- #1 Transport Legion
97% matchVery Positive86% of 99 reviews2025
Dev: 喜人一个
Windows · Linux
A unique roguelike card-based tower defense game. Strategically place cards, manage resource transport, balance production with combat, and craft distinctive decks to claim victory.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.6%, Card Game 23.8%, Strategy 18.8%, Roguelite 15.5%, Hex Grid 12.1% ★
- #2 CD 2: Trap Master
96% matchVery Positive80% of 371 reviews2024
Dev: ACE ENTERTAINMENT
Windows · Mac
Become THE Trap Master - play your deck of lethal traps to mow down waves of bizarre creatures and protect your altars! Craft a unique deck of traps and powers, discover treasure of surprise effects, and guard a different base each time until you are ready for the unforgiving boss.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.7%, Card Game 18.6%, Deckbuilding 14.7%, Roguelite 14.6%, Strategy 9.2%
- #3 Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids
96% matchMostly Positive74% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: YogurtGames
Windows
Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids is a medieval fantasy blend of tower defense and roguelike progression. Build defenses on a grid, manage resources, and survive ever-evolving enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43%, Roguelite 22.3%, Card Game 13%, Strategy 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 4%
- #4 Tower Tactics: Liberation
95% matchVery Positive88% of 1,252 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
We fused deck-building roguelikes and tower defenses in a way never seen before - deploy your towers, collect valuable trinkets and cast powerful spells to defend yourself against the Salkoth!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.8%, Card Game 21.6%, Deckbuilding 15.1%, Roguelite 13.7%, Strategy 9.2%
- #5 Rogue Tower
94% matchVery Positive83% of 5,919 reviews2022
Dev: Die of Death Games
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.
Why similar: Tower Defense 64.1%, Strategy 18.1%, Roguelite 13.3%, Magic 3.9%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #6 Shapebreaker - Tower Defense Deckbuilder
94% matchVery Positive80% of 65 reviews2023
Dev: Alexander Van den Bulck
Windows
A fusion of tower defense games and roguelike deckbuilders. Use your cards to build towers and to upgrade them in unique ways. Gain rewards to customize your deck, defense and playstyle. Break the shapes before they break you!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.9%, Card Game 16.4%, Roguelite 15.8%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Strategy 12.5%
- #7 Guardians of Holme
93% matchMostly Positive76% of 165 reviews2023
Dev: MossTech StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guardians of Holme is a tower defense game with deckbuilding and roguelite elements. Players must use the terrain to their advantage and formulate defensive tactics by strategically placing powerful traps to repel endless waves of enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.2%, Strategy 21.7%, Deckbuilding 19.9%, Card Game 17.7%, Indie 1.1%
- #8 Aurora Defense
92% matchMixed62% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Moka Games
Windows
A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.4%, Card Game 20.1%, Roguelite 16.3%, Deckbuilding 15.3%, Strategy 11.3%
- #9 Dungeon Warfare 2
91% matchVery Positive90% of 1,151 reviews2018
Dev: Valsar
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 94%
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 58.6%, Strategy 32.6%, Indie 4.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
- #10 Hexguardian
91% matchMostly Positive80% of 700 reviews2024
Dev: Split Second GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.1%, Hex Grid 25.4% ★, Roguelite 18.8%, Strategy 11.5%, Magic 9.4%
- #11 Cartridge Defense
90% matchVery Positive92% of 100 reviews2022
Dev: Out Gaming
Windows
Cartridge Defense is a tower defense game with over 300 distinct collectible cards that you will use to create your own decks to defend against robots in the cyberpunk inspired future. Play cards (cartridges) to spawn towers, upgrades, special abilities and more in a campaign or rogue-like mode.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.7%, Card Game 21.2%, Deckbuilding 16.4%, Roguelite 16.1%, Strategy 9.1%
- #12 Nomad Defender
89% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: Dhelpra Games
Windows
You wake up in a gloomy room. Become the test subject of a shady software program that feeds on Tower Defense - Roguelike - Deckbuilder simulations.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.8%, Card Game 24.1%, Roguelite 16.5%, Strategy 13.7%, Deckbuilding 7.7%
- #13 Mineral Defense
89% matchVery Positive90% of 253 reviews2024
Dev: Corestone Games
Windows · Linux
Mineral Defense combines tower defense with roguelite elements and procedural generation. Build paths, unlock upgrades, and unleash powerful synergies to conquer evolving challenges in an ever-expanding world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.4%, Card Game 22.4%, Roguelite 18.4%, Deckbuilding 15.2%, Strategy 11.5%
- #14 Castle Cardians
88% matchMostly Positive75% of 133 reviews2021
Dev: 风宇冲
Windows
Castle Cardians fused card games,roguelike and real time colony defense together. Build your powerful deck, defend the castle and beat invaders.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.5%, Card Game 25.6%, Deckbuilding 20.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.7%
- #15 Digs TD
87% matchMixed69% of 106 reviews2023
Dev: Digs Team
Windows · Mac
Take on the ultimate tower defense challenge in Digs, a roguelike game where you shape the battlefield, mine resources, and strategize against a variety of enemies. Manage your actions, customize your arsenal with upgrade cards, and explore diverse levels. Can you dig in and emerge victorious?
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.7%, Roguelite 22.6%, Deckbuilding 18.1%, Strategy 14.7%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #16 Stronghold’s Dungeon
86% matchMixed69% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: FazerdooPub: Fazerdoo's Studio
Windows
Stronghold's Dungeon is a Deck Building Dungeon Crawler game with Rogue-lite mechanics. You will get to craft a deck to fight and try to overcome this dungeon and its terrible master.
Why similar: Card Game 29.6%, Deckbuilding 29.5%, Strategy 21.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%, Magic 5.6%
- #17 Legacy of Defense
84% 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 39.4%, Deckbuilding 20.2%, Roguelite 19.6%, Strategy 11.9%, Magic 7.2%
- #18 The Last Hex
86% matchVery Positive80% of 218 reviews2021
Dev: That Indie Studio
Windows
The dead arise and only you can stand against them. Equip and train your character, grow your arsenal of cards, survive harrowing encounters and prepare for the final showdown with The Lost at ...The Last Hex! A RPG Deckbuilder with Roguelite elements.
Why similar: Card Game 32.1%, Deckbuilding 27.6%, Roguelite 21.8%, Strategy 14.9%, Indie 2.4%
- #19 Castle Constructor
85% matchVery Positive81% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Sisyphean Games
Windows
Build and defend using a modular system of castle blocks. Fend off enemies who will climb over and break through your defenses. Collect new blocks and research techs to improve their strengths. From lowly soldiers to powerful siege weapons; defeat them all as you strive to protect your kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42%, Hex Grid 27.4% ★, Deckbuilding 16.5%, Strategy 13.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #20 Crystal Guardians TD
84% matchVery Positive88% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: Green Pine Studios
Windows
Crystal Guardians is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Fight of waves and defend the world crystal. Gear up your towers with a powerful combination of items for your strategy. In an ever expanding map, find hidden powers and conquer the enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.9%, Roguelite 26.3%, Strategy 15.5%, Magic 8.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #21 Everwarder
82% matchVery Positive88% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: qLatePub: indie.io
Windows · Mac · Linux
Everwarder is a refreshing take on the tower defense genre, blending roguelite mechanics with a time-based survival concept. Fight against the encroaching darkness and fend off emerging enemies. Collect artifacts, buy upgrades, discover ancient structures, unlock new units and more!
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.8%, Roguelite 24%, Strategy 15.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Dark 7.3%
- #22 Hadean Tactics
82% matchVery Positive89% of 1,926 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!
Why similar: Card Game 32.7%, Deckbuilding 24.9%, Roguelite 24.8%, Strategy 14.8%, Indie 1.7%
- #23 魔塔地牢
83% matchMostly Positive71% of 243 reviews2021
Dev: Zeros
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Randomly generated Magic Tower dungeons A strategy-based fixed-value Roguelike RPG
Why similar: Roguelite 39.7%, Strategy 27.5%, Retro 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 13.6%, Indie 3%
- #24 Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD
81% matchMostly Positive74% of 240 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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 42.6%, Roguelite 23.2%, Deckbuilding 20.8%, Strategy 13.3%
- #25 Vambrace: Dungeon Monarch
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 69 reviews2025
Dev: Dvora Studio Co. Ltd.Pub: Headup
Windows
Deck-building, dungeon defense, and tactical gameplay combine in Dungeon Monarch! Recruit warriors and wizards, buff your heroes, and thrash your foes — summon your dungeon monarch to punish interlopers and defeat enemies to increase your dark powers!
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.7%, Deckbuilding 20.2%, Roguelite 20%, Magic 11.1%, Strategy 10.9%
- #26 HEXSTORM: Tears of Arcadia
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Tearevo
Windows · Mac · Linux
HEXSTORM: Tears of Arcadia is a tactical tower defense with roguelike structure. Build your flying fortress, upgrade your ship, and combine powerful boosts. Every battle is unique. Uncover the mystery of the fallen captain.
Why similar: Tower Defense 74%, Strategy 24.8%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #27 Galaxy Defense War
78% matchVery Positive97% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Zero Space
Windows
'Galaxy Defense War' is a roguelike tower defense game where you need to select suitable galactic principles from randomly dropped heroes and equipment to form a combat-ready team to resist alien invaders.
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.7%, Roguelite 29.2%, Strategy 22.2%, Indie 1.1%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #28 Madcap Mosaic
80% matchVery Positive95% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: 1classydude
Windows
Carefully craft your Mosaic in this fantasy themed deckbuilding game. Battle by battle, tile by tile, you'll form synergies and build up your Mosaic's combo potential, hoping to beat the curve as you forge deeper into enemy territory.
Why similar: Card Game 26.6%, Roguelite 23.5%, Deckbuilding 22.2%, Strategy 15.4%, Magic 6%
- #29 Emberward
76% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,818 reviews2024
Dev: Refic Games
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.3%, Roguelite 21.6%, Deckbuilding 20.3%, Strategy 13.9%, Indie 1.9%
- #30 Role of Hex
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 98 reviews2023
Dev: Verde
Windows
Role of Hex is a real-time strategy game where you defend your hexagonal base from the dangers of the universe. Gather upgrades and unlock special buildings to survive this hostile land as endless waves of enemies approach. But be quick, time is ticking and the waves are getting bigger.
Why similar: Tower Defense 60.2%, Hex Grid 24.9% ★, Strategy 14.9%
- #31 Creeping Dusk
78% 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 49.3%, Roguelite 26.3%, Strategy 18.3%, Pixel Graphics 3.6%, Indie 1.8%
- #32 Crystal Guardians Prologue
77% matchVery Positive94% of 77 reviews2024
Dev: Green Pine Studios
Windows
Crystal Guardians prologue (small slice of the full game) is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Fight off waves and defend the base crystal. Gear up your towers with a powerful combination of items for your personal strategy. In a procedural map, find hidden powers and conquer the enemy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 50.7%, Roguelite 26.3%, Strategy 16.5%, Magic 6.2%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #33 Last Stand: Defense
76% matchVery Positive84% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: ZiiTech Games
Windows · Mac
"Last Stand:Defense" is a tower defense-themed Rogue-like game. Players need to defend against waves of enemies by building bases, matching talents, and performing delicate operations during battles. Remember, every choice you make will affect the final outcome of the battle!
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.4%, Roguelite 22.8%, Strategy 16.7%, Magic 13.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #34 Block Tower TD
77% matchVery Positive86% of 97 reviews2023
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Block Tower TD is a roguelike tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Build a world out of blocks, choose random upgrades to make every run unique.
Why similar: Tower Defense 49%, Roguelite 25.1%, Strategy 18.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #35 Repel The Rifts
74% matchVery Positive85% of 363 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: Tower Defense 55.7%, Roguelite 23.7%, Strategy 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%, Indie 1.1%
- #36 Abyss Horde
73% matchVery Positive89% of 88 reviews2026
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 45.6%, Roguelite 23.7%, Magic 12.9%, Strategy 12.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.5%
- #37 Loopstructor
74% matchVery Positive83% of 383 reviews2024
Dev: Pone Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
This is a strategy game that combines tower defense with Roguelike. Unlike traditional tower defense game, the towers in the game are vehicles that move along ‘loops’.You need to create defense loop and build battle trains to defend against enemy attacks.
Why similar: Tower Defense 58.9%, Strategy 21.9%, Roguelite 14.6%, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #38 Overdungeon
75% matchMostly Positive80% of 3,108 reviews2019
Dev: Pocketpair
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 79%
A completely new style real-time card battle "Overdungeon" Overdungeon combines rogue-like, tower defense and card games. More than 100 cards are Attack, Animal, Building, Spell, Trap, etc..Build your creative and crazy deck!
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.5%, Card Game 22.4%, Roguelite 19%, Deckbuilding 18.8%, Strategy 14.6%
- #39 FrostBound
72% matchVery Positive82% of 1,270 reviews2025
Dev: Lyra StudioPub: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
FrostBound is a roguelike deck-building tower defense set in an endless winter. Build your base, master 500+ cards, and withstand relentless waves to end the eternal frost.
Why similar: Card Game 36.4%, Deckbuilding 30.5%, Strategy 15.6%, Roguelite 15%, Indie 1.5%
- #40 Relic Guardian - Tower Defense
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,113 reviews2025
Dev: Mystrigger
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 77%
"Relic Guardian" is a fantasy style strategy tower defense game. As the builder on the battlefield, summon a variety of defense towers and spells with reliable hero companions to complete this epic and guarding adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 62.1%, Strategy 22.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Indie 1.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #41 Ardor
73% matchVery Positive95% of 200 reviews2022
Dev: Thaddeus Psarris
Windows
A hex-grid puzzle-tactics card game. Outwit and outlive your enemies, while upgrading your deck. A lightweight game of bite-sized encounters.
Why similar: Deckbuilding 30.7%, Hex Grid 25.4% ★, Card Game 24.9%, Strategy 16.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #42 Islets Defense
71% matchVery Positive94% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: MiniGoofPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Islets Defense is a turn-based tower defense game in which you build a small village to gather resources and defend your castle. Carefully plan your actions, as each move brings the enemy waves closer! Strategize building placements and play your cards wisely, as timing and order are key.
Why similar: Tower Defense 72.7%, Strategy 25.9%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #43 Super Sanctum TD
75% matchVery Positive86% of 1,578 reviews2013
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 34.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 66.4%, Strategy 15%, Retro 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%, Indie 1.8%
- #44 Hell Deck
70% matchVery Positive87% of 129 reviews2026
Dev: OFFMOON Inc.
Windows · Mac
Collect units and build powerful synergies on a restricted grid in Hell Deck, a dark roguelike deckbuilder defense game. Construct your own bizarre, twisted ecosystem through a brutal cycle of predation and sacrifice, and defend hell from the holy swarm
Why similar: Card Game 31.2%, Roguelite 25.6%, Deckbuilding 21%, Strategy 14.8%, Dark 6.5%
- #45 Reign of the Renegade
73% matchVery Positive88% of 69 reviews2023
Dev: Dabuoys
Windows
Reign of the Renegade is a dice-based roguelite deckbuilder. Ascend the tower, brave the odds, and create powerful synergies. Will you end the Reign of the Renegade?
Why similar: Card Game 37.8%, Strategy 24.6%, Deckbuilding 19.1%, Roguelite 10%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
- #46 Lost For Swords
70% matchVery Positive90% of 307 reviews2025
Dev: MaxBytes
Windows · Linux
Lost For Swords is a Roguelike Deckbuilder, where the cards in your deck shape the rooms you’re exploring. Make your way up the tower, equip weapons and armor, cast spells and scrolls, activate auras, collect loot and defeat monsters in tactical turn-based combat.
Why similar: Card Game 31%, Deckbuilding 25.4%, Roguelite 20.9%, Strategy 12.1%, Magic 8%
- #47 Tower Dominion
68% matchVery Positive86% of 5,489 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 57.7%, Roguelite 23.7%, Strategy 17.6%, Singleplayer 1%
- #48 Tower Factory
69% matchVery Positive89% of 1,247 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?
Why similar: Tower Defense 52.6%, Roguelite 28.1%, Strategy 18.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #49 3 Minute Heroes
72% matchVery Positive84% of 222 reviews2021
Dev: Sinkhole Studio
Windows
3 Minute Heroes is a real-time strategy game that combines tower defense, deck building, and rogue-like genres. Place your champions, use cards, and keep your home safe for 3 minutes!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.5%, Card Game 24.2%, Strategy 17.9%, Roguelite 15.2%, Deckbuilding 11.7%
- #50 Mech Fortress
69% matchVery Positive87% of 264 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 73.2%, Strategy 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #51 Gem Miner TD
68% matchVery Positive97% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: iFeral Games
Windows
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 38.5%, Roguelite 20.9%, Underground 20.4% ★, Strategy 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.8%
- #52 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: Tower Defense 51.8%, Roguelite 29.4%, Strategy 17.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #53 Gnomes
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,808 reviews2025
Dev: DYSTOPIAN
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 53.3%, Roguelite 17.9%, Strategy 13.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.8%, Dark 6.6%
- #54 Dimwood
67% matchVery Positive100% of 53 reviews2025
Dev: Inkspun LLC
Windows
A roguelike deck builder where you venture into the Dimwood, armed with unique modal cards. Rendered in dense 1-Bit pixel art, carefully build your deck and modify your cards to balance offense and utility. Battle your way past increasingly fearsome enemies and defeat the Beast at its heart.
Why similar: Card Game 28%, Deckbuilding 27%, Roguelite 26.2%, Strategy 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #55 Refactor
69% matchVery Positive84% of 469 reviews2022
Dev: GAGAPub: LightOn Game
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 36.0 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Refactor is a hard-core tower defense game that combines modular building, route planning, and element composition.
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.6%, Roguelite 24.4%, Strategy 14.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Retro 5.7%
- #56 Tangy TD
64% matchVery Positive90% of 1,510 reviews2026
Dev: Cakez
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Strategic tower defense where you play a witch, place class-based towers, equip them with items that grant powerful abilities, combine them, create unique builds & deal ridiculous amounts of damage! Customize your builds with a deep stat system and giant skill tree!
Why similar: Tower Defense 67.4%, Strategy 21.4%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%, Indie 1.6%
- #57 The Last Spell
65% matchVery Positive91% of 13,615 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 43.6%, Roguelite 25.3%, Strategy 19.7%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #58 Broken Universe - Tower Defense
67% matchVery Positive91% of 313 reviews2023
Dev: Jinthree Studio
Windows
Get ready to rethink all your defense strategies! Build barricades to stop monsters, or lure them into a maze and attack. A variety of stages that change each time depending on how you play them.
Why similar: Tower Defense 53.9%, Deckbuilding 23.1%, Strategy 19.1%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #59 Orcdom
66% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: GAGAPub: OKJOY
Windows
Orcdom is a minimalist tower defense game with full freedom in tower placement. Defend your crystal from waves of orcs attacking from all directions. Plan your layout, time your spells, and unlock new strategy modes in this fast-paced tactical challenge!
Why similar: Tower Defense 55.8%, Strategy 18.6%, Magic 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.5%, Indie 1.8%
- #60 Golemworks
65% matchVery Positive90% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: evilalbert
Windows · Mac · Linux
Assemble a factory, manufacture golems, and defend yourself from ruin in this strategic automation roguelike.
Why similar: Tower Defense 63.5%, Strategy 25.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%