- #1 Necrosmith
97% matchVery Positive86% of 5,331 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 15.6% ★, Tower Defense 12.6%, Zombies 10%, 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 Boneraiser Minions
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,336 reviews2023
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.8 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 49.7% ★, Bullet Hell 14.5%, Roguelite 11.1%, Dark Fantasy 7.4%, Roguelike 6.4%
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 Undead Horde 2: Necropolis
96% matchVery Positive83% of 495 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 32.9%, Dark Fantasy 28.2%, Top-Down 18.8%, Strategy 12.7%, Action 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Combines action-RTS elements with necromancy, allowing you to reanimate fallen foes to fight for your cause.
- #4 Heretic's Fork
95% matchVery Positive85% of 4,064 reviews2023
Dev: 9FingerGamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.6 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 23.8%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, Roguelite 12.8%, 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 Everwarder
94% matchVery Positive88% of 81 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 27.1%, Roguelite 14.5%, 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 They Are Billions
94% matchVery Positive85% of 51,117 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.3 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 38.2%, Zombies 35.3%, Strategy 14%, Management 6.3%, Tactical 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive experience for large-scale base defense against overwhelming hordes of undead.
- #7 Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense
93% matchVery Positive94% of 10,721 reviews2020
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Median: 8.7 hrsMean: 18.5 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 69.3%, Strategy 16.9%, 2D 7.9%, Action 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: Provides a polished, strategic tower defense experience with a dark-fantasy aesthetic and villainous protagonist.
- #8 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
92% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,564 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 39.1%, Dark Fantasy 22.3%, 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 Death Must Die
91% matchVery Positive90% of 21,625 reviews2023
Dev: Realm Archive
Windows · Mac
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 21.2 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 29.1%, Roguelite 22.8%, Dark Fantasy 16.2%, Roguelike 12%, Pixel Graphics 11.1%
Why You'll Like It: A high-quality action-roguelite that emphasizes character builds and bullet-hell combat against dark fantasy threats.
- #10 Scarlet Tower
91% matchVery Positive81% of 2,374 reviews2024
Dev: Pyxeralia LLCPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 9.3 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 49.3% ★, Bullet Hell 12.1%, Dark Fantasy 11%, Zombies 8.4%, Roguelike 7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark-fantasy bullet-heaven game that captures the gothic atmosphere and roguelite progression of Necrosmith 2.
- #11 Necroking
90% matchVery Positive81% of 918 reviews2024
Dev: KORO.GAMESPub: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
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 20.8% ★, Roguelite 13.4%, Zombies 12.4%, Tactical 11.4%, Dark Fantasy 10.9%
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 Be My Horde
89% matchVery Positive85% of 2,080 reviews2024
Dev: Polished Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 5.7 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 23.5%, Roguelite 17.2%, Zombies 13.7%, Dark Fantasy 12.6%, Roguelike 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses entirely on the satisfying mechanic of growing your undead army to conquer the map.
- #13 Soulstone Survivors
88% matchVery Positive91% of 26,564 reviews2025
Dev: Game Smithing Limited
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 36.6 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 26.5%, Roguelite 20.8%, 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 Grim Nights
89% matchVery Positive88% of 1,542 reviews2018
Dev: Edym Pixels
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.2 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 20.9%, Management 15%, Strategy 11.5%, 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 Cataclismo
86% matchVery Positive89% of 4,197 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 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: Tower Defense 32.6%, Zombies 24.3%, Management 17.3%, Tactical 16.5%, Strategy 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical castle-building game that emphasizes structural defense against waves of monsters.
- #16 Diplomacy is Not an Option
86% matchVery Positive85% of 12,247 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 39.4%, Tower Defense 29.3%, Tactical 15.8%, Strategy 8.2%, Simulation 7.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on massive-scale base defense and resource management against thousands of attacking units.
- #17 Iratus: Lord of the Dead
87% matchVery Positive86% of 8,214 reviews2020
Dev: UnfrozenPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.3 hrsMean: 12.4 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 29.7%, Roguelite 24%, Roguelike 22.3%, Strategy 21.2%, 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.
- #18 Vampire Survivors
85% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 263,773 reviews2022
Dev: poncle
Windows · Mac
Median: 19.1 hrsMean: 39.8 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 23.7%, Roguelite 15.3%, Pixel Graphics 7.5%, Dark Fantasy 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: The genre-defining bullet-heaven game that popularized the addictive, minimalist roguelite loop.
- #19 GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath
84% matchVery Positive89% of 2,856 reviews2020
Dev: Game in a Bottle
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 38.5 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 14.4%, Tactical 12.3%, Top-Down 11.2%, Magic 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, complex tower defense game that rewards strategic planning and intricate base layouts.
- #20 Cursed Treasure 2
84% matchVery Positive82% of 574 reviews2017
Dev: IriySoftPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 10.4 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 42.2%, Real-Time 38.1% ★, Strategy 11.8%, Top-Down 4.8%, 2D 3.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic tower defense game that emphasizes strategic placement and powerful abilities to stop waves of heroes.
- #21 The Last Spell
81% matchVery Positive91% of 13,461 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 24.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 23.9%, Dark Fantasy 16.9%, Tactical 16.3%, Roguelite 13.8%, Strategy 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical defense game that requires careful planning and unit management to survive against endless hordes.
- #22 Ratropolis
82% matchVery Positive88% of 5,505 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 29.1%, Roguelite 25.4%, Roguelike 15.1%, 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 Brotato
78% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 116,135 reviews2023
Dev: Blobfish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 10.4 hrsMean: 36.4 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 37.9%, Roguelike 26.3%, Roguelite 25.2%, 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.
- #24 Necronator: Dead Wrong
82% matchMixed68% of 525 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 34.7%, Roguelite 18.9%, Roguelike 12.8%, 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.
- #25 Infectonator: Survivors
83% matchMixed67% of 1,158 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 33.1%, Tower Defense 25.9%, Strategy 12.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%, Roguelike 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-survival game that focuses on managing a group of survivors in a zombie-infested world.
- #26 Army of Ruin
79% matchVery Positive88% of 2,763 reviews2023
Dev: Milkstone Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.8 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 30.4%, Roguelite 22.1%, Roguelike 15.8%, Top-Down 15.5%, Exploration 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: An action-roguelite that leans heavily into the bullet-heaven style with massive enemy counts and chaotic combat.
- #27 Crafty Survivors
78% matchVery Positive84% of 753 reviews2025
Dev: Flannel Bear Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.5 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 28.5%, Roguelite 25.1%, Roguelike 18.1%, 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 Wall World 2
77% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,863 reviews2025
Dev: Alawar
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 11.6 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 25.4%, Roguelite 15.2%, Management 13.8%, Roguelike 10.4%, Combat 7.7%
- #29 NecroCity
80% matchMixed51% of 79 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 24.4%, Management 20.9%, 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.
- #30 Nordhold
76% matchVery Positive87% of 3,259 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 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 25.8%, Roguelite 14.5%, Dark Fantasy 14.4%, Management 12.5%, Roguelike 9.5%
- #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 30.2%, Tower Defense 22%, Strategy 12.8%, Roguelite 12.4%, Simulation 11.5%
Why You'll Like It: A zombie-themed strategy and simulation game that emphasizes survival and resource management.
- #32 Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
79% matchVery Positive85% of 14,023 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.9 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 40.4%, Roguelike 22.6%, Strategy 13.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.5%, Roguelite 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense hybrid that requires strategic placement and resource management to survive.
- #33 Decks of the Damned
77% matchMostly Positive79% of 80 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 48.8% ★, Management 12.5%, Roguelite 11.3%, Dark Fantasy 10.4%, Exploration 4.6%
- #34 Ghosts Keep Out
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 106 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 19.3% ★, Tower Defense 18.6%, Bullet Hell 12.7%, Zombies 12.6%, Roguelite 9.3%
- #35 Arcane Tower Survivors
76% 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 22.8%, Roguelite 17.7%, Dark Fantasy 16%, Roguelike 12.3%, Top-Down 12%
- #36 Ash Warden
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 111 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 28.7%, Management 13.4%, Roguelite 13.4%, Dark Fantasy 9.6%, Top-Down 7.8%
- #37 Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship
74% matchVery Positive83% of 199 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 16.9%, Zombies 13.2%, Roguelite 13%, Management 10.5%
- #38 Skull Horde
72% matchVery Positive82% of 999 reviews2026
Dev: 8BitSkull
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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 22.2%, Dark Fantasy 15.5%, Exploration 9.3%, Top-Down 8.8%
- #39 Necro Rumble
74% matchVery Positive81% of 131 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 23%, Magic 19.1%, Action 11.2%, 2D 11.1%
- #40 Defensurvivor
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 106 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 26.4%, Bullet Hell 20.1%, Roguelite 15.2%, Top-Down 8.6%, Zombies 8.6%
- #41 Night Swarm
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,223 reviews2025
Dev: Fubu GamesPub: Mad Mushroom
Windows
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 10.2 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 39.5% ★, Bullet Hell 14%, Dark Fantasy 13.7%, Roguelite 13.2%, Roguelike 8.6%
- #42 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
71% matchVery Positive84% of 3,335 reviews2022
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.5 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 26.1%, Roguelite 22.4%, Roguelike 20.8%, Pixel Graphics 14.5%, Strategy 10.4%
- #43 Otherwar
73% matchMixed70% 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 33.5%, Old School 14.3%, Bullet Hell 11.2%, Top-Down 10.3%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #44 Gnomes
68% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,764 reviews2025
Dev: DYSTOPIAN
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.4 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 47.3%, Roguelike 17.1%, Roguelite 15.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.3%, Strategy 9.4%
- #45 Rise to Ruins
71% matchVery Positive88% of 7,752 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 17.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Why similar: Tower Defense 58.7%, Strategy 13%, Pixel Graphics 11.4%, Simulation 8.5%, Roguelike 5.7%
- #46 Yet Another Zombie Survivors
69% matchVery Positive91% of 13,417 reviews2023
Dev: Awesome Games Studio
Windows
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 20.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
The Horde is coming but you're ready to fight it! Assemble your team and decide upon their enhancements to find the most efficient synergies against thousands of the undead. Survive. Then evolve. Then break all the limits in this deceivingly simple but addictive bullet heaven game.
Why similar: Zombies 26.6%, Bullet Hell 22.6%, Roguelite 19.4%, Top-Down 14.2%, Roguelike 13.9%
- #47 Dead Engine
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 213 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 20.4%, Bullet Hell 20.3%, Roguelite 15.5%, Roguelike 10.9%, Top-Down 10.3%
- #48 Tower Survivors
72% 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 20.3%, Roguelite 15.7%, Zombies 12.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.3%
- #49 Super Fantasy Kingdom
67% matchVery Positive87% of 5,800 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
Why similar: Roguelite 39.9%, Roguelike 29.7%, Strategy 20.4%, 2D 10.1%
- #50 The Unliving
71% matchMixed63% of 892 reviews2023
Dev: RocketBrush GamesPub: Team17 Digital
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 5.3 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 36.8%, Roguelite 25.2%, Roguelike 17.4%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Action 9%
- #51 Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 361 reviews2022
Dev: IriySoftPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Median: 13.3 hrsMean: 16.1 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 17.2%, Magic 14.6%, Pixel Graphics 8%, Strategy 7%
- #52 Hunters Of The Dead
73% matchMixed62% of 172 reviews2014
Dev: TrapticsPub: Strategy First
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Rescue your fellow Hunters, and with their help locate and destroy Dracula!
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.7%, Vampires 26% ★, Zombies 20%, Strategy 15.7%, Roguelike 8.6%
- #53 Undead Tide: Light's Defense
66% matchVery Positive84% of 73 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 28.8%, Roguelike 15.9%, Roguelite 15%, Magic 13.6%, Dark Fantasy 13.5%
- #54 Northend Tower Defense
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,442 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 37.4%, Management 17.7%, Tactical 16.3%, Strategy 9.9%, Combat 9.3%
- #55 Praise Dead
69% matchMostly Positive73% of 125 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 16.2%, Tactical 14.2%, Roguelike 12.7%, Roguelite 12.2%
- #56 Tower Escape
68% matchVery Positive84% of 404 reviews2023
Dev: Final Screw
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.0 hrsMean: 3.2 hrs≥1hr: 48%
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 36.3%, Roguelite 21.7%, Roguelike 12.9%, Top-Down 12.1%, Strategy 8.5%
- #57 Last Saintess
67% matchVery Positive87% of 412 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 47.7%, Roguelite 16.8%, Strategy 13.6%, Simulation 12.4%, Magic 9.5%
- #58 Last Hope - Tower Defense
70% matchVery Positive83% of 459 reviews2016
Dev: JE Software
Windows
Median: 3.3 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 52%, Zombies 28%, Top-Down 10.8%, Strategy 9.1%
- #59 Mage and Monsters II
65% matchVery Positive84% of 364 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 16.2%, Strategy 12.1%, Roguelike 11.9%, Management 11.7%, Top-Down 11.2%
- #60 Grim Realms
67% matchMostly Positive80% of 425 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 19.5%, Management 16.9%, Tactical 13.1%, Dark Fantasy 13%, Strategy 10.1%