- #1 GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath
97% matchVery Positive89% of 2,818 reviews2020
Dev: Game in a Bottle
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 38.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The epic tower defense dark fantasy journey continues! Create powerful gems with various abilities and take on the battle against an endlessly flowing army of monsters, and face the growing darkness as you fight your way back towards the Spiritforge.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.9%, RTS 23%, Tactical 10.7%, Hand-drawn 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 8.5%
- #2 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,641 reviews2018
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 9.0 hrsMean: 19.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.3%, Tactical 17.3%, Medieval 12%, Strategy 11.8%, Fantasy 5.9%
- #3 Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,302 reviews2014
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 16.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.6%, Tactical 13.5%, Strategy 11.2%, Medieval 9%, Fantasy 5%
- #4 Legends of Kingdom Rush
95% matchMixed65% of 1,681 reviews2022
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
RPG turn-based combat game with deep tactics and bad jokes! Do you have what it takes to save the kingdom?
Why similar: Tactical RPG 48.5%, Medieval 14.4%, Family Friendly 14%, Strategy 13.5%, Fantasy 7%
- #5 Legacy of Defense
94% matchMostly Positive78% of 407 reviews2025
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 51.6%, Hand-drawn 14.3%, Strategy 14.1%, Medieval 11.5%, Fantasy 6.8%
- #6 Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy
94% matchMixed69% of 133 reviews2022
Dev: Curious FatePub: Akupara Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Absolute Tactics: Daughters of Mercy is a turn-based, tactical RPG featuring strategic battles, intriguing puzzles and exciting quests. Customize your heroes’ unique, class-based attacks and abilities to defeat Father Eldritch's oppressive armies throughout dozens of unique, hand-crafted maps!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 51.9%, Dark Fantasy 18.6%, Strategy 15.7%, Fantasy 10.1%, Action 3.8%
- #7 Legacy of Defense - Prologue
93% matchVery Positive83% of 573 reviews2024
Dev: Enter the Game Studios
Windows
Become the hero of a fantasy world and defend against monsters! 'Legacy of Defense - Prologue' is the intro to the innovative game 'Legacy of Defense' combining side-scrolling action and deck-building. Collect cards, use skills, gain experience, upgrade, and defeat the final boss!
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.3%, Strategy 16.6%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Fantasy 7.8%, Medieval 5.1%
- #8 Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense
92% matchVery Positive94% of 10,436 reviews2020
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 18.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
It's payback time! Lead your mighty dark army and make the Kingdom tremble with every step. Build powerful towers, choose your arsenal for destruction, and find the deadliest combination - train legendary heroes and lead them to victory!
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.6%, Tactical RPG 19.6%, Medieval 11.8%, Strategy 11%, Family Friendly 7.9%
- #9 Castle Of Alchemists
91% matchVery Positive83% of 731 reviews2025
Dev: Team Machiavelli
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Defend your castle in this fast-paced tower defense/action hybrid game with stunning pixel art graphics! Play as alchemically enhanced warrior Bellator, set traps, build towers, craft powerful weapons, and defend your home! The fate of the castle lies in your hands!
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.7%, Real Time Tactics 23.1%, Tactical 17.4%, Strategy 9.7%, Fantasy 6.5%
- #10 Sunstone War
90% matchVery Positive100% of 52 reviews2024
Dev: Blukulélé
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sunstone War is a unique Action game with Tower Defense element where you can carry EVERYTHING! Move towers, toss away enemies, carry obstacles, upgrade skills and journey through lands to protect your village from calamity!
Why similar: Tower Defense 24%, RTS 22.5%, Tactical RPG 18.9%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, Tactical 10.3%
- #11 Broken Banners
91% matchVery Positive81% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Eirik Wiklund
Windows
Defend your kingdom from evil monsters in this combination of Tower Defense and Auto Battle. Place your defenses and stop the forces of evil from reaching your kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.3%, Auto Battler 27.8%, Strategy 13.6%, Tactical 10.6%, Hand-drawn 6.2%
- #12 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,403 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.6 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: Tower Defense 21.2%, RTS 20.1%, PvE 10.7%, Tactical 10.6%, Survival 10.5%
- #13 Land of the Mage Lords
89% matchVery Positive89% of 75 reviews2023
Dev: Rafe's Games
Windows
Summon troops and use magic to defeat mage lords and other foes while surviving attacks from their followers. Learn new spells and recruit troops with unique powers. Venture across the land, battling ever stronger enemies until reaching the evil Mage King.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.9%, Auto Battler 24%, Real Time Tactics 20.7%, Strategy 10.7%, Tactical 4.6%
- #14 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
88% matchVery Positive88% of 428 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 31.9%, Survival 16.8%, Tactical 14.8%, PvE 12.3%, Post-apocalyptic 10.4%
- #15 Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,241 reviews2016
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.6 hrsMean: 20.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Command your troops through an epic (mis)adventure as you defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and ghastly denizens of the underworld -all with flashy new towers, levels, heroes, and more goodies to help you crush your foes in this Fantasy Action Tower Defense game!
Why similar: Tower Defense 60.1%, Strategy 14.8%, RTS 13.9%, Fantasy 7.1%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #16 Legendary Knight
86% matchVery Positive95% of 75 reviews2020
Dev: Oki AkiPub: Oki Game Lab
Windows
The enemy is invading your lands, and only the Legendary Knight, the king himself, can rally his forces to stand against them. As both ruler and commander, you must lead your army, fortify defenses, and push back relentless waves of invaders to safeguard your kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.6%, Real Time Tactics 21.9%, Tactical 12.5%, Survival 11.9%, Medieval 9.2%
- #17 Winter Falling: Battle Tactics
84% matchVery Positive91% of 467 reviews2022
Dev: Rarykos
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Lead troops in tense tactical battles, just you and your brain against the dying world. Can you save it? Manage a mercenary company, scavenge supplies, build an army. Go on a quest! Burn down a village or two... Explore the rich medieval fantasy world in a mix of LOTR, Warhammer, FTL and Total War.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 21.8%, Auto Battler 20%, RTS 18.1%, Tactical 12.9%, Medieval 10.4%
- #18 Call Of The Mighty Warriors
86% matchMixed59% of 332 reviews2019
Dev: Jaison Robson GusavaPub: SC Jogos
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Two kingdoms in battle against each other, the king Bennevert called for the legendary mighty mercenaries to defend strategic posts in dangerous lands in the battlefield. Are you prepared to be a mercenary?
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.2%, RTS 21.3%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, Tactical 12.9%, Strategy 8.9%
- #19 Orczz
85% matchMixed91% of 142 reviews2016
Dev: Camel 101
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Orczz is a fantasy tower defense game set in the fantasy Kingdom of Whiteleaf, famous for its delicious honey wine – the mead. The player controls the Knight Order of the Mug, protectors of Whiteleaf and the mead, who are once again called to defend the land against an invading horde of orcs.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.4%, Survival 21.8%, Tactical 12.5%, Strategy 11.3%, Family Friendly 9.3%
- #20 Secrets of Magonia
83% matchVery Positive92% of 98 reviews2024
Dev: Elixion
Windows
In this tower defence game, you enter the world of Magonia and defend it against hordes of humans, orcs, ogres and other evil forces. Fight in different areas and adapt your strategy to the terrain and the enemy forces.
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.1%, Strategy 15.7%, PvE 14.7%, Medieval 12.4%, Fantasy 6.2%
- #21 Legendary Hoplite
84% matchMixed65% of 377 reviews2024
Dev: TripleBricksGamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A combination of Action RPG and Tower Defense: slay monsters, find weapons, upgrade your armies, defend your base… Prevent humanity from extinction at the hands of monsters from Greek mythology and ancient tribes. Don't let them cross the gate, commander!
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.8%, Real Time Tactics 19.6%, Survival 14.8%, Tactical 14.2%, PvE 10.6%
- #22 Toy Shire
81% matchVery Positive88% of 684 reviews2024
Dev: Bluespy StudiosPub: Catoptric Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Are you prepared for a thrilling toy army tower defense adventure? Welcome to the Toy Shire! Battle diverse foes in various locations, defend your family, and repel foes from your area. Save the world by strengthening your defense with toy towers!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.1%, RTS 21.9%, Real Time Tactics 16%, Tactical 11.3%, PvE 9.4%
- #23 Toy Shire: Room One
79% matchVery Positive94% of 1,273 reviews2024
Dev: Bluespy StudiosPub: Catoptric Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 14%
Are you prepared for a thrilling toy army tower defense adventure? Welcome to the Toy Shire! Battle diverse foes in various locations, defend your family, and repel foes from your area. Save the world by strengthening your defense with toy towers! FULL GAME AVAILABLE NOW!
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.8%, RTS 23.5%, Real Time Tactics 14.1%, Tactical 9.6%, Strategy 8.1%
- #24 Oriental Dynasty - Silk Road defense war
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 592 reviews2023
Dev: 星环游戏
Windows
Experience the perfect combination of tower defense and the historical plot of the Silk Road, so as to bring an amazing epic game adventure experience! You will follow our protagonists in a strategic battle on the Eurasian continent! Come on, buddy, this epic fantasy adventure needs your help!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.3%, RTS 30.1%, Medieval 11.2%, Hand-drawn 11.1%, Strategy 10.4%
- #25 Stick War: Castle Defence
82% matchMixed62% of 51 reviews2018
Dev: FoG Games
Windows
Paying homage to an era of stickmen and flash games, whilst diving into modern day, rpg inspired combat and progression. Hone a unique play style to combat hordes of unmotivated stickmen, as they attempt to storm your castle.
Why similar: Action 100%
- #26 Legendary Hoplite: Arachne’s Trial
78% matchMostly Positive75% of 261 reviews2024
Dev: TripleBricksGamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 40%
Legendary Hoplite: Arachne’s Trial is a combination of Tower Defense and Action RPG. Upgrade your army, get the best gear, and craft unique strategies across 10 levels. Face Arachne, and seamlessly transfer progress to the main game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.3%, Tactical RPG 22%, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Tactical 14.4%, Strategy 9.9%
- #27 Shields of Loyalty
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 164 reviews2025
Dev: Mosaic Mask StudioPub: indie.io
Windows
Experience tactically challenging turn-based strategy in the hostile island world of Mantaria. Command a dynamic army of various unit types and classes to slay a dark and possessed undead army. Train forces into powerful warriors and fight fervently until the snake's head is at your feet!
Why similar: Tactical 29.6%, Dark Fantasy 23.2%, Medieval 17.8%, Strategy 15.8%, Fantasy 10.5%
- #28 Hold The Fort
79% matchVery Positive83% of 58 reviews2019
Dev: Monster Tooth Studios
Windows
Dive into intense, fantasy, tower defense action! Using turrets, spells, and your cunning, you must defend your kingdom against an onslaught of enemies launching a surprise attack while the king is away.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.3%, Strategy 24.1%, Tactical 15.2%, Medieval 10%, Fantasy 5.2%
- #29 Guardians of Holme
77% matchMostly Positive76% of 164 reviews2023
Dev: MossTech StudioPub: indienova
Windows · Mac · Linux
Guardians of Holme is a tower defense game with deckbuilding and roguelite elements. Players must use the terrain to their advantage and formulate defensive tactics by strategically placing powerful traps to repel endless waves of enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.6%, RTS 23.1%, Strategy 14.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Hand-drawn 7.3%
- #30 Medieval Defenders
80% matchMostly Negative36% of 256 reviews2016
Dev: CreobitPub: 8Floor
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Defend your ancestral castle – show the invader who the master is! Build towers, save money, train your spells, and your enemy will be vanquished.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.6%, Medieval 15.8%, Strategy 13.7%, PvE 10.7%, Family Friendly 9.5%
- #31 Little Kingdom RTS
74% matchVery Positive86% of 65 reviews2025
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.1%, RTS 26.1%, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Medieval 10.2%, Strategy 8.6%
- #32 Ajax’s Trial
74% matchVery Positive82% of 328 reviews2023
Dev: TripleBricksGamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.6 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Legendary Hoplite: Ajax's Trial is the prologue version of Legendary Hoplite, a game that combines Tower Defense and Action RPG genres. In this game, you'll need to build fortifications, upgrade your army, and create your own unique strategy to fight off hordes of monsters across 7 levels.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31%, Tactical RPG 21.6%, Real Time Tactics 17.1%, Tactical 15.6%, Strategy 9%
- #33 Heldric - The legend of the shoemaker
78% matchMixed65% of 57 reviews2014
Dev: Astral Byte Ltd.
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Heldric is a unique blend of hack-n-slash and tower defense rolled into one. Build and upgrade structures to defend against waves of monsters intent on killing everyone. Fight goblins, orcs, spiders, trolls and more. Do you have what it takes to survive?
Why similar: Tower Defense 71.9%, Medieval 14.2%, Fantasy 7.3%, Action 6.6%
- #34 Diplomacy is Not an Option
71% matchVery Positive85% of 11,517 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.7 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: Tower Defense 20.8%, RTS 20.7%, Medieval 16.7%, Survival 12.4%, Tactical 11.8%
- #35 Trolls vs Vikings: Reborn
73% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2025
Dev: Megapop
Windows
Reborn is a glorious, hardcore revival of the beloved lane-defense classic. As greedy Vikings march north in search of gold, the Troll Liberation Front rise to defend their lands. Far from a “place-and-wait” TD game, every second counts in this fierce, tactical fight.
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.9%, Hand-drawn 14.9%, Tactical 14.1%, Strategy 13.8%, Fantasy 6.3%
- #36 Otherwar
75% matchMostly Positive71% of 118 reviews2023
Dev: kantal collectivePub: Untold Tales
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Otherwar is a surprising mash-up of Tower Defense and Bullet Hell games. Build and manage fortifications to defend the Gate of Heaven against the Hordes of Hell, while soaring over the battlefields as the defender Angel, and meet the monsters in direct combat!
Why similar: Tower Defense 60.7%, Strategy 17.6%, Dark Fantasy 11.1%, Fantasy 9.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #37 Fortify
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 98 reviews2016
Dev: Holgersson Entertainment
Windows
Median: 48 minMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 46%
Fortify is a real-time strategy game with a tower defense twist. Defend your castle from attacking monsters and siege weapons by using ranged and melee defenders, catapults, cannons, oil fields and more. You start at the iron age, advancing to the medieval age, and later, the imperial age.
Why similar: RTS 53.4%, Strategy 37%, Action 9.6%
- #38 Hell Warders
76% matchMixed56% of 171 reviews2019
Dev: Anti Gravity Game StudiosPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Face the gates of Hell in a fusion of third-person action, RPG and Tower Defence. Repel the demons alone or in co-op by building defences. Upgrade powerful units to help you in battle, before jumping into the fight yourself, with an arsenal of skills and weapons to rip apart the oncoming swarm.
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.9%, Dark Fantasy 17.8%, Strategy 14.7%, Family Friendly 9.1%, Fantasy 8.2%
- #39 Dwerve
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 551 reviews2022
Dev: Half Human Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
An epic action-adventure with tower defense combat! Dungeon crawl through a ruined kingdom, fending off hordes with turrets and traps! Punch them into pits! Pull them into spinblades! Zap and burn them!
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.8%, Tactical RPG 27.5%, Tactical 13.4%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%, Strategy 6.8%
- #40 The Royal Writ
70% matchVery Positive83% of 463 reviews2025
Dev: Save Sloth StudiosPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.5 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: Tactical RPG 28.9%, Tactical 21.6%, Strategy 14.7%, Hand-drawn 13.8%, Medieval 12.8%
- #41 The Last Spell
69% matchVery Positive92% of 12,839 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.8 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: Tactical RPG 26.8%, Tower Defense 21.8%, Tactical 15.5%, Dark Fantasy 11.1%, Post-apocalyptic 10.3%
- #42 Defend the Rook
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 241 reviews2021
Dev: One Up PlusPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 31.5%, Tower Defense 30.7%, Tactical 15.9%, Medieval 11.2%, Strategy 9.1%
- #43 Countless Army
71% matchMostly Positive78% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Dos Estrellas
Windows · Mac · Linux
Become the villain and raise an army of undead in this real-time reverse tower defense strategy game. Send waves of monsters to battle and aid them with your evil magic until they break your enemies’ defenses. It’s time for you to rule over the continent with an iron fist as its Dark Lord!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.1%, Tactical 17.8%, Tactical RPG 15.4%, Strategy 11%, Medieval 10.8%
- #44 CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense
70% matchVery Positive90% of 306 reviews2023
Dev: FuturtechPub: Nova's Army
Windows
The replicator robots are back! It's 2528. The machines are increasingly infecting the planets with genetically modified monsters. Challenge them and try to stop the onslaught. Upgrade buildings and heroes, mine resources, discover technology and fight to save humanity!
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.3%, RTS 38%, Strategy 13.6%, Action 1%
- #45 Sons of Ra
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 62 reviews2021
Dev: Pharaoh Hound Games
Windows
Sons of Ra is the award-winning competitive tower defense game by indie studio Pharaoh Hound Games. Play solo or join your friends in this unique strategic experience.
Why similar: Tower Defense 22%, RTS 21.3%, Board Game 20%, Auto Battler 19.9%, Family Friendly 5.7%
- #46 Songs of Silence
67% matchVery Positive81% of 2,580 reviews2024
Dev: Chimera Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Lead armies, rebuild fallen kingdoms, and rise to greatness! Embark on an epic journey of strategy in a visually stunning world. Fight intense battles and uncover a captivating story.
Why similar: Auto Battler 48.4%, Hand-drawn 23.3%, Strategy 14.8%, Fantasy 10.5%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #47 Molten Armor
73% matchMixed62% of 60 reviews2017
Dev: Brutal Muse
Windows
Molten Armor is an action tower defense game with a non-linear story in sci-fi setting! Command defenses and stop hordes of enemies! Fight on land, sea and in the skies!Decisions taken in the heat of battle will change the course of the war.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.3%, RTS 30.4%, Real Time Tactics 20.9%, Strategy 10.8%, Action 2.7%
- #48 League TD
69% matchVery Positive87% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: Wondarabyte
Windows
"League Tower Defense" is a strategy tower defense game that combines unique defense towers and various upgradeable components to unleash different attack effects. Come and build your perfect defense line.
Why similar: Tower Defense 53.7%, Strategy 16.5%, Tactical 15.8%, Medieval 13.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #49 To Battle!: Hell's Crusade
71% matchVery Positive82% of 56 reviews2019
Dev: Filthy Peasant Games
Windows
Classic, old-school, turn-based battle in a satirical medieval world. Raise a Holy Army and stop the march of Evil.
Why similar: Board Game 28.4%, Tactical RPG 23.6%, Tactical 15.2%, Strategy 14.8%, Medieval 10.6%
- #50 GemCraft - Chasing Shadows
68% matchVery Positive95% of 4,334 reviews2015
Dev: Game in a BottlePub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 19.2 hrs≥1hr: 91%
An epic, challenging tower defense game with an emphasis on strategy and replayability. Summon gems of immense magical potency and harness their unique abilities against a seemingly endless horde of monsters. The archdemon seeks to swallow the world, and you must journey to stand against her.
Why similar: Tower Defense 73.6%, Strategy 14.5%, Tactical 5.8%, Fantasy 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #51 Thronefall
62% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,563 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 47.4%, Auto Battler 16.8%, Medieval 14.4%, Strategy 13.7%, Fantasy 4.1%
- #52 Goblin Defenders: Steel‘n’ Wood
70% matchMixed69% of 148 reviews2015
Dev: Alawar Casual
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Battle hordes of monsters in Goblin Defenders: Steel 'n' Wood!
Why similar: Tower Defense 65.7%, Strategy 32.6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #53 Siegebreaker
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: Immortal ForgePub: indie.io
Windows
Conquer the realm in this strategic tower defense game. Build unique towers, unlock powerful upgrades, and master new tactics to overpower your enemies and vanquish the fallen gods.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37%, PvE 17.3%, Tactical 17.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Medieval 9%
- #54 Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)
66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 3,492 reviews2012
Dev: Level Up Labs, LLCPub: Level Up Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 12.6 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Defender's Quest is a Tower-Defense/RPG Hybrid tightly focuses on three things: tactical depth, customization, and story
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.6%, Tactical RPG 30.7%, Medieval 11.1%, Strategy 9.2%, Fantasy 5.8%
- #55 ZeroZone2020
67% matchVery Positive84% of 129 reviews2019
Dev: HaDe GamesPub: My Way Games
Windows
Zero Zone 2020 is a classic Tower defense game where you will need to defend a home base from swarms of enemies
Why similar: Tower Defense 55.8%, Real Time Tactics 22%, Strategy 17.3%, Action 4.9%
- #56 Cube Land Arena
69% matchMixed62% of 330 reviews2019
Dev: Jaison Robson GusavaPub: SC Jogos
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The kingdom of Cubia call for your help, come to this vast kingdom where you will face strong enemies and hard challenges, you are the chosen to defend the cristals of life and finally bring peace to reign of Cubia.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.7%, RTS 18.9%, Real Time Tactics 16%, Tactical 11.4%, Strategy 8.8%
- #57 Survivor Challenge TD
65% matchVery Positive82% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: SQRT Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survivor Challenge TD - is a Tower Defense game where you manage a single tower and add upgrades to it. Buy abilities, enhance upgrades, and defeat the boss!
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.3%, Tactical 17.4%, Medieval 11.9%, PvE 11.8%, Strategy 10.1%