Games Like METAL SLUG DEFENSE

Hard-core action with easy controls! The METAL SLUG we all love is back as a tower defense game!

Why similar: Tower Defense 57.3%, Multiplayer 14.9%, Strategy 11%, 2D 9.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%

Why You'll Like It: This is the direct evolution of the seed game, offering expanded unit rosters and refined lane-based strategy mechanics.

METAL SLUG makes an explosive return! Dive into this dynamic tactical RPG with a roguelite thrill and experience the iconic run'n'gun action of the original series, redefined. Grab your weapons, assemble your squad and conquer the battlefield to defeat the infamous Rebel Army.

Why similar: Strategy 37.8%, 2D 36.5%, Pixel Graphics 22.8%, Singleplayer 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: It translates the classic Metal Slug aesthetic into a deep, grid-based tactical strategy experience.

Take on wild beasts, ruthless soldiers, and ancient gods in this 2D Action-Platformer inspired by Tower-Defense combat.

Why similar: Tower Defense 56.7%, Action 12.8%, Strategy 10.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.6%, Multiplayer 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: It perfectly blends 2D platforming action with tower defense mechanics, much like the hybrid nature of the seed.

Mechs V Kaijus is an addictive hardcore tower defense gameplay. In Mechs V Kaijus you take on the role of Commander of a powerful Mechs squadron. Improve your Mech, strategically place towers and factories on the battlefield. Deploy support units on the battlefield, and save our civilization.

Why similar: Tower Defense 82.5%, Strategy 7.5%, Action 6.4%, Pixel Graphics 3.3%, Singleplayer 0.3%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on action-heavy tower defense where you actively manage units against waves of enemies.

Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 65.8%, Multiplayer 16.3%, Strategy 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 5.1%, Adventure 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features beautiful pixel art and side-scrolling base defense mechanics that emphasize strategic unit management.

Real-time strategy battles in amazing sci-fi worlds! Command brave soldiers, mighty mechas and powerful aliens to face the greatest challenges in hostile alien worlds. The galaxy needs you!

Why similar: Action 31.9%, Strategy 31.6%, 2D 26.3%, Adventure 7.9%, Singleplayer 2.3%

Why You'll Like It: This title combines real-time strategy with lane-based defense in a sci-fi setting, echoing the tactical feel of the seed.

Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

Why similar: Tower Defense 80.7%, Strategy 11.9%, 2D 6.1%, Singleplayer 0.8%, Adventure 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: The quintessential lane-based tower defense game that shares the accessible yet strategic core of the seed.

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 63.2%, Multiplayer 18.1%, Strategy 10.9%, 2D 4.2%, Action 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: It offers the most polished and deep tower defense experience available, perfect for fans of the genre's strategic depth.

Get ready to DEFEND THE WORLD! The biggest sequel in tower defense history is finally here: Fieldrunners 2 has arrived! From Subatomic Studios, creators of the award winning classic strategy game comes an all new adventure that was years in the making.

Why similar: Tower Defense 81.1%, Strategy 9.9%, Action 9%

Why You'll Like It: A classic tower defense title that focuses on pathing and strategic unit placement.

You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.

Why similar: Tower Defense 68.4%, Action 10.2%, Multiplayer 9.5%, Strategy 7.7%, Shooter 2.6%

Why You'll Like It: This game emphasizes active, action-oriented combat within a tower defense framework.

PixelJunk™ Monsters is back with the simple, yet highly strategic real-time tower defense gameplay gameplay of the original title, now with updated graphics and brand new multiplayer modes!

Why similar: Tower Defense 66.2%, Action 33.8%

Why You'll Like It: Features a unique movement-based tower defense style that keeps the player actively involved in the battlefield.

Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!

Why similar: Tower Defense 60.7%, Strategy 24.7%, Action 14%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: A unique 'reverse' tower defense game where you lead a squad through enemy lines, similar to the offensive strategy in the seed.

“METAL SLUG 3”, the masterpiece in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game series, still continues to fascinate millions of fans worldwide to this day for its intricate dot-pixel graphics, and simple and intuitive game controls, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!

Why similar: Action 42.2%, Arcade 19.6%, 2D 13.3%, Multiplayer 12%, Shooter 9.2%

Why You'll Like It: The definitive side-scrolling action experience that defines the visual and mechanical style of the series.

An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

Why similar: Tower Defense 61.9%, Multiplayer 15.7%, Strategy 11.6%, 2D 4.9%, Action 2.8%

Why You'll Like It: Integrates resource management and automation into a tower defense loop, offering a fresh take on the genre.

Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...

Why similar: Tower Defense 67.7%, Strategy 16.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, 2D 3.9%, Adventure 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: It combines pixel-art aesthetics with intense base defense and strategic squad management.

“SHOCK TROOPERS ”, the fan favorite 2D top-down view action shooting game released exclusively on NEOGEO MVS in 1997, returns to the battlefield on Steam!Progress through the battlefield, choosing the best routes and strategy!

Why similar: Action 60.7%, 2D 26.6%, Arcade 12.7%

Why You'll Like It: Shares the same NeoGeo arcade DNA and pixel-art action style as the Metal Slug franchise.

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 62.5%, Action 13.1%, Strategy 12.1%, 2D 11.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: Provides an incredibly deep and complex tower defense experience for players who enjoy min-maxing their defenses.

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 73.1%, Multiplayer 9.3%, Action 7.8%, Strategy 7.8%, Shooter 1.8%

Why You'll Like It: A hybrid first-person shooter and tower defense game that requires active participation in the defense.

Defenders 2, - an exciting hybrid of Tower Defense and CCG, - is now available on Steam! Challenge endless hordes of monsters: build an impassable defense on their path and protect your mines. Collect all the unique towers and prove that even a tornado is not an obstacle for you.

Why similar: Tower Defense 73.4%, Massively Multiplayer 13.8%, Strategy 12.4%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: A card-based tower defense game that introduces deck-building elements to the genre.

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 71.1%, Strategy 14.1%, 2D 13.7%, Singleplayer 1.1%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist, highly strategic tower defense game with deep upgrade trees.

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 74.6%, Multiplayer 12.3%, Strategy 9.5%, Action 3.4%, Singleplayer 0.1%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses on competitive multiplayer tower defense, mirroring the multiplayer aspect of the seed game.

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.

Why similar: Tower Defense 89.5%, Strategy 9.8%, Singleplayer 0.5%, Adventure 0.2%

Why You'll Like It: A gold standard for traditional tower defense, focusing on maze-building and strategic tower placement.

The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!

Why similar: Tower Defense 73.3%, Strategy 11.3%, Action 7.3%, 2D 3.7%, Pixel Graphics 2.9%

Why You'll Like It: An indie tower defense title that emphasizes resource gathering and base building alongside defense.

Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.

Why similar: Tower Defense 85.5%, Strategy 14.5%

Why You'll Like It: A minimalist tactical defense game where you manage small squads to protect islands from invaders.

They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

Why similar: Tower Defense 74.9%, Strategy 20.8%, Multiplayer 3.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%

Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes base defense strategy game that requires careful planning and rapid response to massive waves.

The sequel to the hit strategy game, with new weapons, landscapes, and options.

Why similar: Tower Defense 54.4%, Action 23.5%, Strategy 22.1%

Why You'll Like It: A modern, visually polished tower defense game with a focus on tactical unit variety.

"Age of Steel: Recharge" is a 2D strategy with a view from the side. You're taking the role of commander, who was entrusted the management of the military base. Your mission is to defend a base from the waves of enemies at any price.

Why similar: Tower Defense 44.5%, Strategy 29.8%, Action 25.7%

Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented base defense game that requires quick thinking and resource management.

“METAL SLUG ”, the very first title in SNK’s legendary 2D run & gun action shooting game series where all began, returns to the missions on the Steam gaming platform!

Why similar: Multiplayer 30.3%, Action 27.9%, 2D 18.8%, Arcade 9%, Shooter 6.3%

Metal Slug: Awakening continues the classic gameplay loved by fans, with exciting new features like World Adventure, 3-player Team-up, and Roguelike challenges. Join forces with your friends online to take on powerful bosses anytime, anywhere!

Why similar: Action 51%, Shooter 28.8%, Arcade 20.2%

“METAL SLUG 2”, the 2nd entry in SNK’s emblematic 2D run & gun action shooting game returns to the battlefield on the Steam gaming platform!

Why similar: Action 45.9%, Multiplayer 20.7%, 2D 13.8%, Arcade 10%, Shooter 4.8%

“METAL SLUG X”, one of the most highly praised titles in the series among Metal Slug fans for its refined balance and game volume, heads out to the Steam gaming platform!

Why similar: Action 32%, Multiplayer 28.5%, 2D 16.3%, Arcade 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 6.8%

Defend Ooo from the Bloon invasion in this epic tower defense crossover.

Why similar: Tower Defense 52.9%, Action 16.9%, Strategy 16.5%, Multiplayer 12.4%, Adventure 0.7%

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 60.9%, Multiplayer 18.3%, Strategy 9.2%, Action 9%, Shooter 2.1%

METAL SLUG XX, the most recent installment in the famous run-and-gun action shooting series, returns to the battlefield on Steam with a plethora of brand new features!

Why similar: Action 30.5%, Multiplayer 28.8%, 2D 21.4%, Shooter 11.4%, Arcade 7.1%

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 52.7%, Action 12.8%, Strategy 12.5%, 2D 9.4%, Multiplayer 9%

CS2D is a free fast-paced top-down multiplayer shooter. Featuring many different game modes, a built-in map editor and much more.

Why similar: Multiplayer 36.8%, 2D 26.4%, Action 18.4%, Shooter 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 2.8%

“SHOCK TROOPERS 2nd Squad”, the sequel to the NEOGEO fan favorite 2D top-down view action shooting game, returns to the missions on the Steam battlefield!

Why similar: Action 66.2%, 2D 24.2%, Arcade 9.6%

Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 5, 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 54.9%, Multiplayer 21.4%, Strategy 10%, Action 6.6%, 2D 3.6%

Fieldrunners is now available on Steam! Download it now to play the hit tower defense game critics and fans have been raving about. Descend into the world of Fieldrunners, the most anticipated and visually stunning game in tower defense history!

Why similar: Tower Defense 87.8%, Strategy 12.2%

Onraid is a challenging 2D shooter game, where you are free to develop your own play style and tactics to destroy your enemies.

Why similar: Multiplayer 29.7%, Action 19.2%, Massively Multiplayer 16.4%, 2D 15%, Strategy 10.4%

Battle friends over air, land and sea in this epic WW2-themed battle strategy game.

Why similar: Tower Defense 32.2%, Multiplayer 28.7%, Strategy 27.7%, Action 9.6%, Shooter 0.8%

In this tug-of-war, casual defense game， you play Leonidas who is the hero-king of Sparta, against hordes of attacking zombies in Thermopylae. Recruit allies and build defenses to stop them!

Why similar: Tower Defense 66.3%, 2D 16.4%, Strategy 16.2%, Singleplayer 1.1%

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 48.4%, Strategy 38.1%, Multiplayer 9.7%, Action 3.6%, Singleplayer 0.2%

Shoot zombies from terrace like a boss! Zombo Buster Rising Remastered brings you a nostalgic experience of classic 2D side shooting-defense in enhanced build right from your Steam library!

Why similar: Tower Defense 54.3%, Action 28.5%, 2D 11.2%, Shooter 6%

Rocked by an explosive soundtrack, choose your band, place your equipments and defend the Rock 'N' Roll from everyone and everything who try to pull it down, on a totally hardcore tower defense!

Why similar: Tower Defense 81.2%, Strategy 7.7%, Action 6.9%, 2D 2.5%, Adventure 1.6%

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 56.5%, Action 22.9%, Strategy 20.5%

This widely revered NEOGEO masterpiece is finally available on STEAM! Not only a perfect port of the original game, the STEAM version of THE LAST BLADE 2 will allow players from across the globe to fight against each other online / locally in epic battles in online Multiplayer Mode.

Why similar: Action 79%, Arcade 10.8%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%

Create, upgrade, and customize your very own Bloons Monkey City in this groundbreaking blend of city building and tower defense awesomeness!

Why similar: Tower Defense 58.3%, Strategy 16.5%, Action 14.6%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Singleplayer 0.1%

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 60.2%, Action 13%, Strategy 11.6%, 2D 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 4.9%

Command your troops through an epic (mis)adventure as you defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and ghastly denizens of the underworld -all with flashy new towers, levels, heroes, and more goodies to help you crush your foes in this Fantasy Action Tower Defense game!

Why similar: Tower Defense 68.4%, Strategy 11.4%, 2D 8.9%, Action 5.7%, Pixel Graphics 2.8%

In Mushroom Wars 2, enemy tribes of feisty mushroom creatures face off in short but fierce RTS battles. Step into the shoes of a fearless Mushroom Commander, choose a hero to lead your army, and take control of the battlefield in a variety of multiplayer modes or challenging story campaign.

Why similar: Tower Defense 42.2%, Multiplayer 23.3%, Strategy 17.6%, Action 11.7%, 2D 5.1%

In Your Face TD is a Tower Defense, which utilises room scale VR to give a new dimension to a classic genre. Fight the invading monsters face-to-face using a laser minigun, or even an exploding sawblade frisbee and build towers to stand your ground.

Why similar: Tower Defense 55.9%, Action 23.6%, Strategy 20.5%