- #1 Ratropolis
97% matchVery Positive88% of 5,510 reviews2020
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24.9% ★, Card Game 18.6%, Tower Defense 13.2%, City Builder 12.1%, Survival 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the card-based real-time defense loop where you must build and manage a city while fending off waves of enemies.
- #2 These Doomed Isles
96% matchMostly Positive71% of 232 reviews2024
Dev: Triplevision Games LimitedPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 16.5% ★, Colony Sim 13.5%, City Builder 13.3%, Tower Defense 9.4%, Base Building 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A god-game roguelike deckbuilder that tasks you with building and protecting your civilization from waves of invaders using card-based powers.
- #3 Stacklands
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 30,157 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
Why similar: Card Game 26%, City Builder 25.3%, Management 14.7%, Survival 13.7%, Building 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game shares the core card-based survival and resource management mechanics, requiring players to build their settlement through card interactions.
- #4 Against the Storm
95% matchVery Positive94% of 37,259 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 28.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.4%, City Builder 19.9%, Base Building 14.2%, Resource Management 8%, Management 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A premier roguelite city-builder that emphasizes strategic decision-making and survival under constant pressure, mirroring the roguelike elements of the seed game.
- #5 Thronefall
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,552 reviews2024
Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Why similar: City Builder 30.1%, Tower Defense 27.3%, Base Building 13.7%, Medieval 10.4%, Building 7%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist kingdom defense game that focuses on the core loop of building up your defenses by day and surviving enemy sieges by night.
- #6 Super Fantasy Kingdom
93% matchVery Positive87% of 5,926 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.3 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 40% ★, Card Game 22.8%, Medieval 12.6%, Roguelike 12.5%, Strategy 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite strategy game that blends kingdom management with card-based tactical combat and hero deployment.
- #7 Dice Legacy
94% matchMixed68% of 1,054 reviews2021
Dev: DESTINYbit
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dice Legacy is a dice-based survival city builder set on a mysterious ringworld. Your ship has reached the shore of an uncharted continent. Roll and use your dice to gather resources, expand and defend your settlement, survive the winter and interact with the strange inhabitants of this eerie world.
Why similar: City Builder 23.2%, Colony Sim 19.8%, Base Building 10%, Survival 9.4%, Roguelike 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This survival city-builder uses dice-based mechanics instead of cards to manage your population and defense, offering a similar tactical feel.
- #8 Cardboard Town
92% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,304 reviews2023
Dev: Stratera GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.
Why similar: City Builder 20.9%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 19.7% ★, Card Game 14.5%, Building 9.2%, Resource Management 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A stylized city-builder that uses cards to determine building placement and events, offering a lighter but mechanically similar experience.
- #9 Kingdom Two Crowns
91% matchVery Positive90% of 39,408 reviews2018
Dev: Fury StudiosPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: City Builder 20%, Tower Defense 18.7%, Colony Sim 17.9%, Base Building 12.8%, Building 7.2%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling kingdom builder that focuses on resource management and defensive expansion against encroaching threats.
- #10 Becastled
90% matchVery Positive82% of 5,597 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!
Why similar: Base Building 25%, City Builder 24.8%, Colony Sim 20.1%, Medieval 8.1%, Building 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A base-building strategy game centered on constructing a castle and defending it against nightly sieges, mirroring the core gameplay loop.
- #11 Vertical Kingdom
91% matchMostly Positive78% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: Farlight Games IndustryPub: indie.io
Windows
There's nowhere to go but up! Vertical Kingdom is a card-based city builder roguelite with a twist - you can only build vertically, literally reaching for the sky with each city. Lead expeditions to gather resources, construct metropolises, and build ever upwards!
Why similar: City Builder 22.9%, Card Game 15.9%, Base Building 15.9%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.6%, Resource Management 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based city builder that emphasizes spatial management and deck-driven construction, closely aligning with the card-based building mechanics of the seed.
- #12 The Last Spell
89% matchVery Positive91% of 13,615 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.1%, Base Building 19%, Turn-Based Tactics 18.1%, Turn-Based Strategy 15.3%, Roguelike 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: This turn-based tactical game focuses heavily on defending a city against massive hordes, requiring careful management of limited resources and defenses.
- #13 Kingdoms and Castles
89% matchVery Positive94% of 31,383 reviews2017
Dev: Lion Shield, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.
Why similar: City Builder 24.5%, Colony Sim 22.7%, Base Building 11.9%, Resource Management 7.7%, Management 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A classic city-builder that incorporates essential defensive mechanics like wall construction and archer towers to protect against raids.
- #14 Border Pioneer
88% matchVery Positive87% of 1,902 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!
Why similar: City Builder 21.8%, Tower Defense 17.3%, Base Building 15.5%, Wargame 12.8%, Card Game 9%
Why You'll Like It: A tower-defense strategy game that emphasizes medieval base-building and managing resources to survive enemy incursions.
- #15 Diplomacy is Not an Option
87% matchVery Positive86% of 12,512 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Colony Sim 30%, Base Building 20.2%, Resource Management 12.8%, Tower Defense 12.1%, Medieval 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: An intense siege-defense city-builder that captures the scale and pressure of defending your walls against thousands of enemies.
- #16 Islets Defense
86% matchVery Positive94% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: MiniGoofPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: City Builder 23%, Tower Defense 17.7%, Base Building 16%, Resource Management 9.5%, Building 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that combines tower defense with city-building elements, focusing on protecting your base through tactical placement.
- #17 Warlords Under Siege
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 478 reviews2025
Dev: RedKar Devs
Windows
Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat.
Why similar: City Builder 20.6%, Wargame 18.2%, Base Building 13.1%, Card Game 12.4%, Survival 8%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RTS that blends city-building with roguelite elements, focusing on defending your base against waves of enemies.
- #18 Aurora Defense
85% matchMixed62% of 100 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.4% ★, City Builder 17%, Tower Defense 14%, Base Building 13.7%, Card Game 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike tower-defense game that uses deckbuilding mechanics to upgrade your defenses and survive increasingly difficult waves.
- #19 Kingdoms Reborn
84% matchVery Positive90% of 9,712 reviews2020
Dev: Earthshine
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A city builder with simulated citizens, set in a procedurally-generated world map. Grow your kingdom through the eras from a tiny medieval hamlet into a prosperous global empire! Cooperate or compete in real-time with your friends in multiplayer mode.
Why similar: City Builder 29.5%, Colony Sim 20.5%, Base Building 13.5%, Management 6.9%, Card Game 6%
Why You'll Like It: A multiplayer-focused city-builder that emphasizes management and expansion, providing a more complex take on the colony-sim genre.
- #20 Manor Lords
82% matchVery Positive84% of 90,512 reviews2024
Dev: Slavic MagicPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 23.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Manor Lords is a medieval strategy game featuring in-depth city building, large-scale tactical battles, and complex economic and social simulations. Rule your lands as a medieval lord – the seasons pass, the weather changes, and cities rise and fall.
Why similar: City Builder 28.5%, Base Building 20.4%, Colony Sim 11%, Medieval 10.7%, Simulation 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A deep medieval city-builder that integrates tactical combat and defensive planning, perfect for those who enjoy the wargame aspects of the seed.
- #21 Kaya's Prophecy
84% matchMostly Positive75% of 238 reviews2025
Dev: Jérémie & ThibautPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Kaya’s Prophecy is a unique card based village builder! establish your village, gather resources, and craft tools and buildings in a vibrant world. Explore and combat various challenges and other groups in this colourful, deck-builder while appeasing your god to earn his favour.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.3%, City Builder 23.9%, Card Game 16.5%, Management 8.9%, Roguelike 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that incorporates card-based tactical elements to manage your settlement and respond to incoming threats.
- #22 Settlements Rising
83% matchVery Positive81% of 435 reviews2025
Dev: The Catalyst Crew
Windows
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
Why similar: Colony Sim 22.2%, City Builder 21.9%, Base Building 10.1%, Resource Management 7.5%, Tower Defense 7%
Why You'll Like It: A colony-sim that focuses on resource management and survival, requiring players to build and defend their settlement against various threats.
- #23 Automatic Kingdom
82% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2026
Dev: Matthew Pontarolo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build the perfect kingdom in this turn-based strategy game that combines elements of automation, board games, and city builders. Keep your kingdom happy, endure hostile Challenges, and unlock new cards as your kingdom becomes more prosperous.
Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Card Game 20.6%, Base Building 13.3%, Resource Management 12.6%, Medieval 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that uses card-based automation to manage resources and build your kingdom, offering a unique twist on the genre.
- #24 Fabledom
81% matchVery Positive85% of 7,762 reviews2024
Dev: Grenaa GamesPub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 12.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Set in a wholesome fairytale world, Fabledom is a laid-back City builder. Enjoy the growth of your settlement, interact with your neighbors and defend your kingdom from magical creatures. All to find true love and live happily ever after!
Why similar: City Builder 27.4%, Colony Sim 26.7%, Base Building 14.4%, Resource Management 8.6%, Management 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A charming city-builder that includes kingdom defense and resource management, focusing on the growth and protection of your realm.
- #25 Tiny Kingdom
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 153 reviews2025
Dev: neltile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tiny Kingdom is a minimalist city-building strategy game where every placement matters. Start with a single hut and grow a thriving kingdom by combining buildings, unlocking synergies, and creating efficient layouts.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.1% ★, City Builder 21.1%, Card Game 12.9%, Resource Management 7.9%, Building 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike deckbuilder that focuses on building a small, efficient kingdom while managing resources and defending against attacks.
- #26 Nordhold
79% matchVery Positive87% of 3,330 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
Why similar: City Builder 21.2%, Tower Defense 18.8%, Base Building 15.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 9.5%, Management 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark-fantasy tower-defense game with roguelite elements that requires strategic placement and turn-based planning.
- #27 The King is Watching
77% matchVery Positive89% of 10,374 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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: City Builder 23.1%, Base Building 19.9%, Tower Defense 19.3%, Resource Management 10.1%, Roguelike 10%
- #28 9 Kings
76% matchVery Positive93% of 22,964 reviews2025
Dev: Sad SocketPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 46.6% ★, Card Game 26.3%, Roguelike 14%, Strategy 6.8%, Fantasy 6.4%
- #29 Fantasy Village Simulator
80% matchMixed65% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: CYCLOPS
Windows · Mac
Experience building your own village with different races in a fantasy world! Produce more villagers for various production tasks and train more guards to resist waves of demonic attacks. Plan the production of supplies to create more powerful equipment for the guards to wear.
Why similar: Base Building 22.4%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.3%, Card Game 10.8%, Roguelike 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A simulation game that uses deckbuilding to manage the growth and defense of a fantasy village.
- #30 Transport Legion
78% matchVery Positive86% of 99 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: Card Game 25.5%, Tower Defense 23.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 13.8%, Strategy 10.1%, Medieval 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that uses card-based mechanics to manage logistics and defense, offering a tactical approach to city-building.
- #31 Paper Kingdom
78% matchMixed59% of 64 reviews2025
Dev: obece
Windows
Paper Kingdom is a colony management game. Stack cards to gather resources, build structures, explore and fight invaders. Turn a nomadic tribe into an empire.
Why similar: City Builder 27.5%, Card Game 22.4%, Survival 12.6%, Management 12.3%, Building 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based management game that focuses on survival and city-building, utilizing a unique paper-aesthetic.
- #32 Royal Lord - 王权领主
77% matchVery Positive89% of 56 reviews2026
Dev: 开发鸭
Windows
In "Kingdom Monarch", you are a monarch and can build the kingdom of your dreams! You need to build city walls, assign jobs to villagers, recruit soldiers, repel hordes of monsters at night, and expand your village during the day.
Why similar: City Builder 20.8%, Colony Sim 19.2%, Base Building 17%, Tower Defense 8.3%, Medieval 7.8%
- #33 Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder
74% matchVery Positive97% of 202 reviews2026
Dev: Crux Games
Windows
A mini citybuilding roguelike. Place buildings, stack combos, and master deep strategy in short bursts to create a tiny thriving metropolis!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.8% ★, City Builder 23.7%, Card Game 13.7%, Roguelike 9.5%, Turn-Based Strategy 7.3%
- #34 Gord
79% matchMixed54% of 1,008 reviews2023
Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.
Why similar: Colony Sim 38.7%, City Builder 28.9%, Survival 14.7%, Resource Management 11.7%, Strategy 6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy colony-sim that combines base-building with tactical combat and survival against environmental threats.
- #35 Kingdom of Cards
76% matchMostly Positive77% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Rubber Duck GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
From cropland to forest, from academy to conqueror's guild, expand territory of your kingdom. As the kingdom grows, crises will quietly arise. No worries: prepare to use the resource cards to train a group of powerful guardians to eliminate enemies and protect your kingdom.
Why similar: Card Game 39.5%, Strategy 15.6%, RPG 13.7%, Roguelike 13.2%, Management 9.8%
- #36 FrostBound
73% matchVery Positive82% of 1,270 reviews2025
Dev: Lyra StudioPub: Samar Studio
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
FrostBound is a roguelike deck-building tower defense set in an endless winter. Build your base, master 500+ cards, and withstand relentless waves to end the eternal frost.
Why similar: Card Game 35.6%, Roguelike 16.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 16.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 13%, Medieval 10.4%
- #37 Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: YogurtGames
Windows
Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids is a medieval fantasy blend of tower defense and roguelike progression. Build defenses on a grid, manage resources, and survive ever-evolving enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.2%, Turn-Based Strategy 14%, Card Game 11.7%, Base Building 11.7%, Turn-Based Tactics 10.7%
- #38 As We Descend
72% matchVery Positive87% of 1,382 reviews2025
Dev: Box DragonPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 8.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 37.7% ★, Card Game 19.8%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Roguelike 9.9%
- #39 The Royal Writ
73% matchVery Positive83% of 519 reviews2025
Dev: Save Sloth StudiosPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 36.8% ★, Card Game 19.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 11.5%, Turn-Based Tactics 8.4%, Medieval 7.5%
- #40 There Are No Orcs
70% matchVery Positive93% of 1,211 reviews2025
Dev: BaseTrade StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An RTS-Roguelike hybrid with auto-battling troops. Master building placement, swarm your enemies, and smash their defenses with unit-commander combos!
Why similar: City Builder 22.9%, Tower Defense 17.5%, Wargame 16.7%, Card Game 15.7%, Base Building 14.5%
- #41 Castle Cardians
75% matchMostly Positive75% of 133 reviews2021
Dev: 风宇冲
Windows
Castle Cardians fused card games,roguelike and real time colony defense together. Build your powerful deck, defend the castle and beat invaders.
Why similar: Card Game 31.1%, Tower Defense 27%, Roguelike 13.8%, Medieval 9.2%, Strategy 8.4%
- #42 Edge Islands
72% matchMostly Positive75% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: LS Games
Windows
Discover a unique blend of Colony Sim and Tactical RPG. Recruit and train your heroes, build your outpost, explore dungeons and engage in turn-based strategic battles to protect and expand your domain. Shape your stories by managing moods, relationships, ambitions and more!
Why similar: Colony Sim 25%, Base Building 17.4%, City Builder 13.8%, Building 8.6%, Management 7.5%
- #43 希望之城 The City Of Hope
73% matchMixed67% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: 家里蹲工作室
Windows
A light city-building game that combines elements of card games and tower defense, where players must survive daily enemy attacks and gradually grow their strength to ultimately defeat powerful invaders.
Why similar: City Builder 20.4%, Tower Defense 17%, Card Game 15.6%, Wargame 13.5%, Survival 10.7%
- #44 Tower Tactics: Liberation
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,252 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 16.9 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 38.7% ★, Tower Defense 22.3%, Card Game 19%, Roguelike 9.5%, Management 6.4%
- #45 Clonizer
70% matchVery Positive86% of 183 reviews2025
Dev: Juicy PlumePub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Clonizer combines Hex-based tactics and roguelike deckbuilding! Play cards, manage clones, explore unique charming planets and outsmart aliens. Craft a powerful deck through your expedition and Clonize the universe to become employee of the month of CLONPO!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 34.5% ★, Card Game 18.6%, Turn-Based Tactics 12.6%, Turn-Based Strategy 10.4%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #46 DarkSwitch
68% matchMostly Positive77% of 739 reviews2026
Dev: Cyber TemplePub: Cyber Temple Games LLC
Windows
DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog. Face the challenges of limited real estate, scarce resources, and tough moral choices as you seek to uncover the mystery of the Shroud. The Tree Provides! The Tree Protects! The Tree Prevails!
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.5%, City Builder 19.7%, Base Building 12.4%, Tower Defense 11.1%, Survival 8.4%
- #47 Rogue Hex
69% matchVery Positive87% of 277 reviews2025
Dev: Topstitch Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Play your cards right to conquer the world in the Roguelite 4x. Explore mysterious lands, survive against the barbarian horde, and grow your stone age empire into the stars!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.7% ★, City Builder 16.3%, Card Game 12.8%, Roguelike 8.8%, Turn-Based Strategy 8.8%
- #48 Here Comes The Swarm
66% matchVery Positive85% of 330 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: Colony Sim 19.9%, City Builder 14.7%, Base Building 13.8%, Tower Defense 12.2%, Survival 8.2%
- #49 Decks of the Damned
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 83 reviews2025
Dev: Thorian GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Raise an undead army in Decks of the Damned! Command your vampire minions, scavenge gear from fallen foes and craft powerful items to strenghten your forces. Defend by day, expand your domain by night, and shroud the land in darkness!
Why similar: Card Game 38.2%, Survival 21.7%, Management 21.3%, Fantasy 7.5%, Strategy 6.8%
- #50 Civitatem
71% matchMixed63% of 134 reviews2022
Dev: LW Games
Windows
Civitatem is a medieval city builder where you help your villagers raise a new settlement in dangerous lands by making use of their skills and available world resources.
Why similar: City Builder 33.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Resource Management 8.6%, Survival 8.3%, Medieval 8.1%
- #51 坍塌世界
67% matchMostly Positive73% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: a1
Windows
"Collapsing World" is an innovative tower defense game blending deck-building and roguelike mechanics. Recruit unique companions, craft powerful skill decks, and tackle randomized stages. Deep strategy breaks the traditional TD mold—every run is a fresh challenge!
Why similar: City Builder 23.4%, Tower Defense 18.2%, Base Building 16.8%, Medieval 8.3%, Roguelike 7.8%
- #52 Terracards
68% matchVery Positive85% of 761 reviews2023
Dev: Pixel Purrfect
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Farm, sell, learn, repeat. Terracards is a tactical roguelike-deckbuilder where you manage your own farm, You'll utilize animals, crops, and structures through cards, transforming them into valuable resources and wealth with each turn. But beware - deplete your funds, and it's game over.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.9% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Card Game 10.2%, Management 9.1%, Building 7.9%
- #53 Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder
71% matchMixed62% of 331 reviews2023
Dev: Black Eye Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Nadir is a roguelike deck-builder with a twist: the cost to play a card is an enemy reaction you can predict. Craft your own cards to slay powerful demons. Gather resources, expand your city, grow in power and conquer the underworld.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 37.3% ★, City Builder 23.4%, Card Game 20.7%, Roguelike 9.6%, Strategy 4.6%
- #54 Legacy of Defense
66% matchMostly Positive75% of 539 reviews2026
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 47.9%, Roguelike 15.5%, Simulation 10.1%, Strategy 9.9%, Medieval 9.1%
- #55 Dwarven Skykeep
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 137 reviews2022
Dev: Hack The PublisherPub: Ravenage Games
Windows · Mac
A unique blend of base- and deckbuilding wrapped in a medieval fantasy universe and humorous plot. Build and defend your towers using magical cards. Win artifacts to obtain immense power. Complete challenges, adapt to RNG and conditions of five worlds to become a master wizard!
Why similar: Base Building 24.1%, Card Game 19.2%, Resource Management 13.8%, Management 11.3%, Building 10.4%
- #56 City Defense Z
67% matchMostly Positive76% of 322 reviews2025
Dev: Good Mood Games
Windows · Linux
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: Tower Defense 22.5%, Base Building 21.9%, Survival 12.9%, Resource Management 12.8%, Roguelike 12.4%
- #57 ORX
69% matchMixed69% of 681 reviews2022
Dev: johnbellPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A new take on tower-defence and deckbuilding roguelike genres. ORX is like playing Carcassonne with your table on fire. Build your perfect deck, use powerful artefacts, master 3 unique factions. Prove that you are the King of your castle!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 35.1% ★, Tower Defense 19.7%, Card Game 18.5%, Building 10%, Roguelike 9%
- #58 Demon Castle Story
65% matchVery Positive80% of 291 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation
Why similar: Colony Sim 27.3%, City Builder 22.6%, Tower Defense 18.8%, Simulation 8.6%, RPG 8%
- #59 Emberward
64% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,818 reviews2024
Dev: Refic Games
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 26.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.5% ★, Tower Defense 20.2%, Base Building 17.1%, Roguelike 8%, Resource Management 8%