- #1 Gem Miner TD
97% matchVery Positive97% of 69 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 31.1% ★, Mining 22.7% ★, Tower Defense 12.6%, Auto Battler 12.3%, Base Building 6%
- #2 Nordhold
96% matchVery Positive87% of 3,149 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 19.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.2%, Roguelite 11.7%, Strategy 8.3%
- #3 Digs TD
96% matchMixed70% of 105 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: Dwarves 38.3% ★, Mining 24.2% ★, Tower Defense 14.2%, Roguelite 5.8%, Strategy 4.3%
- #4 Tower Dominion
95% matchVery Positive86% of 5,010 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 24.3%, Base Building 17.5%, Auto Battler 15.5%, Tactical 8.1%, Roguelite 8%
- #5 Deepstone Rift
94% matchMostly Positive71% of 51 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 41% ★, Mining 21.6% ★, Tower Defense 20.9%, Roguelite 8.1%, Strategy 6.2%
- #6 Monsters are Coming!
94% matchVery Positive80% of 2,489 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 24.9%, Roguelite 13.3%, Building 11.8%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #7 Tower Factory
93% matchVery Positive89% of 1,199 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.5 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 28.6%, Base Building 22.7%, Roguelite 10.5%, Resource Management 9.6%, Strategy 8.4%
- #8 Drill Core
92% matchVery Positive85% of 2,374 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 20.5%, Roguelite 12.9%, Strategy 10.2%, Roguelike 8%
- #9 Dome Keeper
91% matchVery Positive92% of 20,921 reviews2022
Dev: BippinbitsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.2 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 36.5%, Roguelike 16.9%, Tactical 16%, Resource Management 14.6%, Exploration 8.7%
- #10 Gnomes
90% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,709 reviews2025
Dev: DYSTOPIAN
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.4 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: Dwarves 47.9% ★, Tower Defense 21.6%, Base Building 13.3%, Roguelike 5.9%, Roguelite 5.8%
- #11 Aurora Defense
91% matchMixed63% of 97 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 22.8%, Tower Defense 20.9%, Base Building 17.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 9%, Roguelite 8.6%
- #12 Dwarf Eats Mountain
89% matchVery Positive81% of 508 reviews2026
Dev: Green Wizard
Windows · Linux
Median: 12.5 hrsMean: 17.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 41.5% ★, Mining 26.8% ★, Base Building 8.3%, Resource Management 5.4%, Building 5.1%
- #13 Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot
89% matchVery Positive83% of 2,558 reviews2026
Dev: Hamma StudiosPub: Sidekick Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Dwarves 63% ★, Auto Battler 25.9%, Roguelite 3.1%, Roguelike 2.7%, Strategy 2.6%
- #14 Super Fantasy Kingdom
87% matchVery Positive87% of 5,669 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.4 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: Roguelite 29.8%, Strategy 21.5%, Roguelike 21%, Fantasy 16.3%, 2D 8.6%
- #15 Signal Zone
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 84 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 30.5% ★, Tower Defense 24.7%, Base Building 19.7%, Strategy 11.1%, Resource Management 8.4%
- #16 Wall World
86% matchVery Positive91% of 12,217 reviews2023
Dev: Alawar
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.7 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 45.5% ★, Tower Defense 20%, Roguelite 10.7%, Roguelike 6.1%, Strategy 5.9%
- #17 Creeping Dusk
86% matchMixed67% of 95 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 28.2%, Base Building 21.7%, Roguelite 11.9%, Building 10%, Tactical 9.6%
- #18 The Last Spell
84% matchVery Positive91% of 13,289 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 24.5 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 15.6%, Tactical 11.2%, Roguelite 9.2%
- #19 Elements and build
85% 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%, Tower Defense 26.4%, Base Building 13.2%, Roguelite 9.2%, Strategy 7.4%
- #20 Forgotten Mines
83% matchMostly Positive80% of 324 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 58.4% ★, Turn-Based Strategy 12.3%, Roguelite 8.9%, Roguelike 5.7%, Strategy 5.5%
- #21 Craft The World
82% matchVery Positive88% of 16,888 reviews2014
Dev: Dekovir EntertainmentPub: Dekovir Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 38.4 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: Dwarves 74.9% ★, Building 9.8%, Tower Defense 4.9%, Strategy 4.5%, Resource Management 2.8%
- #22 Repel The Rifts
79% matchVery Positive86% of 332 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 14%, Roguelite 12.8%, Roguelike 10.8%, Strategy 8.1%
- #23 Illuminaria
82% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Selva Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 33.9% ★, Base Building 19.1%, Tower Defense 19.1%, Building 8.2%, Resource Management 8%
- #24 Rogue Tower
81% matchVery Positive83% of 5,872 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 46.8%, Base Building 15.2%, Strategy 11.8%, Roguelike 10.4%, Roguelite 7.6%
- #25 Islets Defense
79% matchVery Positive93% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: MiniGoofPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 23.9%, Base Building 18.7%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.1%, Resource Management 8.7%, Building 8.4%
- #26 Orcdom
78% matchVery Positive90% of 71 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 25.8%, Base Building 16.4%, Resource Management 9.2%, Strategy 7.7%
- #27 The King is Watching
76% matchVery Positive89% of 9,652 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 17.9 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 19.1%, Auto Battler 16.5%, Roguelite 8.4%, Tactical 8.3%
- #28 Dwarfs!?
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,075 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: Dwarves 46.5% ★, Mining 23% ★, Tower Defense 12.4%, Base Building 9.7%, Strategy 3.4%
- #29 Lord of Dwarves
80% 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: Dwarves 88.1% ★, Base Building 4.1%, Strategy 3.2%, Building 2%, Resource Management 1.6%
- #30 Mineral Defense
76% matchVery Positive90% of 241 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 31.5%, Base Building 23.8%, Roguelite 14.1%, Strategy 10%, Roguelike 9.3%
- #31 Below the Stone
77% matchVery Positive85% of 437 reviews2023
Dev: StrollartPub: Apogee Entertainment
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 55.2% ★, Mining 25% ★, Roguelite 5.4%, Resource Management 4.3%, Roguelike 4%
- #32 Hive Blight
73% matchVery Positive94% of 229 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 27.1%, Tower Defense 17.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.1%, Roguelite 9.7%, Tactical 9.3%
- #33 Minimalist Tower Defense
74% matchVery Positive95% of 1,746 reviews2024
Dev: Happy213
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.4%, Base Building 24.9%, Strategy 12.2%, Resource Management 9.3%, Building 5.6%
- #34 Hold The Fort
78% 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 39%, Strategy 23.1%, Tactical 11.3%, Building 10.5%, Resource Management 9%
- #35 BARRICADEZ
77% 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 28.4% ★, Tower Defense 21.6%, Base Building 17.4%, Building 7.8%, Resource Management 7.7%
- #36 Rogue Monster Rush
72% matchVery Positive97% of 234 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 75.1%, Roguelike 21.2%, Strategy 3.7%
- #37 All Aboard! The Train Defense Express
73% matchVery Positive86% of 370 reviews2025
Dev: Likadev
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
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 10.3%, Tactical 7.8%, Resource Management 5.4%
- #38 Mythic Battlegrounds: Demonic Siege
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 81 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 26.8%, Tower Defense 17.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 14.1%, Base Building 10.4%, Strategy 8%
- #39 Emberward
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,696 reviews2024
Dev: Refic Games
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.1%, Base Building 19.1%, Roguelite 10.8%, Tactical 9%, Strategy 7.9%
- #40 Beneath the Mountain
75% 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 52.5% ★, Base Building 20.4%, Tactical 11.3%, Fantasy 8.5%, Strategy 7.3%
- #41 Coal LLC
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,141 reviews2025
Dev: Bye Bye Ocean
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 59.8% ★, Roguelite 14%, Roguelike 8.1%, Strategy 7.3%, Resource Management 7%
- #42 Crystal Guardians TD
73% matchVery Positive88% of 115 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 14.6%, Roguelite 13.2%, Tactical 11.4%, Roguelike 9%
- #43 Hammerting
75% matchMixed57% of 2,582 reviews2021
Dev: Warpzone StudiosPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Manage a Dwarven mining colony in the unexplored mountains of Mara. As conflict rages in the Overworld, you will need to craft, explore and fight as you provide the allies of your choice with the finest weapons and gear to assist them in the battle for glory.
Why similar: Mining 44% ★, Base Building 21%, Building 9.4%, Resource Management 8.6%, Strategy 6.7%
- #44 Idle Hero TD - Tower Defense
71% matchVery Positive83% of 1,157 reviews2024
Dev: Swell Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 175.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
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 32.7%, Tower Defense 30.3%, Tactical 11.2%, Strategy 9.6%, Resource Management 8.2%
- #45 Treasure's Mine!
69% 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 34.4%, Turn-Based Strategy 18.5%, Roguelite 17.3%, Strategy 11.3%, Roguelike 8.6%
- #46 Tower Tactics: Liberation
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,237 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 46.5%, Roguelite 14.4%, Roguelike 12.4%, Strategy 10.9%, Tactical 10.1%
- #47 Rise to Ruins
72% matchVery Positive88% of 7,745 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.7 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 48.6%, Base Building 26.8%, Strategy 12.1%, Resource Management 6.1%, Roguelike 3.5%
- #48 The Spotter: Dig or Die
68% matchVery Positive87% of 1,459 reviews2026
Dev: Puppyroar GamesPub: Forklift Interactive
Windows
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 49.2% ★, Tower Defense 25.5%, Base Building 18.3%, Exploration 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #49 Mining Survivors
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 131 reviews2025
Dev: Wonderbounce Games
Windows
Incremental Survivors-like in which you mine valuable resources whilst slaying hoards of enemies.
Why similar: Mining 60.4% ★, Roguelite 16%, Roguelike 10.5%, Strategy 8.9%, 2D 3.7%
- #50 Here Comes The Swarm
68% matchVery Positive88% of 258 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 29.3%, Base Building 29.2%, Resource Management 12.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Roguelike 6.2%
- #51 Poly TD
67% matchVery Positive86% of 527 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 12.9%, Roguelite 8.3%, Roguelike 8.1%
- #52 Everwarder
69% 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 14.1%, Building 12.8%, Strategy 10%, Tactical 10%
- #53 Guardians of Holme
70% 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 53.3%, Strategy 26.3%, Tactical 9.3%, Fantasy 6.1%, 2D 4.1%
- #54 Lumencraft
69% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,273 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: Tower Defense 38.6%, Base Building 32.9%, Strategy 12%, Exploration 11.9%, 2D 4.6%
- #55 Outhold
66% matchVery Positive86% of 1,515 reviews2025
Dev: Tellus Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 63.4%, Strategy 19.4%, Roguelike 9.7%, 2D 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #56 Deep Among the Swarm
67% matchVery Positive88% of 138 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 28.1%, Base Building 24.9%, Roguelite 12.3%, Resource Management 10.4%, Strategy 8.4%
- #57 The Last Flame
65% matchVery Positive85% of 2,834 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 38.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 17.9%, Tactical 12.5%, Roguelike 10.5%, Strategy 9.4%
- #58 Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
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 37.5%, Tower Defense 32%, Roguelite 13.7%, Strategy 8.9%, Roguelike 5.6%
- #59 Legacy of Defense
65% matchMostly Positive79% of 430 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 13%, Roguelike 9.5%, Fantasy 7.3%