- #1 Dreadful Defenders
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Erelag Studio
Windows
Find Relics with eldritch abilities. Summon dreadful Defenders with unique traits, control the path by placing them, and combine their Benedictions to create otherworldly synergies!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.3%, Villain Protagonist 18% ★, Roguelite 15.1%, Procedural Generation 11.2%, Strategy 6.5%
- #2 Dungeon Warfare
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,013 reviews2015
Dev: Valsar
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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: Villain Protagonist 40.7% ★, Tower Defense 22.6%, Resource Management 7.8%, Top-Down 7.5%, Tactical 7.3%
- #3 The Anchored Hour
95% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Hourwisp Studio
Windows
Defend a displaced royal keep in a roguelite tower-defense strategy game. Build, scout, gather resources, and send units down the path to destroy enemy towers, outposts, and bases across unstable timelines as each run escalates.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.3%, Roguelite 16%, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 11.7%, Strategy 8.9%
- #4 Grim Horde
96% matchMixed51% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Red Koi Box
Windows · Mac · Linux
Gather your minions, conquer the lands and become the Darklord! Grim Horde is a fast arcade game with rogue-lite elements, where you lead your armies through the lands of the mortals, raze villages and claim souls. Die and rise again from your ashes and learn new summoning spells.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 47.3% ★, Action Roguelike 15.7%, Roguelite 11.7%, Procedural Generation 9.1%, Action RPG 8.7%
- #5 Archipelago
94% matchMostly Positive74% of 39 reviews2022
Dev: Isaac Lee
Windows
Archipelago is a roguelike tower defense game about defending randomly generated islands. Setup your defenses, manage your income, and find powerful charms to repel the enemy. Archipelago introduces tension and strategy to the tower defense genre.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.1%, Roguelite 16.4%, Procedural Generation 10.9%, Base Building 10.1%, Strategy 6.7%
- #6 WilderDash
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wise and Wild
Windows · Linux
A tower defense roguelite where every run deals you a different hand. Build towers, upgrade your hero with random card draws, and hold the line against waves of monsters. Play solo or in online co-op with friends.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.9%, Base Building 13.4%, Roguelite 11.1%, Procedural Generation 11%, Action Roguelike 9.5%
- #7 Kill The Hero
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: rockingprojects
Windows · Mac · Linux
A Dungeon Builder, Autobattler and Deckbuilder in one. They call themselves “heroes”. You call them gold suppliers. Dig your domain, build deadly traps, place guards and play powerful cards as ever-stronger “heroes” invade your dungeon. Take their gold and build the World Domination Machine.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 47.6% ★, Tower Defense 25.9%, Base Building 12.5%, Tactical 5.1%, Strategy 4.1%
- #8 My Infamous Dungeon
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: BoxFox Studios
Windows
Be evil. Build your dungeon and grow your empire in this roguelite dungeon builder. Hire monsters, set traps, battle heroes, and conquer the overworld with an ever expanding legion of evil.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 44.8% ★, Tower Defense 18.2%, Base Building 12%, Roguelite 8.9%, Resource Management 5.3%
- #9 The Lizard Problem
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NitramiuZ
Windows
Defend against the ongoing lizard problem in this dynamic tower defense where procedural, level-deforming earthquakes expand the available play area each wave. React to nature's forces and adapt to the changing terrain in order to survive.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.7%, Procedural Generation 14.6%, Roguelite 12.2%, Resource Management 10.4%, Top-Down 8.1%
- #10 Forest Fire
91% matchVery Positive86% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: Chute Apps
Windows · Mac · Linux
Be the Forest Fire and burn everything in sight! A Rogue-lite destruction-fest where every pixel is physically simulated. Burn trees, buildings, vehicles, and tiny screaming humans. Dodge bullet-hell rain clouds and pissed-off firefighters to stay alive... Only YOU can start Forest Fires.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 43.7% ★, Action Roguelike 16.2%, Physics 12.5%, Roguelite 10.4%, Procedural Generation 8.8%
- #11 Tower of Grimoiria
90% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Tree Tap Games LLC
Windows
Tower of Grimoiria is a unique blend of tower defense and first-person magic casting with roguelike elements. Defend your wizard tower against hordes of fantastical creatures by strategically placing magical turrets and unleashing powerful spells.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25%, Action Roguelike 15.8%, Procedural Generation 13.2%, Roguelite 9.4%, Base Building 9.2%
- #12 Hearthguard
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sleepy Creepy Studio
Windows
Hearthguard is a tactical tower defense game that rewards clever pathing and strategic placement. Build mazes, upgrade defenses, and hold the line against relentless waves of enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.3%, Base Building 14.5%, Roguelite 11.9%, Tactical 8.9%, Top-Down 8.8%
- #13 Creeping Dusk
89% matchMixed67% of 97 reviews2024
Dev: PolyShroom
Windows · Linux
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 30.9%, Base Building 16.3%, Roguelite 13.6%, Resource Management 10.8%, Tactical 10.2%
- #14 Astro Company
88% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Elephant Arts
Windows
Defend your Core in an endless tower defense where every decision matters. Build too slow and you’re overrun. Build too fast and chaos breaks your defenses.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.5%, Roguelite 16.6%, Base Building 11.6%, Procedural Generation 9.9%, PvE 8.7%
- #15 Milkraid
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KartsDev
Windows
Defend the milk at all costs! Place towers, build your base, recruit minions, and battle endless swarms of enemies. Unlock new towers, characters and base upgrades, and upgrade them to create ridiculous builds. Every run is unique.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.4%, Action Roguelike 18.9%, Base Building 16.8%, Roguelite 12.2%, Strategy 6.6%
- #16 Gattai TD
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Benign Games
Windows
Gattai TD is a roguelike, mazing tower defense in which you merge towers and gain ancient wonders to hold back waves of cursed keepsakes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.8%, Base Building 14.9%, Top-Down 9.1%, Strategy 7.8%, Roguelite 7.5%
- #17 Defense of the Dauntless
86% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: THREESIDED POLYGON
Windows · Mac
Fend off endless hordes of enemies in this roguelite tower defense. Build your own path to maximize carnage. Unleash devastating hero abilities to turn the tide of battle. Upgrade your arsenal with dozens of new towers and heroes to keep your castle from oblivion. Survive and become dauntless.
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.6%, Roguelite 15.1%, Strategy 11%, Top-Down 7.6%, Procedural Generation 7.1%
- #18 Evil Genius 2: World Domination
85% matchMixed69% of 13,234 reviews2021
Dev: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
A satirical spy-fi lair builder where YOU are the criminal mastermind! Construct your base, train your minions, defend your operations from the Forces of Justice, and achieve global domination!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 64.3% ★, Base Building 19.9%, Strategy 8%, Resource Management 4.8%, Funny 2.5%
- #19 Time Wars
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sugar Mummy Productions
Windows
Go on a journey through more then 30 levels traveling from prehistoric caves all the way to futuristic lunar bases. Along the way; upgrade, level up, and unlock cosmetics for your Hero. Adapt your strategy to whatever the level requires with more than 100 defense variations & Slay epic bosses!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.5%, Roguelite 15.4%, Strategy 11.9%, Top-Down 9.5%, Base Building 9%
- #20 Dungeon Warfare 3
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 675 reviews2025
Dev: Excidium Inc.
Windows · Mac
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 39.9%, Villain Protagonist 17.5% ★, Physics 15.8%, Strategy 7.3%, PvE 7.2%
- #21 TEOM: The Enemy Of Mine
84% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Voxel Studios
Windows · Mac
TEOM is a roguelite strategy game that draws inspiration from the tower defense genre to innovate it through dynamic levels, interactive elements, and high replayability. Follow Aiden and his friends on an unexpected journey through this vibrant world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.4%, Action Roguelike 16.4%, Base Building 13%, Procedural Generation 11.7%, Roguelite 11.5%
- #22 RogueCraft
82% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: CraftCoreGames
Windows
Merge, build, and defend in a brutal roguelike tower defense. Survive endless waves of monsters, evolve unique towers, outsmart epic bosses, and craft unstoppable builds in every run.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.2%, Action Roguelike 18.2%, Roguelite 13.6%, Tactical 11.5%, PvE 6.7%
- #23 Castle Doombad 2: Muahaha!
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Grumpyface Studios
Windows · Mac
The sinister sequel to Castle Doombad with all-new content, features, and story! YOU are the villain, and it's up to you to destroy the heroes! Defend your evil lair Solo or in 2-Player Co-Op with terrible traps, monstrous minions, and wicked weapons. "Action Tower Defense" meets dungeon keeping.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 42.1% ★, Tower Defense 21.3%, Local Co-Op 8.8%, Funny 6.3%, Resource Management 6%
- #24 Champi
81% matchPositive90% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Lucas François
Windows
Prepare to defend your village in Champi, a captivating Tower-Defense where your mission is to repel a invasion of mutated mushrooms.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.1%, Roguelite 16.1%, Strategy 14.6%, Top-Down 12.8%, PvE 7.4%
- #25 Cursed Legacy
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GrinSmile Studio
Windows
Cursed Legacy is a 2D-pixel action rogue-lite game where you become a fallen hero and get revenge on humanity who betrayed you, and slay as many enemies as possible in one slash by Slash Dashing. The more enemies defeated in one slash, the more the reward.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 57.4% ★, Roguelite 13.4%, Top-Down 11.4%, Action Roguelike 8.1%, PvE 6.1%
- #26 Defense of the Offensive King
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YawningCat Games
Windows
Save the king from hordes of angry orcs, elves, and various other fantasy races in this castle-building tower defense game. Build a maze of walls using tetromino-shaped pieces and fortify it with loyal soldiers, powerful mages, and defensive siege weapons. Can your fortress withstand the onslaught?
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.3%, Roguelite 16.7%, Base Building 16.2%, Strategy 8.5%, Top-Down 8.2%
- #27 Wander Vyrosa
81% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Pumpkin House GamesPub: MAGIC Spell Studios
Windows
A tower-defense game with roguelite elements on fully explorable mini planets! Travel the galaxy of Vyrosa, land on planets, and defend your drilling equipment while mining fuel to continue your journey throughout the galaxy!
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.2%, Action Roguelike 16.3%, Base Building 12.9%, Procedural Generation 12.1%, Roguelite 11.2%
- #28 Porta-Tower
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Novadisc Games Inc.
Windows
Porta-Tower is a roguelike tower defense game where you can pick up and move your towers. Relocate and upgrade your towers to defend your portal until the end.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.5%, Action Roguelike 19.1%, Roguelite 16.2%, Strategy 9.2%, Top-Down 5.3%
- #29 Endless TD
77% matchMixed53% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: INFINITE RETRY STUDIO
Windows
Endless TD: online co-op and PvP tower defense for 1–4 players. Build wild damage types + talent combos, merge towers into monsters, and survive evolving maps, weather, and bosses in endless waves. Climb leaderboards for highest wave (solo & team).
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.8%, Tactical 14.6%, Procedural Generation 12.9%, Strategy 11%, Top-Down 8.3%
- #30 Crimson Creed
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Script Smelter Studios
Windows
Crimson Creed is a tower defense and action roguelike hybrid where you fight directly on the battlefield while building strategic defenses. Defend every lane, build strategic towers, combine powerful skills, and survive escalating waves - solo or local co-op. Kill. Collapse. Learn. Return stronger.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.5%, Action Roguelike 20.6%, PvE 9.3%, Base Building 7.6%, Strategy 6.3%
- #31 Outlaw Raiders
77% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: KasperDevPub: Spelkollektivet
Windows
Lead your outlaw crew on raids to rob, steal, and fight for riches. Build up your camp and recruit more outlaws so you can become the ultimate outlaw.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 58.2% ★, Roguelite 11.3%, Tactical 11.2%, Resource Management 6.5%, Strategy 4.1%
- #32 Dawnhold
75% matchPositive100% of 21 reviews2026
Dev: Alex Spalvieri
Windows
Dawnhold is a top-down action base-defense game where you gather resources, build up your defenses, and survive relentless enemy waves. Strike back by assaulting enemy strongholds and defeating powerful bosses in a fight to protect the Sunstone.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.3%, Base Building 16.4%, Action RPG 13%, Top-Down 11%, Resource Management 10.7%
- #33 Evil Genius
78% matchVery Positive93% of 3,606 reviews2009
Dev: Elixir StudiosPub: Rebellion
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Everybody wants to rule the world! Achieve global power with EVIL GENIUS, the one and only complete world domination simulator. All the everyday tasks of the deliciously wicked mastermind are available to experience and master from building your ultra-secret base to developing spectacular super-weapons to carry out your nefarious master...
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 66% ★, Base Building 21.3%, Strategy 7.6%, Funny 3.6%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #34 Bastion Of Beginnings
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sam PartonPub: iDevelopThings
Windows
A tower defense adventure with endless strategy. Experience procedurally generated maps, unique foes, and a comprehensive tower upgrades system, as you progress through the waves. See how long you can hold down the homebase in this dynamic and replayable game!
Why similar: Tower Defense 39%, Procedural Generation 15%, Roguelite 13.9%, Strategy 10%, Base Building 9%
- #35 Hold It In
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Timothy Graham
Windows · Mac · Linux
This game is a brutally hardcore sci-fi tower defense, featuring BBS-era and ASCII graphics. You are a commander who must use everything at your disposal to stop the AI horde from opening the rift, and unleashing a cosmic horror upon the earth.
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.9%, Action Roguelike 16.2%, Roguelite 9.9%, Strategy 9.3%, Base Building 7.9%
- #36 Site61
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tapehead Games
Windows
Site61 is a side-view tower defense game where you build defenses with towers of different shapes, then change how they work through wired module combos. Control a drone, fight alongside your defenses, repel endless monster waves, and adapt to shifting spatial rules and unknown anomalies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.8%, Base Building 17.2%, Roguelite 13.1%, Resource Management 11%, Tactical 10.9%
- #37 Crystal Tower Defense
74% matchMixed69% of 35 reviews2023
Dev: Hot Roof Studios
Windows
Stop an endless hoard of crystal-type enemies, with different attributes, from reaching the portal to earth! You can build your own labyrinths, unlock new turrets, upgrade them, unlock abilities, and also gather permanent bonuses.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.5%, Procedural Generation 15.2%, Roguelite 13.8%, Base Building 13%, Top-Down 8.6%
- #38 Overbloom
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Silverfox Hollow
Windows
Overbloom is a real-time roguelite tower defense where you cultivate powerful plant builds, discover strange items from the past, and survive against a spreading corruption looking to consume all life on the planet!
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.6%, Roguelite 16.3%, Action Roguelike 13.2%, Strategy 8.7%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
- #39 Landlord Simulator
76% matchNegative13% of 16 reviews2018
Dev: MasterCalamity Games
Windows
Be your own landlord in the town of New Blossom. Buy and fix homes & apartments, fix issues that arise, run businesses and play mini-games. It's all up to you which order you do it in. Just remember to own the town and run it in the way you see fit in the end.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 90.8% ★, Strategy 6.7%, Indie 2.5%
- #40 Mobbers
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Septagram Games
Windows
Mobbers is a roguelike dungeon shooter with randomised items, rooms, themes and enemies. Choose to play as the Goblin, Skeleton, Slime or Kobold and turn against the other mobs in the dungeon to escape, gear up and then fight against the approaching heroes trying to loot your home.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 42.5% ★, Action Roguelike 13.9%, Procedural Generation 10.5%, Roguelite 9.8%, Top-Down 7.1%
- #41 Soul Stone Defense
73% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: SoloDevTom
Windows
A dark fantasy tower defense and survival game where you build defenses by day and possess your warriors by night to fight off endless waves of monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28%, Action Roguelike 16.5%, Base Building 12.6%, Tactical 9.9%, Resource Management 8.9%
- #42 Rivet & Ruin
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gargantua Interactive
Windows
A procedurally generated tower defense game. Shape creep pathing with defenses and buildings. Gather enough resources to keep up with increasingly powerful waves of creeps.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.2%, Procedural Generation 18.8%, Base Building 11.6%, Strategy 10.1%, PvE 6.8%
- #43 Crimson Quest
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CREBABOS
Windows
Crimson Quest lets players control a single character that acts as a production base. Players can create units and towers, explore the field, and experience real-time roguelike progression with action elements, offering a unique twist on traditional RTS gameplay.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 46.2% ★, Roguelite 14.3%, Tactical 11%, Procedural Generation 9.8%, Top-Down 8.9%
- #44 This Is Not A Dungeon
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Paper Kite Games
Windows
TINAD is a unique tower defense game where you defend your retirement home from overeager heroes. Play as the dungeon itself. Deploy traps, summon minions, and prove you’re just trying to enjoy your golden years in peace against heroes who can’t read the sign and assume every dungeon is evil.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.1%, Base Building 19.8%, Top-Down 12.5%, Resource Management 12.4%, Strategy 8%
- #45 MachiaVillain
73% matchMixed66% of 809 reviews2018
Dev: Wild FactorPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Machiavillain is an evil mansion management and strategy game, inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Prison Architect and all the horror movie clichés! Build your own manor, raise your monsters, set up your traps, and exterminate your victims. But to gain reputation you'll have to slay by the horror movie rules!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 61% ★, Base Building 15%, Strategy 9.8%, Resource Management 5.5%, Top-Down 4.4%
- #46 Hive Defender
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Underground Alien Studios, AB
Windows
Hive Defender is an co-op and PvE focused RTS which aims to hit that "easy to pick up, impossible to master" sweet spot, where the game is made to be enjoyable at all skill levels by offering accessible, but rewarding depth of gameplay.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 44.9% ★, Tower Defense 23.4%, Procedural Generation 10.8%, Tactical 7.8%, PvE 5.1%
- #47 Smushie Time
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: SAEGaming
Windows
Defend your farm from the invading Smushies! Slice, squish, and scorch through endless waves in this fast-paced roguelite defense game. Collect their souls to upgrade your farm, unlock bizarre items, wear way to many hats, and discover ridiculous builds with near endless combinations!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.3%, Action Roguelike 25.7%, Roguelite 14.4%, Action RPG 7.2%, Tactical 4.8%
- #48 The Krilling: Scare Feast!
71% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: 310 GAMES LLC
Windows
In this funny bayou based game, complete recipes as a cursed shrimp ghost by luring in and scaring unassuming hotel guests. Collect your victims emotions, mess with physics, and unlock new possessables to please the mysterious Gator Ghost and possibly become human again!
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 64.9% ★, Funny 9.7%, Physics 8.4%, Top-Down 8.4%, Colorful 3.5%
- #49 FloraHive
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Stranded Ocean
Windows
Build, Upgrade, and then Move your Towers in this unique twist on the Tower Defence genre. With Rogue-Lite mechanics every run offers new strategies, and every death unlocks new upgrades. Grow. Evolve. Destroy the Robots!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.4%, Procedural Generation 16.6%, Roguelite 15.8%, Top-Down 8.5%, PvE 8%
- #50 Axom: Conquest
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Hairy Penguin
Windows
Build and defend your fortress while expanding out in this hold-out tower defense roguelite. Battle across a procedural alien homeworld, fight back corrupted terrain, discover hundreds of structures and upgrades as physics-driven swarms threaten to wipe out humanity.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.2%, Base Building 14.8%, Procedural Generation 12.4%, Physics 12%, Roguelite 11%
- #51 DOO DOO Town Saver
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Doo Doo Oppa
Windows
Defend your town against relentless enemy waves in this top-down action game that combines real-time combat, strategic town upgrades, and tower defense. Recruit powerful soldiers, strengthen your defenses, and survive until the final battle.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33%, Action Roguelike 19.6%, Roguelite 12%, Strategy 11.4%, Base Building 7.6%
- #52 Survivor TD : Favor of the Gods
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Cartable Studio
Windows
A tactical defense game where you build the battlefield itself. Lure enemies through your maze using traps, towers, and godly powers.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.9%, Action Roguelike 24.5%, Strategy 8.8%, Top-Down 7.1%, Roguelite 7.1%
- #53 Boundless Paths
68% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2024
Dev: Oaklin
Windows
An Exploration Tower-Defense Roguelite that lets you control the evolving map and monster spawns. Find resources, reveal encounters, adapt defenses, and enjoy endless replayability with procedural map/path generation and a quest/prestige system.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39%, Roguelite 16.1%, Procedural Generation 15.5%, Resource Management 14.7%, Strategy 6.5%
- #54 Spud Keeper
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Skeindem
Windows
Pick up and smash bugs, upgrade your tools to protect your potato patch from escalating waves of pests!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30%, Action Roguelike 20.4%, Resource Management 11.8%, Roguelite 10.2%, Top-Down 10%
- #55 SUPRACORE
69% matchPositive86% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: ZokerinoDev
Windows
SUPRACORE is a roguelike base building game. Build your base, upgrade it and defend against ongoing waves of enemies to gather more resources and expand your Core!
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.1%, Base Building 16.5%, Resource Management 11.7%, Action Roguelike 9.9%, Roguelite 9.7%
- #56 Blue Dynasty:Town Defense
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kuntay Koca
Windows · Mac
Blue Dynasty is a Medieval ARPG/Strategy game that blends TD and Hack and Slash genres with Rogue Lite mechanics. Dominate the map by strengthening your equipment, but remember there is no shield stronger than the city walls. If you are looking for challenging discoveries, the dungeons await you.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.5%, Roguelite 13.6%, Action Roguelike 13.4%, Action RPG 12.3%, Base Building 11.5%
- #57 DARK FACETS
70% match8 user reviews63% of 8 reviews2021
Dev: Oluin
Windows · Linux
Dark facets is a 2d strategy action game in the tower defense genre with the unusual mechanics and a unique storyline. In the role of a dark magician, you will have to build your own citadel, mine resources and engage in battle with a dangerous enemy.
Why similar: Villain Protagonist 52.1% ★, Tower Defense 25.6%, Base Building 11.3%, Strategy 4.9%, Resource Management 4.9%
- #58 Defender Bros
66% matchVery Positive87% of 106 reviews2024
Dev: Lucky DartPub: The Bueno Interactive
Windows
Prepare your defenses during the day and survive until dawn. Defender Bros is a Top-Down Tower Defense Roguelike where you play as a Soldier defending your Base. Pick between multiple abilities as you level up to increase you power, then after each run buy perks and get stronger
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.4%, Action Roguelike 13.6%, Base Building 12.1%, Tactical 11.6%, Top-Down 9.9%
- #59 Vampirio
66% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Cell1 (division of Outfit7 Limited)Pub: Outfit7 Neo Limited
Windows
Vampirio is a day/night roguelike where you build your village by day and defend it by night. Upgrade heroes, and fight monsters, undead, and dragons with run-changing skills as you push through missions and bosses.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.2%, Action Roguelike 23.2%, Base Building 15.4%, Action RPG 13.7%, Strategy 5.8%
- #60 Tiny Planets: Dream Defender
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Listopad Games
Windows · Mac
Defend tiny planets by rotating them under enemy attacks. Build towers, smash meteors, unlock new mechanics, and grow stronger after every defeat. A cozy roguelite tower defense focused on fun, experimentation, and satisfying progression.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.9%, Roguelite 18%, Base Building 15%, Strategy 10.2%, Tactical 8%