- #1 Thronefall
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,974 reviews2024
Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.3%, City Builder 20.9%, Action RTS 14.7% ★, Minimalist 9.4%, Base Building 8.9%
- #2 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 198 reviews2025
Dev: Exabyte Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Final Outpost is a survival strategy base-builder. You lead the last survivors of the apocalypse. Assign roles, craft tools, and manage resources carefully. Construct buildings, level up your citizens, and fortify your town against hordes of zombies. How many days can you survive?
Why similar: City Builder 18.1%, Tower Defense 16.9%, RTS 16.2%, Base Building 15.8%, Zombies 13%
- #3 Cataclismo
96% matchVery Positive89% of 4,143 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: Tower Defense 17.9%, City Builder 17.6%, RTS 16.3%, Base Building 12.9%, Zombies 11.9%
- #4 Infection Free Zone
95% matchVery Positive81% of 17,669 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.0 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Choose any real region from the world. Choose your base of operations, then rebuild and readapt the buildings around you to create a self-sustaining settlement. Take charge of a group of survivors from your city. And when the night falls - Defend the zone from the infected!
Why similar: City Builder 27%, Base Building 22.2%, Zombies 18.3%, RTS 17.1%, Strategy 7%
- #5 They Are Billions
94% matchVery Positive85% of 50,888 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 56.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: Base Building 23.6%, RTS 19.9%, Tower Defense 18.4%, Zombies 15%, City Builder 12.3%
- #6 Tower Dominion
94% 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 26.1%, RTS 18.2%, Base Building 15.1%, Roguelike 10.1%, Tactical 8.4%
- #7 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,488 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: Action RTS 21.8% ★, Tower Defense 21.2%, RTS 18.7%, Base Building 14.1%, Tactical 8%
- #8 Defensurvivor
92% matchMostly Positive72% of 105 reviews2024
Dev: SignatureGamez
Windows
DEFENSURVIVOR is a strategy game where you build obstacles and place and move units to block zombies. There are various units with unique characteristics and powerful high-level units that can be obtained through combination. Use randomly given units to survive until the end!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.6%, RTS 19.1%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Base Building 15.6%, Zombies 6.8%
- #9 Last Stand: Defense
91% matchVery Positive84% of 130 reviews2025
Dev: ZiiTech Games
Windows · Mac
"Last Stand:Defense" is a tower defense-themed Rogue-like game. Players need to defend against waves of enemies by building bases, matching talents, and performing delicate operations during battles. Remember, every choice you make will affect the final outcome of the battle!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.6%, RTS 22.5%, City Builder 19.7%, Minimalist 7.5%, Strategy 7.2%
- #10 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
89% matchVery Positive82% of 11,912 reviews2026
Dev: Brigada GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Command the checkpoint in a collapsing city. Screen survivors, manage scarce resources, and hold back the undead. Every choice matters and one mistake could unleash the plague beyond your walls.
Why similar: Zombies 51.2%, Base Building 31.9%, 3D 9.3%, Combat 4.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #11 Until We Die
91% matchMixed64% of 4,594 reviews2021
Dev: Pixeye Games
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Until We Die is a side-scrolling strategy game about defending your base where you have to run around as Ivan, assign tasks to people, and fight mutants in the post-apocalyptic subway!
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.7%, Base Building 32.1%, Strategy 14%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #12 MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
90% matchMostly Positive78% of 890 reviews2019
Dev: Giant Grey
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.6%, RTS 22.1%, Zombies 14.8%, Base Building 12.8%, Tactical 10.5%
- #13 Outpost: Infinity Siege
89% matchMixed65% of 13,570 reviews2024
Dev: Team RangerPub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 16.5 hrsMean: 41.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.3%, RTS 26%, Base Building 23.8%, Strategy 8.3%, 3D 6.2%
- #14 Monsters are Coming!
86% 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 21.7%, City Builder 20%, Bullet Hell 15.5%, Base Building 14.6%, Isometric 12.4%
- #15 The Last Haven
88% matchMixed61% of 1,529 reviews2023
Dev: Thunder Devs.
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
The world after a nuclear war. Manage the settlement, learn technology, make decisions, produce weapons, ammunition, organize defense, raid for supplies on other areas, do not let residents die, survive the nuclear winter.
Why similar: Base Building 32.3%, City Builder 24.2%, RTS 18.1%, Strategy 16.9%, Zombies 7.8%
- #16 Acid Planet
87% matchMostly Positive80% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Adam Travers
Windows
Acid Planet is a caustic blend of horde-survival, tower-defense and strategy. Build, fight and evolve to survive against rampaging swarms of monsters and fearsome Kaiju.
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.6%, Action RTS 18.8% ★, RTS 15.6%, Base Building 13.4%, Bullet Hell 12.2%
- #17 Bee Island
85% matchVery Positive86% of 1,613 reviews2023
Dev: Lemma Arts
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Take control of the hive and protect it from enemies. Build factories and defence, research technologies and, if necessary, use nuclear weapons, but do not let the enemies harm the queen!
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.1%, City Builder 15.8%, Minimalist 13.1%, Base Building 11.4%, Isometric 9.6%
- #18 Decision: Red Daze
86% matchMostly Positive74% of 880 reviews2022
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: Nordcurrent Labs
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Decision: Red Daze is an action RPG with a unique mix of survival and tower defense mechanics. Explore an apocalyptic wasteland, build a safe haven, and lead your team of specialists in a hopeless world, searching for a cure for the infectious disease that turns people into monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.9%, Zombies 23.9%, Base Building 20.1%, Isometric 14.3%, Strategy 4.7%
- #19 Signal Zone
84% 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: Tower Defense 31.2%, Base Building 20%, Action RTS 17.9% ★, Strategy 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 6.6%
- #20 Becastled
82% matchVery Positive82% of 5,534 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: City Builder 28.8%, Base Building 27.1%, RTS 21.1%, Strategy 9.9%, Tower Defense 5.6%
- #21 Creeping Dusk
84% 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 31%, Base Building 19.3%, Tactical 10.2%, Isometric 9%, Strategy 8.9%
- #22 City Defense Z
83% matchMostly Positive77% of 312 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 24.9%, Base Building 16.9%, Zombies 16.6%, Roguelike 13%, Tactical 10.6%
- #23 The Ember Guardian
81% matchVery Positive83% of 201 reviews2026
Dev: Ratbit GamesPub: Slug Disco
Windows
Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit and command workers to gather resources, build your camp and set up your defenses during the day. When night falls, fend off waves of deadly creatures with powerful, upgradable weapons.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.2%, City Builder 24%, Base Building 13.7%, Minimalist 12.3%, Roguelike 10.3%
- #24 Aurora Defense
82% 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: Tower Defense 20.7%, City Builder 18.6%, RTS 16.5%, Base Building 14.1%, Roguelike 11.7%
- #25 Wool at the Gates
81% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2025
Dev: Okay Creature
Windows
A minimalist tactical base defense game where you play as a powerful hero, command troops, and harness class synergies inspired by auto-battlers. Fortify your city’s defenses to withstand hordes of enraged sheep, plan your tactics, and lead epic battles in a thrilling cycle of strategy and combat.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.4%, Action RTS 19.4% ★, City Builder 19%, Base Building 9.1%, Isometric 9%
- #26 Minimalist Tower Defense
80% 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 45.9%, Base Building 21.6%, Minimalist 15.3%, Strategy 11.4%, Combat 4.7%
- #27 Nordhold
79% 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 24.5%, City Builder 20.3%, Base Building 14.3%, RTS 11.8%, Roguelike 10.2%
- #28 Rift Riff
78% matchVery Positive96% of 376 reviews2025
Dev: Adriaan de Jongh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world. A strategic mix of juicy tower loadouts, varied monster behaviors, and forgiving mechanics.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.3%, RTS 16.4%, Action RTS 13.9% ★, Base Building 13.7%, Isometric 10.4%
- #29 Northend Tower Defense
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,417 reviews2024
Dev: Northend Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.6%, Action RTS 27.2% ★, Base Building 14.4%, Tactical 10.3%, Strategy 7.6%
- #30 The Last Spell
78% 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 28.4%, Base Building 17.8%, Tactical 15.4%, Roguelike 11.5%, Strategy 9.9%
- #31 Tower Factory
77% 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 19.5%, RTS 15.8%, Action RTS 13.9% ★, City Builder 13.8%, Base Building 12.5%
- #32 Yet Another Zombie Survivors
76% matchVery Positive91% of 13,222 reviews2023
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 20.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 75.2% ★, Zombies 7.5%, Bullet Hell 7.4%, Roguelike 5.1%, Roguelite 2.8%
- #33 Zombie Cure Lab
76% matchMixed69% of 455 reviews2025
Dev: Thera Bytes GmbHPub: Aerosoft GmbH
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
In a world overrun by the undead, build a lab to fight back with science. Manage survivors, gather vital resources, and turn zombies into allies. Defend your base and research the cure to reclaim humanity.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.8%, City Builder 25.2%, Base Building 20.4%, Zombies 16.6%, Strategy 7%
- #34 Grim Nights
77% matchVery Positive88% of 1,539 reviews2018
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.9%, RTS 20%, Base Building 19.7%, Zombies 14.4%, Strategy 8.7%
- #35 Dead Engine
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 136 reviews2026
Dev: Chocolate Dungeon GamesPub: Red Axe Games
Windows
Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.
Why similar: Base Building 22.6%, Bullet Hell 22.4%, Zombies 20.8%, Roguelike 13.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #36 After Long Night
75% matchMostly Positive78% of 442 reviews2025
Dev: 疯狗工作室Pub: OKJOY
Windows
After Long Night is a sandbox survival RTS. Build and fortify your base, scavenge every corner for vital resources, craft deadly weapons, and raise a militia to fight off relentless zombie hordes that strike every night. In this world, scavenging isn't just survival—it's strategy, power and war.
Why similar: RTS 22.9%, City Builder 20.3%, Base Building 16.9%, Zombies 16.1%, Tower Defense 15.8%
- #37 Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship
73% matchVery Positive83% of 198 reviews2025
Dev: Zing Games Inc.Pub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Build turrets, lead your crew, and upgrade the ship while gathering loot in this exciting "Tower Defense-on-wheels zombie survival roguelite" game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.4%, Bullet Hell 22.5%, Zombies 15.2%, Roguelike 12.9%, Roguelite 7.6%
- #38 Diplomacy is Not an Option
72% matchVery Positive85% of 11,951 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: Zombies 17.8%, Base Building 17.5%, Action RTS 15.8% ★, Tower Defense 15%, RTS 13.8%
- #39 Block Tower TD
74% matchVery Positive82% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Block Tower TD is a roguelike tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Build a world out of blocks, choose random upgrades to make every run unique.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21%, City Builder 20.5%, Isometric 11.3%, Roguelike 9.5%, Base Building 8.2%
- #40 NecroCity
74% matchMixed51% of 77 reviews2023
Dev: Shift GamesPub: Gameparic
Windows
Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹
Why similar: City Builder 29.1%, Base Building 18.8%, Isometric 13.9%, Zombies 10.3%, Tower Defense 9%
- #41 Outpost
73% matchVery Positive87% of 790 reviews2020
Dev: Open Mid Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 50%
Outpost brings the perfect mix between survival and roguelite gameplay. Start the game in a randomly generated environment and try to adapt, and make it through as many nights as possible. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Tower Defense 39%, Base Building 20.9%, Roguelike 16.4%, Strategy 10.7%, Roguelite 8.5%
- #42 Border Pioneer
70% matchVery Positive87% of 1,822 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Tower Defense 24.6%, City Builder 22.9%, RTS 17.6%, Base Building 15.5%, Strategy 6.3%
- #43 Taur
71% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,092 reviews2020
Dev: Echo Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.5%, Base Building 18.3%, RTS 16.3%, Strategy 10.5%, Tactical 6.1%
- #44 The Last Stand: Aftermath
70% matchVery Positive81% of 6,613 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 83%
From the creators of The Last Stand: Union City and Dead Zone comes an all-new singleplayer rogue-lite action adventure. After you become infected by the zombie virus, you set out to explore the post-apocalypse and find hope for your fellow survivors. You can still make a difference. Don't give up.
Why similar: Zombies 71.1%, Roguelite 19.4%, 3D 6.6%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #45 Risen Kingdom
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 450 reviews2020
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Risen Kingdom is a real-time strategy game. Build and fortify your settlements to survive and push back armies of the undead.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26%, RTS 24.4%, Base Building 18.6%, Strategy 15.3%, Zombies 14.8%
- #46 YORG.io 3
73% matchMixed68% of 336 reviews2019
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Defend, Attack, Survive! Build up your base and defeat the zombies with this unique combination of tower defense, base building and supply chain management. Now with multiplayer, mods and loads of new content!
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.1%, City Builder 21.5%, RTS 19.8%, Zombies 11.5%, Minimalist 9.6%
- #47 Warlords Under Siege
69% matchMostly Positive79% of 471 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: Action RTS 24.9% ★, City Builder 22.1%, RTS 16.3%, Base Building 13.4%, Roguelike 8%
- #48 Zombo Buster Advance
71% matchVery Positive83% of 244 reviews2020
Dev: FIREBEAST
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Zombo Buster Advance is a tower defense game taking place inside buildings with interchangeable elevators. Deploy, swap and shoot like a boss!
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.4%, RTS 24.7%, Zombies 20.2%, Strategy 9.7%, Tactical 7%
- #49 From Glory To Goo
67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,633 reviews2024
Dev: Stratagem Blue
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 69%
From Glory To Goo is a Sci-Fi survival RTS set on an alien world. Serve as humanity's bulwark by establishing a colony and supporting your colonists still in orbit. But beware, for The Goo, a relentless and shape-shifting force approaches from all sides, even above and below.
Why similar: Tower Defense 18.1%, Action RTS 17.6% ★, RTS 16.4%, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 13.1%
- #50 Last Hope - Tower Defense
71% matchVery Positive83% of 458 reviews2016
Dev: JE Software
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 60.8%, Zombies 28.9%, Strategy 10.3%
- #51 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
68% matchVery Positive88% of 435 reviews2023
Dev: Refinery Games
Windows
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 36.4%, Isometric 18%, Zombies 16.6%, Tactical 12.9%, Strategy 9.5%
- #52 BARRICADEZ
69% 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: Tower Defense 34.3%, Base Building 22.2%, Zombies 21.7%, Tactical 11%, Strategy 9.6%
- #53 Road Defense: Outsiders
68% matchVery Positive84% of 160 reviews2023
Dev: Minicactus Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Protect vehicles on the road and survive! Road Defense: Outsiders is a game that combines elements of the 'roguelike' and 'tower defense' genres. Upgrade the towers and your own skills to be able to annihilate all the life around you!
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.1%, Bullet Hell 22.3%, Isometric 20.6%, Roguelike 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #54 Cast Out Colony
67% matchVery Positive94% of 79 reviews2025
Dev: Wooshido
Windows
Cast Out Colony combines roguelite and bullet-heaven action with robust town-building elements. Choose from various characters, fight hordes of foes, and grow your colony, which in return grows your stats, offering a unique twist on the survival genre.
Why similar: Bullet Heaven 41.9% ★, City Builder 18.6%, Bullet Hell 14%, Base Building 10.6%, Strategy 4.7%
- #55 Bees vs Zombees
67% matchVery Positive89% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: DeadpixelPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
A fast-paced roguelike tower defense where you choose your Queen Bee with unique skills and the Artisan to build turrets and cast powerful spells to defend your hive through regions infested with zombees. Face bosses with insane mechanics and survive the Zumbeecalypse!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.5%, RTS 20.8%, Bullet Hell 16%, Zombies 11.4%, Roguelike 10.9%
- #56 Ash & Adam's Existential Treads
65% matchVery Positive92% of 306 reviews2026
Dev: Ash & Adam's Games
Windows · Mac
A mini action city-builder in a post-post-apocalyptic world. Grow your settlement. Fend off waves of enemies. Restore nature.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32%, City Builder 31%, Base Building 17.7%, Strategy 9%, Stylized 6.3%
- #57 YORG.io
68% matchVery Positive90% of 741 reviews2019
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
YORG.io is a game with an original twist on supply chains and zombies. Your goal is to build a base which survives the night which is when zombies attack. Build and upgrade defensive towers to protect your base and try to survive as long as possible.
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.4%, Zombies 20.5%, Strategy 18%, Base Building 14.1%
- #58 Frontline Zed
70% matchMixed59% of 336 reviews2019
Dev: Richard EastPub: Volcanic Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.2%, Zombies 24.8%, Isometric 19.8%, Strategy 10.5%, Combat 4.3%
- #59 Here Comes The Swarm
64% 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: Action RTS 20.3% ★, RTS 18.6%, Tower Defense 18.2%, City Builder 16.4%, Base Building 14.7%
- #60 Rogue Tower
66% 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 43.2%, Roguelike 14.6%, Base Building 11.2%, Strategy 9.4%, Minimalist 7.9%