- #1 The King is Watching
97% matchVery Positive89% of 10,332 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: Tower Defense 14.1%, RTS 13.4%, City Builder 12.5%, Real Time Tactics 9.5%, Dark Fantasy 9.2%
- #2 Dawnkeep
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zang
Windows
Raise a fallen keep by day, and hold it through the dark. Villagers with names and tempers fell timber and work the fields — then take up spears when night comes. A dark fantasy settlement-builder defense game.
Why similar: City Builder 21.7%, Tower Defense 20%, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, RTS 8.7%, Strategy 8%
- #3 Stelvyr: Colony Defense
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: CannyEdge Interactive
Windows
Build and defend a space colony where every unit of power and every crew assignment matters. Expand production, research new technologies, shape the battlefield with walls and weapons, and adapt your strategy against alien swarms across nine campaign operations.
Why similar: RTS 18.6%, City Builder 18.3%, Colony Sim 16.8%, Tower Defense 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.8%
- #4 Dwarven Rampart
95% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Alaabale
Windows
Raise massive armies and fight thousands of enemies. Dwarven Rampart is a fantasy roguelite strategy game where you build dwarven cities and fight massive fights. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Tower Defense 16.3%, RTS 14.9%, City Builder 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 11.3%, Colony Sim 10.4%
- #5 Akonite Fall
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dragon Fruit Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
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 22.5%, Gothic 20.6% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.1%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Resource Management 10.1%
- #6 Mawang: Dark Lord Defense
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SANDY FLOOR
Windows · Mac
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 19.3%, City Builder 16.8%, RTS 11.1%, Resource Management 10.7%, Dark Fantasy 9.3%
- #7 Wah!Topia
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kobalto Games
Windows
In the depths of the astral seas a bunch of crafty kobolds will need to defend and resist chaos to survive. Wah!Topia is a colony simulation and defense game where you manage resources, build stations and protect the monument.
Why similar: City Builder 21.9%, Tower Defense 20.4%, Colony Sim 18.7%, Real Time Tactics 14.9%, Strategy 9.3%
- #8 Seventh Colony
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GeneralFR
Windows
Seventh Colony is a steampunk colony-management and alien horde-defense game set within a fortified industrial settlement surrounded by a hostile volcanic wasteland.
Why similar: Colony Sim 20.2%, Tower Defense 19%, City Builder 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 15.7%, Time Management 11.8%
- #9 Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand
91% matchPositive87% of 22 reviews2025
Dev: Axella Games
Windows
Build towers, manage resources, and lead units to defend your kingdom against goblins. Every decision you make determines your kingdom's fate.
Why similar: Tower Defense 18.6%, City Builder 16.7%, RTS 16.3%, Colony Sim 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%
- #10 We Are The Wall
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NorthWall Studio
Windows · Mac
We Are The Wall is a city-builder / RTS where you lead a hardy dwarf settlement fighting to protect their mountain home. Train armies, gather vital resources, explore the surrounding lands, and defend the Heart of the Mountain at all costs. We Are The Wall!
Why similar: City Builder 23%, RTS 19.2%, Tower Defense 15%, Real Time Tactics 12.4%, Strategy 7.8%
- #11 Flooded
90% matchVery Positive80% of 137 reviews2023
Dev: Artificial Disasters
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Flooded is a reversed city-builder, in which you need to optimize your production on an island that shrinks over time. Gather enough resources to flee to safety, while the surrounding world is getting flooded.
Why similar: City Builder 18%, RTS 17.7%, Time Management 15.6%, Colony Sim 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%
- #12 Fio and the Doomed City
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Caro BuildersPub: Emma Create
Windows · Mac
A “city-building” x “tower defense” SLG by a young girl, Fio. Fio and her guardians, the Flora Bears, are building a city in the last city of humanity. Increase facilities, residents, and resources, and prepare for battle. Withstand enemy attacks and defeat the boss with your big beam cannon!
Why similar: City Builder 24.5%, Colony Sim 23.2%, Tower Defense 21.4%, Resource Management 14.4%, Strategy 4.7%
- #13 Shitlings
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Slagvi
Windows
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 20.1%, City Builder 19.6%, Real Time Tactics 18%, Time Management 15.7%, Colony Sim 6.6%
- #14 From Embers
88% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Sean ElovirtaPub: CindieForge
Windows
A survival city-builder where every villager has a name, a family, and a eulogy. Build their civilization through four ages, brutal winters, and monster raids — then prestige and let their legacy echo into your next run.
Why similar: City Builder 22.7%, Real Time Tactics 20.2%, Time Management 16.6%, RTS 14.1%, Resource Management 12.9%
- #15 Siege of Irdor
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: HardCodeWayPub: Vision Edge Entertainment
Windows
Siege of Irdor is a city-builder strategy game set in dark medieval times, where fantasy and reality collide. Build by day and defend the sieges by night to survive against the armies of darkness.
Why similar: City Builder 17.7%, Colony Sim 17.1%, RTS 16.6%, Tower Defense 16.1%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%
- #16 Dear Magical Girls
85% matchVery Positive98% of 220 reviews2026
Dev: GIGABlock StudioPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Dear Magical Girls is a story-driven defense game about an overworked magical girl protecting the Mana Stone that keeps the city running. Move the vertices to reshape your magical field. Unlock modules and enchants, and build your own strategy to survive against waves of monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.9%, RTS 23.2%, Real Time Tactics 19.7%, Strategy 9.7%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%
- #17 Dwarven Realm
86% matchMixed59% of 22 reviews2024
Dev: Resonance Software
Windows
Explore an epic fantasy medieval world where dwarves fight for survival in a hostile universe. Guide your colony of dwarves through unique challenges, tough moral choices, and unforgettable encounters. Explore, mine, build, trade to ensure the prosperity of your people.
Why similar: City Builder 22.2%, Colony Sim 21.3%, RTS 19.2%, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Strategy 6.4%
- #18 Guardians of Holme
84% matchMostly Positive76% of 165 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 27%, RTS 19.8%, Deckbuilding 19.3%, Real Time Tactics 15.1%, Strategy 10.7%
- #19 Kingdom Of Force
86% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2020
Dev: Razer TeamPub: Hydra Game Studio
Windows
KOF is a magic background real-time strategy game, which is based on the method of dispatching troops to occupy the city, and combines the elements of resource collection, construction, upgrading, tower defense and so on.
Why similar: Tower Defense 18.3%, RTS 18.1%, City Builder 17.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.9%, Colony Sim 15.1%
- #20 Age of Respair
84% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Respair Games
Windows
Age of Respair is a medieval strategy castle-builder. Build massive castles with fortifications while managing resources and production chains. Assemble a large army and lay siege to enemy castles. Lead your people and bring respair to your kingdom🏰⚔️
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Colony Sim 17.6%, RTS 13.7%, Resource Management 10.5%
- #21 The Heart of Anathema
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Box Collider Game Studio
Windows
A Card-driven RTS in which you lead your forces into the depths of the cursed forest of Anathema. Use your cards to build up the defenses, discover powerful synergies and take command of your forces to defeat the enemies that also try to obtain the mysterious artifacts that lay deep into the forest.
Why similar: Tower Defense 17.6%, Real Time Tactics 16.3%, City Builder 14.2%, RTS 14.1%, Deckbuilding 13.3%
- #22 Stronghold: Definitive Edition
82% matchVery Positive86% of 10,318 reviews2023
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 79%
Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.
Why similar: City Builder 20.8%, Real Time Tactics 17.9%, Colony Sim 15.1%, RTS 14.9%, Tower Defense 14.3%
- #23 Keeper - UnCorruptDead
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Gaming With Rawr
Windows
Dungeon Keeper-like with electropunk elements. Dig out space for buildings to attract computer-controlled creatures and watch them do your bidding. Cast spells from the god-hand above, and protect your heart while sending minions to defeat theirs.
Why similar: Colony Sim 17.7%, Tower Defense 14.6%, City Builder 14.4%, RTS 14.1%, Real Time Tactics 13.1%
- #24 Windowed Realms
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tiny Loom Studio
Windows
Build, manage, explore, and survive. Develop your village, discover new islands, face threats, and decide how your colony will grow.
Why similar: Colony Sim 25.4%, City Builder 23%, Resource Management 14.1%, Real Time Tactics 12.3%, Strategy 7%
- #25 Conflict of Lords
81% matchMixed70% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: 憔悴の微笑Pub: Hawthorn Games
Windows
Conflict of Lords is an Roguelite Anti-TD game. You will act as the Lord of Foe in Game Development Council, who decided to go his separate way due to a conflict. Invade the newly released game Village Guardian. Summon the Predators to destroy villages. Try your best to overthrow the Overlord!
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.9%, RTS 19%, Real Time Tactics 17%, Deckbuilding 13.9%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #26 DarkSwitch
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 735 reviews2026
Dev: Cyber TemplePub: Cyber Temple Games LLC
Windows
DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog. Face the challenges of limited real estate, scarce resources, and tough moral choices as you seek to uncover the mystery of the Shroud. The Tree Provides! The Tree Protects! The Tree Prevails!
Why similar: City Builder 19.7%, Colony Sim 18.6%, Tower Defense 15%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Resource Management 12.4%
- #27 Nigredo
79% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
Dev: Pingado Interactive
Windows
Expand your base by building new rooms, recruiting workers, and assigning them to key workstations. Can your society overcome the forces of Nigredo? Time is of the essence.
Why similar: Time Management 20%, City Builder 19.7%, Real Time Tactics 19.3%, Colony Sim 18.9%, Resource Management 7.1%
- #28 Stronghold HD (2012)
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 10,424 reviews2013
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 18.8 hrs≥1hr: 81%
The original castle sim, Stronghold HD allows you to design, build and destroy historical castles. Engage in medieval warfare against the AI in one of two single player campaigns or online with up to 8 players.
Why similar: City Builder 18.5%, Colony Sim 17.8%, Real Time Tactics 17.7%, Tower Defense 17.3%, RTS 16%
- #29 Field & Sky
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Orbitami Entertainment
Windows
Field & Sky is a realistic open-world homestead builder where you inherit family land and shape it into a thriving rural property. Build farms, raise livestock, connect to a nearby town, and explore your land from above or at ground level at your own pace.
Why similar: City Builder 21%, Colony Sim 20.1%, RTS 18.1%, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Time Management 14.6%
- #30 Hag's Hand
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Zenite Games
Windows
A tower defense game that blends Brazilian folklore myths with card management. Protect the forest by summoning the creatures that dwell within the wilds. As invaders push deeper into the untamed woods, the witch Cuca merely watches their movement, waiting for the perfect moment to strike.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.5%, Deckbuilding 20.7%, Dark Fantasy 19.3%, Real Time Tactics 11.8%, Strategy 9.1%
- #31 Defender's Dynasty
77% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: Hyper Cloud Games
Windows · Mac
A 2D Strategic Base Defender game set in Medieval times. As relentless Waves of enemy forces threaten your Stronghold, you must gather Resources, Fortify your Defenses and lead your Rebellion. Prepare to strengthen your Base and manage your Resources. But beaware of the Storms!
Why similar: City Builder 21.4%, Tower Defense 21%, Real Time Tactics 16.3%, RTS 12.4%, Colony Sim 9.8%
- #32 Defensive War -SEALED GOLEM-
79% matchNo user reviews2022
Dev: S.T-Brothers
Windows
Human VS monsters. Protect the castle! Wave-based real-time strategy (RTS). Protect your castle from attacking enemy monsters with warriors, Cavalry, magic, catapult. The Hero and the golem, along with his companions, go looking for the cause of the appearance of monsters in the world.
Why similar: RTS 25.3%, Real Time Tactics 23.5%, Tower Defense 23%, Strategy 10.7%, Simulation 7.7%
- #33 The Hidden Evils Club
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Loreland Studio
Windows · Mac
When Weird Hill begins to fall, a strange school club becomes the town’s last line of defense. Build towers, manage resources, trade with survivors, command unusual heroes, and protect the heart of the town from escalating zombie waves.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.9%, City Builder 20.3%, Resource Management 14.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.3%, Time Management 10.9%
- #34 Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition
73% matchVery Positive92% of 11,497 reviews2025
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 34.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Gird your loins and sharpen your steel! Besiege 20 unique enemy lords and battle friends online, in this expanded remaster of the classic 'castle sim'. Relive history with new units, opponents, visuals, audio, campaigns, skirmish trails, co-op and larger maps.
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Real Time Tactics 17.8%, Colony Sim 16.8%, Tower Defense 15.4%, RTS 14.3%
- #35 Bergfried
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Quid Pro Games
Windows
Build realistic medieval castles and defend them against rival knights. Bergfried is a strategy game featuring organic castle building and tactical siege battles. Manage your lands, plan your defenses and lead your troops to victory!
Why similar: City Builder 20.5%, Colony Sim 19.7%, RTS 17.1%, Tower Defense 16.8%, Real Time Tactics 15.6%
- #36 盟军远征: 地下世界
73% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: 创意泛舟
Windows
Valhalla's sealed abyss unleashed dark hordes during a magical cataclysm. United surface races repelled the invasion but now venture into the unfathomable pit to confront ancient evils and uncover truths buried beneath their war-torn world.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 28.6%, Tower Defense 26.8%, RTS 24%, Strategy 7.6%, Fantasy 5.9%
- #37 Last Fuse
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YYZ Studio
Windows
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 20.1%, City Builder 19.4%, RTS 16.9%, Time Management 14.2%, Resource Management 12.8%
- #38 Tower Forge: Dark Defense
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cassagi
Windows
Tower Forge: Dark Defense, is an epic medieval dark fantasy RTS PC game, that blends base building, resource management, exploration, crafting, and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 18.8%, RTS 17.7%, Real Time Tactics 16.4%, Resource Management 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 11.2%
- #39 Kingdom of Bees
75% match5 user reviews60% of 5 reviews2020
Dev: HronPub: Lezy Bee
Windows
"Kingdom of Bees" is a game where you try to create a kingdom of bees. Kingdom of Bees is a real-time strategy game where you control a hive of wild bees that are trying to survive in a world full of dangers.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 27.6%, Colony Sim 25.5%, RTS 21%, Strategy 8%, Simulation 5.8%
- #40 Timber
73% matchMixed38% of 13 reviews2024
Dev: CaliCosDev Studio
Windows · Mac
Build and manage your industrial empire unlike ever before. Dive into Timber: where strategic resource management meets the forest.
Why similar: City Builder 23.6%, RTS 21.6%, Time Management 19.5%, Real Time Tactics 19.2%, Strategy 6.9%
- #41 Super Onslaught
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Cactu
Windows
A real time strategy, tower defense game where you can evolve your turrets and give them special abilities.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.6%, RTS 24.3%, Real Time Tactics 22.4%, Strategy 11.3%, Resource Management 9.8%
- #42 SPUM TD
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SonRaim Studio
Windows
'SPUM TD' is a 2D strategy game that combines Auto-Chess and Tower Defense. Hire units from a randomized shop and match attribute and class synergies to build a powerful formation. Fend off pouring waves of enemies and complete your ultimate deck!
Why similar: RTS 27.5%, Tower Defense 26.7%, Real Time Tactics 21.2%, Strategy 12.1%, Deckbuilding 10.8%
- #43 AquaCo
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Dewil Games
Windows
Take charge as a fishing company manager in a realistic simulator. Plan your catches, trade on a dynamic market, and face ecological challenges. Brave storms, track fish migration and regulations while building your fishing empire.
Why similar: RTS 17.9%, City Builder 17.3%, Colony Sim 15.3%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, Time Management 11.7%
- #44 Stronghold 4
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Firefly Studios
Windows
Wood needed! Return to the green roots of Stronghold in this narrative prequel to the original 'castle sim'. Immerse yourself in a cinematic campaign, hone your siegecraft with new mechanics in skirmish mode and customise your castles with a wide selection of castle pieces and cosmetics.
Why similar: City Builder 19.5%, Colony Sim 18.7%, RTS 17.9%, Tower Defense 17.6%, Real Time Tactics 16%
- #45 Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware
68% matchVery Positive92% of 794 reviews2025
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 1.6 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 61%
Diplomacy is Not an Option: Shareware is a free prequel to the original game. In a medieval fantasy world, you are to build settlements, raise huge armies, and defend against massive hordes of enemies. Learn how Ironbrow clan shaped the world's map the first time - if you survive, that is.
Why similar: City Builder 21.8%, Colony Sim 20.9%, Tower Defense 19.8%, RTS 18.3%, Strategy 7%
- #46 Farm Defense
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 100 reviews2022
Dev: Rightize
Windows
Farm Defense pits you against waves of increasingly difficult enemies in a Tower Defense environment. Mitigate the random elements to defend the farm. Conquer all 40 waves to live and fight another day.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.4%, RTS 21.9%, Real Time Tactics 20.8%, Time Management 13.9%, Strategy 7.7%
- #47 Hull Rupture
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
If the ship stops, humanity ends. Manage a spaceship, treat puny humans as resources, and repel relentless alien assaults in a base-management tower-defense roguelite where every choice seemed reasonable at the time.
Why similar: Time Management 23.8%, Tower Defense 23.5%, City Builder 19.6%, RTS 17.8%, Strategy 6.4%
- #48 Call Of The Mighty Warriors
71% matchMixed60% of 343 reviews2019
Dev: Jaison Robson GusavaPub: SC Jogos
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 6.6 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 28.3%, Real Time Tactics 20.6%, RTS 19.4%, Fantasy 8.6%, Strategy 6.8%
- #49 Land and Sword
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Rohr
Windows · Linux
Lead a group of survivors in a new land, build a functional settlement, manage deep production chains, and prepare defenses to face growing hordes of creatures. Balance growth, logistics, and survival in a world scarred by a creeping plague.
Why similar: City Builder 29.4%, Tower Defense 27.2%, Time Management 22.4%, Strategy 12.3%, Combat 5.3%
- #50 Fortress of the Fallen
68% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Iron Crown Studio
Windows
Build by day. Survive by night. A focused medieval tower defense where every decision is permanent.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.6%, Real Time Tactics 17.4%, Time Management 15.5%, Resource Management 14.1%, Strategy 9.6%
- #51 Mini Continental Saga
69% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: The Ultra Game Changer
Windows · Mac
Mini Continental Saga is a biotope strategy history card game letting you freely stir small worlds! Human, elf, slime? Or lead your fishman to create your favorite fictional world! One play takes 5 to 30 minutes. Weave a tale that you've seen somewhere before, but doesn't exist anywhere else!!!!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.4%, Real Time Tactics 22.9%, RTS 21.2%, Deckbuilding 14.5%, Strategy 4.8%
- #52 Hue Hue Defense
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Hue Game Dev
Windows
A mysterious villain unleashes a virus, bringing internet memes to life as a bizarre army marching toward the city's airport. Build towers, unlock powerful abilities, and defend Camaracity from a worldwide outbreak. Stop Hue Hue B'Erri, the king of trolling, before he reaches his final destination.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.1%, City Builder 25.2%, Real Time Tactics 22%, Strategy 10.6%, Resource Management 5.9%
- #53 Element TD
70% matchMostly Positive75% of 100 reviews2017
Dev: Element Studios
Windows
Light, Darkness, Water, Fire, Nature, and Earth elements come together in this tower defense focused on combinations.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.6%, Real Time Tactics 27.9%, RTS 22.9%, Strategy 5.6%, Fantasy 4.7%
- #54 King War [RTS]
69% match4 user reviews50% of 4 reviews2023
Dev: Aurora
Windows
Who can be the last king in the dogfight between the countries of the earth and aliens? A pixel-style real-time strategy game, a simple and easy experience for placing units
Why similar: RTS 26%, Tower Defense 24.3%, Real Time Tactics 18.7%, Strategy 11.9%, Simulation 11.8%
- #55 Lanternia
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Skill Potion
Windows
Lanternia is a survival RTS with roguelite and deckbuilding elements. Build, defend, and expand the village in a dark wood, illuminated only with lanterns.
Why similar: RTS 19%, City Builder 18%, Tower Defense 17.4%, Deckbuilding 14.8%, Resource Management 10.4%
- #56 坍塌世界
65% matchMostly Positive73% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: a1
Windows
"Collapsing World" is an innovative tower defense game blending deck-building and roguelike mechanics. Recruit unique companions, craft powerful skill decks, and tackle randomized stages. Deep strategy breaks the traditional TD mold—every run is a fresh challenge!
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.8%, City Builder 21.7%, RTS 18.9%, Deckbuilding 12.3%, Resource Management 9.3%
- #57 BokuSaga
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 株式会社ホーゲット
Windows
Bokura no Saga is a battle royale RTS where you choose one of three unique races and develop your territory alongside heroes. Gather resources, train troops, construct buildings, wage war, trade, and form knightly orders to interact with other territories and grow your domain!
Why similar: RTS 25.9%, City Builder 25.5%, Real Time Tactics 22.4%, Strategy 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%
- #58 Border Pioneer
64% matchVery Positive87% of 1,898 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.6%, City Builder 23%, RTS 18.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%, Fantasy 6%
- #59 FrontierLord
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: WallYardPub: WallYard Studio
Windows
FrontierLord is a pixel strategy game to build and guard frontier forts. As lord, build villages, collect wood and ore for production. Place siege gear and wall traps, train troops to repel raiders. Balance building and defense, craft your fort and create your frontier legend.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30%, City Builder 21.2%, Real Time Tactics 15.6%, RTS 10.1%, Strategy 9.3%