- #1 Gem Miner TD
97% matchVery Positive97% of 66 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: Dwarf 31.1% ★, Mining 22.4% ★, Tower Defense 12.3%, Auto Battler 11.7%, Base Building 6.6%
- #2 Tower Dominion
96% matchVery Positive86% of 4,827 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 24.2%, Base Building 17.3%, Auto Battler 15.6%, Roguelite 8.1%, Tactical 8.1%
- #3 Nordhold
96% matchVery Positive88% of 3,019 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 26.4%, Base Building 19%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.1%, Roguelite 11.7%, Strategy 8.2%
- #4 Tower Factory
94% matchVery Positive89% of 1,139 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.8 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 30%, Base Building 24.3%, Roguelite 11.5%, Resource Management 10.4%, Building 7.8%
- #5 Digs TD
95% matchMostly Positive70% of 104 reviews2023
Dev: Catchy
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: Dwarf 38.2% ★, Mining 24.3% ★, Tower Defense 14.2%, Roguelite 5.8%, Strategy 4.2%
- #6 Dome Keeper
94% matchVery Positive92% of 19,233 reviews2022
Dev: BippinbitsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.8 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 36.4%, Roguelike 17.3%, Tactical 15.8%, Resource Management 14.7%, Exploration 8.6%
- #7 Drill Core
93% matchVery Positive85% of 2,264 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 29%, Base Building 20.3%, Roguelite 13%, Strategy 10.2%, Roguelike 8.2%
- #8 Super Fantasy Kingdom
92% matchVery Positive88% of 5,123 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Tower Defense 37.3%, Roguelite 18.7%, Roguelike 13.4%, Strategy 13.3%, Fantasy 10.3%
- #9 Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road
91% matchVery Positive80% of 2,247 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 29.8%, Base Building 24.7%, Roguelite 13.4%, Building 11.7%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #10 Emberward
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,607 reviews2024
Dev: Refic Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.9%, Base Building 21.1%, Roguelite 11.9%, Strategy 8.4%, Tactical 8.2%
- #11 Aurora Defense
91% matchMixed65% of 95 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 22.9%, Tower Defense 20.9%, Base Building 17.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%, Roguelite 8.6%
- #12 Wall World
89% matchVery Positive91% of 11,769 reviews2023
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 45.4% ★, Tower Defense 20%, Roguelite 10.6%, Roguelike 6.3%, Strategy 5.9%
- #13 The Last Spell
89% matchVery Positive92% of 12,839 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 20%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.7%, Base Building 15.5%, Tactical 11.2%, Roguelite 9.2%
- #14 Gnomes
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,634 reviews2025
Dev: DYSTOPIAN
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: Dwarf 47.1% ★, Tower Defense 21.8%, Base Building 13.5%, Roguelike 6.1%, Roguelite 5.9%
- #15 Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot
87% matchVery Positive82% of 2,479 reviews2026
Dev: Hamma StudiosPub: Sidekick Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build and command your own party of Dwarves in this mix of RPGs, roguelike and auto battlers. Prepare formations, assign equipment, and decide the fate of up to 10 Beardlings, as you lead the raid through reckless runs filled with Glory, Death, and Loot!
Why similar: Dwarf 62.5% ★, Auto Battler 26.2%, Roguelite 3.1%, Roguelike 2.8%, Strategy 2.6%
- #16 Creeping Dusk
86% matchMixed67% of 94 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 28.3%, Base Building 21.6%, Roguelite 12%, Building 9.9%, Tactical 9.5%
- #17 Rogue Tower
85% matchVery Positive82% of 5,842 reviews2022
Dev: Die of Death Games
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 20.2 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 46.7%, Base Building 15.1%, Strategy 11.8%, Roguelike 10.6%, Roguelite 7.7%
- #18 Forgotten Mines
84% matchVery Positive80% of 317 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: Dwarf 58.1% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Roguelite 9%, Roguelike 5.9%, Strategy 5.5%
- #19 Elements and build
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 215 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 28.1%, Tower Defense 26.5%, Base Building 13.1%, Roguelite 9.2%, Strategy 7.4%
- #20 Islets Defense
82% matchVery Positive95% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: MiniGoofPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 24%, Base Building 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Resource Management 8.8%, Building 8.3%
- #21 Repel The Rifts
82% matchVery Positive86% of 313 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 38.2%, Tactical 13.8%, Roguelite 12.9%, Roguelike 11.1%, Strategy 8%
- #22 Illuminaria
83% 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 34% ★, Tower Defense 19.1%, Base Building 19%, Building 8.1%, Resource Management 8.1%
- #23 Mineral Defense
80% matchVery Positive91% of 236 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 31.6%, Base Building 23.6%, Roguelite 14.2%, Strategy 9.9%, Roguelike 9.6%
- #24 The King is Watching
77% matchVery Positive88% of 9,222 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 17.1 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 21.3%, Base Building 18.9%, Auto Battler 16.6%, Roguelite 8.5%, Tactical 8.2%
- #25 Orcdom
78% matchVery Positive89% of 66 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 30.2% ★, Tower Defense 26%, Base Building 16.2%, Resource Management 9.3%, Strategy 7.6%
- #26 Hold The Fort
81% matchVery Positive83% of 58 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 39.1%, Strategy 23%, Tactical 11.3%, Building 10.4%, Resource Management 9.2%
- #27 Rogue Monster Rush
75% matchVery Positive96% of 195 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 74.7%, Roguelike 21.7%, Strategy 3.7%
- #28 Minimalist Tower Defense
76% matchVery Positive95% of 1,706 reviews2024
Dev: Happy213
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.5%, Base Building 24.7%, Strategy 12.2%, Resource Management 9.4%, Building 5.6%
- #29 BARRICADEZ
79% matchMostly Positive80% of 144 reviews2021
Dev: Fly Penguin inc.
Windows · Mac
Barricadez is a mix of tower defense and survival game. Take on your care robot and explore the underground, find new blueprints, gather resources and build your defenses and traps to survive through the night against a myriad of zombie-like creatures. Your goal: to defend the defenseless cradle.
Why similar: Mining 28.5% ★, Tower Defense 21.7%, Base Building 17.3%, Resource Management 7.8%, Building 7.8%
- #30 Mythic Battlegrounds: Demonic Siege
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 80 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 26.9%, Tower Defense 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Base Building 10.3%, Strategy 8%
- #31 Dwarfs!?
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,068 reviews2011
Dev: Power of 2Pub: Tripwire Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 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: Dwarf 42.4% ★, Mining 24.8% ★, Tower Defense 13.5%, Base Building 10.3%, Strategy 3.6%
- #32 Lord of Dwarves
79% matchMostly Positive79% of 75 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: Dwarf 82.6% ★, Base Building 6%, Strategy 4.7%, Building 2.9%, Resource Management 2.4%
- #33 Below the Stone
76% matchVery Positive85% of 433 reviews2023
Dev: StrollartPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 55%
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: Dwarf 54.8% ★, Mining 25.2% ★, Roguelite 5.5%, Resource Management 4.3%, Roguelike 4.2%
- #34 Hive Blight
73% matchVery Positive96% of 143 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 27%, Tower Defense 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11%, Roguelite 9.8%, Tactical 9.2%
- #35 Craft The World
78% matchVery Positive88% of 16,818 reviews2014
Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Craft The World is a unique sandbox strategy game, the mix of Dungeon Keeper, Terraria and Dwarf Fortress. Explore a random generated world populated by dangerous creatures, build a dwarf fortress, gather resources, and craft all the items, weapons, and armor you need.
Why similar: Dwarf 73.3% ★, Building 10.3%, Tower Defense 5.2%, Strategy 4.8%, Resource Management 3%
- #36 Crystal Guardians TD
75% matchVery Positive89% of 114 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 31.2%, Base Building 14.5%, Roguelite 13.3%, Tactical 11.3%, Roguelike 9.2%
- #37 Idle Hero TD - Tower Defense
74% matchVery Positive83% of 1,068 reviews2024
Dev: Swell Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 169.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Endless idle tower defense game full of deep strategy and combat mechanics. Unlock and upgrade dozens of epic fantasy heroes to defeat an infinite swarm of enemy monsters. Strategize hero positions, synergies, and skills for an effective defense, then sit back and let the auto-battler do its thing!
Why similar: Auto Battler 32.8%, Tower Defense 30.4%, Tactical 11.1%, Strategy 9.5%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #38 Here Comes The Swarm
71% matchVery Positive88% of 161 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: Base Building 27.9%, Tower Defense 27.8%, Resource Management 11.9%, Strategy 10.5%, Roguelite 7.5%
- #39 All Aboard! The Train Defense Express
72% matchVery Positive85% of 362 reviews2025
Dev: Likadev
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Protect the Infinite Power Generator by looping around the train tracks! Battle endless waves of enemies in this unique hybrid of auto-battler, survivor, tower defense, idle/clicker gameplay. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Auto Battler 39.3%, Tower Defense 33.3%, Strategy 10.2%, Tactical 7.7%, Resource Management 5.5%
- #40 Beneath the Mountain
74% matchMixed67% of 211 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 52.7% ★, Base Building 20.3%, Tactical 11.2%, Fantasy 8.4%, Strategy 7.3%
- #41 The Last Flame
71% matchVery Positive85% of 2,804 reviews2025
Dev: Hotloop
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Recruit a party of unique heroes, fight deadly encounters, loot and craft powerful gear, discover and create thousands of synergetic builds! The Last Flame is an endless roguelike auto-battler in which you guide a righteous party of heroes through many challenges.
Why similar: Auto Battler 38.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.8%, Tactical 12.4%, Roguelike 10.7%, Strategy 9.3%
- #42 Tower Tactics: Liberation
72% matchVery Positive88% of 1,229 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 17.2 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 46.4%, Roguelite 14.4%, Roguelike 12.6%, Strategy 10.8%, Tactical 10%
- #43 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,641 reviews2018
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.6%, Tactical 13.1%, Building 12.2%, Strategy 11.5%, Fantasy 6.7%
- #44 Poly TD
69% matchVery Positive86% of 491 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 30.7%, Tower Defense 27.5%, Tactical 12.8%, Roguelite 8.4%, Roguelike 8.1%
- #45 Grim Nights
73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,530 reviews2018
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.1%, Base Building 29.1%, Strategy 12.2%, Building 9.5%, Tactical 5.1%
- #46 Outhold
68% matchVery Positive86% of 1,292 reviews2025
Dev: Tellus Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Outhold is a short, strategic incremental game that blends tower defense with a deep meta-progression. Experiment with builds and find overpowered synergies to defend the dwindling fires of Outhold.
Why similar: Tower Defense 63.6%, Strategy 19.4%, Roguelike 9.7%, 2D 5.6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #47 Mining Survivors
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 127 reviews2025
Dev: Wonderbounce Games
Windows
Incremental Survivors-like in which you mine valuable resources whilst slaying hoards of enemies.
Why similar: Mining 60.2% ★, Roguelite 16%, Roguelike 10.7%, Strategy 8.9%, 2D 3.6%
- #48 Guardians of Holme
71% matchMostly Positive76% of 164 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 53.5%, Strategy 26.2%, Tactical 9.2%, Fantasy 6.1%, 2D 4.1%
- #49 Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD
70% matchMostly Positive73% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Auto Battler 37.4%, Tower Defense 31.7%, Roguelite 13.4%, Strategy 8.4%, Roguelike 6.5%
- #50 Everwarder
68% matchVery Positive88% of 81 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 33.4%, Roguelite 14.2%, Building 12.7%, Strategy 10%, Tactical 9.9%
- #51 Rogue Command
67% matchVery Positive92% of 546 reviews2024
Dev: feneq
Windows
Classic RTS gameplay fused with a modern roguelite. Shape your build each run by assembling an evolving arsenal of powerful units and facilities. Harvest resources, build out your base. Raise your army and call down orbital strikes to overcome the forces threatening your survival.
Why similar: Base Building 26.2%, Roguelite 14.5%, Tactical 13.6%, Building 12.2%, Resource Management 12.1%
- #52 Rise to Ruins
69% matchVery Positive88% of 7,737 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.7%, Base Building 26.6%, Strategy 12.1%, Resource Management 6.1%, Roguelike 3.6%
- #53 Deep Among the Swarm
67% matchVery Positive88% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Pebble Mountain Games
Windows
Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.2%, Base Building 24.7%, Roguelite 12.3%, Resource Management 10.6%, Strategy 8.3%
- #54 Craft Hero
69% matchVery Positive83% of 398 reviews2022
Dev: PandaCat 熊喵独立游戏Pub: OKJOY
Windows
Gather resources by day, build and recruit by noon, defend your village by night! A new minimalism sandbox survival with countless new ideas – Craft Hero
Why similar: Base Building 40.8%, Building 16.8%, Roguelite 14.2%, Strategy 12.4%, Roguelike 10.8%
- #55 Epic Auto Towers
68% matchMostly Positive70% of 762 reviews2024
Dev: Aleksandr Golovkin
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Epic Auto Towers is a turn-based strategy game combining elements of autobattler, deckbuilder and roguelike. Purchase uncommon and rare Towers and build the strongest combo to withstand the monster assault! Discover unusual new Tower combinations as you come back for more.
Why similar: Auto Battler 53.1%, Tower Defense 17.8%, Strategy 12.9%, Roguelike 12.8%, 2D 2.7%
- #56 Artisan TD
66% matchVery Positive89% of 2,252 reviews2024
Dev: 4rtisansPub: Unexpected
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Artisan TD is a puzzle-oriented Tower Defense game where you must survive by building mazes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.4%, Tactical 15.2%, Building 14.6%, Strategy 13.9%, Fantasy 7%
- #57 Legacy of Defense
66% matchMostly Positive78% of 407 reviews2025
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 46.8%, Roguelite 18.4%, Strategy 12.9%, Roguelike 9.7%, Fantasy 7.3%
- #58 Cataclismo
64% matchVery Positive89% of 4,077 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29%, Base Building 25.7%, Tactical 12.1%, Building 11.6%, Resource Management 11.1%
- #59 Transport Legion
64% matchVery Positive88% of 89 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 31.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 21.7%, Strategy 17.9%, Roguelite 12.9%, Building 7.7%