Games Like Orcs Must Die! 3

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 47.2%, Co-op 17.2%, Third-Person Shooter 9.3%, Online Co-Op 5.7%, Strategy 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This direct predecessor offers the same core trap-based combat and co-op gameplay that defined the series.

Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.

Why similar: Tower Defense 66.7%, Third-Person Shooter 8.1%, Strategy 6.5%, Third Person 5.5%, Fantasy 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: The original title that established the series' signature blend of third-person action and tower defense strategy.

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 60.9%, Co-op 19.5%, Online Co-Op 5.8%, Strategy 5.8%, Multiplayer 3.5%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the hybrid FPS and tower defense mechanics, requiring players to build mazes while actively fighting off waves.

Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!

Why similar: Tower Defense 44.7%, Online Co-Op 14.2%, Multiplayer 9.5%, PvE 8.1%, Strategy 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: An action-RPG hybrid that features similar cooperative tower defense gameplay with hero-based combat.

The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.

Why similar: Tower Defense 48.5%, Online Co-Op 17.2%, Co-op Campaign 15.7% ★, Multiplayer 10.7%, Strategy 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: Combines intense action-RPG combat with base-building and tower defense elements on an alien planet.

Dungeon Defenders: Awakened is co-op Tower Defense combined with epic Action RPG combat. You’re able to join forces with up to four players to take on a never-ending army of orcs, demons, and dragons! Are your defenses strong enough to save the world of Etheria?

Why similar: Tower Defense 36%, Co-op 19.7%, Online Co-Op 11.5%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Strategy 5.9%

Why You'll Like It: A modern reimagining of the classic action-tower defense formula with updated visuals and refined mechanics.

Join The Mobile Trench Brigade and protect humanity from the evil Monovision menace!

Why similar: Tower Defense 50.2%, Co-op 18.1%, Third-Person Shooter 14.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Action 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: Features mech-based combat mixed with tower defense elements, capturing the feeling of holding the line against massive hordes.

Deathtrap is a Tower Defense game with strong action-RPG elements, a game of vicious tricks, killing machines, rotating blades and splattering blood.

Why similar: Tower Defense 52%, Co-op 19.7%, Strategy 7.2%, Online Co-Op 6.6%, Multiplayer 6.4%

Why You'll Like It: An ARPG that integrates deep tower defense mechanics, allowing players to build elaborate trap networks while fighting enemies directly.

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 52.4%, Co-op 16.3%, Online Co-Op 9.2%, Strategy 8.2%, Multiplayer 6.8%

Why You'll Like It: While more traditional in perspective, it provides the most polished and satisfying tower defense experience available.

You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.

Why similar: Tower Defense 65.3%, Co-op 17.1%, Strategy 6.9%, Online Co-Op 4.8%, Multiplayer 3.2%

Why You'll Like It: The original FPS-tower defense hybrid that pioneered the genre of building structures while participating in the combat.

Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!

Why similar: Tower Defense 74.4%, Strategy 8.8%, Funny 4.6%, Fantasy 3.9%, Cartoony 2.4%

Why You'll Like It: A classic tactical tower defense game that emphasizes strategic placement and hero management.

Become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with the deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wannabe heroes.

Why similar: Tower Defense 77%, Strategy 23%

Why You'll Like It: Focuses heavily on trap placement and physics-based environmental hazards to stop waves of enemies.

An infinitely replayable multiplayer and single-player tower defense. Defend against waves of enemies and destroy the enemy's king before they destroy yours. Legion TD 2 is a one-of-a-kind game of tactics, teamwork, and prediction. Party as 1-8 players.

Why similar: Tower Defense 46.9%, Co-op 16.1%, Online Co-Op 8.8%, PvE 8.4%, Multiplayer 7.5%

Why You'll Like It: A competitive take on the genre that focuses on building defenses to survive waves while managing an economy.

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 69.5%, Strategy 12.1%, Fantasy 7.5%, Combat 5.4%, Action 4.5%

Why You'll Like It: Offers an incredibly deep trap-based strategy experience with complex maze-building mechanics.

Element TD 2 sees you combine powerful elements to create unique towers. Prove your defenses against challenging foes, and compete or cooperate with others to determine who has mastered the elements.

Why similar: Tower Defense 46.3%, Co-op 13.6%, PvE 10.3%, Multiplayer 7.7%, Strategy 7.3%

Why You'll Like It: Features complex maze-building and elemental strategy that will appeal to fans of the tactical side of Orcs Must Die!.

Dungeon Defenders II is a cooperative Action Tower Defense game packed with roleplaying elements like loot, leveling, and pets.

Why similar: Tower Defense 37.1%, Co-op Campaign 24.3% ★, Online Co-Op 14.3%, Multiplayer 9.6%, Third Person 5.5%

Why You'll Like It: Continues the action-tower defense formula with a focus on hero progression and cooperative play.

Welcome to the world of CastleStorm, a super genre mashup of 2D physics destruction mashed with tower defense brawler! CastleStorm was born out of the fond childhood memory of building and destroying LEGO castles.

Why similar: Tower Defense 50.3%, Co-op 14.9%, Strategy 8.5%, Funny 8.3%, Multiplayer 4%

Why You'll Like It: Blends physics-based destruction with tower defense, requiring both tactical building and active combat skills.

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 72.6%, Strategy 10.9%, Funny 6.4%, Fantasy 5.2%, Adventure 1.9%

Why You'll Like It: Expands on the tactical tower defense formula with new environments and specialized hero units.

Command your TOY SOLDIERS in epic, action-packed battles.

Why similar: Tower Defense 76.2%, Strategy 17.7%, Action 5.7%, Singleplayer 0.5%

Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented tower defense game where you can take direct control of your units to defend against waves of enemies.

Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.

Why similar: Tower Defense 71.1%, Strategy 10.6%, Fantasy 5.2%, Cartoony 3.7%, Action 3%

Why You'll Like It: Provides a refined tactical experience with a focus on unique tower abilities and hero management.

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 72.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Fantasy 5%, Cartoony 3.4%, Action 3.3%

Why You'll Like It: Allows players to control the villain's forces in a challenging and strategic tower defense campaign.

CREEPS CRUMBLE. HEROES RISE. Command a team of renegade heroes and impale, slash, tear and burn through legions of undead hell-bent on world domination. Your mission: to defeat the world’s most powerful vampire, Count Necrosis.

Why similar: Tower Defense 73.5%, Co-op 8%, Strategy 7.8%, Multiplayer 3.3%, Action 2.5%

Why You'll Like It: An action-oriented tower defense game where you move your heroes to intercept and defeat waves of enemies.

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 55.3%, Co-op 15.5%, Strategy 9.4%, Multiplayer 6.5%, Online Co-Op 6.1%

Why You'll Like It: Combines tower defense with resource management and automation, perfect for players who enjoy complex base defense.

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 72.7%, Co-op 10.5%, Strategy 8.4%, Multiplayer 5.4%, Online Co-Op 1.7%

Why You'll Like It: A competitive multiplayer tower defense game that adds a layer of strategy through attacking your opponent's lanes.

Kick some grass in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville, the wackiest shooter yet!

Why similar: Tower Defense 31.1%, Third-Person Shooter 25.3%, PvE 9.1%, Online Co-Op 8.3%, Multiplayer 8%

Why You'll Like It: A third-person shooter that features chaotic horde-based combat and defensive elements.

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 87.4%, Strategy 9.6%, Action 3%

Why You'll Like It: A highly polished classic tower defense game that focuses on creating efficient kill zones.

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 68%, PvE 18.2%, Strategy 12.2%, Singleplayer 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: Offers a massive amount of strategic depth and customization for those who love optimizing their defense layouts.

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap combines chaotic third-person combat with devious trap-laying strategy. Enjoy endless replayability as your War Mage grows stronger through roguelite progression. Repel relentless orc hordes solo or with up to 4 players.

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.4%, Third-Person Shooter 15.9%, Co-op 14.3%, PvE 6.4%, Online Co-Op 6.3%

The biggest installment of the award winning Sentinel sci-fi tower defense series now on PC!Take the fight to the alien homeworld and unleash a massive arsenal of weaponry. Get up close and personal on the battlefield in your power armor to execute devastating attacks and support your defenses! * An epic campaign across 20 levels.

Why similar: Tower Defense 89.4%, Strategy 10.6%

Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi tower defense game that features hero units and upgradeable towers for tactical depth.

Forge invincible defenses with lethal traps and devious machines, and crush relentless waves of adventurers in the ultimate tower defense showdown!

Why similar: Tower Defense 64.7%, PvE 11.2%, Strategy 10.7%, Physics 8.7%, Fantasy 2.1%

Trine 3: The Artifacts of Power is a platforming game of action, puzzles and adventure, and the sequel to the award winning Trine and Trine 2. Reunite with the three heroes in an all-new adventure, now for the first time in full 3D!

Why similar: Co-op 52%, Multiplayer 12.9%, Physics 11.1%, Fantasy 10.9%, Action 6.5%

Why You'll Like It: While more platformer-focused, it shares the cooperative action and physics-based puzzle elements found in Orcs Must Die!.

Grab your hammers and start to craft in this co-op Tavern Defense for one to four players. As a team of Dwarves, you must gather supplies and build towers to protect your beloved brewery. Learn to cooperate to achieve victory in this chaotic multiplayer game!

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.7%, Third-Person Shooter 13.5%, Co-op 12.9%, Co-op Campaign 8% ★, PvE 6%

Embark on an exotic journey into danger in this rip-roaring 1930s third person adventure for 1-4 players! Encounter pulse-pounding action, treacherous traps and tales of derring-do!

Why similar: Co-op 29.5%, Third-Person Shooter 16.2%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Third Person 8.6%, Multiplayer 8.6%

Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability. The Bloons are back in full HD glory and this time they mean business! Build awesome towers, choose your favorite upgrades, hire new Special Agents, and pop every last invading Bloon in the most popular tower defense series in history.

Why similar: Tower Defense 60%, Co-op 17.4%, Strategy 8.7%, Online Co-Op 4.8%, Multiplayer 4.4%

Hypercharge is a first and third-person shooter action figure game you've always dreamed of! Grab your friends, complete objectives, defend the Hypercore against waves of weaponized toys, and defeat Major Evil together in the story campaign!

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 25.8%, Co-op Campaign 23.1% ★, Tower Defense 17.2%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, PvE 9.8%

While a formidable evil emerges, an unexpected alliance is taking shape! It will take the finest warriors of Linirea and the relentless Dark Army to stop it. Beware! Though they may journey side by side the ever-changing winds of fate could swiftly alter their course.

Why similar: Tower Defense 70.7%, Strategy 14.4%, Fantasy 3.8%, Funny 3.7%, Cartoony 2.7%

Combining Roguelite, Action RPG, and Tower Defense gameplay into a crazy free-for-all, where it’s you and up to three friends versus hordes of enemies. Select your hero, survive the waves of foes, unlock new weapons and runes, and take on the bosses that await you!

Why similar: Co-op 28.4%, Online Co-Op 13.7%, PvE 13.4%, Multiplayer 9.8%, Third Person 9.7%

Embark on an epic adventure full of whimsy, wonder, and high-powered weaponry! Roll your own multiclass hero then shoot, loot, slash, and cast on a quest to stop the Dragon Lord.

Why similar: Co-op 28.2%, Online Co-Op 16.4%, PvE 13.2%, Multiplayer 11.4%, Fantasy 7.3%

At last, the Dungeon Lord has successfully united the forces of evil and established his dark empire. Time for the next step in his most diabolical quest: expansion!

Why similar: Co-op Campaign 30.7% ★, Strategy 18.1%, Online Co-Op 17.4%, Multiplayer 13.4%, Funny 11%

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 69.9%, Strategy 11.9%, Funny 8.2%, Action 4.5%, Cartoony 3.9%

The world’s most irreverent co-op action adventure returns! In the next chapter of Magicka, players ascend from the ruins of Aldrheim to experience a Midgård almost wiped free of Wizards after the Wizard Wars, with the few that do remain having either gone mad or extremely hostile toward all others

Why similar: Co-op 47.9%, Online Co-Op 14.5%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Funny 7.5%, Comedy 6.6%

The Absolute Evil and its trusted *cough* servant, the Dark Elf Thalya, return in Dungeons 4 after the events of its fabulous predecessor to bring about their triumph over the forces of good once more.

Why similar: Co-op 28.8%, Online Co-Op 15.5%, PvE 14.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Multiplayer 10.1%

Face the gates of Hell in a fusion of third-person action, RPG and Tower Defence. Repel the demons alone or in co-op by building defences. Upgrade powerful units to help you in battle, before jumping into the fight yourself, with an arsenal of skills and weapons to rip apart the oncoming swarm.

Why similar: Tower Defense 41.2%, Co-op 20.4%, Online Co-Op 10.8%, Strategy 8.1%, Multiplayer 7.1%

Take command of HEROCORP™ and launch a Preemptive Defence Campaign™ against parallel dimensions in OTTTD, the most outrageous Tower Defence title around.

Why similar: Tower Defense 63.8%, Strategy 11.4%, Funny 8.7%, Stylized 5.8%, Cartoony 5%

Bish Bash Bots is a unique mix of casual tower defense strategy and all-out brawling action. Team up in couch co-op / online play or go it alone and fight to save the world by building upgradable turrets, unlocking gadgets and bashing bots with giant hammers.

Why similar: Tower Defense 34%, Co-op 17.6%, Co-op Campaign 17% ★, Online Co-Op 6%, Multiplayer 5.8%

Ready the Peashooters and prepare for the craziest, funniest shooter in the universe: Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 36%, Co-op 20%, Multiplayer 10.8%, Third Person 9.1%, Funny 9%

Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.

Why similar: Tower Defense 44%, Co-op 19.2%, Online Co-Op 8.8%, Strategy 8.1%, Multiplayer 6.3%

Fight off hordes of goblins in this VR smack and smash tower defense hybrid! Punish the invading goblins by using your mighty chained hammer and your wide arsenal of traps and structures.

Why similar: Tower Defense 50.2%, Strategy 8.6%, PvE 8%, Funny 6.8%, Physics 6.8%

LORT is a 1–8 player co-op action roguelite. Team up with your friends to battle, loot, and stack ridiculous power-ups across a cursed fantasy world. Fight toward escape, revive your homies, and get absolutely chadded as you evolve from goblin tickler to god slapper.

Why similar: Third-Person Shooter 26.4%, Co-op 21.8%, Online Co-Op 13.3%, PvE 9.1%, Multiplayer 8.3%

The critically acclaimed Vermintide 2 is a visually stunning and groundbreaking melee action game pushing the boundaries of the first person co-op genre. Join the fight now!

Why similar: Co-op 42.2%, Online Co-Op 16%, PvE 14.8%, Multiplayer 10.5%, Fantasy 6.6%

Serious Sam 3: BFE is a prequel to the original indie fast action FPS and Game of the Year sensation - Serious Sam: The First Encounter!

Why similar: Co-op 49.3%, Online Co-Op 17.5%, Multiplayer 10.3%, Action 9.4%, Comedy 7%

The best-selling Trine series returns to the magic of 2.5D! Join three iconic heroes as they set off on a quest through fantastical fairytale landscapes to save the world from the Nightmare Prince’s shadows.

Why similar: Co-op 39.8%, Online Co-Op 25.1%, Multiplayer 12.7%, Fantasy 9.1%, Stylized 5.1%

Employ lethal turrets, traps, and gadgets to defend against an onslaught of evolving creeps! Step into a twisted, hyper 3D, mind bending realm. Upgrade and adapt your defenses. Become a master maze crafter. Collect bizarre artifacts. Rush creeps for lucrative rewards, and succumb to greed!

Why similar: Tower Defense 58.7%, Online Co-Op 12.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Multiplayer 7.2%, 3D 4.2%

Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?

Why similar: Tower Defense 52.3%, Co-op 19.8%, Strategy 9.2%, Online Co-Op 8.7%, Multiplayer 7.1%

Warstone is a Tower Defense game, with RPG, Strategy, and even city building elements. Detailed Hi-res graphics and beautiful illustrations combine with a deep storyline to draw you into the world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 65.1%, Co-op 15.5%, Strategy 11.4%, Multiplayer 4.3%, Fantasy 3.7%

It’s 2091 and megacorp Horzine has produced the ultimate army: an obedient horde of bioengineered monsters called zeds. Now, join the rebel group Nightfall in this co-op action/horror FPS that puts you and your teammates in a battle for the future of humanity.

Why similar: Co-op 48.7%, PvE 24.9%, Multiplayer 11.5%, Combat 5.7%, Action 4.9%

Team up or face it alone in this top down zombie slaying defense adventure! Featuring up to 4 player online co-op, cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses to build the Ultimate Zombie Defense. Can YOU stop them?

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.4%, Co-op 19.9%, Online Co-Op 14.2%, Multiplayer 6.6%, Strategy 6.4%

Load your weapons and experience a whole new dimension in destructive turn-based cartoon action!

Why similar: Strategy 25.3%, Multiplayer 24%, Funny 15.5%, Third Person 11.2%, Co-op 10.1%