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60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Indie, Adventure, Fantasy.

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Four heroes are facing a horde of evil! Ultimate abilities, magic artifacts, hero upgrades and clever tactics... All these will help to defeat the Boss.

Reviews: Very Positive — 84% — of 482 reviews
Released: 2016-08-19
Developer: Battlecruiser Games
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac, Linux
Median playtime: 4.6 hrs
Mean playtime: 6.8 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 95%

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  2. #2 Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
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    Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
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    Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 21.0 hrs≥1hr: 92%

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    Why similar: Tower Defense 37.8%, Strategy 26.6%, Magic 12.4%, Fantasy 9.8%, Adventure 7.6%

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    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 17,096 reviews2014
    Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%

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    Why similar: Tower Defense 42.6%, Strategy 23.7%, Tactical 14.2%, Fantasy 8.2%, Adventure 6.5%

  4. #4 Guards II: Chaos in Hell
    94% matchVery Positive95% of 150 reviews2025
    Dev: Battlecruiser GamesPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows

    Assemble a squad of four fearless heroes and embark on a deadly journey through the circles of Hell, inspired by dark myths from around the world. Battle legions of demons and challenge the Devil himself!

    Why similar: Turn-Based 40.8%, Strategy 16.8%, Tactical 13.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 13.3%, Fantasy 8.2%

  5. #5 HERO DEFENSE
    94% matchMixed63% of 772 reviews2016
    Dev: Happy TuesdayPub: Headup
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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 54.3%, Strategy 27.1%, Indie 9.7%, Fantasy 4.8%, Adventure 4.1%

  6. #6 Tiny Guardians
    93% matchMostly Positive79% of 160 reviews2016
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    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%

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    Why similar: Strategy 41.8%, Tower Defense 23.5%, Adventure 19%, Indie 15.6%

  7. #7 Guards II: Prologue
    91% matchVery Positive93% of 160 reviews2025
    Dev: Battlecruiser GamesPub: HeroCraft PC
    Windows

    Assemble a team of four brave heroes and embark on a nightmarish journey through the circles of Hell, filled with demons and ancient horrors! The free tactical game Guards II: Prologue will immerse you in battles inspired by myths from various cultures. Are you ready to challenge the darkness?

    Why similar: Strategy 33.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 25.5%, Tactical 14.4%, Adventure 12.1%, Fantasy 11.2%

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    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 8.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    A Heroic-Parody tactical RPG combining dungeon crawler’s gameplay and turn-based fights. Dive in an off-beat universe, manage your team and craft mighty gear to equip them! Build your own dungeon by hiding traps and monsters in your galleries, then challenge other players to clean it!

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    91% matchMixed67% of 58 reviews2016
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    Why similar: Strategy 45.4%, Tower Defense 34.1%, Fantasy 10.6%, Indie 9.9%

  10. #10 Eador. Imperium
    90% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,265 reviews2017
    Dev: Snowbird Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Hire heroes, build an army, prevail in battles and try to keep your empire intact in the face of grave danger. Eador. Imperium is a new chapter in Eador series, known for its unique blend of grand strategy, turn-based tactics and RPG elements.

    Why similar: Strategy 49.1%, Turn-Based 29.4%, Indie 15.5%, Fantasy 6%

  11. #11 Guardians of Holme
    89% matchMostly Positive76% of 165 reviews2023
    Dev: MossTech StudioPub: indienova
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Strategy 38.6%, Tower Defense 27.7%, Adventure 14.7%, Tactical 8.6%, Fantasy 5.9%

  12. #12 Evil Defenders
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    Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
    Windows · Mac
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  14. #14 Last Hope - Tower Defense
    87% matchVery Positive83% of 460 reviews2016
    Dev: JE Software
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%

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  15. #15 Goblin Defenders: Steel‘n’ Wood
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    Dev: Alawar Casual
    Windows
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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    Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    Windows
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    Windows

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    Dev: Elixion
    Windows

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    Dev: Trese Brothers
    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows · Mac · Linux
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    Windows

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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 98%

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    Windows

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  31. #31 Rats, Bats, and Bones
    76% matchVery Positive90% of 98 reviews2019
    Dev: Smallfry Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    Why similar: Strategy 48.4%, Tower Defense 32.7%, Indie 19%

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    Dev: Suspicious Developments
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 77%

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  33. #33 TAVERN GUARDIANS: BANQUET
    76% matchMostly Positive70% of 76 reviews2018
    Dev: WOMBO COMBO GAMES INC.
    Windows

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  34. #34 Has-Been Heroes
    75% matchMostly Positive76% of 392 reviews2017
    Dev: FrozenbytePub: GameTrust Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Has-Been Heroes is a challenging, lane-based roguelike game of strategy and action, featuring a band of heroes on a quest to escort the King's twin princesses to school!

    Why similar: Strategy 30.3%, Tactical 20.7%, Tower Defense 20.2%, Magic 10.5%, Indie 10.2%

  35. #35 Defense Zone
    75% matchVery Positive82% of 85 reviews2014
    Dev: Artem Kotov
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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  36. #36 GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath
    72% matchVery Positive89% of 2,868 reviews2020
    Dev: Game in a Bottle
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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  37. #37 Blackguards
    73% matchMixed62% of 3,917 reviews2014
    Dev: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%

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    Why similar: Turn-Based 52.7%, Strategy 18.1%, Tactical 13.3%, Fantasy 6.9%, Indie 3.5%

  38. #38 King's Guard TD
    74% matchMixed58% of 369 reviews2016
    Dev: NightbinderPub: My Way Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 93%

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  39. #39 Defend the Rook
    71% matchMostly Positive77% of 244 reviews2021
    Dev: One Up PlusPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 54%

    A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!

    Why similar: Turn-Based 44.7%, Tower Defense 21.4%, Strategy 18.2%, Tactical 15.7%

  40. #40 Dungeon Warfare
    70% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 2,013 reviews2015
    Dev: Valsar
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%

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  41. #41 Beasts Battle
    73% matchMostly Positive74% of 96 reviews2016
    Dev: Greenolor StudioPub: Kaser Studio
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%

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    Why similar: Strategy 56.9%, Adventure 23.7%, Indie 19.5%

  42. #42 Tinyfolks
    69% matchVery Positive93% of 1,100 reviews2022
    Dev: Pierre VandermaesenPub: VANDERMAESEN GAMES
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 67%

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    Why similar: Tactical 27.8%, Strategy 26.2%, Turn-Based Tactics 21.7%, Magic 14%, Fantasy 10.3%

  43. #43 Bravium
    73% matchMixed66% of 78 reviews2018
    Dev: INGAME
    Windows
    Median: 42 minMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 42%

    Bravium is an epic Hero Defense adventure RPG. Equip your heroes with mighty weapons and items, control powerful magic spells. And don't forget about the cabbages.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 51.1%, Indie 32.4%, Puzzle 16.5%

  44. #44 Girls vs Goblins
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2026
    Dev: Maiden Realm
    Windows · Mac · Linux

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    71% matchMostly Positive77% of 423 reviews2015
    Dev: CreobitPub: 8Floor
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 96%

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    Why similar: Tower Defense 36.8%, Strategy 28.3%, Tactical 13.4%, Adventure 11.8%, Indie 9.7%

  46. #46 Hell Warders
    72% matchMixed56% of 172 reviews2019
    Dev: Anti Gravity Game StudiosPub: PQube
    Windows
    Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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  47. #47 Keep the Heroes Out
    69% matchMixed60% of 51 reviews2025
    Dev: Brueh GamesPub: YarnCat Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    An asymmetric, cooperative dungeon defense game for 1-4 players where you play as the monsters protecting their hard earned treasures against invading hordes of looters (so-called heroes) trying to steal it.

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  48. #48 Idle TD: Heroes vs Zombies
    70% matchMostly Positive74% of 166 reviews2022
    Dev: Swell Games LLC
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 27.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    An endless Tower Defense game of epic heroes vs evil zombies. Unlock and upgrade countless Heroes, artifacts, and technologies to defend against the infinite zombie swarms. Strategize the most effective placement of Heroes to synergize their skills and abilities.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 44.4%, Strategy 39.1%, Fantasy 16.5%

  49. #49 Defense Grid: The Awakening
    68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,368 reviews2008
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    Windows
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 15.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%

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  50. #50 Shields of Loyalty
    67% matchMostly Positive75% of 183 reviews2025
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    Why similar: Turn-Based 43%, Strategy 17.9%, Tactical 12.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 11.7%, Fantasy 9.1%

  51. #51 Legacy of Defense
    66% matchMostly Positive75% of 539 reviews2026
    Dev: Enter the Game Studios
    Windows

    Become the hero who protects the fantasy world and stop the monster invasion! 'Legacy of Defense' combines defense with deck-building. Build your deck, use powerful skills, gain experience, upgrade, clear stages, and defeat the final boss. Ready to test your strategy and luck?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 39%, Strategy 29.5%, Magic 14%, Fantasy 11.3%, Indie 6.2%

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    Dev: Legacy ForgePub: Numskull Games
    Windows

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    70% matchMixed57% of 60 reviews2021
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    Windows

    Guardians of Hyelore is an action-packed unit recruitment game pitting your units and strategies against an onslaught of enemies. Hire units, improve your troops, earn achievements, and spawn your Guardian to fight 150+ unique enemies in this exciting take on the army-spawning action genre.

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    Dev: Solo Gaming
    Windows

    Darkness tears reality apart. Hordes of beasts, monsters, and abyssal demons surge from the depths mindless, driven only by destruction. Adventurer, the line needs you! In 《Abyss Horde》, defend against ever-stronger waves. Every run builds a new defense; every upgrade shifts the tide.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 39%, Strategy 26.9%, Magic 21.6%, Fantasy 12.6%

  55. #55 No Heroes Here
    67% matchVery Positive90% of 484 reviews2017
    Dev: Mad Mimic
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    No Heroes Here is a frantic co-op game for 1 to 4 players, available in local and online modes. Craft and use several items effectively whilst coordinating your ragtag band of non-heroes to defend castles and survive! ...Oh, as well as saving the Kingdom in the meantime!

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  56. #56 Dwerve
    66% matchMostly Positive74% of 552 reviews2022
    Dev: Half Human Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    An epic action-adventure with tower defense combat! Dungeon crawl through a ruined kingdom, fending off hordes with turrets and traps! Punch them into pits! Pull them into spinblades! Zap and burn them!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 34.4%, Strategy 20.5%, Tactical 19.9%, Adventure 10.1%, Fantasy 9.8%

  57. #57 Sentinels of Freedom
    67% matchMostly Positive74% of 265 reviews2020
    Dev: Underbite Games
    Windows

    Prepare for a story-driven campaign within the Sentinel Comics universe as you join forces with an ever-growing team to face a wide variety of villains. Create your hero, gather your team, and save the world in this exciting new turn-based strategy!

    Why similar: Strategy 54.4%, Adventure 25.5%, Indie 20.1%

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