- #1 Element TD 2 - Tower Defense
97% matchVery Positive90% of 3,196 reviews2021
Dev: Element Studios
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Element TD 2 sees you combine powerful elements to create unique towers. Prove your defenses against challenging foes, and compete or cooperate with others to determine who has mastered the elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29%, Competitive 19.4%, PvP 9.1%, Multiplayer 9.1%, PvE 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Features competitive multiplayer modes that emphasize building efficiency and strategic pathing against opponents.
- #2 Mechabellum
96% matchVery Positive84% of 18,617 reviews2024
Dev: Game RiverPub: Dreamhaven
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 54.3 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Command massive armies in this epic mech auto-battler. Draft your troops, customize your units, master your formations, and crush enemies in spectacular 3D battles. All strategy, no clickfest. Outsmart opponents in 1v1, 2v2, free-for-all, or Survival Mode.
Why similar: Auto Battler 34.5%, Mechs 24.6% ★, PvP 11.7%, Co-op 9.8%, Multiplayer 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A premier auto-battler that mirrors the strategic depth and unit-positioning focus of Legion TD 2.
- #3 Bloons TD Battles 2
96% matchVery Positive84% of 33,745 reviews2021
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 16.4 hrs≥1hr: 61%
From the creators of Bloons TD6... Bloons TD Battles 2 is a brand new installment of the top-rated head-to-head tower defense game. Gather your Hero, choose your team of powerful Monkey Towers, and prepare to battle one on one against other players and relentless waves of Bloons!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.1%, Competitive 30.4%, PvP 13.2%, Multiplayer 12.1%, Strategy 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: A direct competitive tower defense experience where managing your economy while sending waves to the opponent is key.
- #4 Dota Underlords
95% matchVery Positive82% of 90,970 reviews2019
Dev: Valve
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 53.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Hire a crew and destroy your rivals in this new strategy battler set in the world of Dota. Introducing Season One: Explore White Spire and earn rewards on the Battle Pass. Pick from several different game modes, play on your own or with friends, and take advantage of crossplay on PC and mobile.
Why similar: Auto Battler 59.9%, Strategy 14.9%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Competitive 9%, PvP 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: An auto-battler that shares the unit-synergy and economy-management DNA found in Legion TD 2.
- #5 Mindustry
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 26,625 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.8%, Base Building 17.7%, Resource Management 12.8%, Multiplayer 7.1%, Strategy 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tower defense with complex resource management and automation, perfect for players who enjoy the economy-building aspect of Legion TD 2.
- #6 Tower Wars
94% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,753 reviews2012
Dev: SuperVillain Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Tower Wars combines elements of tower defense, RTS, and all-out multi-player mayhem to bring you a completely unique experience, delivered with a fun and funny not-so-old world style!
Why similar: Tower Defense 70%, Multiplayer 9.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Co-op 7.6%, Online Co-Op 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A classic multiplayer tower defense game that pits players against each other in a race to build and send units.
- #7 Rogue Tower
93% 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 63.5%, Base Building 11.7%, Strategy 11.7%, Magic 3.8%, Medieval 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike tower defense game that forces players to adapt their strategy to procedural maps and random upgrades.
- #8 Orcs Must Die! 3
92% matchVery Positive86% of 14,754 reviews2021
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Slice, burn, toss, zap, grind and gib massive hordes of repugnant orcs in this long-awaited successor to the award-winning Orcs Must Die! series.
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.9%, Co-op 16%, Online Co-Op 8.8%, PvE 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: Offers a high-action take on tower defense with a heavy emphasis on trap placement and wave management.
- #9 Auto Chess
91% matchMixed66% of 965 reviews2022
Dev: Chengdu longyuan Network Technology Co.Ltd
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 29.5 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Original Auto Chess
Why similar: Auto Battler 53.2%, PvP 14.5%, Strategy 13.5%, Multiplayer 10.4%, Fantasy 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: The game that popularized the auto-battler genre, focusing on drafting and positioning units for tactical victory.
- #10 Sanctum 2
91% matchVery Positive90% of 14,378 reviews2013
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.5%, Co-op 13.8%, Online Co-Op 8.9%, Strategy 6.7%, Multiplayer 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: Blends first-person shooter action with tower defense, requiring strategic base building to survive waves.
- #11 Dungeon Defenders
90% matchVery Positive93% of 18,840 reviews2011
Dev: Chromatic Games
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 42.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.4%, Online Co-Op 19.2%, Multiplayer 14.9%, PvE 8.1%, Survival 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A foundational co-op tower defense game that requires team coordination and character-based defense building.
- #12 Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense
89% matchVery Positive91% of 4,121 reviews2021
Dev: Prineside
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 45.9 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Infinitode 2 - a strategy in the Tower Defense genre, in which the player will have to build towers to protect his base from endless waves of enemies. The game features huge maps, lots of towers, resource miners, upgrade tree and map editor.
Why similar: Tower Defense 61.8%, PvE 19.8%, Strategy 13.5%, 2D 4.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides immense depth in tower customization and research, appealing to players who love optimizing their defense layouts.
- #13 Super Auto Pets
88% matchVery Positive90% of 35,838 reviews2021
Dev: Team Wood Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Build the strongest team of pets and tussle with your friends!
Why similar: Auto Battler 59.5%, Multiplayer 14.6%, PvP 13.1%, Strategy 10.6%, 2D 2.1%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist auto-battler that focuses heavily on team composition and synergy, capturing the 'build-and-watch' satisfaction.
- #14 Dungeon Defenders: Awakened
89% matchMixed66% of 4,807 reviews2020
Dev: Chromatic Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 36.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened is co-op Tower Defense combined with epic Action RPG combat. You’re able to join forces with up to four players to take on a never-ending army of orcs, demons, and dragons! Are your defenses strong enough to save the world of Etheria?
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.7%, Online Co-Op 17.4%, Co-op 13.9%, Multiplayer 13.6%, Survival 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: A modern iteration of the classic co-op tower defense formula with updated graphics and mechanics.
- #15 Minion Masters
87% matchVery Positive89% of 65,228 reviews2019
Dev: BetaDwarf
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 39.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
An addictive fast-paced hybrid of Card games & Tower-Defense. Play 1v1 - or bring a friend for 2v2 - and engage in epic online multiplayer battles full of innovative strategy and awesome plays! Collect 200+ cards with unique mechanics, all free!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.2%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, PvE 12.9%, PvP 12.7%, Co-op 12.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced PvP auto-battler and card game hybrid that requires quick thinking and unit synergy.
- #16 Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
86% matchVery Positive87% of 751 reviews2024
Dev: Element Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Axon TD lets you expand the map boundaries themselves. A huge arsenal of towers and a wide variety of enemies clash in a battlefield that grows to your whims. Engage in single, cooperative, and roguelite gameplay.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.3%, Online Co-Op 14.3%, PvE 11.4%, Co-op 9.3%, Multiplayer 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A modern, tactical tower defense game that emphasizes maze building and strategic unit placement.
- #17 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
85% 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: Tower Defense 27.6%, Base Building 13%, PvE 8.9%, Co-op 8.3%, Resource Management 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: Combines traditional RTS elements with massive-scale tower defense against thousands of enemies.
- #18 Warstone TD
86% matchVery Positive82% of 3,879 reviews2018
Dev: Battlecruiser Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Warstone is a Tower Defense game, with RPG, Strategy, and even city building elements. Detailed Hi-res graphics and beautiful illustrations combine with a deep storyline to draw you into the world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 62.4%, Strategy 13.3%, Co-op 11.2%, Multiplayer 7.8%, Fantasy 5.4%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed tower defense game that incorporates RPG elements and hero management.
- #19 Bloons TD 6
83% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 386,931 reviews2018
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 19.5 hrsMean: 76.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.3%, Online Co-Op 13.6%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Co-op 11.3%, Strategy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: The gold standard for modern tower defense, offering incredible depth and replayability through diverse tower paths.
- #20 Tower Dominion
82% 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 37.9%, Auto Battler 22.4%, Base Building 15.6%, Resource Management 10.2%, Strategy 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: A newer entry that blends tower defense with base-building and RTS elements for a broader strategic scope.
- #21 Dungeon Defenders II
84% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,080 reviews2017
Dev: Chromatic Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Dungeon Defenders II is a cooperative Action Tower Defense game packed with roleplaying elements like loot, leveling, and pets.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.4%, Online Co-Op 24.4%, Multiplayer 19.2%, Survival 8.2%, Fantasy 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A free-to-play evolution of the series that emphasizes hero-based tower defense and cooperative play.
- #22 DG2: Defense Grid 2
84% matchVery Positive86% of 3,392 reviews2014
Dev: Hidden Path Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.3%, Base Building 16%, Co-op 11.5%, Online Co-Op 11.4%, Multiplayer 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A polished, tactical tower defense experience that focuses on efficient maze building and resource allocation.
- #23 Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
80% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,508 reviews2025
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap combines chaotic third-person combat with devious trap-laying strategy. Enjoy endless replayability as your War Mage grows stronger through roguelite progression. Repel relentless orc hordes solo or with up to 4 players.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.8%, Co-op 12.5%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Multiplayer 9.4%, PvE 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A modern action-oriented tower defense game that emphasizes roguelite progression and trap-based combat.
- #24 Mines and Magic
81% matchMostly Positive71% of 100 reviews2024
Dev: Zolden Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Multiplayer tower defense auto battler with economy. Combine unique abilities of your units. Expand territory and build mines to get resources. Find a balance between economy and army. Use spells to help your army. Relaxing, but challenging singleplayer campaign is available.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.1%, Auto Battler 19.7%, Multiplayer 11.7%, Resource Management 8.9%, Magic 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A fantasy-themed tower defense that incorporates resource gathering and multiplayer competitive elements.
- #25 Fortress Fury
79% matchMostly Positive70% of 97 reviews2026
Dev: Kervado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fortress Fury is a survivor multiplayer tower defense roguelite. Endless hordes of enemies want to crush your tower! Buy weapons and upgrades to craft an array of overpowering builds. Will you be able to survive all waves and be the last tower?
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.9%, Strategy 10.7%, PvP 10.6%, Magic 9.5%, Resource Management 7.9%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused game where building and upgrading your fortress is essential to defeating opponents in real-time.
- #26 Terrorhedron Tower Defense
81% matchVery Positive84% of 1,173 reviews2014
Dev: Dan Walters
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Terrorhedron is the 3D, cooperative tower defense game for the PC. Unmatched challenge and complexity is introduced to the genre through 3 dimensional gameplay, micro-strategy through programmable turrets and 'edge of seat' gameplay is extended to multiplayer with up to 8 players online co-op.
Why similar: Tower Defense 77.3%, Strategy 10.2%, Online Co-Op 7.1%, Multiplayer 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A unique 3D tower defense game that focuses on building complex paths in a minimalist, neon environment.
- #27 GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath
79% matchVery Positive89% of 2,835 reviews2020
Dev: Game in a Bottle
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 38.3 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 51.2%, Magic 13.1%, Medieval 12.5%, Strategy 10.9%, Fantasy 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: A deeply complex tower defense game where gem-combining mechanics provide endless strategic variety.
- #28 TDS - Tower Defense Strategy
77% matchVery Positive81% of 363 reviews2025
Dev: Blockage
Windows · Mac · Linux
TOWER ▪ DEFENSE ▪ STRATEGY. Control Vessels. Utilize their uniquely deep set of towers. Create an everchanging defense. Play with friends. Protect your Basin at all costs. An absolute Tower Defense, Real-Time Strategy Hybrid
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.9%, Co-op 13.3%, Online Co-Op 11.9%, Multiplayer 10.6%, Base Building 9.8%
- #29 Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,522 reviews2014
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.0 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 72.6%, Strategy 10.5%, Medieval 8.3%, Fantasy 5.8%, 2D 2.7%
Why You'll Like It: A highly polished, classic tower defense game known for its tight balance and rewarding difficulty curve.
- #30 Bloons TD Battles
78% matchVery Positive91% of 29,266 reviews2016
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 25.6 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 6, this all new Battles game is specially designed for multiplayer combat, featuring the ability to control bloons directly and send them charging past your opponent's defenses.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.9%, Competitive 20.2%, Multiplayer 14.2%, Strategy 8.6%, PvP 7.8%
- #31 Poly TD
75% matchVery Positive86% of 527 reviews2026
Dev: Naroot
Windows
Classic Warcraft III TD customs meet roguelike strategy. Summon and merge units to evolve them into legendary figures like Joan of Arc, Guan Yu, and Lovecraft—Legendary heroes from across time and space await! Prove your ultimate synergy against endless waves of enemies.
Why similar: Auto Battler 35.6%, Tower Defense 34.4%, Survival 7.6%, PvE 7.2%, Strategy 7%
- #32 EverSiege: Untold Ages
76% matchMixed69% of 1,792 reviews2026
Dev: Tindalos InteractivePub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Retreating ends here. Defend Bastion against evil hordes, reclaim lost powers, rebuild ancient ruins, and adapt your tactics to reverse the siege. Shape your playstyle in this hero-strategy rogue-lite solo or co-op up to 3 players.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.2%, Online Co-Op 15.3%, Co-op 14.4%, PvE 11.8%, Survival 8.9%
- #33 One Troll Army
77% matchVery Positive86% of 1,487 reviews2016
Dev: FlyAnvilPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Play as a giant troll in One Troll Army - a defense game about building forts, upgrading your troll, and fighting off waves of enemies. Play Against The Twitch Chat!
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.9%, Strategy 40.8%, Multiplayer 8%, Fantasy 4.3%
- #34 Idle Hero TD - Tower Defense
74% matchVery Positive83% of 1,157 reviews2024
Dev: Swell Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 175.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Endless idle tower defense game full of deep strategy and combat mechanics. Unlock and upgrade dozens of epic fantasy heroes to defeat an infinite swarm of enemy monsters. Strategize hero positions, synergies, and skills for an effective defense, then sit back and let the auto-battler do its thing!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.2%, Auto Battler 37.1%, Resource Management 10.1%, Strategy 8.6%, Fantasy 4.7%
- #35 League TD
74% 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 50.1%, Strategy 11.5%, Base Building 10.8%, Medieval 9.1%, Sci-fi 9%
- #36 Survivor Challenge TD
73% 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 40.4%, PvP 10.6%, Magic 10.2%, Medieval 8.9%, PvE 8.3%
- #37 Trial Of Empires TD
75% matchMostly Positive69% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Mustafa YILMAZER
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trial of Empires TD, is a Free to Play 3D tower defense game. Pick your ally and build your strategy with different combinations. Compete with other players on the Leaderboards with Single-Player or CO-OP game modes
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.7%, Online Co-Op 18.6%, Co-op 14.3%, Multiplayer 13.8%, Resource Management 10%
- #38 Artisan TD
71% matchVery Positive87% of 2,400 reviews2024
Dev: 4rtisansPub: Unexpected
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.9 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Artisan TD is a puzzle-oriented Tower Defense game where you must survive by building mazes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 71.4%, Strategy 16.1%, Fantasy 8.6%, 3D 3.9%
- #39 Crystal Clash
73% matchVery Positive83% of 1,373 reviews2022
Dev: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Crystal Clash is a mix of Lane Battles and Deckbuilding - with action-packed tug-of-war strategy, just like your favorite RTS mods from back in the day! :) Play 2v2 or co-op with a friend, or pair up with new allies and enemies! Collect cards, build your decks and have fun crushing your enemies!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.5%, Online Co-Op 16.3%, Multiplayer 12.9%, PvP 12%, PvE 10.4%
- #40 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
72% 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 49.8%, PvE 12.3%, Survival 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.5%, Strategy 11%
- #41 No Creeps Were Harmed TD
71% matchVery Positive89% of 485 reviews2024
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Employ lethal turrets, traps, and gadgets to defend against an onslaught of evolving creeps! Step into a twisted, hyper 3D, mind bending realm. Upgrade and adapt your defenses. Become a master maze crafter. Collect bizarre artifacts. Rush creeps for lucrative rewards, and succumb to greed!
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.5%, Online Co-Op 15.6%, Multiplayer 10.2%, Sci-fi 9.1%, Strategy 8.9%
- #42 Arrival of Beasts
72% matchPositive94% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: FreeTimeDevelopment
Windows
Discover one of the hardest tower defense games with strategic elements, individual gameplay and challenging mechanics. Play together with your friends in co-op mode, create a team and compete with other players in the online ranking.
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.5%, Base Building 16.3%, Strategy 11.7%, Online Co-Op 7.5%, Co-op 7.4%
- #43 Zombie Defense
73% matchVery Positive84% of 2,168 reviews2016
Dev: Home Net Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 58%
A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.
Why similar: Tower Defense 60%, Multiplayer 15.3%, Survival 11.1%, Strategy 10%, Co-op 3.6%
- #44 Nordhold
68% 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 49.9%, Base Building 20.6%, Strategy 11.5%, Resource Management 10.2%, Medieval 7.8%
- #45 Tangy TD
66% matchVery Positive92% of 1,348 reviews2026
Dev: Cakez
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
Strategic tower defense where you play a witch, place class-based towers, equip them with items that grant powerful abilities, combine them, create unique builds & deal ridiculous amounts of damage! Customize your builds with a deep stat system and giant skill tree!
Why similar: Tower Defense 67.8%, Strategy 14%, Survival 8.4%, Medieval 5.6%, 2D 4.3%
- #46 Legend of Keepers: Career of a Dungeon Manager
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 5,287 reviews2021
Dev: Goblinz StudioPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Legend of Keepers is the perfect mix between Dungeon Defender and Roguelite. You have been hired as a dungeon manager by the Dungeons Company. Your job is simple: protect their dungeons!
Why similar: Strategy 58.8%, Fantasy 41.2%
- #47 Tiny Tactics
70% matchVery Positive83% of 669 reviews2022
Dev: Tiny Forge Gaming
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Tiny Tactics is a Tower Defense game with a heavy focus on mazing, with mechanics inspired by the Auto Chess genre.
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.8%, Auto Battler 28%, Strategy 11.3%, Fantasy 7.9%, 3D 5%
- #48 Skill Legends Royale
68% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,904 reviews2024
Dev: ZGGame
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 34.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
This is a free multiplayer PvP strategy game that incorporates rogue-like and auto chess elements, players need to equip their auto-battling heroes with the right treasures and skills to ultimately defeat all other players and become the champion.
Why similar: Auto Battler 43.2%, PvP 16%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Medieval 9.7%, Strategy 9.2%
- #49 Mech Fortress
67% matchVery Positive86% of 243 reviews2026
Dev: Some Sugar Studio
Windows
Mech Fortress is a sci-fi tower defense game where each turret has unique mechanics. You can freely place them on a 5×5 grid, and your goal is to eliminate all enemies!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.1%, Auto Battler 36%, Mechs 15.7% ★, Strategy 6.9%, Sci-fi 4.4%
- #50 Sanctum
70% matchVery Positive89% of 3,341 reviews2011
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
Why similar: Tower Defense 61.7%, Co-op 12.1%, Strategy 7.9%, Online Co-Op 7.2%, Multiplayer 5.7%
- #51 Oaken Tower
65% matchNo user reviews93% of 1,665 reviews2026
Dev: Bocary StudiosPub: Alibi Games
Windows
Median: 16.7 hrsMean: 25.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Oaken Tower is a synergy-heavy PvP auto battler where your tower of items fights other players. Build deadly combos and scale exponentially. Every decision matters.
Why similar: Auto Battler 54.4%, Strategy 14.6%, PvP 10.7%, Medieval 6.4%, Magic 6%
- #52 Citywars Tower Defense
69% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,123 reviews2022
Dev: 01 Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Citywars TD is a cute multiplayer third person Survival Tower Defense. Build towers, gather resources, craft tools, upgrade weapons, level up buildings, expand your city with your friends and work under pressure before the next incoming wave of monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.7%, Online Co-Op 15.1%, Base Building 14.9%, PvE 10%, Survival 9.1%
- #53 Red Solstice 2: Survivors
69% matchMixed70% of 3,307 reviews2021
Dev: IronwardPub: 505 Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Sequel to the best-seller The Red Solstice. Plan your strategy and infiltrate a real-time tactical battlefield - alone or with up to 7 squad members. Can you demonstrate the combat prowess to survive and secure a future for humanity?
Why similar: Multiplayer 24.3%, Online Co-Op 23.7%, Co-op 21.5%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Strategy 14.7%
- #54 Killsquad
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 3,493 reviews2021
Dev: Novarama
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Hack and slash? Check. Twin-stick-shooter? Check. 4 player coop to slay hordes of aliens & bosses with your friends? Check. Skills, upgrades, weapons, gears, talismans and more to make you stronger? Check. Wake up, bounty hunter. We have a mission for you. Time to clean up the scum of the galaxy.
Why similar: Online Co-Op 36.5%, Co-op 33.9%, Multiplayer 18.5%, Sci-fi 11.1%
- #55 Spirits of the Hellements - TD
67% matchVery Positive93% of 338 reviews2022
Dev: Hippo Rider Games
Windows
Assemble legendary Spirits and defend against the endless hordes of Hell. A tower defense where you must shape the battlefield and create a maze using the three Hellements. Use Fire, Lightning, and Wind tiles to trap your enemies, or augment your defenses.
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.1%, Base Building 14.4%, Strategy 11.2%, Medieval 8.1%, Fantasy 7.8%
- #56 Lichgate: Tower Survivor
66% matchVery Positive83% of 54 reviews2026
Dev: Sun Lion Games
Windows
Burn through the underworld legion in this rogue-lite Tower Survivor. Craft the ultimate tower of destruction and survive as long as you can against endless hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.3%, Auto Battler 40.8%, Strategy 12.2%, 3D 1.7%
- #57 Tower Tactics: Liberation
67% matchVery Positive88% of 1,237 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Tower Defense 71.9%, Strategy 12.4%, Sci-fi 11.7%, 2D 4%
- #58 Colony Siege
67% matchVery Positive93% of 258 reviews2020
Dev: Finifugal Games
Windows
Colony Siege combines the best of RTS and tower defense, including base building, mazing, and unit physics. Defend Earth's remaining colonies using an arsenal of deadly weapons to torch, slice, throw, and impale swarms of alien invaders.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.9%, Strategy 22.1%, Co-op 10.5%, Online Co-Op 7.9%, Base Building 7.4%