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Games Like Necrosmith 2

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Singleplayer, Strategy, 2D, Dark Fantasy.

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Like a dead man reanimated by dark sorcery, the necromancer simulator is back! Give the undead the ability to fly over mountains and swim across rivers, explore a fully generated world at night and fend off enemy hordes during the day. Start a new, uhm, life.

Reviews: Mostly Positive — 78% — of 1,510 reviews
Released: 2024-03-27
Developer: Alawar
Genres: Adventure, Indie, Simulation, Strategy
Platforms: Windows, Mac
Median playtime: 3.6 hrs
Mean playtime: 6.8 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 85%

Overview

Necrosmith 2 excels by blending chaotic horde management with tower defense and roguelite progression, allowing players to build and command an undead army in a hostile, ever-changing world. These recommendations focus on games that capture this unique synergy of dark-fantasy necromancy, base-defense strategy, and addictive bullet-heaven action.

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  1. #1 Necrosmith
    97% matchVery Positive86% of 5,348 reviews2022
    Dev: Alawar
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.

    Why similar: Vampires 15.7%, Tower Defense 12.6%, Zombies 10.1%, Bullet Hell 8.8%, Dark Fantasy 7.2%

    Why You'll Like It: The original title that established the unique necromancer-simulator mechanics and horde-building gameplay.

  2. #2 Boneraiser Minions
    96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,346 reviews2023
    Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
    Windows
    Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Amass an army of undead to fight endless waves of heroes intent to end your boneraising ways! In this gothic auto-battler rogue-lite Survivor-like, use the bones of slain heroes to raise your minions, collect relics and spells, and unlock meta upgrades, all to survive King Gigald's crusade!

    Why similar: Vampires 50%, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Roguelite 11%, Dark Fantasy 7.3%, Roguelike 6.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Features a similar focus on raising and managing an undead army while surviving waves of enemies in a roguelite structure.

  3. #3 Undead Horde 2: Necropolis
    96% matchVery Positive83% of 498 reviews2023
    Dev: 10tons Ltd
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    As a powerful necromancer you have the ability to raise the dead and command them in battle. With each victory, your army will grow stronger and your city will become more powerful. Undead Horde 2 is an action game with elements from RPG, strategy and hack'n'slash. Rise from the crypt and rebuild!

    Why similar: Zombies 33.2%, Dark Fantasy 28.1%, Top-Down 18.6%, Strategy 12.6%, Action 7.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines action-RTS elements with necromancy, allowing you to reanimate fallen foes to fight for your cause.

  4. #4 Heretic's Fork
    95% matchVery Positive85% of 4,109 reviews2023
    Dev: 9FingerGamesPub: Ravenage Games
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Dear candidate, we are pleased to invite you to take up the position of manager of Hell. You will punish sinners by using our deck-building computer system to construct hellish towers capable of keeping the endless hordes of the underworld in check. Best of luck!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 23.9%, Bullet Hell 14.7%, Roguelite 12.6%, Tactical 12.1%, Top-Down 8.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A unique blend of deckbuilding and tower defense that captures the chaotic, bullet-heaven feel of managing hellish forces.

  5. #5 Everwarder
    94% matchVery Positive88% of 84 reviews2025
    Dev: qLatePub: indie.io
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Everwarder is a refreshing take on the tower defense genre, blending roguelite mechanics with a time-based survival concept. Fight against the encroaching darkness and fend off emerging enemies. Collect artifacts, buy upgrades, discover ancient structures, unlock new units and more!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 27.2%, Roguelite 14.3%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Tactical 9.9%, Top-Down 9.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A tower defense roguelite that focuses on base building and survival against waves of enemies.

  6. #6 They Are Billions
    94% matchVery Positive85% of 51,351 reviews2019
    Dev: Numantian Games
    Windows
    Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 56.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    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 38%, Zombies 35.6%, Strategy 13.9%, Management 6.2%, Tactical 6.2%

    Why You'll Like It: The definitive experience for large-scale base defense against overwhelming hordes of undead.

  7. #7 Death Must Die
    93% matchVery Positive90% of 21,713 reviews2023
    Dev: Realm Archive
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 21.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Descend the nether in search of Death himself! Choose from God-given powers to slay his hordes of minions. Unlock new heroes, collect powerful items and create game-breaking synergies in this roguelite hack and slash survivors game.

    Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.3%, Roguelite 22.6%, Dark Fantasy 16.2%, Roguelike 11.9%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%

    Why You'll Like It: A high-quality action-roguelite that emphasizes character builds and bullet-hell combat against dark fantasy threats.

  8. #8 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
    92% matchMostly Positive74% of 10,619 reviews2025
    Dev: PlaySide
    Windows
    Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.0 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 39.2%, Dark Fantasy 22.2%, Tactical 18.6%, Strategy 10.5%, Combat 9.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Offers intense base defense and survival mechanics against massive swarms, mirroring the high-stakes pressure of Necrosmith 2.

  9. #9 Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 10,848 reviews2020
    Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    It's payback time! Lead your mighty dark army and make the Kingdom tremble with every step. Build powerful towers, choose your arsenal for destruction, and find the deadliest combination - train legendary heroes and lead them to victory!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 69.4%, Strategy 16.8%, 2D 7.8%, Action 6%

    Why You'll Like It: Provides a polished, strategic tower defense experience with a dark-fantasy aesthetic and villainous protagonist.

  10. #10 Scarlet Tower
    91% matchVery Positive81% of 2,385 reviews2024
    Dev: Pyxeralia LLCPub: Team17
    Windows
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.4 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Hunt during the day, be hunted during the NIGHT! Scarlet Tower is a gothic horror casual game with roguelike and RPG elements, like talent trees, classes, familiars and more!

    Why similar: Vampires 49.4%, Bullet Hell 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%, Zombies 8.5%, Roguelike 6.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A dark-fantasy bullet-heaven game that captures the gothic atmosphere and roguelite progression of Necrosmith 2.

  11. #11 Necroking
    90% matchVery Positive82% of 947 reviews2024
    Dev: KORO.GAMESPub: Alawar
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Necroking is a turn-based tactics roguelite with vast deckbuilding. You play as a Master of Necromancy. Build your skulls deck, raise skeletons and other scum to defeat settlements desecrated by life.

    Why similar: Vampires 21%, Roguelite 13.2%, Zombies 12.6%, Tactical 11.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A tactical roguelite that puts you in the role of a necromancer managing undead minions through card-based combat.

  12. #12 Be My Horde
    89% matchVery Positive85% of 2,110 reviews2024
    Dev: Polished Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    Be My Horde is a roguelite survivor where your minions fight for you. Become a formidable necromancer and turn your enemies into a resource! Raise fallen foes, build massive undead hordes, enhance your skills with devoured souls, and conquer the world – you’re the villain in this story.

    Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.6%, Roguelite 17.1%, Zombies 13.9%, Dark Fantasy 12.7%, Roguelike 11.6%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on the satisfying mechanic of growing your undead army to conquer the map.

  13. #13 Soulstone Survivors
    87% matchVery Positive91% of 26,749 reviews2025
    Dev: Game Smithing Limited
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 19.4 hrsMean: 36.7 hrs≥1hr: 94%

    Face the Lords of the Void and their endless minions, collect their Soulstones and become a god! In this Action Roguelite, unveil secret spells, craft mighty weapons, unlock multiple characters, discover game-breaking synergies and conquer the power of the void.

    Why similar: Bullet Hell 26.7%, Roguelite 20.5%, Dark Fantasy 20.1%, Roguelike 14.9%, Top-Down 12.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced bullet-heaven game with deep skill-tree customization that echoes the roguelite progression of the seed game.

  14. #14 Grim Nights
    89% matchVery Positive88% of 1,550 reviews2018
    Dev: Edym Pixels
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    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 38.1%, Zombies 21.1%, Management 14.8%, Strategy 11.4%, Tactical 6.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A 2D survival game that tasks you with building a base and defending it from nightly zombie attacks.

  15. #15 Iratus: Lord of the Dead
    88% matchVery Positive86% of 8,249 reviews2020
    Dev: UnfrozenPub: Daedalic Entertainment
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!

    Why similar: Dark Fantasy 29.8%, Roguelite 23.8%, Roguelike 22.3%, Strategy 21.3%, 2D 2.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A turn-based strategy game where you play as a necromancer building an army from the remains of your enemies.

  16. #16 Diplomacy is Not an Option
    86% matchVery Positive86% of 12,512 reviews2024
    Dev: Door 407
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?

    Why similar: Zombies 39.7%, Tower Defense 29.2%, Tactical 15.7%, Strategy 8.1%, Simulation 7.3%

    Why You'll Like It: Focuses on massive-scale base defense and resource management against thousands of attacking units.

  17. #17 Vampire Survivors
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 264,870 reviews2022
    Dev: poncle
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 40.0 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    Why similar: Vampires 37%, Bullet Hell 23.8%, Roguelite 15.1%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Roguelike 5.9%

    Why You'll Like It: The genre-defining bullet-heaven game that popularized the addictive, minimalist roguelite loop.

  18. #18 Cataclismo
    85% matchVery Positive89% of 4,300 reviews2025
    Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
    Windows
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

    Why similar: Management 51.3%, Strategy 25.8%, Simulation 22.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A tactical castle-building game that emphasizes structural defense against waves of monsters.

  19. #19 GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath
    84% matchVery Positive89% of 2,868 reviews2020
    Dev: Game in a Bottle
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 38.6 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 29.9%, Dark Fantasy 14.3%, Tactical 12.3%, Top-Down 11.1%, Magic 10.9%

    Why You'll Like It: A deep, complex tower defense game that rewards strategic planning and intricate base layouts.

  20. #20 Cursed Treasure 2
    84% matchVery Positive82% of 582 reviews2017
    Dev: IriySoftPub: Armor Games Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%

    Why be good when you can be... bad? Cursed Treasure 2 is an addictive tower-defense game that puts the power of darkness at your fingertips. Build towers of powerful orcs, demons, and undead, and master powerful spells, to protect your precious hoard from all manner of no-good do-gooders.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 42.1%, Real-Time 38.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Top-Down 4.8%, 2D 3%

    Why You'll Like It: A classic tower defense game that emphasizes strategic placement and powerful abilities to stop waves of heroes.

  21. #21 The Last Spell
    81% matchVery Positive91% of 13,615 reviews2023
    Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 24%, Dark Fantasy 17%, Tactical 16.3%, Roguelite 13.7%, Strategy 8.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A tactical defense game that requires careful planning and unit management to survive against endless hordes.

  22. #22 Ratropolis
    82% matchVery Positive88% of 5,510 reviews2020
    Dev: Cassel Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 81%

    A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 29.3%, Roguelite 25.1%, Roguelike 15%, Strategy 12.3%, Simulation 10.4%

    Why You'll Like It: A unique mix of tower defense and deckbuilding that requires quick thinking to protect your city from waves of invaders.

  23. #23 Army of Ruin
    80% matchVery Positive88% of 2,789 reviews2023
    Dev: Milkstone Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    Wreak havoc on countless foes with mighty weapons and deadly spells! Enhance your skills and face even greater dangers! Army of Ruin is an auto-shooter where you become the Bullet Hell.

    Why similar: Bullet Hell 30.6%, Roguelite 21.8%, Roguelike 15.8%, Top-Down 15.4%, Exploration 11.5%

    Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite that leans heavily into the bullet-heaven style with massive enemy counts and chaotic combat.

  24. #24 Brotato
    78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 118,068 reviews2023
    Dev: Blobfish
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 10.5 hrsMean: 36.8 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    Why similar: Bullet Hell 38.3%, Roguelike 26.1%, Roguelite 24.8%, 2D 5.4%, Action 5.3%

    Why You'll Like It: A top-down arena shooter that emphasizes character builds and wave-based survival, similar to the action segments of the seed game.

  25. #25 Necronator: Dead Wrong
    82% matchMixed68% of 526 reviews2020
    Dev: Toge ProductionsPub: Modern Wolf
    Windows
    Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Necronator: Dead Wrong is a deck-building roguelike with an RTS twist. Build a powerful deck. Collect and deploy undead units and raise a unique army. Master each commander’s playstyle and conquer the world. Change the game with rule-bending relics. Unlock new decks and do it all again.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 34.8%, Roguelite 18.7%, Roguelike 12.7%, Magic 12.4%, Strategy 8.8%

    Why You'll Like It: A real-time strategy game that uses lane-based tower defense mechanics with a necromantic theme.

  26. #26 Infectonator: Survivors
    83% matchMixed67% of 1,161 reviews2016
    Dev: Toge Productions
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    "Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.

    Why similar: Zombies 33.3%, Tower Defense 25.8%, Strategy 12%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Roguelike 8.1%

    Why You'll Like It: A strategy-survival game that focuses on managing a group of survivors in a zombie-infested world.

  27. #27 Crafty Survivors
    78% matchVery Positive83% of 760 reviews2025
    Dev: Flannel Bear Games
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%

    All heroes got corrupted! Unlock a diverse cast of crafty professionals, use their unique skills, create your own builds and defend your home by eliminating hordes of monsters. Gather materials, rebuild your village and craft your way to the origin of this malignous curse!

    Why similar: Bullet Hell 28.8%, Roguelite 24.9%, Roguelike 17.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Top-Down 10.5%

    Why You'll Like It: Features diverse character progression and wave-based defense mechanics in a charming, roguelite package.

  28. #28 Abyss Horde
    77% matchVery Positive89% of 88 reviews2026
    Dev: Solo Gaming
    Windows

    Darkness tears reality apart. Hordes of beasts, monsters, and abyssal demons surge from the depths mindless, driven only by destruction. Adventurer, the line needs you! In 《Abyss Horde》, defend against ever-stronger waves. Every run builds a new defense; every upgrade shifts the tide.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 25.4%, Roguelite 12.9%, Bullet Hell 12.3%, Magic 10.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.8%

  29. #29 Wall World 2
    77% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,938 reviews2025
    Dev: Alawar
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%

    The adventure in the mysterious world of the Wall continues! Pilot your robospider into its depths, uncover lost artifacts and technologies, upgrade your exosuit and spider, and battle the horrors lurking in the dark. Unravel the mysteries buried in the depths of the Wall!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 25.6%, Roguelite 15%, Management 13.6%, Roguelike 10.3%, Combat 7.7%

  30. #30 Nordhold
    76% matchVery Positive87% of 3,330 reviews2025
    Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%

    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 26%, Dark Fantasy 14.5%, Roguelite 14.3%, Management 12.4%, Roguelike 9.5%

  31. #31 Envy the Dead
    81% matchMixed66% of 244 reviews2016
    Dev: Kazakov Oleg
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Envy the Dead is zombie survival roguelike, in which you are leading group of unique, randomly generated characters through destroyed lands, infested with zombies.

    Why similar: Zombies 30.5%, Tower Defense 22%, Strategy 12.7%, Roguelite 12.2%, Simulation 11.5%

    Why You'll Like It: A zombie-themed strategy and simulation game that emphasizes survival and resource management.

  32. #32 Sir, We Have an Orc Problem
    75% matchVery Positive87% of 3,557 reviews2026
    Dev: Mumpitz Games
    Windows · Linux
    Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%

    Sir, We Have an Orc Problem is an incremental-style tower defense game where you face an overwhelming number of orcs. Greet them with even more bullets, bombs and lasers!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 31.7%, Roguelite 13.3%, Management 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 8.8%, Top-Down 8.5%

  33. #33 Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
    79% matchVery Positive85% of 14,039 reviews2014
    Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 73%

    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 40.6%, Roguelike 22.5%, Strategy 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Roguelite 10.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense hybrid that requires strategic placement and resource management to survive.

  34. #34 NecroCity
    79% matchMixed50% of 80 reviews2023
    Dev: Shift GamesPub: Gameparic
    Windows

    Your main task in NecroCity is to push back the hordes of monsters and build your fortress! Defend your undead outposts from the persistent forces of the so-called “good”! Take on the role of the young Prince of Undead, trying to prove himself in the world of the Undead Kingdom. 👹

    Why similar: Zombies 24.7%, Management 20.6%, Tower Defense 18.8%, Strategy 18.1%, Tactical 12.6%

    Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that allows you to manage an undead colony, focusing on the management side of necromancy.

  35. #35 Ghosts Keep Out
    76% matchMostly Positive77% of 132 reviews2026
    Dev: Only Fun Games
    Windows

    Defend your base in this Roguelite survival shooter TD! Mix random skills + evolve gems to craft your Build. 5-min fast rounds, intense zombie & ghost hordes. Triple progression: Spirits, guns, heroes. Easy to learn, hard to put down. Low barrier, high ceiling. Every run is fresh!

    Why similar: Vampires 19.5%, Tower Defense 18.7%, Bullet Hell 12.8%, Zombies 12.7%, Roguelite 9.2%

  36. #36 Arcane Tower Survivors
    75% matchMostly Positive75% of 98 reviews2025
    Dev: Red Horde Games
    Windows

    Survive waves of enemies in this horde survival roguelite. Unleash devastating spells, master unique skills, and craft unstoppable builds. Between battles, fortify your tower and unlock powerful upgrades in a strategic meta-game. Will your magic outlast the chaos?

    Why similar: Bullet Hell 23.1%, Roguelite 17.5%, Dark Fantasy 16%, Roguelike 12.2%, Top-Down 12%

  37. #37 Ash Warden
    74% matchMostly Positive73% of 121 reviews2026
    Dev: Mgfa StudioPub: Molter Games
    Windows

    Survive waves of enemies in Ash Warden, an incremental tower defense where you slowly become overpowered. Unlock new abilities, fight against powerful bosses, and evolve into an unstoppable force against the endless Redgaze hordes.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 28.8%, Management 13.3%, Roguelite 13.2%, Dark Fantasy 9.7%, Top-Down 7.8%

  38. #38 Necro Rumble
    74% matchVery Positive81% of 134 reviews2024
    Dev: TesepaPub: Jungle Game Lab
    Windows

    Master the dark art of necromancy in a 2D top-down strategy game. Unleash and lead your undead legions to defeat and dominate enemy waves in this action-packed adventure.

    Why similar: Pixel Graphics 24.7%, Top-Down 22.9%, Magic 19.2%, Action 11.4%, 2D 11%

  39. #39 Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship
    73% matchVery Positive83% of 200 reviews2025
    Dev: Zing Games Inc.Pub: Wandering Wizard
    Windows

    Build turrets, lead your crew, and upgrade the ship while gathering loot in this exciting "Tower Defense-on-wheels zombie survival roguelite" game.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 22.5%, Bullet Hell 17%, Zombies 13.4%, Roguelite 12.8%, Management 10.3%

  40. #40 Decks of the Damned
    73% matchMostly Positive80% of 83 reviews2025
    Dev: Thorian GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows

    Raise an undead army in Decks of the Damned! Command your vampire minions, scavenge gear from fallen foes and craft powerful items to strenghten your forces. Defend by day, expand your domain by night, and shroud the land in darkness!

    Why similar: Vampires 32.9%, Management 16.3%, Roguelite 14.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Exploration 6.2%

  41. #41 Skull Horde
    70% matchVery Positive81% of 1,080 reviews2026
    Dev: 8BitSkull
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Skull Horde is an auto battler dungeon crawler where you play as a flying skull necromancer. Find powerful loot and create overpowered builds. Summon a horde of skeletons in a battle of bone versus flesh!

    Why similar: Roguelite 30.5%, Roguelike 22%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Exploration 9.4%, Top-Down 8.8%

  42. #42 Night Swarm
    71% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,248 reviews2025
    Dev: Fubu GamesPub: Mad Mushroom
    Windows
    Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%

    Claim your throne as Vampire Lord in this survivors-like. Each run is another step on your journey with new followers, quests and skills to unlock. The night is yours to conquer.

    Why similar: Vampires 39.8%, Bullet Hell 14.1%, Dark Fantasy 13.6%, Roguelite 13%, Roguelike 8.5%

  43. #43 Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense
    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 371 reviews2022
    Dev: IriySoftPub: Surefire.Games
    Windows
    Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 15.9 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Why be good when you can be... bad? Cursed Treasure 2 is a classic tower-defense game, remastered and carefully re-balanced. Build towers of powerful orcs, demons, and undead, and master powerful spells, to protect your precious hoard from all manner of no-good do-gooders.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 43.4%, Top-Down 17%, Magic 14.7%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Strategy 6.9%

  44. #44 Defensurvivor
    72% matchMostly Positive72% of 108 reviews2024
    Dev: SignatureGamez
    Windows

    DEFENSURVIVOR is a strategy game where you build obstacles and place and move units to block zombies. There are various units with unique characteristics and powerful high-level units that can be obtained through combination. Use randomly given units to survive until the end!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 26.5%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Roguelite 15%, Zombies 8.7%, Top-Down 8.6%

  45. #45 Yet Another Zombie Survivors
    66% matchVery Positive91% of 14,401 reviews2026
    Dev: Awesome Games Studio
    Windows
    Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 19.8 hrs≥1hr: 91%

    The Horde is coming, but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your squad, choose their upgrades, and build powerful synergies against thousands of undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break every limit in this deceptively simple but addictive bullet heaven game.

    Why similar: Zombies 27%, Bullet Hell 22.6%, Roguelite 19.3%, Top-Down 14%, Roguelike 13.7%

  46. #46 Dead Engine
    69% matchMostly Positive71% of 220 reviews2026
    Dev: Chocolate Dungeon GamesPub: Red Axe Games
    Windows

    Fight to survive against zombies in a pixel-art post-apocalyptic city. Loot and merge items, expand your backpack. In your camp, recruit survivors but burn the bitten. Trading uncovers haunting survivor stories.

    Why similar: Zombies 20.6%, Bullet Hell 20.4%, Roguelite 15.2%, Roguelike 10.8%, Top-Down 10.2%

  47. #47 Gnomes
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,808 reviews2025
    Dev: DYSTOPIAN
    Windows
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde

    Why similar: Tower Defense 47.6%, Roguelike 17%, Roguelite 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Strategy 9.4%

  48. #48 Tower Escape
    70% matchVery Positive84% of 413 reviews2023
    Dev: Final Screw
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    Tower Escape is a reverse tower defense game, where instead of defending against incoming enemies, you play the baddies and guide your minions to the exit. Recruit a team of minions, and collect powerful gems and relics that make each run unique.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 36.6%, Roguelite 21.4%, Roguelike 12.8%, Top-Down 12.2%, Strategy 8.5%

  49. #49 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
    69% matchVery Positive84% of 3,351 reviews2022
    Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!

    Why similar: Tactical 26.2%, Roguelite 22.2%, Roguelike 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.6%, Strategy 10.4%

  50. #50 Otherwar
    71% matchMixed69% of 123 reviews2023
    Dev: kantal collectivePub: Untold Tales
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Otherwar is a surprising mash-up of Tower Defense and Bullet Hell games. Build and manage fortifications to defend the Gate of Heaven against the Hordes of Hell, while soaring over the battlefields as the defender Angel, and meet the monsters in direct combat!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 33.6%, Old School 14.3%, Bullet Hell 11.2%, Top-Down 10.2%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%

  51. #51 Northend Tower Defense
    68% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,454 reviews2024
    Dev: Northend Games
    Windows
    Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%

    Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 37.6%, Management 17.6%, Tactical 16.3%, Strategy 9.8%, Combat 9.3%

  52. #52 Last Hope - Tower Defense
    71% matchVery Positive83% of 460 reviews2016
    Dev: JE Software
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 12.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%

    Zombie Tower Defense: Join the ongoing war, in an open world, against the undead zombie horde. Choose between multiple powerful heroes all with unique epic gear and skills! With the wide variety of towers you can create your own perfect strategy.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 51.9%, Zombies 28.3%, Top-Down 10.7%, Strategy 9%

  53. #53 Tower Survivors
    70% matchMixed67% of 54 reviews2023
    Dev: Final Screw
    Windows · Linux

    Fight an endless horde of evil minions and survive as long as you can. Collect loot and purchase new upgrades and magic abilities. Summon allies to stand along side you and survive the horde!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 26.6%, Bullet Hell 20.5%, Roguelite 15.5%, Zombies 13%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%

  54. #54 The Unliving
    69% matchMixed62% of 899 reviews2023
    Dev: RocketBrush GamesPub: Team17 Digital
    Windows
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%

    Raise the dead as a fearsome Necromancer in the dark world of The Unliving! Lead your undead armies into the endless fight in this rogue-lite action RPG game. Burn cities to ash with devastating magic spells, slay epic bosses and turn your enemies into morbid servants.

    Why similar: Zombies 37.1%, Roguelite 24.9%, Roguelike 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.7%, Action 9.1%

  55. #55 Grim Realms
    67% matchMostly Positive80% of 429 reviews2024
    Dev: Edym Pixels
    Windows

    A dark fantasy colony sim - will your colony end the Dread Storm and redeem mankind, or will they harness the dark powers for themselves? Guide your villagers as they struggle to stay alive in a world overrun by the undead.

    Why similar: Zombies 19.8%, Management 16.7%, Tactical 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Strategy 10%

  56. #56 Mage and Monsters II
    66% matchVery Positive84% of 372 reviews2025
    Dev: Lasse Zacho Malver
    Windows

    Recruit a hero to lead your army, and use spells while they fight for you. Mage & Monsters 2 is an active auto battler, where you choose to either enhance the strength of your hero, reinforce the might of your army, or increase the power of your spells.

    Why similar: Magic 16.3%, Strategy 12.1%, Roguelike 11.8%, Management 11.6%, Top-Down 11.2%

  57. #57 Hunters Of The Dead
    72% matchMixed62% of 172 reviews2014
    Dev: TrapticsPub: Strategy First
    Windows
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 69%

    Rescue your fellow Hunters, and with their help locate and destroy Dracula!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 29.6%, Vampires 26.1%, Zombies 20.1%, Strategy 15.6%, Roguelike 8.5%

  58. #58 Praise Dead
    68% matchMostly Positive72% of 128 reviews2023
    Dev: Intrepid Marmot
    Windows

    Praise Dead is a roguelike auto-battler where you create zombies from the parts of dead villagers and monsters. Use your zombies to defeat waves of demons, and to harvest resources to improve and upgrade your village.

    Why similar: Dark Fantasy 18.3%, Zombies 16.4%, Tactical 14.3%, Roguelike 12.6%, Roguelite 12%

  59. #59 Last Saintess
    67% matchVery Positive87% of 416 reviews2023
    Dev: eTIRUe
    Windows

    The offensive of the undead begins. Gather holy power to summon soldiers and strengthen the starlight of Hellendil to defeat the undead. If the undead destroy this place, it will be game over.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 47.9%, Roguelite 16.6%, Strategy 13.5%, Simulation 12.4%, Magic 9.6%

  60. #60 Undead Tide: Light's Defense
    65% matchVery Positive81% of 75 reviews2026
    Dev: Crazy Studio
    Windows

    Relaxed strategic bullet hell survival, defending against endless undead legions! A roguelite bullet hell shooter that blends hero development, talent builds, and weapon combinations, supporting multiple playstyles and strategies!

    Why similar: Bullet Hell 29.1%, Roguelike 15.8%, Roguelite 14.8%, Magic 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%

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