Games Like Grim Nights

Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!

Why similar: Tower Defense 21.5%, Base Building 19.4%, Survival 15.2%, Side Scroller 13.6%, Strategy 8.6%

Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling survival strategy game that shares the exact same focus on defending a base against waves of enemies.

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.1%, Base Building 19.4%, Survival 12.5%, Building 11.8%, Strategy 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the 2D side-scrolling base-building and management loop found in Grim Nights.

They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

Why similar: Base Building 25.1%, Tower Defense 17.1%, RTS 15.5%, Zombies 14.2%, Survival 11.1%

Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for zombie-themed base defense, offering the same high-pressure survival experience on a larger scale.

Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

Why similar: Tower Defense 18%, Base Building 14.8%, RTS 13.7%, Zombies 12.2%, Survival 9.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines intricate base-building with tactical tower defense against massive zombie hordes.

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: Tower Defense 24.2%, Base Building 18.4%, RTS 17.8%, Survival 10.9%, Building 9.3%

Why You'll Like It: A challenging survival RTS that forces you to manage a growing settlement while preparing for massive enemy waves.

A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.

Why similar: Tower Defense 43.1%, Base Building 21.9%, Survival 16.7%, Strategy 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: Blends colony simulation with tower defense mechanics, requiring careful resource management to survive.

Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.3%, RTS 16.5%, Zombies 13.5%, Base Building 13.1%, Strategy 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a focused tactical base-building experience where defending against waves is the primary objective.

Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!

Why similar: Base Building 33.8%, RTS 19.3%, Strategy 12.5%, Building 11.7%, Tower Defense 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on building a defensive fortress to protect your people from nightly attacks.

"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.

Why similar: Zombies 30.5%, Tower Defense 26.6%, Survival 19.5%, Strategy 13.9%, RTS 4%

Why You'll Like It: A 2D side-scrolling survival game that focuses on managing a group of survivors in a zombie-infested world.

Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?

Why similar: Base Building 17.9%, Tower Defense 16.8%, RTS 13.5%, Zombies 13.2%, Survival 12.3%

Why You'll Like It: A survival strategy game that requires you to build and defend a base while managing limited resources.

Risen Kingdom is a real-time strategy game. Build and fortify your settlements to survive and push back armies of the undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.2%, Base Building 19.7%, RTS 18.9%, Strategy 16.4%, Zombies 14.1%

Why You'll Like It: An RTS-lite experience that emphasizes base expansion and defending your territory from undead threats.

The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.

Why similar: Base Building 32.1%, Strategy 17%, Survival 14.5%, RTS 13.1%, Building 8%

Why You'll Like It: A post-apocalyptic base-building game that emphasizes resource management and survival against external threats.

YORG.io is a game with an original twist on supply chains and zombies. Your goal is to build a base which survives the night which is when zombies attack. Build and upgrade defensive towers to protect your base and try to survive as long as possible.

Why similar: Tower Defense 45%, Zombies 19.9%, Strategy 19.8%, Base Building 15.3%

Why You'll Like It: Combines resource management and supply chain logistics with tower defense against zombie-like enemies.

Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.

Why similar: Tower Defense 20.3%, Base Building 17.2%, RTS 12.8%, Survival 12.3%, Side Scroller 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: A survival management game that focuses on maintaining a village in a hostile, resource-scarce environment.

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 42.9%, Building 12.3%, Strategy 10.6%, Difficult 10.5%, Tactical 6%

Why You'll Like It: While more traditional, it offers the same satisfying tower defense progression and strategic placement found in Grim Nights.

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 33.8%, Base Building 24.9%, RTS 24.5%, Strategy 9.8%, Pixel Graphics 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A unique base-building and tower defense game where you must expand your territory to survive.

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 32.2%, Base Building 23.2%, RTS 19.2%, Strategy 9.5%, Medieval 6%

Why You'll Like It: Blends city-building and tower defense, requiring you to fortify your settlement against incoming threats.

Creeping Dusk is a tower defense game. Build a town around an abandoned gold mine and defend against monsters that swarm the area. Fortify your defenses, and prepare for the increasingly challenging nights. Will you be able to protect your town from the encroaching darkness?

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.5%, Base Building 24.5%, Building 13.2%, Strategy 11.4%, Zombies 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features a strong emphasis on building defenses and managing resources to survive waves of enemies.

A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.

Why similar: Base Building 24.7%, Zombies 14.4%, Side Scroller 11.7%, Building 11.1%, Management 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: A colony simulation game that focuses on the management and building aspects of survival strategy.

clickyland is a tower defense village builder where clicks are your main resource. Use clicks to harvest resources, fight enemies and manage your village, but use them wisely as you only get 20 clicks every day! Can you reach day 100?

Why similar: Tower Defense 32.8%, Base Building 23.9%, Strategy 15.6%, RTS 14%, Survival 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A unique strategy game that incorporates tower defense and base-building elements in a distinct style.

Gather resources and strategically build up your Viking settlement by day, fortifying it to withstand the relentless onslaught of skeletons by night

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.5%, Base Building 17.4%, RTS 14%, Survival 13.4%, Building 12.9%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RTS that tasks you with building a city and defending it with tactical tower placements.

After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.

Why similar: Base Building 18.2%, RTS 18%, Zombies 15.5%, Tower Defense 14.9%, Survival 10.8%

Why You'll Like It: A zombie-themed survival strategy game that emphasizes base management and tactical defense.

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 39.2%, Base Building 21.2%, Survival 12.4%, Strategy 11.3%, Building 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the core mechanics of tower placement and wave management for a pure strategy experience.

ValeGuard is an RTS, Town-Management hybrid game that combines Turn-Based City-Building with Real-Time Combat. Each day you construct your defenses, train troops, and prepare for attack. When enemies come in the night, you defend with towers, troops, and heroes with powerful abilities.

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.7%, Base Building 19.8%, RTS 15.6%, Management 9.5%, Building 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: A hybrid of base defense and strategy that requires careful planning to survive each night.

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 29.9%, RTS 20%, Base Building 19.7%, Zombies 14.4%, Strategy 8.7%

Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused base builder that emphasizes the struggle of maintaining a colony against constant attacks.

Zombo Buster Advance is a tower defense game taking place inside buildings with interchangeable elevators. Deploy, swap and shoot like a boss!

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.3%, RTS 18.7%, Zombies 18.6%, Survival 10.4%, Strategy 10.2%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward zombie-themed tower defense game that focuses on tactical unit placement.

A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.

Why similar: Tower Defense 43.4%, Zombies 30.8%, Strategy 13.1%, 2D 6.1%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: A creative take on the zombie genre that involves managing a base while building your own undead army.

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 41.6%, Building 13.6%, Strategy 12.2%, Tactical 6.9%, Medieval 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic tower defense game that focuses on creating efficient kill zones for incoming enemies.

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 30.4%, RTS 21.8%, Difficult 10.3%, Building 9.7%, Strategy 8.8%

Why You'll Like It: Provides deep strategic tower defense mechanics that reward careful planning and resource usage.

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 31.8%, Base Building 27.6%, RTS 10.2%, Strategy 9%, Building 8.6%

"Defence to death" - game in genre "Tower Defence". Defend Your castle from monster! Show Your's strength and wisdom.

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.4%, Zombies 15.2%, RTS 13%, Base Building 12.5%, Strategy 10%

Why You'll Like It: A turn-based tactical survival game that shares the atmospheric tension of defending against a horde.

A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .

Why similar: Strategy 36.1%, Survival 33.9%, RTS 30%

Defend your base against increasingly dangerous enemy waves each night in this minimalist survival strategy. Mine resources, build and repair defenses, and upgrade your structures, tools, and abilities to survive in this harsh world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.6%, Base Building 26.8%, Strategy 16.5%, Difficult 7.6%, Building 7.1%

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 39.6%, Base Building 22.4%, Survival 15.9%, Strategy 8.9%, Difficult 8.6%

Barricadez is a mix of tower defense and survival game. Take on your care robot and explore the underground, find new blueprints, gather resources and build your defenses and traps to survive through the night against a myriad of zombie-like creatures. Your goal: to defend the defenseless cradle.

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.3%, Base Building 19.5%, Zombies 17%, Building 10.3%, Survival 10%

Like a dead man reanimated by dark sorcery, the necromancer simulator is back! Give the undead the ability to fly over mountains and swim across rivers, explore a fully generated world at night and fend off enemy hordes during the day. Start a new, uhm, life.

Why similar: Tower Defense 38%, Zombies 20.7%, Management 15.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Tactical 6.6%

Sheltered is a deep and emotional survival management game. You take on the role of protecting four family members who, after a global apocalypse, have found their way to a deserted shelter.

Why similar: Base Building 32%, Survival 28.4%, Management 9.7%, Strategy 8.4%, Building 7.5%

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 59.5%, Zombies 28.8%, Strategy 11.7%

Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 26.2%, Base Building 20.7%, RTS 19.7%, Strategy 8.4%, Management 7.2%

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 25.1%, Base Building 19.4%, Zombies 17.1%, Survival 13.2%, Management 10.5%

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 30.9%, Base Building 23.3%, RTS 20.9%, Zombies 9%, Strategy 8.2%

Scare, terrify and thrill guests as you build the haunted house of your nightmares. Design and customize your creations with incredible detail to scare your guests, or risk losing it all in this tower defense/management/tycoon hybrid.

Why similar: Tower Defense 23.1%, Base Building 18.6%, RTS 15.6%, Zombies 14.1%, Building 10.1%

Kingdom: New Lands builds upon the award-winning gameplay and mystery of Kingdom by introducing an abundance of new content to the IGF-nominated title while maintaining the simplicity and depth that legions of monarchs have come to experience and enjoy.

Why similar: Tower Defense 25.5%, Base Building 19.9%, Survival 13.4%, Side Scroller 13%, Building 10.7%

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 75.4%, Strategy 10.3%, Base Building 8.4%, Tactical 2.6%, Pixel Graphics 2.5%

Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.

Why similar: Tower Defense 21.7%, RTS 20.3%, Base Building 18.9%, Survival 13.6%, Building 10.6%

Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.7%, Base Building 24.8%, Strategy 14%, Tactical 9.6%, 2D 6.2%

Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?

Why similar: Tower Defense 33%, Base Building 25.3%, Survival 16.5%, Building 14.1%, Strategy 9.4%

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 25.3%, Base Building 20.5%, RTS 20.4%, Survival 13.5%, Building 7.9%

Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.

Why similar: Tower Defense 25.3%, Zombies 21.4%, Base Building 20.1%, Survival 17.5%, Building 9.4%

Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹

Why similar: Base Building 25.5%, Building 14.4%, Zombies 12.5%, Survival 12.3%, Strategy 11.6%

Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.

Why similar: Base Building 21.6%, Tower Defense 18.3%, Survival 13%, Strategy 12.9%, Building 11.5%

A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.7%, Zombies 32.5%, Survival 13.5%, Strategy 8.4%, RTS 8.1%

Become a real medieval feudal lord: start with a small village and build it up into an enormous impenetrable castle. You will have to repel enemy raids: hide behind thick walls, lure your enemies into strategically placed traps, and even lead your loyal peasants into battle.

Why similar: Base Building 29.6%, Building 16%, Survival 13.4%, Management 12.6%, Strategy 10.1%

Defend, Attack, Survive! Build up your base and defeat the zombies with this unique combination of tower defense, base building and supply chain management. Now with multiplayer, mods and loads of new content!

Why similar: Tower Defense 39.5%, RTS 23.2%, Zombies 16.5%, Strategy 14.6%, Difficult 5.3%

The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.5%, Base Building 23.5%, RTS 22.1%, Strategy 8.6%, Tactical 5.5%

A 2D side-scrolling strategy game of resource management, base defense and conquest.

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.1%, Base Building 23.9%, Side Scroller 15.8%, Building 10.1%, Strategy 9.8%

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 33.4%, Base Building 22.2%, RTS 13.4%, Management 11.9%, Strategy 10.5%

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 62.7%, Strategy 31%, 2D 3.6%, Pixel Graphics 2.7%

Deadly Days is a unique strategic rogue-lite in the zombie apocalypse. Manage and protect a group of survivors and help them to stop the catastrophe. Discover and use a large number of wild and crazy objects, even wilder and crazier survivors, special abilities, and deadly weapons.

Why similar: Zombies 42%, Strategy 19.6%, Survival 19.6%, Difficult 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 4.8%

Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

Why similar: Base Building 21.7%, Zombies 19.7%, Tower Defense 16.3%, RTS 12.5%, Survival 8.7%