- #1 Might is Right
97% matchVery Positive81% of 137 reviews2021
Dev: Lazy Kitty
Windows
Might is Right is an old-school turn-based strategy game, it has simple controls and deep complex mechanics.
Why similar: Strategy 42.5%, RPG 40.8%, Indie 16.7%
- #2 Defense Zone
96% matchVery Positive83% of 83 reviews2014
Dev: Artem Kotov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stunning detail of levels, in-depth gameplay, finely tuned balance of all levels and turrets. During the game you will hold your defense with your turrets against the massive hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 55.2%, Strategy 33.4%, Indie 11.5%
- #3 Stop Santa - Tower Defense
96% matchMixed68% of 47 reviews2017
Dev: Taco Truck Games
Windows
Take the War on Christmas all the way to the North Pole! Santa has gone crazy and enlisted an army of evil elves, zombie Santas, and sadistic penguins. It's now up to you and the remaining elves to Stop Santa in this holiday themed tower defense game!
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.6%, Strategy 40.6%, Indie 15.8%
- #4 Dizzy Dungeon
95% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2018
Dev: DigiFeather
Windows · Mac
Move, rotate and fall. Move, rotate and fall. Get ready for dizziness, find to best strategy to conquer the dungeon.
Why similar: Strategy 45.4%, RPG 38.6%, Indie 16%
- #5 Fishing Maniacs: The Road to Extinction
94% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2018
Dev: Adreamation Games Studio
Windows
Tower Defense & RTS combo - with Fishing and Guns! 6 unique fishermen and 17 types of fish! 14 levels - from tiny to huge! (S, M, L, XL, XXL maps!) Bombs, Chainsaws, Machine Guns, Poisons, Tesla coils..! 10-20 hours of gameplay! 10.000+ fish in 100's of waves! Yes, Fishing Maniacs has all that!
Why similar: Strategy 48.9%, Tower Defense 32.1%, Indie 19%
- #6 M.A.C.E. Tower Defense
93% matchMostly Positive70% of 61 reviews2017
Dev: EntwicklerX
Windows
M.A.C.E. Tower Defense is a classic tower defense game with unique towers and enemies and an ingame shop system for getting better towers, upgrade existing towers and buy special items.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43%, Strategy 41.7%, Indie 15.2%
- #7 Miner Lou
92% matchMostly Positive77% of 87 reviews2019
Dev: Fuzzy Code Studio LLC
Windows
Mine and combine gems for your defenses. Play Arcade Mode and accompany Lou on a journey to save the Star Babies.
Why similar: Strategy 32.9%, Tower Defense 29.4%, RPG 25.3%, Indie 12.4%
- #8 Yet another tower defence
91% matchMixed66% of 148 reviews2018
Dev: Fantasy LiPub: SakuraGame
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Ancient demons summoned from the deep dark abyss, and brought ruin to Tiede, land of our home. You should know your towers, and use them wisely. Bring your sword, worrior, and your brave heart! Join me in this defence of the ancient...lands!
Why similar: Tower Defense 61.5%, Strategy 27.7%, Indie 10.8%
- #9 夜之归途 Night Homing
91% matchMixed61% of 46 reviews2019
Dev: 凌晨两点
Windows
扮演小魔女寻找回家的路,在路途中结识到各个种族的萌萌哒的使魔,召唤使魔替小魔女迎击阻挠前进的敌人吧!
Why similar: Strategy 34.8%, RPG 31.8%, Tower Defense 19.8%, Indie 13.5%
- #10 Legend of Towercraft
90% matchMixed70% of 96 reviews2020
Dev: Martin Bartsch
Windows
'Legend of Towercraft' is a Free-to-Play Tower Defense/ARPG which has NO Pay-to-Win elements. The world is in ruins and as the Guardian of your community below the mountain, you have the task to rebuild your town and protect it from the growing corruption.
Why similar: Strategy 34.7%, RPG 30.6%, Tower Defense 21.5%, Indie 13.2%
- #11 Kingdom vs Zombies
89% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2020
Dev: Adam Cs
Windows · Mac
Build a flourishing empire, equip powerful armors and improve your character!
Why similar: Strategy 38.3%, RPG 35.9%, Indie 14.9%, Tower Defense 11%
- #12 Soul Locus
89% matchMixed61% of 36 reviews2015
Dev: Fat Loot Games
Windows · Mac
A Creature Collection Tower Defense Game! Defend yourself with creatures that you collect and train. Quote from a fan: ''It's Pokémon meets tower defense!''
Why similar: Tower Defense 41%, RPG 28.7%, Strategy 20.5%, Indie 9.8%
- #13 Clumsy Knight 2
88% matchMostly Negative32% of 19 reviews2017
Dev: BIG WOOD GAMES
Windows · Mac
Those familiar with the series of games «Heroes of Might and Magic», will see the obvious parallels in this game, and an old style but story: the valiant savior, the hero, to become the king's son in law, and, of course, get a half a kingdom. It was then down to business and taken our mammonish protagonist.
Why similar: Strategy 42.8%, RPG 40.1%, Indie 17.2%
- #14 Shepherds of the Abyss
87% matchMixed55% of 22 reviews2016
Dev: Impulse Games
Windows
Shepherds of the Abyss is an action-packed, multiplayer tower defense game - one inspired by some of the best tower defense mods for Warcraft 3 - with a heavy focus on mazing and strategy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.8%, Strategy 22.4%, RPG 21%, Indie 8.7%
- #15 Bots Rush
86% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2018
Dev: Ponomarev Denis
Windows
Bots Rush is a unique mix of Tower Defense and logistic puzzle. You will find a set of interesting and complicated game levels, original enemies. Your task is simply to build a network of roads to deliver resources to factories and ammo to towers. Sounds easy, right? Lets check this out.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.6%, Strategy 41.2%, Indie 15.3%
- #16 Cybernetica
84% matchNegative10% of 10 reviews2020
Dev: Kedexa
Windows
Cybernetica is a tower defense game. The player’s task is to destroy the enemies with the help of buildings before they cross the base. With the help of 7 towers you need to cope with 50 waves of enemies. Each tower has its own characteristics and cost.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.2%, Strategy 29.3%, RPG 25.6%, Indie 11.8%
- #17 Capsize
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: OctoBeet Studio
Windows
Capsize is a rogue-like, deck-building, single player adventure. Build your pirate crew, stealing crew members from the other factions and promote them to unlock new powers. All in comic hand-drawn 2D style.
Why similar: Strategy 44.1%, RPG 38.8%, Indie 17.1%
- #18 Rabbit Island
85% matchMixed66% of 41 reviews2016
Dev: Serhii Vitukhin
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 98%
We invite you to join a trip to little islands of jolly forms. We will be thankful to you, the great strategist, if you help us to get rid of gluttonous rabbits.
Why similar: Strategy 46.2%, Tower Defense 36.4%, Indie 17.4%
- #19 Lethal Laser
84% matchPositive82% of 38 reviews2017
Dev: DigiFeather
Windows · Mac
《Lethal Laser》 is a directional laser based tower defense game. No bullet/arrow shooting nor warrior producing, just pure laser. Laser reflection, split, color separation, color combine, play it with strategy you never seen in TD games.
Why similar: Strategy 46.7%, Tower Defense 35.1%, Indie 18.2%
- #20 净土英雄 - Heroes of Pure land
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cloudmoon Studios
Windows
“Heroes of Pure land” is an independent game that integrates strategy, cultivation and moba-like gameplay.Players need to collect all kinds of skills, and then through the battlefield, challenge the BOSS, one-on-one hit, martial arts conference and other ways to cultivate the characteristics of the hero, unify the last pure land.
Why similar: Strategy 43.6%, RPG 39.5%, Indie 16.9%
- #21 Project Hastur
81% matchPositive89% of 18 reviews2019
Dev: Polymorphic Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Defend humanity against the ever changing threat of the alien Proteans. Project Hastur combines elements of 3D tower defense and real-time strategy with models of biological evolution to create a uniquely challenging experience.
Why similar: Strategy 48.3%, Tower Defense 32.9%, Indie 18.8%
- #22 Bardbarian
82% matchVery Positive89% of 1,508 reviews2014
Dev: TreeFortress Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%
You play as Brad the barbarian, who is awoken to the sounds of his town under siege. Today is different though; Brad has grown tired of fighting all the time. The usual grind for XP has grown dull, and he has decided to pursue his dreams of making music instead of shedding blood.
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.9%, Strategy 24.3%, RPG 19.4%, Indie 11.4%
- #23 Crumbled World
82% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: Clone Corps
Windows · Linux
Crumbled World is a tower defense game where you're tasked to create a maze of defensive structures with the purpose to defend the world crystal. The world crystal is what keeps the world from further collapsing into darkness and without it no hope exists.
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.8%, Strategy 37.6%, Indie 14.6%
- #24 Arcane Legacy
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Wisdom Games
Windows
Arcane Legacy: Turn-Based Fantasy Tactical Game This is Lodmor, the land of the Fathers, the Empire's Core. To help maintaining the peace, the emperor has established the Judgement of the arcanium, where Champions selected by the Great Houses – the Archmages – battle against each other.
Why similar: Strategy 44.5%, RPG 39.8%, Indie 15.7%
- #25 Ticket to Earth
80% matchVery Positive91% of 116 reviews2017
Dev: Robot Circus
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.6 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Ticket to Earth fuses battlefield tactics, tile-matching puzzle, and epic sci-fi RPG in one unique package. Four unlikely heroes are thrown together to save everything they love from murderous criminals, hideous mutants, and a corrupt government.
Why similar: Strategy 44.6%, RPG 38.1%, Indie 17.3%
- #26 Yet Another Hero Legend 英雄传说又一则
79% matchPositive100% of 15 reviews2019
Dev: invwindy
Windows
Heroes, Justice, Collecting Flags, Sokoban, and the Extermination of Evil, Yet Another Hero Legend is a minimalistic puzzle game filled with choices and creative solutions.
Why similar: Strategy 44.7%, RPG 37.9%, Indie 17.4%
- #27 Seven Sins - Academic Version
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: much2pro4youPub: MediaCube Games
Windows
Seven Sins is a 4-6 player online multiplayer game, in which you and your teammates have to work together in order to survive - but beware! Everyone could be stained with one of the seven sins or decide to betray the group and follow their own goals...
Why similar: Strategy 43%, RPG 40.3%, Indie 16.7%
- #28 Defense of the Fantasy Robots
81% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2018
Dev: Tulaboev Ikhvolbek
Windows
Defense of the Fantasy Robots is a Tower-Defense game that focuses on tactical and strategical depth.
Why similar: Strategy 49.4%, Tower Defense 31.4%, Indie 19.2%
- #29 Power of Defense
83% matchMostly Negative24% of 42 reviews2010
Dev: 4sdk
Windows · Mac
Median: 48 minMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Power Of Defense provides a new strategy and defense mix game experience. Defend your world from upcoming evil and oil-smelling robots. They come from the platform between both parallel universes you have to fight on by producing own robots to send them back to their native world.
Why similar: Strategy 48.8%, Tower Defense 33.6%, Indie 17.5%
- #30 Brutal Scales
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Missiles are Magic
Windows
Tactics Role Playing Game where you and your friends fight for control of your school.
Why similar: Strategy 43%, RPG 40.3%, Indie 16.7%
- #31 The Mercenary Rise
79% matchMixed53% of 80 reviews2019
Dev: zeroplaystone
Windows
It tells the story of Stephen Gray, who inherited his father's legacy and managed the Mercenary Corps of Thunder Anger.
Why similar: Strategy 44.6%, RPG 39.2%, Indie 16.2%
- #32 Immortals(修仙志)
78% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2018
Dev: Muggle
Windows
《Immortals》 is a SLG with fast paced fighting. When the game starts, the hero will appear in a huge maze, and your goal is to find a way out of the maze. The hero will encounter other characters in the maze. They may be enemies or friends. You need to be careful in making judgments.
Why similar: Strategy 43.8%, RPG 39.1%, Indie 17%
- #33 Pixel Force 像素特攻队
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gemini Stars Games
Windows
“Pixel Force” is the fourth work of TSM series. This work adopts a new way of turn-based game. I believe it will bring you a fresh world. ·New Sandbox world ·Collect materials and synthesize equipment ·Optional battlefield
Why similar: Strategy 42.9%, RPG 40.2%, Indie 17%
- #34 Wolf Gang
77% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2018
Dev: Lyon Beckers
Windows · Mac · Linux
Play as a band of wolves as they take control of the mountain using turn based tactical combat in a humorous adventure campaign!
Why similar: Strategy 43.8%, RPG 39.1%, Indie 17%
- #35 Glory & Honor
76% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2018
Dev: SugGames
Windows
In Glory&Honor your mission is to lead a team of gladiators of different races into success. The battles are fought out on a 7x5 battlefield, where your jov is to find out the enemies weaknesses and use your strengths against them. You can use different races and their racial abilities to your advantage.
Why similar: Strategy 43.8%, RPG 39.2%, Indie 17%
- #36 Mistress of Maids
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YDKR
Windows
Turn-based, but fast-paced, roguelike-game when you do not need to think over each turn and count the HP. If you see the weak - kill him! And if you see a strong man - run away, or think how to defeat him and earn experience and money.
Why similar: Strategy 42.2%, RPG 41.4%, Indie 16.4%
- #37 Heresy
77% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2015
Dev: dark made games
Windows
You take the role of a god influencing the lives of your followers in a medieval setting. Build villages, castles and defend them from raiders. Possess your followers to take direct control over their actions. Advance your civilization for better technologies, buildings, abilities, and equipment.
Why similar: Strategy 43.8%, RPG 39.1%, Indie 17%
- #38 Sin Castle
74% matchMostly Positive79% of 98 reviews2017
Dev: Primary cells studio
Windows
Sin Castle is a slightly high difficulty adventure game that focus on puzzling, contains various policy elements, rigorous rules. The key of puzzle this game is reasonable attributes assignment, props use, and equipment collocation. As the grids opened, game player will encounter all sorts of strategic monsters and puzzling design.
Why similar: Strategy 43.3%, RPG 39.3%, Indie 17.4%
- #39 Link
75% matchMixed58% of 48 reviews2016
Dev: Brainwashing Games
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Link is a strategy game with roguelike elements. Take control over group of soldiers trying to survive on the hostile, arctic planet. Can you survive until someone will come for rescue?
Why similar: Strategy 45.4%, RPG 39.1%, Indie 15.5%
- #40 Heroes of Arca
74% matchMixed68% of 81 reviews2017
Dev: IMPIRESOFT
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Heroes of Arca is a unique blend of a turn-based strategy and RPG with an unorthodox combat system that presents a wide choice of battle tactics for the turn-based games' fans.
Why similar: Strategy 44.5%, RPG 39.8%, Indie 15.7%
- #41 Star Nomad
75% matchMixed60% of 50 reviews2014
Dev: Huy Phan
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Explore, trade, fight & plunder in this tribute to classic sandbox spacesims of old.
Why similar: Strategy 43.5%, RPG 38.9%, Indie 17.7%
- #42 Grim Wanderings
73% matchMostly Positive75% of 28 reviews2018
Dev: Elllinia gamesPub: Self-publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Oldschool turn-based roguelike rpg
Why similar: Strategy 43%, RPG 40.3%, Indie 16.7%
- #43 HOLOSAGA: Invasion of the HoloX
62% matchVery Positive93% of 122 reviews2024
Dev: Team SEONGWONPub: holo Indie
Windows
Liberated from the shackles of power, La+ led the HoloX members and the army to invade Earth! You must gather the members of the HoloLive and stop them.
Why similar: Tower Defense 57%, RPG 31.7%, Strategy 7.1%, Indie 4.2%
- #44 Sin; Vengeance
72% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2019
Dev: Spaced Toad Studio
Windows
In this SRPG, you play as a man out to get revenge for his lost home. But how much of his own humanity is he willing to sacrifice to satisfy this yearning? You will make a crucial choice that determines the ending, as he faces demons within and without.
Why similar: Strategy 43%, RPG 40.3%, Indie 16.7%
- #45 江湖侠客行
71% matchMostly Negative28% of 25 reviews2018
Dev: ShinerJoy Technology Co., Ltd.
Windows
江湖侠客行是一款讲究见招拆招的武侠卡牌单机游戏,简单易上手,但要想通关却需要多多动脑,在游戏中,玩家将扮演一名初出茅庐的门派弟子,参与到江湖的各种事件中.
Why similar: Strategy 43%, RPG 40.3%, Indie 16.7%
- #46 The story of Gods 七神物语
70% matchMixed55% of 11 reviews2018
Dev: KMA GAMES
Windows
独居在光明帝国边界村落的年轻猎手阿敏,偶然邂逅了潜入帝国境内的外域女孩艾薇儿,答应护送她深入帝国境内并进行一系列探索的故事, 全中文奇幻风格角色扮演游戏,丰富复杂的回合制战斗模式,超过20小时的冒险时光,不同选择,触发不同主角的命运结局。
Why similar: Strategy 43%, RPG 40.3%, Indie 16.7%
- #47 审判者 The Inquisitor
69% matchPositive92% of 48 reviews2018
Dev: invwindyPub: 迷糊的安安
Windows
"The Inquisitor" is a short RPG game with a complete storyline and combat system. A resurrected inquisitor from the graveyard receives the instructions of God and embark on the journey of judging the sinners.
Why similar: Strategy 42.7%, RPG 40%, Indie 17.3%
- #48 Clarent Saga: Tactics
70% matchVery Positive84% of 61 reviews2017
Dev: David Nguyen
Windows
A straightforward SRPG inspired by 16-bit classics and made with SRPG Studio. The storyline follows the armies of Prince Abel of Meyr as he battles Pherrelios who invade them. The third entry of Clarent Saga.
Why similar: Strategy 43.2%, RPG 40.5%, Indie 16.3%
- #49 不惑英雄传(puzzled heroes)
69% matchMixed70% of 76 reviews2019
Dev: xhGames
Windows
【Puzzled Heroes】 is a traditional strategic role-playing game. Players will play the hero who unloads his armor and returns home to overcome the new crisis and save the mainland again.
Why similar: Strategy 42.6%, RPG 39.9%, Indie 17.4%
- #50 Rise of Keepers
71% matchMixed48% of 31 reviews2015
Dev: Samaritan Studios
Windows
Rise of Keepers is a mix of the best Old School RPGs and Tower Defense games. Explore a huge map, get resources, build structures, fight powerful enemies, loot and the most important. Protect the Crystal!
Why similar: Strategy 43%, RPG 40.3%, Indie 16.7%
- #51 Town Defence
67% matchMixed68% of 22 reviews2019
Dev: Brian Tallent
Windows
Town Defence is a Tower defence RPG.
Why similar: Strategy 41.4%, RPG 41.4%, Indie 17.2%
- #52 My Defense Story
59% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mifux Studio
Windows
My Defense Story mixing Tower Defense and Roguelike together to provide a new game experience. In the game, you need to manage your troops, build your tower and defense from random enemies.
Why similar: Strategy 33.8%, RPG 31.6%, Tower Defense 21.5%, Indie 13.1%
- #53 Dungeon Warfare 2
66% matchVery Positive90% of 1,138 reviews2018
Dev: Valsar
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with the deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wannabe heroes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.3%, Strategy 40.5%, Indie 14.2%
- #54 Hunter's Trial: The fight never ends
68% matchMixed50% of 10 reviews2018
Dev: ESAT
Windows
In the depths of the forest lies the Delain Academy, a school for Monster Hunters, humans with special skills that keep the Earth safe from terrible devastating beasts. On a fateful day, an unexpected attack leaves the fate of the School and humanity in the hands of the most unlikely heroes.
Why similar: Strategy 42.2%, RPG 41.4%, Indie 16.4%
- #55 Five Elements
68% matchMostly Positive73% of 40 reviews2017
Dev: TaosX
Windows
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Five Elements is a real time strategy game about managing energies of five Taoist elements (fire, earth, metal, water and wood). The hero is a monk in quest for Enlightenment.
Why similar: Strategy 47.1%, RPG 35.3%, Indie 17.6%
- #56 Legioncraft
60% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,374 reviews2022
Dev: Way YorkPub: INDIECN
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Loslan needs you! The Legion is waiting for your call! Gather your strength, prepare your food, contribute your love, and pull out your gold coin!
Why similar: Strategy 43.3%, RPG 39.5%, Indie 17.2%
- #57 Aurora Trail
66% matchVery Positive86% of 111 reviews2017
Dev: Screenhit Studios
Windows
A new epic game where the perspective of the camera changes everything. Do not let your body parts get in the same view as a wall with the same color, or you’ll lose it! Puzzle your way through challenging and appealing surroundings and try to stay in one piece!
Why similar: Strategy 41.2%, RPG 38.6%, Indie 20.2%