your advantage.

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 77.7%, Strategy 9.3%, Difficult 3.4%, Classic 2% ★, Indie 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: An isometric tower defense game that stays true to the core mechanics of the genre.

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 68.8%, Strategy 12.6%, Tactical 5.1%, Difficult 4.9%, Top-Down 3.4%

Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-focused tower defense game that requires careful building and resource management to succeed.

Anomaly Defenders is the closing installment of the Anomaly series. The original incarnation of the Tower Offense sub-genre had players controlling humans fighting alien invaders. Now, the tables have turned. The human counterattack is underway and the alien homeworld is under threat.

Why similar: Tower Defense 78.3%, Strategy 16.1%, Indie 3.1%, Action 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A traditional tower defense entry in the Anomaly series that focuses on base protection and unit upgrades.

Zombie Tower Defense: Join the ongoing war, in an open world, against the undead zombie horde. Choose between multiple powerful heroes all with unique epic gear and skills! With the wide variety of towers you can create your own perfect strategy.

Why similar: Tower Defense 83.7%, Strategy 9.8%, Top-Down 4%, Indie 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: A zombie-themed tower defense game that emphasizes hero abilities and tactical defense.

Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.

Why similar: Tower Defense 72%, Strategy 10.6%, Tactical 4.5%, Difficult 3.9%, Fantasy 2.6%

Real-time strategy battles in amazing sci-fi worlds! Command brave soldiers, mighty mechas and powerful aliens to face the greatest challenges in hostile alien worlds. The galaxy needs you!

Why similar: Strategy 57.8%, Action 10%, Indie 9.7%, Singleplayer 9.3%, Fantasy 7%

Why You'll Like It: An RTS-tower defense hybrid that emphasizes hero units and tactical battlefield control.

Stunning detail of levels, in-depth gameplay, finely tuned balance of all levels and turrets. During the game you will hold your defense with your turrets against the massive hordes of enemies.

Why similar: Tower Defense 80.1%, Strategy 16.2%, Indie 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A realistic, tactical tower defense game that focuses on efficient tower placement and enemy management.

It's payback time! Lead your mighty dark army and make the Kingdom tremble with every step. Build powerful towers, choose your arsenal for destruction, and find the deadliest combination - train legendary heroes and lead them to victory!

Why similar: Tower Defense 75.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Difficult 4.6%, Fantasy 2.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%

Rocked by an explosive soundtrack, choose your band, place your equipments and defend the Rock 'N' Roll from everyone and everything who try to pull it down, on a totally hardcore tower defense!

Why similar: Tower Defense 85.8%, Strategy 7.3%, Great Soundtrack 1.5%, Classic 1.4% ★, Action 1.1%

CREEPS CRUMBLE. HEROES RISE. Command a team of renegade heroes and impale, slash, tear and burn through legions of undead hell-bent on world domination. Your mission: to defeat the world’s most powerful vampire, Count Necrosis.

Why similar: Tower Defense 84%, Strategy 8.8%, Indie 2.3%, Action 1.5%, Difficult 1%

Take control of a squadron of epic summons in this unique take on dungeon crawling!

Why similar: Tower Defense 62.5%, Strategy 25.6%, Indie 6.8%, Action 5.1%

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 87.9%, Strategy 7.2%, Indie 2%, Tactical 1.3%, Action 1.1%

Evil Defenders is a fun, frenetic defense game: build and upgrade your towers, сast spells to repel enemy forces, use special landmarks and defend the Lands of Evil from invaders! Feel free to play the game in many different ways through unique tower upgrades, a deep skill tree and 100 in-game achievements.

Why similar: Tower Defense 84.9%, Strategy 12.5%, Indie 2.6%

Terrorhedron is the 3D, cooperative tower defense game for the PC. Unmatched challenge and complexity is introduced to the genre through 3 dimensional gameplay, micro-strategy through programmable turrets and 'edge of seat' gameplay is extended to multiplayer with up to 8 players online co-op.

Why similar: Tower Defense 86.6%, Strategy 9.2%, Indie 3%, Great Soundtrack 1.2%

The undead have awakened! You must build clever mazes of traps if you wish to defeat them in this challenging trap defense game. Travel across the land battling a host of creepy monsters, unlocking new traps and upgrades, and finally finding the source of the evil and stopping it once and for all.

Why similar: Tower Defense 69.6%, Strategy 21.6%, Indie 6.2%, Great Soundtrack 2.6%

Forge invincible defenses with lethal traps and devious machines, and crush relentless waves of adventurers in the ultimate tower defense showdown!

Why similar: Tower Defense 79.4%, Strategy 12.8%, Top-Down 2%, Indie 1.6%, Fantasy 1.2%

You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.

Why similar: Tower Defense 86%, Strategy 8.9%, Indie 1.7%, Action 1.5%, Great Soundtrack 0.6%

Magic Quest is a tower defense game with towers, mighty enemies, bosses and heroes with unique abilities.

Why similar: Tower Defense 71.4%, Strategy 20%, Indie 3.2%, Fantasy 3%, Action 2.4%

A classic 3D Tower Defense fantasy game, made by a very small and dedicated team.

Why similar: Tower Defense 75.5%, Strategy 13.7%, Tactical 2.7%, Action 2.6%, Top-Down 2.5%

Become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with the deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wannabe heroes.

Why similar: Tower Defense 72.6%, Strategy 21.7%, Indie 5%, 2D 0.7%

While a formidable evil emerges, an unexpected alliance is taking shape! It will take the finest warriors of Linirea and the relentless Dark Army to stop it. Beware! Though they may journey side by side the ever-changing winds of fate could swiftly alter their course.

Why similar: Tower Defense 78.3%, Strategy 15.6%, Fantasy 2%, Indie 1.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%

In this tower defence game, you enter the world of Magonia and defend it against hordes of humans, orcs, ogres and other evil forces. Fight in different areas and adapt your strategy to the terrain and the enemy forces.

Why similar: Tower Defense 73.8%, Strategy 14.5%, Top-Down 4.7%, Fantasy 2.8%, Singleplayer 2.4%

iBomber Defense combines classic tower defense gameplay with intense action and strategy. Keep enemies at bay all over the world using a variety of weapons and tactics, from rattling Machine guns, explosive cannons and awesome anti-aircraft artillery!

Why similar: Tower Defense 81.5%, Strategy 15.2%, Indie 3.3%

Hydraulic Empire is a Tower Defense game with RPG elements focusing on strategy, interactions between mobs, and persistent upgrades. Hydraulic empire is a must have for any true Tower Defense fan, and for those that are not it is a gateway into the tower defense genre.

Why similar: Tower Defense 77.5%, Strategy 14%, Indie 3.5%, Action 2.7%, Fantasy 1.4%

Defense Technica is the next evolution in hardcore tower defense strategy games. Protect the core from an onslaught of unrelenting biomechanical terrors with a powerful range of tower defense units – each with their own upgradable features and methods of attacks.

Why similar: Tower Defense 88.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Indie 2.1%

Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability. The Bloons are back in full HD glory and this time they mean business! Build awesome towers, choose your favorite upgrades, hire new Special Agents, and pop every last invading Bloon in the most popular tower defense series in history.

Why similar: Tower Defense 83.8%, Strategy 12%, Action 1.4%, Singleplayer 1%, Difficult 0.6%

Defender's Quest is a Tower-Defense/RPG Hybrid tightly focuses on three things: tactical depth, customization, and story

Why similar: Tower Defense 80.2%, Strategy 10.7%, Fantasy 3.3%, Great Soundtrack 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Epic sci-fi tower defense action with 16-bit era look and feel, pitching your colonists against an almost endless horde of hostile alien robots who strongly oppose your attempts of colonizing their planet! Deluxe version includes the soundtrack!

Why similar: Tower Defense 68.7%, Strategy 21.7%, Indie 5.4%, Action 4.3%

The biggest installment of the award winning Sentinel sci-fi tower defense series now on PC!Take the fight to the alien homeworld and unleash a massive arsenal of weaponry. Get up close and personal on the battlefield in your power armor to execute devastating attacks and support your defenses! * An epic campaign across 20 levels.

Why similar: Tower Defense 87.7%, Strategy 10.3%, Indie 2%

Battle hordes of monsters in Goblin Defenders: Steel 'n' Wood!

Why similar: Tower Defense 75.3%, Strategy 22.5%, Indie 1.2%, Singleplayer 1%

Selknam Defense is more than an exceptional strategy game. It’s a gateway to the past that puts a nation’s destiny into your control. Do you have the skills to alter history and save the Selknam?

Why similar: Tower Defense 77.1%, Strategy 16.9%, Indie 4.2%, Action 1.8%

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 73.1%, Strategy 12.7%, Difficult 4.7%, Fantasy 3.6%, Indie 3.1%

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 70.5%, Strategy 12.6%, Tactical 5.6%, Top-Down 5.5%, Action 2.2%

Harvest: Massive Encounter is an award-winning real-time strategy game with battles of epic proportions and a unique style of resource management and exploration. Build power plants, mineral harvesters and defense towers and make sure they have sufficient energy to fend off endless hordes of evil aliens.

Why similar: Tower Defense 78.2%, Strategy 16.8%, Indie 4%, Singleplayer 1%

Want a tactical and strategic tower defense challenge that's packed with options and upgrades? Take command of the dropship Sentinel and do battle across a vibrant sci-fi world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 65.9%, Strategy 27.1%, Indie 7%

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 72.7%, Strategy 13.3%, Tactical 6.8%, Action 2.6%, Indie 2.5%

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 65.8%, Strategy 18.6%, Top-Down 5.5%, Indie 2.7%, Tactical 2.7%

Assemble legendary Spirits and defend against the endless hordes of Hell. A tower defense where you must shape the battlefield and create a maze using the three Hellements. Use Fire, Lightning, and Wind tiles to trap your enemies, or augment your defenses.

Why similar: Tower Defense 68.4%, Strategy 13.2%, Tactical 4.8%, Difficult 3.7%, Fantasy 3.6%