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 21.1%, Idler 18.2%, Incremental 14.3%, Time Management 10.7%, Resource Management 9%

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 20%, Tower Defense 18.3%, Idler 16.7%, Incremental 15.9%, Time Management 12.4%

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 19.5%, Tower Defense 16.8%, Incremental 16.2%, Idler 14.7%, Time Management 11.3%

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

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: Incremental 71.6%, Idler 9.6%, Zombies 7.1%, Fantasy 4.1%, Strategy 4%

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.

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 30.3%, Incremental 29.3%, Idler 28.5%, Strategy 5.4%, Casual 3.4%

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

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 24%, Incremental 21.5%, Idler 20.9%, Resource Management 14%, Automation 12.8%

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

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 60.5%, Top-Down 17.6%, Strategy 16.5%, 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.

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 27.4%, Idler 22.3%, Strategy 8.5%, Fantasy 5.3%

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: Incremental 26.4%, Tower Defense 20.2%, Idler 18.5%, Resource Management 11.3%, Strategy 6.4%

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: Incremental 39%, Idler 36.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Fantasy 11.1%, Casual 1.5%

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

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 50.8%, Zombies 32.3%, Strategy 9.2%, Top-Down 7.7%

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

"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 34.4%, Zombies 22.2%, 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.

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 47.2%, Tower Defense 40.5%, Strategy 8.5%, Top-Down 2%, Casual 1.8%

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

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 21.3%, Tower Defense 18%, Zombies 16.1%, Time Management 14.1%, Post-apocalyptic 12.5%

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

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 64.7%, Strategy 25.7%, Casual 9.6%

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

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 26.5%, Incremental 25.2%, Tower Defense 20.9%, Idler 19.8%, Top-Down 4.8%

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

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 18.1%, Isometric 14.4%, Post-apocalyptic 12.6%, Sci-fi 9.7%

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

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 23.5%, Auto Battler 23.2%, Post-apocalyptic 18.5%, Incremental 15.9%, Resource Management 9.1%

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

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

Why similar: Auto Battler 25%, Incremental 22.4%, Tower Defense 19.8%, Idler 19.3%, Top-Down 4.2%

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

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 21.6%, Incremental 18%, Tower Defense 17%, Idler 14.4%, Time Management 11.4%

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

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: Incremental 33.9%, Tower Defense 29.9%, Idler 26.3%, Strategy 4.9%, Combat 2.7%

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 21.1%, Incremental 18.6%, Idler 17.9%, Resource Management 9.6%, Auto Battler 9.5%

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

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 42.6%, Tower Defense 35.4%, Strategy 9.1%, Top-Down 7.1%, Fantasy 5.8%

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

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: Incremental 45.7%, Automation 18.6%, Idler 15%, Pixel Graphics 9.3%, Fantasy 8.5%

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: Incremental 28.8%, Tower Defense 26.6%, Idler 24.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%, Automation 6%

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: Incremental 75.5%, Strategy 17.9%, Casual 6.6%

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

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: Incremental 40.3%, Idler 35.9%, Resource Management 19.4%, Casual 3.6%, Combat 0.7%

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

Why similar: Incremental 39.2%, Idler 34.2%, Resource Management 13.4%, Fantasy 7.8%, Casual 3%

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: Incremental 30.2%, Idler 28.8%, Resource Management 11.7%, Auto Battler 11.7%, Automation 6.1%

Auto Battler, Incremental, Idle Game

Why similar: Auto Battler 42.6%, Idler 33.1%, Strategy 8.6%, Fantasy 6.3%, Incremental 5.1%

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

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 53.4%, Automation 32.2%, Fantasy 14.4%

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 25.2%, Incremental 23.6%, Idler 18.9%, Automation 8.5%, Resource Management 8.3%

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

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 26.8%, Incremental 23.7%, Idler 19.2%, Resource Management 8.6%, Automation 8.1%

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 39.7%, Incremental 34%, Auto Battler 14.1%, Fantasy 5.5%, Strategy 3.7%

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 32.4%, Idler 26.5%, Time Management 15.8%, Automation 15.4%, Incremental 8.1%

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: Incremental 23.5%, Tower Defense 22.8%, Idler 18.5%, Post-apocalyptic 12.1%, Strategy 5.8%

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 44.8%, Idler 42.4%, Top-Down 4.4%, Fantasy 4%, Strategy 2.7%

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: Incremental 57.5%, Zombies 24.9%, Idler 7.7%, Strategy 7%, Casual 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: Incremental 27.2%, Auto Battler 27%, Idler 22.2%, Resource Management 13.1%, Strategy 6%

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: Incremental 44.4%, Idler 35.6%, Strategy 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%, Casual 3.2%

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

Why similar: Incremental 37.4%, Idler 31.5%, Resource Management 15.8%, Strategy 8.1%, Combat 4%

Cube based incremental game that is simple but very deep!

Why similar: Incremental 36.8%, Idler 25.6%, Auto Battler 23.5%, Time Management 14%

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: Incremental 28.7%, Auto Battler 27.4%, Idler 24.3%, Automation 6.2%, Top-Down 3.4%

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: Tower Defense 24.4%, Idler 23.8%, Time Management 23.8%, Strategy 9.5%, Resource Management 7.9%

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 29.3%, Strategy 16.3%, Casual 6.4%

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 24.1%, Incremental 23.5%, Idler 20.2%, Tower Defense 19.2%, Automation 8%

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

Why similar: Incremental 48.7%, Idler 39.5%, Strategy 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 2%

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 28.7%, Incremental 22.7%, Idler 19.9%, Isometric 12%, Strategy 7.7%

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

Why similar: Idler 56.3%, Strategy 20.4%, Automation 17.7%, Fantasy 5.5%

Lead a squad of elite Amazons in a post-apocalyptic tactical action RPG. Battle hordes of mutated weirdos, recruit and upgrade unique heroines, and uncover the truth behind Virus G in a story-driven survival adventure.

Why similar: Auto Battler 29.3%, Tower Defense 22.9%, Idler 19.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.1%, Strategy 8.7%

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 25.5%, Incremental 22.9%, Idler 19%, Resource Management 11.8%, Time Management 11.6%

Defeat enemies, earn gold, upgrade your village, become a Ninja Master!

Why similar: Auto Battler 32.1%, Incremental 31.9%, Idler 26%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%, Casual 2.9%

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 54.3%, Incremental 43.6%, Casual 2.1%

Tap Tap Infinity is a fully 3D incremental RPG. Hire Heroes to fight for you, even with the game closed! Gain unimaginable DPS, mountains of gold, conquer thousands of levels and millions of monsters on your quest to defeat ‘The Master'.

Why similar: Incremental 95.4%, Casual 4.6%

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: Incremental 34.9%, Idler 29.7%, Automation 15.8%, Top-Down 8.5%, Resource Management 7.5%

A short active incremental game where you stack ludicrous weapons and upgrades onto a tower. Destroy a gigantic evolving horde, unlock new tech, repeat.

Why similar: Incremental 29%, Tower Defense 23.9%, Idler 22.3%, Isometric 13.6%, Top-Down 5%

This is a beautiful "Idle", "Incremental" game based on spirals and mathematics. Your goal is to make the spiral grow farther and farther from the origin. The game is very simple, but it is very deep and can be enjoyed for a long time!

Why similar: Incremental 33.1%, Idler 27.3%, Time Management 17.3%, Automation 12.1%, Resource Management 4.8%

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 46.9%, Sci-fi 17.5%, Strategy 16.3%, Fantasy 14.2%, Casual 5.2%

Choose your Spells, Perks, and Traits, then let the Wizard do all of the work in this unique Idle RPG! Tap Wizard 2 is a fusion of the Idle, Incremental, ARPG, and Twin-Stick Shooter genres, resulting in a game like no other!

Why similar: Idler 39.7%, Incremental 30.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Top-Down 8.5%, Fantasy 7.2%

Stunning sphere-themed idle/incremental game. Experience simplicity's beauty.

Why similar: Auto Battler 28.2%, Incremental 23.5%, Idler 20.7%, Time Management 17.7%, Fantasy 4.6%