
Hold the Core is a roguelite tower defense game about trading safety for power. Draft Risk Cards, shape enemy routes, evolve towers, and survive deadly enemies and bosses.
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Hold the Core is a roguelite tower defense game about trading safety for power. Draft Risk Cards, shape enemy routes, evolve towers, and survive deadly enemies and bosses.

Space Cycle
Space resources are the battleground for warring factions. As a Space Defense Officer, protect your faction's assets in a vast, hostile universe. Allocate resources, upgrade defenses, and repel relentless enemy attacks! With over 50 unique units and deep strategy, experience real-time tower defense!

Defense Golem
Defense Golem is a tower defense game that supports random evolution.
Space resources are the battleground for warring factions. As a Space Defense Officer, protect your faction's assets in a vast, hostile universe. Allocate resources, upgrade defenses, and repel relentless enemy attacks! With over 50 unique units and deep strategy, experience real-time tower defense!
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.8%, Roguelite 27.7%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Strategy 5.9%, Singleplayer 2.4%
Defense Golem is a tower defense game that supports random evolution.
Why similar: Tower Defense 62.7%, Roguelite 30.8%, Strategy 4%, Singleplayer 2.5%
An AI menace is headed to your motherboard! CAN YOU SURVIVE?! A short tower defense game, where you strategically place unique towers on a grid to stop relentless waves of enemies. Survive as long as possible, & climb leaderboards.
Why similar: Tower Defense 77.1%, Sci-fi 19.6%, Strategy 2.2%, Indie 0.5%, Singleplayer 0.5%
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 81.4%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Strategy 5.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%, Indie 1%
Defend the solar system from fearsome aliens by sending satellites into orbit in revolutionary tower defense action!
Why similar: Tower Defense 79%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Strategy 6.5%, Action 4.1%, Indie 1.2%
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 85.2%, Strategy 7%, Sci-fi 6.3%, Indie 1.4%
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 73.2%, Strategy 10.5%, Action 8.3%, Sci-fi 5.9%, Indie 2.1%
Sci-fi tower defense where you create your own maze, manage drones and power levels, and harvest for resources. Upgrade your turrets, buildings and ground units. Upgrade and buy new vehicles and motherships.
Why similar: Tower Defense 63.6%, Sci-fi 22.1%, Strategy 9.1%, Singleplayer 3.5%, Indie 1.7%
The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!
Why similar: Tower Defense 74.9%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Strategy 7.2%, Action 4%, Indie 1.7%
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 73.9%, Strategy 11.1%, Sci-fi 10.6%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
A hybrid card game and tower defence where the hands you play become the towers you build. Defeat the enemies approaching the bear's den and find modifiers that support the elements of your defensive strategy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 90.6%, Roguelite 3.8%, Strategy 2.6%, Action 1.7%, Indie 0.7%
Find the best combinations of projectiles and components to create the ultimate weapon. Mutate and upgrade your components to create stronger weapons. Fight wave after wave of monsters to reach the top.
Why similar: Tower Defense 50.7%, Roguelite 21.6%, Sci-fi 15.9%, Strategy 10.6%, Singleplayer 1.2%
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 52%, Roguelite 21.4%, Action 8.5%, Strategy 8.2%, Sci-fi 8.2%
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 88.1%, Strategy 6.7%, Action 5.2%
An epic, challenging tower defense game with an emphasis on strategy and replayability. Summon gems of immense magical potency and harness their unique abilities against a seemingly endless horde of monsters. The archdemon seeks to swallow the world, and you must journey to stand against her.
Why similar: Tower Defense 86.9%, Strategy 7.2%, Action 2.7%, Singleplayer 2%, Indie 1.2%
Rush for Glory is featuring challenging and rewarding Tower Defense battles, in which players are defending their base against an alien invasion. By strategically building towers and upgrading them, the player can keep his base safely and further progress through the extensive singleplayer campaign.
Why similar: Tower Defense 80.2%, Strategy 11.1%, Action 8.6%
Level up, find perfect item combinations, mow down hordes of slimes or fail trying! Slime Siege is a vibrant tower defense with rogue-lite elements. Strategize and create unique item builds for every map to endure the onslaught. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.1%, Roguelite 33.5%, Strategy 6.6%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 0.9%
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 91.4%, Strategy 7%, Indie 1.6%
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 57.1%, Roguelite 25.9%, Strategy 12.5%, Singleplayer 3.3%, Indie 1.1%
In this uniqueTower Defense you will travel through William’s mind in a colored and dreamlike universe.
Why similar: Tower Defense 78.8%, Strategy 9.9%, Action 8.1%, Indie 3.1%
M.A.C.E. Tower Defense is a classic tower defense game with unique towers and enemies and an ingame shop system for getting better towers, upgrade existing towers and buy special items.
Why similar: Tower Defense 58.4%, Strategy 13.2%, Action 12.6%, Sci-fi 12.3%, Indie 3.4%
A tower defense game that can design routes freely. You can rely on your intelligence to design defense lines to resist the attacks of various monsters, so as to protect your shelter.
Why similar: Tower Defense 55.5%, Roguelite 23.8%, Sci-fi 9.5%, Strategy 9.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
On the night I saved the world, I died. A tower defense game in which the main character travels through the world after his death. Collect characters and items, organize your party, and find out the mysteries hidden in the world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 53.6%, Roguelite 23.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Singleplayer 2.6%
Build blocks to defend the castle from monsters!
Why similar: Tower Defense 56.7%, Roguelite 28.2%, Action 12.1%, Singleplayer 1.9%, Indie 1.1%
Doodle: Defense is an exciting roguelite tower defense game in which you play as a mining vessel defending yourself against the planets inhabitants! Use ink to fire bullets and level up to upgrade yourself and add defenses! Extraction will take 20 minutes, good luck!
Why similar: Tower Defense 53.6%, Roguelite 32.3%, Action 7%, Strategy 5.5%, Singleplayer 1.5%
Defense Task Force Featuring Large Scale Procedurally Generated Tower Defense Battles with FPS Quality Visuals and Infinite Waves. 10 tower types, with different attacks , 3 levels plus boosts. 25 Enemy alien species: Regulars, Swarmers, Racers, Cloakers, Healers, Boss Units and Spawners.
Why similar: Tower Defense 70.9%, Sci-fi 16.3%, Strategy 10.2%, Indie 2.6%
Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds plenty of new features: unit morphing, over million tactical combinations, post-apo world and tower defense vs tower offense multiplayer mode.
Why similar: Tower Defense 60.2%, Strategy 13.8%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Action 9.6%, Indie 2.6%
Do you have the resources and upgrades you need to leave the planet in this roguelike genre where you try to defend your base, survive, gather the necessary resources, and upgrade your technology while trying to repair your spaceship on an uncharted planet you crash-landed on?
Why similar: Tower Defense 58.3%, Roguelite 26.7%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%, Indie 1.1%
You are an archer tasked with defending a castle from invading monsters. Inside the castle, you can manage resources and harvest crops, gather experience points to level up, and learn new skills and abilities to face stronger enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 78.3%, Strategy 9.2%, Action 8.9%, Singleplayer 2.9%, Indie 0.7%
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 51.2%, Roguelite 25.7%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Strategy 10.6%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.9%, Sci-fi 15.5%, Strategy 14.8%, Action 7.2%, Indie 2.3%
Stunning detail of levels, in-depth gameplay, finely tuned balance of all levels and turrets. The new, engaging levels are even more stunning and impressive.
Why similar: Tower Defense 87.7%, Strategy 9.9%, Indie 2.4%
Defend your desktop from invading viruses! An OS-themed strategic tower defense game where you combine various file extensions to build powerful defense towers.
Why similar: Tower Defense 53.9%, Roguelite 33.5%, Strategy 10.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%, Indie 1%
This is a 3D PVE Tower Defense rouge game that supports teams of up to 4 people. You and your teammates can choose the right trap turret according to their own division of labor to deal with different scenarios, so as to resist the wave of insects.
Why similar: Tower Defense 49.5%, Roguelite 23.2%, Sci-fi 12.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Action 3.7%
Commander is a war strategy tower defense game. You will play the role of a commander, constantly recruit soldiers to improve the defensive strength, match the appropriate lineup, and finally defeat the enemy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.7%, Roguelite 25.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Singleplayer 3.4%, Indie 1.2%
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 55.9%, Roguelite 26.4%, Strategy 8%, Action 7%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Custom craft over 2,000 unique towers in this minimalist tower defense. Pick 1-of-3 augments between each wave to fit your preferred playstyle, unlock upgrades between levels, and add bonus challenges to increase your high score.
Why similar: Tower Defense 61.6%, Roguelite 30.3%, Strategy 6.9%, Singleplayer 1.2%
Midnight Tower Defense is a roguelite tower defense strategy game, where you must fight endless waves of enemies either by hand with melee, or by purchasing towers and upgrades to fight from a distance. Every wave the can enemies grow stronger, with every 10 waves being a boss wave.
Why similar: Tower Defense 58.1%, Roguelite 23.5%, Strategy 9.6%, Action 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%
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 78.6%, Strategy 12%, Action 6.2%, Indie 3.1%
Neon Grid Defenders is a sci-fi roguelite tower defense game featuring a free and unique upgrade system, decision based path generation and a strong but static difficulty curve. Build your path, place your towers, hook them up with upgrades and melt your enemies!
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.9%, Roguelite 29.4%, Sci-fi 13.5%, Strategy 5.6%, Singleplayer 1.4%
Fieldrunners is now available on Steam! Download it now to play the hit tower defense game critics and fans have been raving about. Descend into the world of Fieldrunners, the most anticipated and visually stunning game in tower defense history!
Why similar: Tower Defense 90.2%, Strategy 7.8%, Indie 2%
The Runics is a tower defense game with auto chess, Rougelite and incremental flavors. Deploy "Runics" as defenders, best infinite enemies, gathering resources to upgrade your base and gigantic technology tree.
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.1%, Roguelite 28.3%, Strategy 12.5%, Singleplayer 2%
Space Run is a «real-time spaceship construction strategy game». Space Run takes the well-known Tower Defense-style gameplay and twists it, challenging you to manage and protect a spaceship and its cargo against the hazards of deep space!
Why similar: Tower Defense 77.6%, Sci-fi 10.9%, Strategy 7.8%, Action 1.4%, Indie 1.3%
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 82.5%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Strategy 6.5%, Singleplayer 1.6%, Indie 1%
“Checkmate Defence” is a strategic auto-battle tower defence game. Summon and merge units from ★1 to ★6 to stop incoming enemy waves. Every decision you make during battle—merging, selling, placing, and upgrading—becomes a decisive move that can turn the tide of the battlefield.
Why similar: Tower Defense 59.6%, Roguelite 28.2%, Action 7.2%, Strategy 3.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%
Tower defense reimagined! Dead Ground is a procedurally generated tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Each playthrough will offer randomly generated guns, skills and augments. You'll have to travel, collect scrap, water, manage your inventory and upgrade your base to survive!
Why similar: Tower Defense 77.1%, Roguelite 9.9%, Action 5.4%, Strategy 5.3%, Indie 1.5%
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 88.9%, Strategy 9.1%, Indie 2%
Gemini is an action tower defense game, where your goal is to protect the crystal and stay alive.
Why similar: Tower Defense 51.8%, Roguelite 27.9%, Action 10.2%, Strategy 5.8%, Singleplayer 2.6%
Build your towers of paper before they get out of the box and make a big mess in the room. Manage the turrets, upgrade and be careful where you put them... every decision can be fatal! Watch out for the air units, they have a different route!
Why similar: Tower Defense 86.1%, Strategy 11.2%, Indie 2.7%
Site61 is a unique tower defense game focused on frontline management. As a Pioneer, you fight on the ground. Build a strong defense with strategic module combos to repel endless monster waves. Adapt to shifting spatial rules and outsmart unknown anomalies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 53.8%, Roguelite 31.5%, Strategy 12.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
Stratside is a Puzzle Defense game where you save planets from a gravity-changing enemy! Place gadgets to attack the intruder! Combine your resources strategically to defeat the enemy before he reaches his goal! DON'T let him press the red button! This game is like the opposite of Lemmings!
Why similar: Tower Defense 97.8%, Sci-fi 2.2%
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 86.2%, Strategy 11.2%, Indie 2.5%
Scrap Bastion is a strategy tower defense game where you manage your city, equipping it to survive the waves of mutant creatures, testing your planning and decision making capacities at every turn. Watch out, as time is crucial to win!
Why similar: Tower Defense 53.3%, Roguelite 22.9%, Sci-fi 8%, Strategy 7.5%, Action 4.9%
An Action game with Tower Defense elements where you defend the Protective Crystals of Teryndor! As Prince Caelorn, fight against hordes of creatures to save your kingdom from destruction.
Why similar: Tower Defense 53%, Roguelite 26.6%, Action 9.7%, Strategy 8.2%, Indie 1.6%
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 90.9%, Strategy 6.8%, Indie 2.3%
PixelJunk™ Monsters is back with the simple, yet highly strategic real-time tower defense gameplay gameplay of the original title, now with updated graphics and brand new multiplayer modes!
Why similar: Tower Defense 78.6%, Action 21.4%
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 84.9%, Action 6.5%, Strategy 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%, Indie 1%