- #1 Gem Miner TD
97% matchVery Positive97% of 78 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: Dwarves 34.5% ★, Mining 20% ★, Auto Battler 15.6%, Tower Defense 12.3%, Roguelite 7.3%
- #2 Tower Dominion
96% matchVery Positive86% of 5,610 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 22.7 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 23%, Auto Battler 18.7%, Base Building 15%, Roguelite 10.1%, Tactical 7.7%
- #3 Digs TD
96% 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: Dwarves 41.1% ★, Mining 20.5% ★, Tower Defense 13.3%, Roguelite 7.5%, Strategy 4.5%
- #4 Nordhold
95% matchVery Positive87% of 3,393 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 25.7%, Base Building 17.2%, Roguelite 15.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.5%, Strategy 9.1%
- #5 Deepstone Rift
94% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Northend Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight big battles in the mines, get to mining and collecting gold and minerals. build and upgrade your towers, power up with treasure chests. Defend your base from looting goblins! using variety of weapons and tower, from RPG, ak47, canons towers, to sawblade towers and more!
Why similar: Dwarves 43.4% ★, Tower Defense 19.3%, Mining 18.3% ★, Roguelite 10.4%, Strategy 6.5%
- #6 Dwarf Eats Mountain
94% matchVery Positive81% of 1,174 reviews2026
Dev: Green Wizard
Windows · Linux
Median: 15.0 hrsMean: 27.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Dwarves hunger for gold, and no mountain shall stand in their way! Mine riches, unearth artifacts, and upgrade your dwarves to devour ever-bigger peaks in this whimsical incremental game.
Why similar: Dwarves 45% ★, Mining 23.3% ★, Base Building 7.2%, Roguelite 6.3%, Building 5%
- #7 Stonewards
93% matchVery Positive95% of 980 reviews2026
Dev: Banana Tiger Studio
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
DWARF COMBAT! Stonewards is a 1-4 player co-op first-person roguelite defense game. Lead a crew of stubborn dwarves from your base camp to aid nearby kingdoms, mine deep for resources, forge powerful upgrades, and hold the line against relentless monster attacks.
Why similar: Dwarves 51% ★, Mining 28.3% ★, Roguelite 10.3%, Roguelike 3.3%, Exploration 3.3%
- #8 Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot
92% matchVery Positive82% of 2,718 reviews2026
Dev: Hamma StudiosPub: Sidekick Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and command your own party of Dwarves in a chaotic mix of Auto Battler, Strategy, and RPG. Prepare formations, assign equipment, and decide the fate of up to 10 Beardlings, as you lead the raid party through reckless runs filled with Glory, Death, and Loot!
Why similar: Dwarves 60.8% ★, Auto Battler 28.5%, Roguelite 3.6%, Strategy 2.4%, Roguelike 2.3%
- #9 Gnomes
91% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,846 reviews2025
Dev: DYSTOPIAN
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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: Dwarves 50.3% ★, Tower Defense 20.1%, Base Building 11.2%, Roguelite 7.3%, Roguelike 5.4%
- #10 Repel The Rifts
91% matchVery Positive85% of 373 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 35.6%, Roguelite 16.5%, Tactical 13.3%, Roguelike 10%, Strategy 8.5%
- #11 Monsters are Coming!
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,892 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 28.7%, Base Building 22.1%, Roguelite 17.6%, Building 11.8%, Resource Management 9.4%
- #12 Aurora Defense
90% matchMixed61% of 101 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: Auto Battler 27.2%, Tower Defense 19.2%, Base Building 15%, Roguelite 10.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.5%
- #13 Tower Factory
89% matchVery Positive90% of 1,259 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 29.1%, Base Building 20.2%, Roguelite 16.9%, Strategy 10.1%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #14 Drill Core
88% matchVery Positive85% of 2,478 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.7%, Base Building 18.2%, Roguelite 17%, Strategy 11%, Roguelike 7.6%
- #15 Dome Keeper
86% matchVery Positive92% of 22,498 reviews2022
Dev: BippinbitsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.7%, Roguelike 16.9%, Tactical 16.4%, Resource Management 13.8%, Exploration 8.9%
- #16 Forgotten Mines
87% matchVery Positive80% of 333 reviews2024
Dev: Cannibal GoosePub: Ishtar Games
Windows
Wreak vengeance and retake lost mines from goblins, orcs, skeletons, and demons in this small-scale tactical roguelite RPG. Build the perfect expedition team and turn the underworld red with each challenging, fast-paced run.
Why similar: Dwarves 59.4% ★, Roguelite 10.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.9%, Strategy 5.5%, Roguelike 5%
- #17 Super Fantasy Kingdom
85% matchVery Positive87% of 6,015 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
Why similar: Auto Battler 44.4%, Roguelite 19.9%, Strategy 11.8%, Roguelike 10.1%, Fantasy 8.4%
- #18 Elements and build
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 219 reviews2024
Dev: ChuTouMiao StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Form your own genre with skills in different elements, use building rewards to build your own unique maze in randomly generated levels, and fight to survive waves of monsters to win
Why similar: Auto Battler 32.4%, Tower Defense 23.5%, Roguelite 11.3%, Base Building 10.9%, Strategy 7.5%
- #19 Mineral Defense
82% 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 30%, Base Building 20.9%, Roguelite 18.5%, Strategy 10.7%, Roguelike 8.8%
- #20 Creeping Dusk
84% 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 27%, Base Building 19.3%, Roguelite 15.7%, Strategy 10.1%, Building 9.9%
- #21 Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids
82% matchMostly Positive74% of 120 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 31%, Roguelite 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.1%, Base Building 10.3%, Strategy 9.4%
- #22 Signal Zone
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 105 reviews2026
Dev: Norafox Studio
Windows
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: Mining 28.1% ★, Tower Defense 25.7%, Base Building 19%, Strategy 13%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #23 Dwarfs!?
83% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,082 reviews2011
Dev: Power of 2Pub: Tripwire Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Dig! Dig! Dig! Manage the small underground Dwarf base and make it as rich as possible before they meet their inevitable doom. Purchase before May 11th and save!
Why similar: Dwarves 51.1% ★, Mining 19.9% ★, Tower Defense 11.9%, Base Building 8.6%, Strategy 3.7%
- #24 Below the Stone
79% matchVery Positive84% of 440 reviews2023
Dev: StrollartPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Below the Stone is an extraction roguelike about dwarves on the quest for the deepest depths. A place where each and every descent will lead to new adventures -- and where only the most determined dwarves with many lost lives will be rewarded by the hidden world lying below the stone.
Why similar: Dwarves 58.8% ★, Mining 21% ★, Roguelite 7%, Resource Management 3.7%, Roguelike 3.7%
- #25 Islets Defense
77% matchVery Positive93% of 197 reviews2025
Dev: MiniGoofPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 23.5%, Base Building 17%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%, Auto Battler 8.8%, Building 8.5%
- #26 Illuminaria
80% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Selva Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Command a swarm of intelligent robots in their quest to save the world. Mine resources, manage, and defend multiple bases. Go on expeditions, fight in auto-battles, research new technologies, and create your army of golems to bring back the light.
Why similar: Mining 31.8% ★, Tower Defense 19.8%, Base Building 18.4%, Building 8.8%, Resource Management 7.9%
- #27 Orebound
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 993 reviews2024
Dev: Emberforge
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Orebound is a dwarven themed factory automation game. Play alone or with friends as you build, mine, craft and explore a voxel generated world! Build your fortress, expand your factory, fight off creatures who dwell beneath the mountains and embark on a journey of greatness.
Why similar: Dwarves 64.6% ★, Mining 11.9% ★, Resource Management 8.2%, Base Building 7.1%, Building 4.8%
- #28 Lord of Dwarves
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 76 reviews2020
Dev: Stellar Sage Games
Windows · Linux
Gather resources, craft weapons, and build a castle. Then defend your castle against monsters who will try to siege, sap, and smash their way in. All in a procedurally generated 3D block world that allows for extensive crafting and total construction and destruction of the terrain.
Why similar: Dwarves 89.4% ★, Base Building 3.3%, Strategy 3.2%, Building 1.8%, Resource Management 1.3%
- #29 Lumencraft
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,289 reviews2023
Dev: 2Dynamic GamesPub: Star Drifters
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.
Why similar: Mining 34.5% ★, Tower Defense 21.1%, Base Building 15.8%, Roguelite 12.5%, Strategy 7.6%
- #30 Rogue Monster Rush
75% matchVery Positive94% of 258 reviews2026
Dev: Ghost Vibes LLC
Windows
A unique Tower Defense game featuring Monster Collecting and Roguelike mechanics. Hatch, upgrade, and command a party of monster defenders, while unleashing player spells, to defend your base from the hordes of invading robots.
Why similar: Tower Defense 74.8%, Roguelike 21.1%, Strategy 4.2%
- #31 Mining and Dwarves
76% matchMixed65% of 139 reviews2026
Dev: Sockhouse StudiosPub: Aarimous and Thornity
Windows · Mac · Linux
An incremental game where you mine rocks, gather ore, and recruit dwarves. Play actively for maximum gains, or idle and let the dwarves do the work.
Why similar: Dwarves 55.4% ★, Mining 33.2% ★, Strategy 5.4%, Resource Management 2.1%, 2D 1.9%
- #32 The Last Spell
76% matchVery Positive91% of 13,760 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 19.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.7%, Base Building 13.9%, Roguelite 12.2%, Tactical 11.1%
- #33 Hold The Fort
79% matchVery Positive81% of 59 reviews2019
Dev: Monster Tooth Studios
Windows
Dive into intense, fantasy, tower defense action! Using turrets, spells, and your cunning, you must defend your kingdom against an onslaught of enemies launching a surprise attack while the king is away.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.7%, Strategy 25.3%, Tactical 11.2%, Building 10.5%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #34 Beneath the Mountain
77% matchMixed66% of 217 reviews2024
Dev: Omnis Rector StudiosPub: Gameclaw Studio
Windows
In Beneath the Mountain, you play as the King of a new Dwarven civilization seeking to find their fortune beneath the mountain. You dig your way through the mountain, encountering many dangerous foes along the way, all while defending your kingdom from periodic Orc invasions.
Why similar: Mining 49.9% ★, Base Building 19.9%, Tactical 12.1%, Fantasy 9.3%, Strategy 8.7%
- #35 Mythic Battlegrounds: Demonic Siege
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: DochiGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based strategy game where your tactical decisions are key to surviving relentless waves of enemy attacks. While battles unfold automatically, your choices before the clash, such as resource management, unit training, and skill selection, are critical to securing victory.
Why similar: Auto Battler 32.4%, Tower Defense 16.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.9%, Base Building 9%, Strategy 8.4%
- #36 Knightica
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,204 reviews2025
Dev: Mad Mango GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 13.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Recruit powerful units, place them strategically and find the best synergies in this Roguelike Autobattler! Knightica lets you guide a warband through many challenges to free the Kingdoms. Discover optimal combinations, weave powerful enchants, face dangerous monsters and lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Auto Battler 33.8%, Tower Defense 22.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Tactical 7.8%, Strategy 6.9%
- #37 Wall World
73% matchVery Positive91% of 12,734 reviews2023
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Explore the mysterious Wall World on your giant robospider: mine for valuable resources, upgrade your equipment to fight off hordes of monsters, and discover exotic biomes in-between attacks. Will you be able to survive and learn the secrets of the Wall World?
Why similar: Mining 40.9% ★, Tower Defense 20.1%, Roguelite 14.8%, Strategy 6.7%, Roguelike 6%
- #38 Poly TD
73% matchVery Positive82% of 592 reviews2026
Dev: Naroot
Windows
Classic Warcraft III TD customs meet roguelike strategy. Summon and merge units to evolve them into legendary figures like Joan of Arc, Guan Yu, and Lovecraft—Legendary heroes from across time and space await! Prove your ultimate synergy against endless waves of enemies.
Why similar: Auto Battler 35%, Tower Defense 24.1%, Tactical 11.6%, Roguelite 10.1%, Strategy 7.6%
- #39 Hexguardian
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 707 reviews2024
Dev: Split Second GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 31.4%, Roguelite 18.9%, Tactical 13.2%, Strategy 10.7%, Roguelike 9.4%
- #40 Fantasy Miner: Idle Depths
73% matchMixed65% of 103 reviews2026
Dev: SuperioritaPub: Kai
Windows
Dig for ore, discover new resources, smelt ingots, and unlock hundreds of upgrades in this fantasy mining idle game. Mine faster, dig deeper, and watch your progress grow.
Why similar: Auto Battler 55.2%, Strategy 20.3%, Building 8.9%, Exploration 8.2%, Fantasy 4.3%
- #41 Minimalist Tower Defense
72% matchVery Positive95% of 1,872 reviews2024
Dev: Happy213
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.3%, Base Building 22.9%, Strategy 14%, Resource Management 8.6%, Building 5.8%
- #42 Treasure's Mine!
71% matchVery Positive100% of 51 reviews2026
Dev: FatFishGame
Windows
Build defenses on randomly generated archipelagos and fend off waves of pirates! Expand land plots, combine defense towers, and collect treasures to strengthen your islands. Guard your treasures and become the wealthiest lord!
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.3%, Roguelite 22.3%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.8%, Strategy 12%, Roguelike 8%
- #43 Here Comes The Swarm
71% matchVery Positive86% of 380 reviews2026
Dev: CableHook Games
Windows
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.2%, Base Building 27.3%, Strategy 12.7%, Resource Management 11.6%, Exploration 6.2%
- #44 Coal LLC
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,364 reviews2025
Dev: Bye Bye Ocean
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Fill your quota or die. Mine increasingly absurd amounts of coal using some dubious, but effective, mining techniques. Or relax and mine at your own pace in peaceful mode.
Why similar: Mining 54.2% ★, Roguelite 19.1%, Strategy 8.1%, Roguelike 7.9%, Resource Management 6.8%
- #45 Tower Tactics: Liberation
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,259 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 16.7 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 43.5%, Roguelite 18.5%, Strategy 11.6%, Roguelike 11.5%, Tactical 9.7%
- #46 Guardians of Holme
72% 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 51.3%, Strategy 28.6%, Tactical 9.1%, Fantasy 6.1%, 2D 3.9%
- #47 Everwarder
70% matchVery Positive88% of 85 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 31%, Roguelite 18.1%, Building 12.3%, Strategy 10.6%, Tactical 9.5%
- #48 Hive Blight
67% matchVery Positive94% of 399 reviews2026
Dev: OptizOnion
Windows
Hive Blight is a roguelite autobattler where you lead a team of insect warriors against a corrupting Fungal Threat. Build powerful synergies, uncover the source of the plague, and destroy it to save your world!
Why similar: Auto Battler 34.1%, Tower Defense 22%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.9%, Strategy 8.4%, Tactical 7.1%
- #49 Rogue Tower
70% matchVery Positive83% of 5,929 reviews2022
Dev: Die of Death Games
Windows
Median: 10.8 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 45.4%, Base Building 13.5%, Strategy 12.8%, Roguelite 10.1%, Roguelike 10.1%
- #50 Mining Survivors
69% matchMostly Positive75% of 137 reviews2025
Dev: Wonderbounce Games
Windows
Incremental Survivors-like in which you mine valuable resources whilst slaying hoards of enemies.
Why similar: Mining 53.8% ★, Roguelite 21.8%, Roguelike 10.3%, Strategy 10%, 2D 3.6%
- #51 Golemworks
68% matchVery Positive90% of 83 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 45%, Strategy 18.3%, Roguelike 14.9%, Resource Management 10.6%, Fantasy 6.8%
- #52 Stop Breaking My Castle!
69% matchVery Positive83% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: Team DunningKrugerPub: SPARTA Club
Windows
A peaceful demon castle is attacked daily by heroes who smash walls and defeat monsters, turning it into a hunting ground. As the Demon Lord, you summon and evolve monsters to defend your home and stop the relentless heroes.
Why similar: Auto Battler 47.8%, Roguelite 22.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Roguelike 8.6%, Fantasy 3.6%
- #53 Crystal Guardians TD
69% 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 29.5%, Roguelite 17.3%, Base Building 12.8%, Tactical 11.1%, Strategy 9.5%
- #54 Blacksmith: Ignite the Forge
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 117 reviews2025
Dev: Floodgate CrewPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Blacksmith: Ignite the Forge is a mix of a simulator, strategy, and auto-battler. Become a master smith, craft various weapons, and enhance them with magical runes. Equip a team of adventurers with your hand-made tools, send them on missions, gather loot to upgrade your forge, and save the land!
Why similar: Dwarves 61.9% ★, Auto Battler 27.2%, Building 6%, Resource Management 2.7%, 2D 1.9%
- #55 The King is Watching
65% matchVery Positive89% of 10,637 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.1 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 20.2%, Auto Battler 19.9%, Base Building 16.4%, Roguelite 10.8%, Tactical 7.8%
- #56 Keep Keepers
67% matchVery Positive87% of 157 reviews2024
Dev: Thunderrock Innovations
Windows
Tower Defense meets Base Management. Strategically place your defenses. Craft wacky ammunition like fiery peppers and boomerang bananas. Discover amazing weapons and automate your economy while defending against waves of enemies. Can you handle the chaos?
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.5%, Base Building 22.1%, Roguelite 17.9%, Roguelike 7.2%, Building 6.9%
- #57 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: Mining 28% ★, Tower Defense 26.9%, Base Building 15.6%, Resource Management 9%, Strategy 9%
- #58 Deep Rock Galactic: Survivor
63% matchVery Positive86% of 48,355 reviews2025
Dev: Funday GamesPub: Ghost Ship Publishing
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 31.0 hrs≥1hr: 93%
DEEP ROCK GALACTIC: SURVIVOR is a single player survivor-like auto-shooter. Take on hordes of lethal aliens, mine riches, and unlock powerful upgrades to survive, as you wield the full arsenal of Deep Rock Galactic. It's one dwarf against all of Planet Hoxxes!
Why similar: Dwarves 92.1% ★, Roguelite 6.9%, Roguelike 0.7%, Singleplayer 0.3%
- #59 The Spotter: Dig or Die
64% matchVery Positive85% of 1,891 reviews2026
Dev: Puppyroar GamesPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Dig by day, fight by night in this blend of mining and Tower Defense. As the last Spotter at a ruined gas station, hold back mutant hordes, scavenge the wasteland, and repair your receiver to capture the President’s vital message and humanity’s last hope.
Why similar: Mining 47.2% ★, Tower Defense 27.2%, Base Building 18%, Exploration 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.2%