- #1 Final Outpost: Definitive Edition
97% 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 17.5%, Tower Defense 16%, RTS 15.4%, Base Building 14.8%, Zombies 12.8%
- #2 Thronefall
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,127 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: Tower Defense 25%, City Builder 20.8%, Action RTS 15% ★, Minimalist 9.6%, Base Building 8.7%
- #3 Cataclismo
96% matchVery Positive89% of 4,178 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 16.9%, City Builder 16.9%, RTS 15.4%, Base Building 12.1%, Zombies 11.6%
- #4 Infection Free Zone
95% matchVery Positive81% of 17,997 reviews2024
Dev: Jutsu GamesPub: Games Operators
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 18.0 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 27.1%, Base Building 21.8%, Zombies 18.9%, RTS 16.9%, Strategy 6.7%
- #5 Tower Dominion
94% matchVery Positive86% of 5,105 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.8 hrsMean: 22.1 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 25.8%, RTS 18.1%, Base Building 14.9%, Roguelike 9.9%, Tactical 8.8%
- #6 MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
94% 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 29.1%, RTS 21.2%, Zombies 14.8%, Base Building 12.2%, Tactical 10.5%
- #7 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
93% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,542 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 22.4% ★, Tower Defense 20.8%, RTS 18.4%, Base Building 13.8%, Tactical 8.3%
- #8 They Are Billions
92% matchVery Positive85% of 51,023 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 56.3 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%, RTS 19.5%, Tower Defense 17.9%, Zombies 15.3%, City Builder 12.3%
- #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 25.2%, RTS 22.2%, City Builder 19.9%, Minimalist 7.7%, Strategy 6.9%
- #10 Until We Die
91% matchMixed63% of 4,608 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 31.9%, Strategy 13.6%, Pixel Graphics 12.5%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #11 Signal Zone
89% matchVery Positive80% of 90 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 29.3%, Base Building 18.7%, Action RTS 17.2% ★, Strategy 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.5%
- #12 The Last Haven
90% 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 31.1%, City Builder 23.9%, RTS 17.6%, Strategy 15.8%, Zombies 7.9%
- #13 Becastled
87% matchVery Positive82% of 5,563 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 29.1%, Base Building 26.9%, RTS 21.1%, Strategy 9.6%, Tower Defense 5.5%
- #14 Decision: Red Daze
89% matchMostly Positive74% of 885 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 28.3%, Zombies 24.6%, Base Building 19.7%, Isometric 14.6%, Strategy 4.4%
- #15 Creeping Dusk
88% 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 30.5%, Base Building 18.9%, Tactical 10.6%, Isometric 9.3%, Strategy 8.4%
- #16 Defensurvivor
86% matchMostly Positive73% of 106 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 28.6%, RTS 23.3%, Base Building 18.9%, Zombies 8.6%, Roguelite 7.8%
- #17 City Defense Z
86% matchMostly Positive77% of 313 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 24.6%, Zombies 17.2%, Base Building 16.6%, Roguelike 12.7%, Tactical 11%
- #18 Bee Island
85% matchVery Positive86% of 1,622 reviews2023
Dev: Lemma Arts
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 20.7%, City Builder 15.9%, Minimalist 13.4%, Base Building 11.2%, Isometric 9.8%
- #19 Outpost: Infinity Siege
84% matchMixed65% of 13,583 reviews2024
Dev: Team RangerPub: Lightning Games
Windows
Median: 16.5 hrsMean: 41.7 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 23.7%, Strategy 8%, 3D 6.5%
- #20 The Last Spell
82% matchVery Positive91% of 13,407 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 24.3 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 28.1%, Base Building 17.5%, Tactical 16%, Roguelike 11.3%, Strategy 9.4%
- #21 Acid Planet
84% matchVery Positive80% of 70 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 23.1%, Action RTS 22% ★, RTS 17.6%, Base Building 15%, Roguelike 7.1%
- #22 Wool at the Gates
82% matchVery Positive93% of 91 reviews2026
Dev: Okay Creature
Windows
A minimalist tactical base defense game where you fight as a hero, command troops, and build powerful class synergies while fortifying your city against relentless waves of invading sheep.
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.3%, City Builder 19.3%, Action RTS 18.5% ★, Base Building 11.3%, Minimalist 9.3%
- #23 Aurora Defense
83% matchMixed63% of 98 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 20.6%, City Builder 18.8%, RTS 16.4%, Base Building 14%, Roguelike 11.5%
- #24 Minimalist Tower Defense
81% matchVery Positive95% of 1,773 reviews2024
Dev: Happy213
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.9%, Base Building 20.5%, Minimalist 15.2%, Strategy 10.5%, Combat 4.8%
- #25 Quarantine Zone: The Last Check
79% matchVery Positive82% of 12,276 reviews2026
Dev: Brigada GamesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 92%
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 52.1%, Base Building 30.7%, 3D 9.4%, Combat 4.7%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #26 The Ember Guardian
80% matchVery Positive83% of 230 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 26.9%, City Builder 24.2%, Base Building 13.5%, Minimalist 12.7%, Roguelike 10.1%
- #27 Rift Riff
78% matchVery Positive96% of 380 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 22.9%, RTS 16.2%, Action RTS 14.3% ★, Base Building 13.5%, Minimalist 10.7%
- #28 Grim Nights
81% matchVery Positive88% of 1,542 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 28.3%, RTS 19%, Base Building 18.7%, Zombies 14.3%, Strategy 8%
- #29 Diplomacy is Not an Option
78% matchVery Positive85% of 12,162 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 17.5%, Base Building 16.3%, Action RTS 15.5% ★, Tower Defense 14.1%, RTS 13%
- #30 Northend Tower Defense
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,426 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 29.2%, Action RTS 27.8% ★, Base Building 14.1%, Tactical 10.6%, Strategy 7.2%
- #31 Tower Factory
76% matchVery Positive89% of 1,215 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.5 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 18.1%, RTS 16%, Action RTS 15.2% ★, City Builder 14.3%, Base Building 10.9%
- #32 NecroCity
79% matchMixed51% of 78 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 18.4%, Isometric 14.2%, Zombies 10.6%, Tower Defense 8.8%
- #33 After Long Night
76% matchMostly Positive78% of 445 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 22.8%, City Builder 20.5%, Zombies 16.7%, Base Building 16.7%, Tower Defense 15.6%
- #34 Nordhold
75% matchVery Positive87% of 3,224 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 24.3%, City Builder 20.6%, Base Building 14.1%, RTS 11.7%, Roguelike 10%
- #35 Mechs V Kaijus - Tower Defense
77% matchVery Positive84% of 540 reviews2022
Dev: Doble Punch Games
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Mechs V Kaijus is an addictive hardcore tower defense gameplay. In Mechs V Kaijus you take on the role of Commander of a powerful Mechs squadron. Improve your Mech, strategically place towers and factories on the battlefield. Deploy support units on the battlefield, and save our civilization.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.8%, Bullet Heaven 16.3% ★, Base Building 13.6%, Tactical 10.2%, Roguelike 8.9%
- #36 From Glory To Goo
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,682 reviews2024
Dev: Stratagem Blue
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 17.7 hrs≥1hr: 70%
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: Action RTS 18.1% ★, Tower Defense 17.8%, RTS 16.3%, City Builder 15.6%, Base Building 12.8%
- #37 New Cycle
73% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,831 reviews2024
Dev: Core EngagePub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 87%
New Cycle is a city building game with focus on survival. After an apocalyptic series of solar flares, human society has been thrown into disarray. Establish a settlement and develop it all the way from humble beginnings to industrial metropolis.
Why similar: City Builder 45.4%, Base Building 26.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Difficult 9.7%, 3D 5.5%
- #38 Zombie Cure Lab
73% matchMixed69% of 458 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 25.4%, City Builder 25.4%, Base Building 20.1%, Zombies 17.2%, Strategy 6.7%
- #39 Dead Engine
72% matchMostly Positive72% of 204 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 25.6%, Zombies 24.6%, Roguelike 16%, Pixel Graphics 10%, Roguelite 9.6%
- #40 Outpost
74% matchVery Positive87% of 793 reviews2020
Dev: Open Mid Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 51%
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 38.9%, Base Building 20.8%, Roguelike 16.2%, Strategy 10.3%, Roguelite 9%
- #41 YORG.io 3
75% matchMixed68% of 339 reviews2019
Dev: Tobias SpringerPub: tobspr Games
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 26.9%, City Builder 21%, RTS 19%, Zombies 11.5%, Minimalist 9.6%
- #42 Yet Another Zombie Survivors
71% matchVery Positive91% of 13,359 reviews2023
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 20.5 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 81.2% ★, Zombies 8.2%, Roguelike 5.2%, Roguelite 3.1%, 3D 1.8%
- #43 Block Tower TD
73% matchVery Positive84% of 86 reviews2023
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.9 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 20.7%, City Builder 20.6%, Isometric 11.5%, Roguelike 9.3%, Minimalist 8.3%
- #44 Warlords Under Siege
71% matchMostly Positive79% of 473 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 25.5% ★, City Builder 22.2%, RTS 16.1%, Base Building 13%, Roguelike 7.8%
- #45 Border Pioneer
70% matchVery Positive87% of 1,845 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.6 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: Tower Defense 24.4%, City Builder 23.2%, RTS 17.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Strategy 6%
- #46 Surviving the Aftermath
72% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,539 reviews2021
Dev: Iceflake StudiosPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Survive and thrive in a post-apocalyptic future — resources are scarce, but opportunity calls! Build the ultimate disaster proof colony, protect your colonists, and restore civilization to a devastated world.
Why similar: City Builder 50.7%, Base Building 21.3%, Strategy 15%, Isometric 5.4%, Tactical 4.1%
- #47 Monsters are Coming!
68% matchVery Positive81% of 2,612 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 80%
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 25.4%, City Builder 23.8%, Base Building 16.9%, Isometric 15.1%, Roguelite 6.8%
- #48 Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship
69% matchVery Positive83% of 199 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 37.4%, Zombies 20.3%, Roguelike 16.3%, Roguelite 10.2%, Strategy 9.1%
- #49 Risen Kingdom
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 455 reviews2020
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 25.9%, RTS 24.4%, Base Building 18.5%, Zombies 15.5%, Strategy 14.7%
- #50 Zombo Buster Advance
70% matchVery Positive83% of 244 reviews2020
Dev: FIREBEAST
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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%, RTS 24.5%, Zombies 20.9%, Strategy 9.3%, Tactical 7.3%
- #51 Firebase Defence
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Rasmus Agergaard
Windows
Firebase Defence is a new spin on the traditional tower defence gameplay. You have to defend yourself from the waves upon waves of incoming enemies. You are free to build, place and manage your available resources and units in any way you want. But failing to balance those will result in defeat!
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.1%, Base Building 19.8%, RTS 16%, Strategy 13.3%, Tactical 7.2%
- #52 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
68% matchVery Positive87% of 438 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 35.6%, Isometric 18.4%, Zombies 17%, Tactical 13.3%, Strategy 9%
- #53 Here Comes The Swarm
66% matchVery Positive86% of 283 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 21% ★, RTS 18.5%, Tower Defense 18%, City Builder 16.6%, Base Building 14.5%
- #54 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 33.8%, Zombies 22.5%, Base Building 21.9%, Tactical 11.4%, Strategy 9.2%
- #55 The Last Stand: Aftermath
67% matchVery Positive81% of 6,642 reviews2021
Dev: Con Artist GamesPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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%, Roguelite 19.5%, 3D 6.5%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #56 Ascent of Ashes
67% matchMostly Positive71% of 302 reviews2025
Dev: Vivid Storm Interactive
Windows
A colony sim set in a post-apocalyptic dystopia. Build and defend your base. Manage your survivors. Engage raiders, aliens, Remnant soldiers and other factions in real-time-with-pause combat. Or use stealth to outwit them. Explore the massive world. Survive at all costs
Why similar: City Builder 38.6%, Base Building 28.7%, Isometric 21.5%, Strategy 11.1%
- #57 Last Hope - Tower Defense
69% matchVery Positive83% of 459 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 60.2%, Zombies 29.9%, Strategy 9.9%
- #58 Taur
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,096 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 42.6%, Base Building 18%, RTS 16.2%, Strategy 10.2%, Tactical 6.3%
- #59 Rogue Tower
65% matchVery Positive83% of 5,887 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 42.9%, Roguelike 14.4%, Base Building 11.1%, Strategy 9%, Minimalist 8.2%
- #60 Rebirth evolution
67% matchMixed63% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: 异界游网络科技
Windows
2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.
Why similar: City Builder 29.7%, RTS 21%, Base Building 19.9%, Zombies 18.6%, Strategy 6.3%