Games Like Idle TD: Heroes vs Zombies

An endless Tower Defense game of epic Monsters vs evil War Machines. Unlock and upgrade tons of unique elemental Monsters (Water, Air, Earth, and Fire) to defend your home from an infinite swarm of robots. Strategize the most effective placement of Monsters to synergize their elemental abilities.

Why similar: Tower Defense 22.6%, Idler 20.1%, Time Management 11.5%, Resource Management 9.9%, Automation 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: This title shares the exact core loop of placing heroes to defend against waves of enemies with deep idle progression.

Evolve epic monsters and crush puny humans in this endless idle tower defense game! Unlock, upgrade, and evolve over 150 unique monsters and pets, ranging from cute and colorful flower creatures to epic fire breathing dragons, to assemble the ultimate team against the endless waves of enemies.

Why similar: Auto Battler 21.8%, Tower Defense 19.8%, Idler 18.6%, Time Management 13.5%, Clicker 8.3%

Why You'll Like It: A direct evolution of the previous title that refines the hero management and tower defense mechanics.

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 21.3%, Tower Defense 18.1%, Idler 16.4%, Time Management 12.3%, Clicker 8.4%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on the hero-based tower defense style and incremental growth found in the seed game.

Upgrade your Castle and Unlock new tiers of Skills and Weapons to Defend vs Monsters and Bosses across VARIOUS ZONES! Find Rare ITEMS dropped from monsters and bosses and upgrade them to their full potential! Defeat RAID Mega-Bosses to find LEGENDARY items!

Why similar: Tower Defense 35.4%, Idler 34.4%, Clicker 16.3%, Strategy 6.4%, Casual 4%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward idle tower defense game that focuses on scaling your defenses against endless waves.

Infinitode 2 - a strategy in the Tower Defense genre, in which the player will have to build towers to protect his base from endless waves of enemies. The game features huge maps, lots of towers, resource miners, upgrade tree and map editor.

Why similar: Tower Defense 60.3%, Top-Down 17.7%, Strategy 16.6%, Casual 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a massive amount of progression and research, appealing to players who love optimizing their tower defense setups.

The Perfect Tower II is a mix between an incremental and a tower defense game. Build a town, manage resources and explore a variety of mini-games and tons of upgrades. Fully automate your game and watch numbers going up!

Why similar: Tower Defense 27%, Idler 24.2%, Resource Management 16.1%, Automation 14.8%, Clicker 10.3%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep incremental tower defense experience with extensive customization and research trees.

Crusaders of the Lost Idols is an idle game of heroic awesomeness! Create a band of fighters to fight monsters, earn gold and create strategies for the perfect formations over multiple campaigns! Upgrade your heroes, collect unique gear, and unlock new Crusaders in regular new events.

Why similar: Clicker 53.6%, Idler 15.6%, Zombies 11.6%, Fantasy 6.7%, Strategy 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: A classic idle game that emphasizes hero formation and synergy, much like the hero-placement mechanics in the seed game.

Free Tower Defense game with unique roguelike elements. Custom base building mechanics allow you to create your own base and maze with tiles earned after each wave. Unleash a variety of monsters, each with its own evolution path and unique skills, and evolve them into legendary creatures.

Why similar: Auto Battler 33.6%, Tower Defense 27%, Idler 22.8%, Strategy 8.5%, Fantasy 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: Blends casual tower defense with auto-battler mechanics and roguelike elements for varied gameplay.

Goblin Buster is an incremental tower defense game with deep upgrade mechanics. Obliterate annoying goblins, collect materials, discover powerful relics, invest in unique buildings and spend your resources to upgrade towers and magical spells with a massive skill tree!

Why similar: Tower Defense 23.2%, Idler 22%, Clicker 14.1%, Resource Management 13.3%, Strategy 7.4%

Why You'll Like It: Features a similar incremental loop where you upgrade towers and heroes to survive increasingly difficult waves.

Idle Champions of the Forgotten Realms is a Dungeons & Dragons strategy management game uniting Champions from throughout the D&D multiverse into a grand adventure.

Why similar: Idler 47.2%, Clicker 22.9%, Strategy 14.3%, Fantasy 13.7%, Casual 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: Combines hero-based auto-battling with incremental progression in a highly polished package.

A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.

Why similar: Zombies 46.9%, Tower Defense 40.6%, Strategy 8.5%, Top-Down 2.1%, Casual 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the tactical placement of units to hold off zombie hordes in a post-apocalyptic setting.

Zombie Tower Defense: Join the ongoing war, in an open world, against the undead zombie horde. Choose between multiple powerful heroes all with unique epic gear and skills! With the wide variety of towers you can create your own perfect strategy.

Why similar: Tower Defense 50.9%, Zombies 32.2%, Strategy 9.3%, Top-Down 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic zombie-themed tower defense game that emphasizes hero abilities and strategic placement.

City Defense Z combines base-building and base defense in a roguelite progression loop. Build by day, defend by night, and face a growing zombie threat. Every defeat unlocks permanent upgrades, helping you rebuild smarter and push further each time. See how many days you can last.

Why similar: Auto Battler 21.5%, Tower Defense 17.9%, Zombies 15.9%, Time Management 14.2%, Post-apocalyptic 12.4%

Why You'll Like It: A roguelike-infused zombie defense game that offers a fresh take on the genre while keeping the core theme.

"Arms Evolution: ZOMBIE DESTROYER" is a unique Roguelite tower defense game. You will slaughter thousands of zombies in the game and enhance your weapon towers through build character in the RPG way. and , the game also offers an idle mode, so you can enjoy building weapons anytime and anywhere.

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.5%, Zombies 22%, Post-apocalyptic 14.6%, Strategy 8%, Top-Down 6.7%

Why You'll Like It: Matches the zombie-themed tower defense aesthetic with roguelike loot and strategy elements.

Defense Clicker is an clicker game which will be soon F2P, with an tower defense theme and a few twists which make it very unique. You have to build an defense line with towers and upgrade them to stay alive as long as possible. when you die the map resets but you get a few special points depending on how long you survived.

Why similar: Tower Defense 48.3%, Clicker 25.2%, Strategy 19.3%, Casual 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: Combines traditional tower defense with clicker mechanics to create a fast-paced progression loop.

Get ready for the ULTIMATE tower defense onslaught. Build, deploy, research and upgrade your defenses in this epic, old school RTS inspired sci-fi adventure.

Why similar: Tower Defense 29.6%, Zombies 18%, Isometric 14.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%, Sci-fi 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a more tactical, high-quality tower defense experience with strong progression elements.

An idle auto-battler that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.

Why similar: Auto Battler 27.2%, Idler 25.3%, Tower Defense 20.6%, Clicker 11.6%, Top-Down 4.7%

Why You'll Like It: A casual idle tower defense game designed for quick sessions and constant incremental upgrades.

Unleash the power of specialized towers to annihilate hordes of monsters in this idle game with roguelike elements. Collect gold, level up your towers, face powerful bosses, and refine your strategy with an evolving skill tree.

Why similar: Auto Battler 30.5%, Tower Defense 23.8%, Idler 23.3%, Clicker 13.9%, Top-Down 5.4%

Why You'll Like It: Integrates roguelite elements with tower defense and idle progression for a varied gameplay experience.

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 23.8%, Tower Defense 18.5%, Idler 16.3%, Time Management 12.6%, Clicker 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A unique take on the genre that uses auto-battler mechanics to defend a moving target.

Idle Atomic is an Incremental Idle RPG in a post-apocalyptic world. Level up skills, refine your salvaged materials and hunt mutant creatures to survive!

Why similar: Idler 26.3%, Auto Battler 25.4%, Post-apocalyptic 19.9%, Resource Management 10.1%, Clicker 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: Features post-apocalyptic themes and simulation-heavy idle mechanics that appeal to fans of resource management.

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 42.9%, Tower Defense 35.2%, Strategy 9.1%, Top-Down 7.1%, Fantasy 5.7%

Why You'll Like It: A tactical tower defense game that incorporates auto-battler and roguelike mechanics for strategic depth.

Idle Tower Defense is a game where you control a single tower to fight off hordes of enemies. No randomization. Choose from a variety of modules to create unique builds and upgrade modules and survive endless waves.

Why similar: Tower Defense 35.9%, Idler 32.5%, Clicker 19.7%, Strategy 5.9%, Combat 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist approach to the idle tower defense genre that focuses on bullet-hell style action.

Defend your base with placeable towers that can be upgraded endlessly. Automate your production and make sure there's enough power to keep everything running.

Why similar: Tower Defense 23.6%, Idler 19.7%, Auto Battler 11.6%, Resource Management 10.5%, Automation 9.7%

Why You'll Like It: A casual, voxel-based tower defense game that leans into the idle and incremental genre.

Recruit hard-working helpers and magical creatures that automatically collect gold and crystals. Unlock new levels, invest in stronger units, and work your way up to the powerful dragon boss at the top. A relaxing pixel-style idle clicker!

Why similar: Clicker 33.7%, Automation 25.7%, Idler 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 12.4%, Fantasy 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: A charming, clicker-heavy idle game that focuses on hero progression and fantasy themes.

Strategically place turrets and build defenses to maximize your firepower against colossal Titans! Experiment with different setups, optimize your battlefield, and take down legendary creatures with the most efficient tactics. Every decision counts in this unique tower defense experience!

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.8%, Idler 29.5%, Clicker 16.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Automation 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: A casual idle game that incorporates tower defense elements and hero-based combat.

Defend the transport ship from being captured by enemy waves on the way to the jump hole. Upgrade weapons, kill enemies, get cargo, transfer cargo, buy features, repeat.

Why similar: Clicker 56.8%, Strategy 31.6%, Casual 11.7%

Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play tower defense game that utilizes idle mechanics to manage your defensive units.

Collect cards, upgrade cards, defeat monsters, join guilds and hire heroes. Raise your DPS!

Why similar: Idler 43.6%, Clicker 23.3%, Resource Management 16.9%, Fantasy 9.6%, Casual 3.7%

Why You'll Like It: A clicker-focused idle game that emphasizes damage-per-second scaling and hero management.

Destroy endless waves of alien ships that have all but wiped out humanity in this long form, unfolding, sci-fi idle game. Customize your ship with different weapons and defenses to defeat specific enemy types and utilize a ton of different systems to increase your overall power.

Why similar: Idler 36%, Resource Management 14.8%, Clicker 13.9%, Auto Battler 13.3%, Automation 7.8%

Pick up your sword and fight off waves of Potatoes by upgrading your stats constantly, use Equipment, choose between different Classes, put your many Talents to good use, and so much more designed to keep you entertained for a long time.

Why similar: Idler 47%, Resource Management 25.1%, Clicker 23.2%, Casual 4.6%

Auto Battler, Incremental, Idle Game

Why similar: Auto Battler 44.6%, Idler 35.4%, Strategy 9%, Fantasy 6.5%, Casual 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on the PVE auto-battler aspect of hero management in a medieval fantasy setting.

Card Storm Idle is an incremental game with both idle and active playstyles. Research and craft card deсk to earn as much resource as possible! Build up your power and see how far you can get. Bring the card storm down on monsters!

Why similar: Auto Battler 28.6%, Idler 21.9%, Clicker 12.9%, Automation 9.8%, Resource Management 9.5%

Why You'll Like It: Adds a card-based layer to the standard idle auto-battler formula for added strategic variety.

Lead your heroes in their neverending adventures! A minimalistic Idle game where combat is fully automated. It's up to you to make the most of that automation to reach extremely high numbers!

Why similar: Auto Battler 34.6%, Idler 28.9%, Time Management 16.9%, Automation 16.6%, Clicker 1.2%

A mixture of incremental/idle and roleplaying game set in fantasy world filled with monsters and things to explore, where battling is constant, almost everything can be upgraded, and with wide array of various prestige mechanics to always keep things interesting and moving forward!

Why similar: Idler 53.7%, Automation 32.2%, Fantasy 14.1%

Survive waves of enemies in Ash Warden, an incremental tower defense where you slowly become overpowered. Unlock new abilities, fight against powerful bosses, and evolve into an unstoppable force against the endless Redgaze hordes.

Why similar: Tower Defense 25.8%, Idler 21.7%, Post-apocalyptic 13.6%, Clicker 12.7%, Strategy 6.6%

Build a unique team, where each character has a random weapon, race and class. Strong combinations of heroes, enhanced by the ballad creation system and jelly dwarfs, will capture your adventure in history!

Why similar: Auto Battler 30.4%, Idler 22.2%, Clicker 12.9%, Resource Management 9.9%, Automation 9.3%

Chill out, your heroes got this! They’ll fight even when you’re offline. Pop back in for satisfying numbers going up, sweet rewards and easy level-ups. Unlock cool gear, & smack down epic bosses. Play idle or clicker - you’ll power up with no stress, just good times and infinite progression!

Why similar: Idler 62.1%, Clicker 24.5%, Fantasy 5.8%, Casual 4.7%, Strategy 3%

God Awe-Full Clicker is an Endless Dungeon Clicker/Idle game full of Greek Mythology and Epic Battles with RPG style aspects.

Why similar: Auto Battler 31.4%, Idler 26.4%, Resource Management 15.5%, Clicker 14.6%, Strategy 7%

Discover a new style of RPG management gameplay. Experience the fun of an idle RPG that blends an innovative four-view battle system with a deep hero-growth mechanic.

Why similar: Auto Battler 45.6%, Idler 44.1%, Top-Down 4.6%, Fantasy 3.9%, Combat 1.8%

Train your stats, cast spells, feed your minion, defeat monsters and bosses, raise demons, craft gems, go fishing and so much more in Wizard and Minion Idle--WAMI. This free to play, solo developed, Idle/active hybrid game has flexible pacing for long-time play-ability.

Why similar: Idler 48.4%, Clicker 25.1%, Strategy 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Casual 4.2%

An idle dungeon management game, where high tier units can create low tier units.

Why similar: Idler 39.8%, Clicker 21.6%, Resource Management 19.7%, Strategy 9.9%, Combat 4.9%

The long awaited sequel to DPS Idle. Collect cards, upgrade cards, defeat monsters, join guilds and recruit heroes. DPS IDLE 2!

Why similar: Idler 44.2%, Clicker 22.2%, Strategy 15.6%, Automation 13.8%, Fantasy 4.2%

This is a short idle tower defense game that players can complete to 100% in 2 hours.Abyss Manager is an idle tower defense game where players need to assign jobs to various characters, collect resources, recruit and train characters, and excavate more floors to unlock further mechanics.

Why similar: Idler 24.3%, Tower Defense 24.1%, Time Management 23.7%, Strategy 9.4%, Resource Management 8%

In this tug-of-war, casual defense game， you play Leonidas who is the hero-king of Sparta, against hordes of attacking zombies in Thermopylae. Recruit allies and build defenses to stop them!

Why similar: Tower Defense 48.1%, Zombies 29.1%, Strategy 16.4%, Casual 6.4%

A roguelite tower defense where every defeat makes you stronger. Spend gold on powerful temporary boosts, invest gems in permanent upgrades, and push your tower higher each attempt as you fight to survive all 100 waves.

Why similar: Idler 31.5%, Tower Defense 28.2%, Clicker 15.8%, Strategy 7%, Top-Down 5.8%

Lead a party of Cave Heroes to explore dungeons, battle monsters and defeat tough archdemons. Build your village, collect loot, rescue pets and much more in this idle RPG.

Why similar: Auto Battler 32.5%, Idler 23%, Isometric 13.4%, Clicker 12.3%, Strategy 8.7%

Face waves of enemies automatically and create builds by distributing stat points, leveling up equipment, choosing passive skills, summons and more. An idle game about killing hordes of enemies, becoming stronger, and exploring an unfolding storyline. A spin-off of Nomad Survival.

Why similar: Auto Battler 31.9%, Idler 29.4%, Clicker 15.7%, Automation 7.3%, Top-Down 4%

Incremental Idle Breakout Japanese Anime RPG! Explore the vast map (~ 10^21 meters) through breaking many blocks and defend your base from various monsters!

Why similar: Auto Battler 27.5%, Idler 23.5%, Tower Defense 21.7%, Clicker 12.4%, Automation 9.2%

Cube based incremental game that is simple but very deep!

Why similar: Idler 34.7%, Auto Battler 31.2%, Time Management 18.5%, Clicker 15.7%

Strategic idle game. Develop the kingdom, then abdicate and get gold! For gold, you can buy new tiles and expand the territory.

Why similar: Idler 57.5%, Clicker 25.7%, Strategy 14%, Pixel Graphics 2.8%

Zombie Strike is a strategy RPG with AFK gameplay and various elements. Survivors can recruit heroes, transform zombies, build a mighty team to defend their home! This game has high intelligence AI automatic play. Let's say goodbye to manual operation, free your hands!

Why similar: Zombies 46.7%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Strategy 16.4%, Fantasy 14.2%, Casual 5.2%

Like the song says, good guys finish last, and in this case, they also finish homeless and on fire. Welcome to Zombidle, Berzerk Studio's newest idle game, or tap game; whatever, you do you, man.

Why similar: Clicker 39.1%, Zombies 35.8%, Idler 10.7%, Strategy 10.1%, Casual 4.3%

Vacuum Warrior is a Free to Play incremental idle game. Listen to the crisp crackle of dust and debris entering your vacuum as you vacuum ridiculous amounts of dust. Upgrade your vacuums, idle gains, and robot vacuums, earn achievements, and explore numerous locations in the Vacuum Warrior universe!

Why similar: Idler 40.1%, Clicker 21%, Automation 12%, Top-Down 11.2%, Resource Management 9.3%

Super Sanctum TD is a retro-styled Tower Defense game that focuses on strategy, customization and replayability. Build advanced mazes and construct powerful towers to prevent alien hordes from reaching the Core!

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.4%, Isometric 18.3%, Sci-fi 8.7%, Strategy 8.4%, Futuristic 7.2%

New tower defense gameplay! The apocalypse has come, and zombies are running amok. As the leader of the survivors, collect and use resources to defend their last shelter!

Why similar: Zombies 53.4%, Strategy 35.7%, Futuristic 10.9%

Idle Pins is an Incremental game made by an Incremental addict for Incremental lovers. Over 250 Pins to collect and merge. Hundreds of upgrades, features and QoL. Enjoy one of the most rewarding 'grind' experience, now on Steam!

Why similar: Auto Battler 28.8%, Idler 22%, Resource Management 13.5%, Time Management 13%, Clicker 12.2%

Conquer PickCrafter, the hit indie idle game! Break blocks, forge equipment, and collect powerful Pickaxes. Prestige to legendary tiers with the new Ascension Skill Tree. Discover biomes and battle epic bosses. Make meaningful choices and invent complex builds in this addictive endless adventure!

Why similar: Idler 32.6%, Resource Management 21.3%, Clicker 18.2%, Fantasy 9%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%

RPG/Idle hybrid about becoming the most powerful wizard there is. Pick a class, get a pet, configure and improve your character in a myriad ways!

Why similar: Idler 73.8%, Clicker 23.5%, Casual 2.7%

The management RPG where your heroes keep fighting even when you're gone! Spend their loot on upgrades, unlock classes from Elemental Wizard to Cannon Pirate, and level up 19 unique skills like Farming, Sailing, and even Construction!

Why similar: Idler 51.3%, Resource Management 19.1%, Clicker 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 9.9%, Casual 2.2%

Explore through Idle Campaign! A DnD-inspired idle/incremental game about slaughtering enemies with a group of heroes through an endless campaign!This game has no rebirth; level continuously without having to repeat levels!

Why similar: Auto Battler 32.1%, Idler 25.5%, Resource Management 16.1%, Clicker 14.4%, Strategy 7.3%

This is a free multiplayer PvP strategy game that incorporates rogue-like and auto chess elements, players need to equip their auto-battling heroes with the right treasures and skills to ultimately defeat all other players and become the champion.

Why similar: Auto Battler 62.8%, Strategy 14.3%, Fantasy 10.7%, Automation 7.9%, Casual 4.3%