
Light Bringer is a 2D side scrolling fantasy strategy game with development elements. Explore, gather, build and then when night falls, survive! All in the style of beautiful hand-painted graphics. Will you bring the light?
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Light Bringer is a 2D side scrolling fantasy strategy game with development elements. Explore, gather, build and then when night falls, survive! All in the style of beautiful hand-painted graphics. Will you bring the light?

Biletide
An atmospheric tower-defence strategy game about holding back an oozing toxic Tide. A distant mining colony has awakened a living flood that seeps from breaches in the ground. Dig for resources, raise defensive terrain, and burn your way to seal the breaches. Can you survive the Biletide?

Seven Nights of the Black Tide
Seven Nights of the Black Tide is a dark fantasy strategy game about survival and defense. Gather resources, assign survivors, repair walls, build defenses, and prepare by day. When night falls, hold back the Black Tide and protect your last stronghold through seven deadly nights.
An atmospheric tower-defence strategy game about holding back an oozing toxic Tide. A distant mining colony has awakened a living flood that seeps from breaches in the ground. Dig for resources, raise defensive terrain, and burn your way to seal the breaches. Can you survive the Biletide?
Why similar: Tower Defense 26%, Base Building 15.8%, Economy 11.9%, RTS 11.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.6%
Seven Nights of the Black Tide is a dark fantasy strategy game about survival and defense. Gather resources, assign survivors, repair walls, build defenses, and prepare by day. When night falls, hold back the Black Tide and protect your last stronghold through seven deadly nights.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.9%, Base Building 18.1%, RTS 13%, Time Management 11.9%, Strategy 10.1%
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 27.8%, Base Building 21%, Survival 14.6%, Side Scroller 13.2%, RTS 10.8%
Survive Tortuga City as a wanted turtle. Defend yourself against the police, build a rebellion, endure dynamic weather, and find an escape route within 50 days before the police deploy their secret weapon.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.9%, Time Management 16%, Side Scroller 14.7%, RTS 13.4%, Survival 9.3%
Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.1%, Base Building 18.8%, Survival 14%, Side Scroller 10.9%, RTS 9.7%
Mawang: Dark Lord Defense is a real-time tactical tower defense game. As Princess Lua, defend the demon realm against the hero alliance. Build unique towers, manage unit morale, and use tactical pauses to repel invasions. Your strategy decides the demon realm's fate.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.2%, Base Building 18.3%, Survival 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%, RTS 7.8%
Amarta: Kingdom of Shadows is a Kingdom-like game based on the Indonesian Wayang story of Babad Wanamarta, where players build a new nation and kingdom from a forbidden forest. This harmonious kingdom is ruled by the wise leaders, the Pandawa Lima.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.3%, Base Building 21.9%, Side Scroller 20.2%, Hand-drawn 12.6%, Strategy 8.3%
Gather resources, build a line of defence, and hold back countless hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.8%, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, Abstract 15.7%, Strategy 11.7%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
A hand-drawn survival tower defense on a hostile alien world. No fixed lanes — towers and ice walls reshape the swarm in real time. Command engineer Mulan on the front line, trigger spore-chain reactions, and hold a collapsing mine. The full game expands the roster, enemies, and battlefields.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.7%, Base Building 16.7%, Survival 13.2%, RTS 12.2%, Hand-drawn 9.8%
"Fog Keeper" is a tower-defense survival game. You will establish defenses on a fog-shrouded alien world, gather resources, research technologies, hold the Energy Tower against the monster hordes that surge in every night, and uncover the true secrets hidden within.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.8%, Base Building 20.5%, Survival 15.7%, Strategy 13.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%
Play as Gregg. Gather, build and destroy your slimy enemies in this thrilling pixel art tower defence!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.6%, Time Management 15.4%, Real Time Tactics 14.8%, Strategy 12.1%, Base Building 9.6%
The chickens have unionised, armed themselves and declared war on your farm. Spend egg income on defences, survive wave after wave of increasingly ridiculous poultry, and climb the live daily leaderboard. Runs are quick, the chaos escalates, and every chicken has a plan. Your farm does not.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.6%, Time Management 15%, RTS 12.9%, Economy 12.6%, Real Time Tactics 10.5%
Grow out your defenses and defend against waves of invasive enemies. Manage resources, explore further out into the wilds, and strengthen your grove. Wild Growth TD combines tower defense with real time strategy and rogue-lite elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26%, Economy 14%, Real Time Tactics 14%, RTS 13.6%, Survival 9.7%
You are an Osteurgo, a lesser necromancer risen from the ashes of the Dark Lord. Raise your empire among desolate mountains, subjugate savage tribes, and spread corruption. Build, conquer, withstand enemy hordes, and claim the empty throne of evil.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.1%, Dark Fantasy 17.5%, Side Scroller 14.3%, Strategy 9.2%, 2D 6.4%
Conquerline is a real-time strategy and base-defense game where you build and evolve your civilization across eras. Expand your settlement, manage resources, grow your army, unlock new technologies, and use powerful Edicts to shape tactics and secure victory.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.8%, Side Scroller 18.8%, Real Time Tactics 15.3%, Hand-drawn 13%, RTS 9.8%
Collect your favorite characters, nurture them, and have fun just watching in this hololive fan game! It's a 2D tower defense game that offers depth for dedicated players, strategic elements, and easy enjoyment for casual players.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.3%, Side Scroller 18.4%, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Strategy 13.5%, Hand-drawn 8.8%
A strategic tower-defense where you control powerfull drones. Unlock new tower and use specific technologies to defend your base on Thukothea!
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.3%, Real Time Tactics 14.2%, Base Building 13.3%, Strategy 10.4%, RTS 9.5%
Whispers in the Forest is a single-player base defense strategy game where you must build, upgrade, and defend your base against demonic creatures in a cursed forest. Manage your resources, lead your troops, and survive the darkness of the night as you fight to protect your only hope for salvation.
Why similar: Survival 20.3%, Side Scroller 18.1%, Base Building 16.5%, Tower Defense 15.5%, Strategy 15.1%
Escape from Hell in this dark fantasy Tower Defense game. Command your troops, fire your catapult, unleash powerful abilities, and upgrade your Castle to survive relentless waves of demons as you fight your way toward the Last Gate.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.7%, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, Side Scroller 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%, Strategy 8.2%
Build various towers to resist the large number of monsters coming from the wormhole, by extending their walking routes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.7%, Base Building 21.1%, Real Time Tactics 18%, Survival 15.3%, Strategy 8.9%
Build by day. Survive by night. A focused medieval tower defense where every decision is permanent.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.2%, Base Building 21.5%, Time Management 14%, Real Time Tactics 11.9%, Strategy 11.3%
clickyland is a tower defense village builder where clicks are your main resource. Use clicks to harvest resources, fight enemies and manage your village, but use them wisely as you only get 20 clicks every day! Can you reach day 100?
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.2%, Base Building 26.5%, Strategy 14.4%, RTS 10.8%, Survival 10.5%
Dryad is an island-building adventure where management and exploration intertwine. Grow your sanctuary. Brave the unknown. Push back the darkness.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.7%, Base Building 24.8%, Adventure 10.9%, Exploration 7.1%, Indie 6.4%
Build and defend your burgeoning settlement in this town-building tower-defence hybrid. Guide your people as they unlock the secrets of the arcane and protect their new home from the otherworldly beings that surround it.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35%, Base Building 25.5%, Strategy 23.2%, Survival 16.3%
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 23.3%, Base Building 21.2%, Survival 17.5%, Side Scroller 16.1%, Strategy 7.7%
Defeat hordes of enemies in Akonite Fall a Tower Defense in dark fantasy world! Protect castles, build and upgrade towers, combine physical and magical damage. Defend the kingdom from an unknown enemy summoned by the dark Obelisk!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.2%, Base Building 20.7%, Dark Fantasy 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, Strategy 5.6%
Guard the Sect Eye or lose everything. Build immortal towers to defend against demon hordes. Explore dangerous realms, slay beasts, and upgrade your defenses in this unique cultivation tower defense game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.5%, Survival 16.3%, Real Time Tactics 15.5%, Economy 14.9%, Strategy 9.1%
A boy's village was burned. His people were killed. Years later, he returns — with an army of monsters. But the king he hunts is nothing like his father. He is just. He is loved. He will not fall without a fight. Two campaigns. One tragedy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.5%, Dark Fantasy 17.4%, RTS 11.7%, Strategy 10.6%, Real Time Tactics 8.6%
Defend a handcrafted gothic Halloween world across fifteen haunted realms. Build and upgrade distinctive towers, counter armour and immunities, deploy traps and support structures, and carry your hard-won arsenal from one nightmarish battlefield to the next.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42%, Economy 22.7%, Dark Fantasy 16.6%, Strategy 14.3%, Singleplayer 2.5%
They Fear The Mist is a real-time strategy game, where you command your Troops, build your Settlement, fight off thousands of Enemies and explore the Unknowns of the Mist. Take command of your people and defend them from the incoming hordes… Can you survive?
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.1%, Base Building 18.6%, RTS 13.2%, Survival 12.5%, Dark Fantasy 10.5%
Defend your castle from the attacks of the night creatures. Collect coins, interact with the elements of the game, discover, explore, learn and survive for 30 days or try again.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.3%, Base Building 20.6%, Survival 17.6%, Strategy 9%, Side Scroller 8%
In Radical Tower Defense, harness shifting core chips to forge a unique steel defense. Each choice reshapes your combat style. Unlock architectures, explore chip synergies, ignite tactical reactions. Don’t just defend—become a blade to break formations, strike the heartland, crush the enemy lair!
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.1%, Base Building 23.2%, Real Time Tactics 17.9%, Strategy 13.6%, 2D 3.4%
Horizon Ring is an incremental tower-defense game built around flexible loadouts and distinct playstyles. Balance immediate defense against long-term growth, specialize in active clicking, passive income, towers, or fortifications, and unlock new maps and challenges in endless waves.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.2%, Base Building 24%, Economy 15.9%, Survival 11%, Strategy 10.7%
To take over the planet, protect the Nexus from the crowding monsters. Set up towers and upgrade them to eliminate the crowding monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.5%, Base Building 19%, Survival 16.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Strategy 11.8%
Three experts must cooperate to save the village. One player can control three characters simultaneously. You can summon powerful units by spending large amounts of resources. Gather resources to continue your defense. Construct buildings to slow down the enemy's advance.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.4%, Economy 22.8%, Base Building 20.9%, RTS 15.1%, Strategy 4.9%
East DefenseYour duty is to protect the castle by strategically building & upgrading towers to stop monsters from coming their way!
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.6%, Base Building 20.7%, Time Management 12.3%, Strategy 11.9%, Real Time Tactics 8.3%
Refound a holding in the drowned Vreldsath fens. Nothing regrows, every load is carried home by hand, and what crawls out of the Sundered Places comes without warning. Push outward, dig up the ruins, hold the line, and win by laying a causeway across water that swallowed every attempt before yours.
Why similar: Tower Defense 17.9%, Base Building 14.2%, Strategy 13.8%, Economy 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%
Build, expand and survive in a magical hand-painted world filled with friends and foes. Grow and manage your settlement in the day, defend it through the night, and rebuild your broken airship to claim your escape!
Why similar: Side Scroller 17.9%, Tower Defense 16.9%, Base Building 16.8%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Hand-drawn 10.2%
Tired of RNG and card draws? Experience a "Plan first, pay later" economy where construction scales with your income in real time. As the map grows massive, only careful planning. Not a lucky roll, will keep you alive.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.3%, Base Building 23.5%, RTS 18.2%, Economy 9.7%, Strategy 8%
A dark fantasy blend of RTS and RPG where you liberate slaves and lead them against their former masters. Expand your home encampment. Equip your army. Build outposts and crush your enemies, as long as they don't destroy you first.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.9%, Base Building 21.5%, Dark Fantasy 17%, RTS 15.3%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%
A unique tower defense and RPG game, find new towers, build gold vaults, and defend against monsters. It will be hard to fight against the king monster, you may need to try different tactics.
Why similar: Tower Defense 52.2%, Survival 21%, Strategy 11.5%, 2D 8.1%, Indie 3.6%
Are you worthy of being a king? Test your mettle in this city-builder and resource management game as you develop your kingdom. Face challenges at every turn and transform your village into something mighty. Protect your subjects. Slay your enemies. Be a king!
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.5%, Base Building 23.2%, Side Scroller 19.4%, Economy 9.6%, Exploration 8.1%
Defend your base from all directions in this no-path tower defense. Build, upgrade, and adapt to unpredictable enemy waves, survive unique boss fights and unleash the Quantum Decimator when things get overwhelming.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.8%, Base Building 21.8%, Survival 13.7%, Real Time Tactics 12.6%, Abstract 10.8%
A defensive game that combines hero collection and base building, focusing on real - time strategy and a thrilling sense of combat. Use your wisdom to repel wave after wave of enemy attacks!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25%, Base Building 16.5%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Survival 12.4%, RTS 10%
Play as a young elf guarding a crystal in a remote land. With the help of small creatures, build your defenses, withstand nightly enemy hordes seeking to destroy the crystal, and strike back at their camps to slowly expand your forest.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.6%, Base Building 15.2%, Time Management 13.5%, RTS 11.5%, Survival 11%
You’re a Priest defending your Church from the horrors that come each night. Gather resources, explore the forest, and build your defenses while the sun is still shining. When darkness falls, stand your ground, survive until dawn, and let the Night Mass begin!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.2%, Base Building 23.3%, Survival 17.9%, Hand-drawn 11.4%, Exploration 7.6%
A tower defense with a twist - you’re defending a nuclear bomb. It powers your defenses, but the more you use it, the closer you get to meltdown. Manage chaotic engineers, scarce resources and risky upgrades - every decision counts.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.5%, Base Building 18.4%, Time Management 13.6%, Survival 12.5%, Economy 12.5%
In this party-based strategy defence game you will visit distant planets, build small camps and battle fierce monsters. Can you survive by learning and exploiting their weaknesses or is your party doomed to never return home?
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.3%, Base Building 20.8%, Side Scroller 17.4%, Survival 13.2%, RTS 7.6%
A procedurally generated sandbox survival game with RTS elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.6%, Base Building 24.1%, Survival 13.7%, Real Time Tactics 10%, RTS 9.7%
Build towers anywhere in this tower defense game to damage and block incoming waves of evil enemies. Surprisingly, those enemies look like yourself. Discover why, and the source of the Shaman power.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.3%, Real Time Tactics 19.8%, Base Building 18.4%, Strategy 16.6%, 2D 5.3%
The Unburied King's funeral marches home, waking every grave it crosses. Keep the vigil alone or with friends — hold until dawn, and the dead burn to ash. Free demo out now.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.2%, Base Building 23.6%, Dark Fantasy 19.3%, Survival 13.3%, Strategy 6.8%
A tactical fantasy defense game with RPG elements: Deploy powerful units, wield magic, and lead a band of heroes through dark missions filled with meaningful choices.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37%, Dark Fantasy 19.2%, Hand-drawn 18.5%, Strategy 12.1%, Adventure 5%
TINAD is a unique tower defense game where you defend your retirement home from overeager heroes. Play as the dungeon itself. Deploy traps, summon minions, and prove you’re just trying to enjoy your golden years in peace against heroes who can’t read the sign and assume every dungeon is evil.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.6%, Base Building 27.1%, Real Time Tactics 15.2%, Strategy 9.9%, RTS 5.9%
Gather resources, build a camp and protect it by constructing defenses. Assign jobs to your Shitlings, take care of their needs, develop new skills and unlock new constructions. Move the camp between locations on a path to the total victory of Shitlingness over the World!
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.3%, Base Building 21.4%, Time Management 16.1%, Real Time Tactics 14%, Strategy 7.3%
HEXSTORM: Tears of Arcadia is a tactical tower defense with roguelike structure. Build your flying fortress, upgrade your ship, and combine powerful boosts. Every battle is unique. Uncover the mystery of the fallen captain.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.2%, Base Building 19.2%, RTS 12.3%, Economy 11.6%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%
A tower defense game set in a magical forest. Watch out for the orcs!
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.4%, Base Building 31.4%, Strategy 7.1%, 2D 7.1%, Adventure 4.3%
Defend your neighborhood from zombies, build archer, sniper, bomber or electric towers, as the case may be. Strategically place your units, enemies have different abilities, such as agility, shield and amount of life. Each enemy eliminated will give you resources to improve your towers.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.7%, Real Time Tactics 19.5%, Base Building 18.2%, Strategy 16.6%, 2D 5.3%
Light, Darkness, Water, Fire, Nature, and Earth elements come together in this tower defense focused on combinations.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.1%, Real Time Tactics 19.9%, RTS 15.4%, Hand-drawn 10.8%, Strategy 6.8%
Use your special ops units to construct base facilities and towers to protect them from the ever-increasing threat of alien invaders in this Tower Defense game with a city-building element! Research their weaknesses and develop defenses before mankind runs out of time.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.8%, Base Building 21.9%, Time Management 16.5%, Real Time Tactics 15%, Strategy 7.9%
The world was filled with darkness. Gather supplies and people, build a wall, and defend yourself against the emissaries of the underworld! 2Week:DeathWorld is a side-scrolling strategy game drawn in dots.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41%, Real Time Tactics 20.6%, Strategy 17.5%, Survival 16.9%, Indie 2.2%