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Games Like Rise of the Cones: Planetary Defense

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  1. #1 Plasma Dome
    97% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Yoberu
    Windows

    Plasma Dome is a tactical tower defense with roguelite progression and no predefined paths. Defend your city from an aerial assault of geometric entities from another dimension.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 33.2%, RTS 23.3%, Strategy 13.7%, Base Building 13.1%, Sci-fi 6.4%

  2. #2 Stellar Infestation
    96% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: YogurtGames
    Windows

    Dig minerals, manufacture ammunition, and build defense towers to fend off swarms of insects. A tower defense game with light production line elements.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 28.4%, RTS 18.1%, Strategy 16.1%, Base Building 13.4%, Sci-fi 10.2%

  3. #3 Protolife
    96% matchVery Positive86% of 465 reviews2018
    Dev: Volcanic Giraffe
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%

    Protolife is an unique tower-based strategy game which gives you a direct control over the builder robot in a struggle against the hungry proto-life organism.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 29.3%, RTS 22.5%, Base Building 19.7%, Strategy 9.6%, Sci-fi 9.1%

  4. #4 Atahion - Tower Defense
    95% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: EhtChaos
    Windows

    Build your defense base to repel alien invaders. Atahion is a strategy and tactical defense game in which you have to extract resources, build defense towers and use bonuses to complete the mission.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 32%, RTS 22.8%, Base Building 18.7%, Strategy 10.4%, Sci-fi 9%

  5. #5 Galactic Frontiers - Defense Protocol
    94% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: mañana studios
    Windows

    Stand as humanity's shield against relentless waves of cosmic foes in this gripping sci-fi tower defense game. Employ advanced weaponry and deploy strategic defenses to repel enemy hordes across the galaxy's expanse. Can you withstand the onslaught in Galactic Frontiers?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 26.3%, RTS 20.4%, Base Building 17.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%, Strategy 8.1%

  6. #6 Project VTS
    94% match7 user reviews86% of 7 reviews2024
    Dev: DT3 Digital
    Windows

    Project VTS is a real-time TD game. You'll need to build your defence around your base and defend against different enemies from all directions in various terrains of the alien planet.Use your turrets, obstacles, power supply, resource facillities to defend your base.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 35.2%, Base Building 19%, Strategy 10%, Building 9.9%, Top-Down 7.9%

  7. #7 Total Tower Engine
    93% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: RubyRTS
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Tired of RNG and card draws? Experience a "Plan first, pay later" economy where construction scales with your income in real time. As the map grows massive, only careful planning. Not a lucky roll, will keep you alive.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 32.9%, RTS 24.3%, Base Building 18.9%, Strategy 9.7%, Building 8.1%

  8. #8 Taur
    92% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,078 reviews2020
    Dev: Echo Entertainment
    Windows
    Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 39.2%, Base Building 17.6%, RTS 13.3%, Strategy 12.7%, Sci-fi 7.6%

  9. #9 Infested Planet
    91% matchVery Positive94% of 3,014 reviews2014
    Dev: Rocket Bear Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%

    Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 35.3%, RTS 25.3%, Strategy 18.9%, Sci-fi 8.5%, Top-Down 7.7%

  10. #10 STARGEARS
    91% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: nodoxi
    Windows

    STARGEARS is a sci-fi RTS set on an alien world.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 29.7%, RTS 25.6%, Strategy 17.6%, Base Building 8.5%, Building 5.5%

  11. #11 Mine Defender
    90% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: Rust Power
    Windows

    Fight with AI-controlled drones, explore the mine and extract resources, upgrade your base and plan your defense. Protect your mine

    Why similar: Tower Defense 31.3%, Base Building 21.1%, Strategy 18%, Wargame 10.6%, Building 9.3%

  12. #12 clickyland
    89% matchVery Positive85% of 605 reviews2024
    Dev: Sokpop Collective
    Windows · Mac
    Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 65%

    clickyland is a tower defense village builder where clicks are your main resource. Use clicks to harvest resources, fight enemies and manage your village, but use them wisely as you only get 20 clicks every day! Can you reach day 100?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 36%, Base Building 24%, Strategy 19.3%, RTS 16.2%, 3D 3.2%

  13. #13 U.F.O. K.O. Tower Defense
    89% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2021
    Dev: Pixel General LLC
    Windows

    U.F.O. K.O. Tower Defense: Place lasers, missile launchers, sniper turrets, and use combat strategies such as airstrikes and the space ray to repel waves of alien invaders in this sci-fi tower defense game.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 36.6%, RTS 26.4%, Building 11.9%, Strategy 11.3%, Top-Down 7.1%

  14. #14 CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense
    88% matchVery Positive90% of 306 reviews2023
    Dev: FuturtechPub: Nova's Army
    Windows

    The replicator robots are back! It's 2528. The machines are increasingly infecting the planets with genetically modified monsters. Challenge them and try to stop the onslaught. Upgrade buildings and heroes, mine resources, discover technology and fight to save humanity!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 49.8%, RTS 32.9%, Strategy 16.3%, Action 0.6%, Indie 0.4%

  15. #15 Anomaly: Warzone Earth
    87% matchVery Positive87% of 4,668 reviews2011
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%

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

    Why similar: Tower Defense 41%, Strategy 28.2%, Sci-fi 11.5%, RTS 11.5%, Top-Down 2.9%

  16. #16 Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
    86% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,761 reviews2014
    Dev: Knuckle Cracker
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 77.0 hrs≥1hr: 78%

    Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 57.5%, RTS 14.1%, Strategy 12.3%, Base Building 6.4%, Sci-fi 6.2%

  17. #17 StarSim: BattleZone
    85% match6 user reviews67% of 6 reviews2025
    Dev: Viktor Martynovsky
    Windows

    StarSim: BattleZone is a real-time strategy (RTS) game set in the StarSim universe. Take command of an army and lead your faction to victory. Gameplay includes classic RTS mechanics such as: building a base, gathering resources, researching new technologies, building defences, training units, etc.

    Why similar: RTS 32.2%, Base Building 23.4%, Strategy 18.3%, Building 10.3%, Sci-fi 7.9%

  18. #18 StarryNight
    86% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
    Dev: TJF4
    Windows

    《星夜迷城》是一款轻松休闲的的策略,建设,塔防类型的小游戏。玩家需要在有限的时间内生存发展,并且抵御敌人的进攻,合理的利用资源,将会是成功的关键。

    Why similar: Tower Defense 33.5%, Base Building 21%, Strategy 19%, Building 10.8%, Wargame 6.8%

  19. #19 Hobgoblins Against Dwarfs
    84% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Enigma Empire Entertainment
    Windows

    Craft an unstoppable defence using Dwarven Towers and a fearless squad, then take on waves of invading Hobgoblins in this thrilling real-time strategy tower defence game! Strategize, upgrade, and triumph in Hobgoblins Against Dwarfs!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 35.1%, RTS 24.9%, Base Building 17.7%, Strategy 15.2%, Building 4.5%

  20. #20 The Extinction Directive
    84% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2025
    Dev: CustomBit
    Windows

    A single-player sci-fi strategy game set in a future where humankind has made the first leap to a distant star system

    Why similar: Tower Defense 28.6%, RTS 24.7%, Strategy 17%, Wargame 10.6%, Sci-fi 6.8%

  21. #21 Desolorian Defenses
    83% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Open Mirror
    Windows

    An asynchronous multiplayer tower defense game were you either maze towers to defend against other players robots and/or assemble your robots and invade other players mazes.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 35.8%, Strategy 20.9%, Base Building 13.7%, Futuristic 8.8%, Sci-fi 8%

  22. #22 Don't Mind the Robots
    82% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: 2bitleft
    Windows

    Build deadly mazes and outsmart a rogue AI in this strategic tower defense game. Adapt your defenses, use aiming parameters to your advantage, and activate powerful perks to survive increasingly complex waves of incoming robots.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 28.7%, RTS 20.6%, Base Building 16.9%, Strategy 9.6%, Building 9.2%

  23. #23 Thukothea Defender
    82% match6 user reviews50% of 6 reviews2021
    Dev: DjokaGames
    Windows · Linux

    A strategic tower-defense where you control powerfull drones. Unlock new tower and use specific technologies to defend your base on Thukothea!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 46.3%, RTS 15%, Strategy 14.9%, Base Building 12.7%, Sci-fi 5.6%

  24. #24 Cybernetica: Final
    81% match7 user reviews0% of 7 reviews2021
    Dev: Kedexa
    Windows

    The final part of the Cybernetica trilogy. The action takes place in the center of a small town. Cybernetica is a tower defense game. The player's task is to destroy enemies with the help of buildings before they cross the base. With the help of 7 towers you need to cope with 85 waves of enemies.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 34.9%, Strategy 31.8%, Base Building 23.3%, Top-Down 8.2%, Singleplayer 1.8%

  25. #25 Wonder Defense: Chapter Earth
    81% matchMixed69% of 13 reviews2021
    Dev: Arif AkcaPub: aaalmost
    Windows · Mac

    Wonder Defense: Chapter Earth is a strategy game based on Earth and Aliens in which you act as a General to accomplish survive and move to Mars.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 22.5%, RTS 18.6%, Base Building 18%, Strategy 9.4%, Wargame 8.8%

  26. #26 Gem Rifts
    80% matchPositive100% of 12 reviews2022
    Dev: ButtonSoft
    Windows

    Ancient portals have been lying dormant, waiting for daring adventurers to travel between worlds. Your task is to lead an expedition through one of these portals, research and build defenses around it, and protect it from hostile guardian life forms.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 35.5%, RTS 26.1%, Strategy 13.6%, Base Building 12.6%, Building 7.7%

  27. #27 HEX Defense
    79% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Fun FactoryPub: unbeGames
    Windows

    HEX Defense is a tower-based strategy game set in a hexagonal world where you have to fight enemy forces by combining simple blocks into complex tower patterns.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 31.7%, RTS 23.3%, Strategy 17.6%, Base Building 12.3%, Sci-fi 7.9%

  28. #28 Jarred Defense
    79% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Jarred Cat Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    A mazing tower defense where tower placement is everything. Force enemies the long way around, build choke points, push through lava, and adapt as levels change beneath you. No spells, no card modifiers. Just planning, placement, and a cat stuck in a jar.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 37.4%, Strategy 21.8%, Base Building 14.3%, Building 10.1%, Top-Down 8.1%

  29. #29 ArcaneOutpost
    78% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2024
    Dev: VortexRingGame
    Windows

    A strategy game that combines MOBA and Tower Defence, You would control guardians with different skills,building your outpost to fend off enemy attacks.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 35.3%, Base Building 23.9%, Strategy 19.5%, Building 9.8%, Top-Down 5.5%

  30. #30 Rage Of Towers
    76% matchPositive89% of 19 reviews2025
    Dev: Tiger Among ShadowsPub: TAS
    Windows

    Rage of Towers delivers a unique hybrid experience where tower defense meets real-time control. Build and upgrade your towers and directly control turrets and mobile units to respond quickly to evolving enemy threats and turn the tide of battle

    Why similar: Tower Defense 26.4%, RTS 17.7%, Base Building 15.3%, Strategy 9.8%, Realistic 7.3%

  31. #31 CastleOn Scriptum
    77% matchNo user reviews2027
    Dev: Lord Castleon
    Windows · Linux

    Build a castle and defend it from your enemies! Construct towers, place traps, train and command units in this historical, manuscript-themed mix of Tower Defense and classical Real Time Strategy.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 33.4%, Base Building 21.6%, RTS 21.1%, Strategy 12.9%, Wargame 6.3%

  32. #32 Anomaly 2
    78% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,055 reviews2013
    Dev: 11 bit studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 77%

    Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds plenty of new features: unit morphing, over million tactical combinations, post-apo world and tower defense vs tower offense multiplayer mode.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 44.2%, Strategy 27.6%, RTS 13.4%, Sci-fi 9.4%, Action 2.5%

  33. #33 Ad Astra: Sci-Fi Tower Defense
    76% match7 user reviews57% of 7 reviews2024
    Dev: Azure Moon Games Ltd.
    Windows

    Lose yourself in an indie solo-dev. treasure that harkens back to arcade classics! All while thumping along to killer retro-inspired beats by Ovani sound. Embark on an epic tower defense adventure against awe-inspiring machine monstrosities, made by a devoted gamer for devoted gamers.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 29.4%, RTS 22.8%, Base Building 19.3%, Strategy 11%, Sci-fi 9.5%

  34. #34 Void Guard Outpost
    75% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2025
    Dev: Winged Dog Studios
    Windows

    Build towers, shape enemy paths, and defend your outpost from endless waves. Survive escalating threats, destroy falling asteroid hazards, and push your defenses to their limits in Endless Mode.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 33.2%, RTS 21.5%, Sci-fi 10.8%, Strategy 10.8%, Building 10.2%

  35. #35 IDUN - Frontline Survival
    73% matchMostly Positive79% of 671 reviews2025
    Dev: IDUN InteractivePub: Surefire.Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 76%

    A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 21.4%, RTS 16.6%, Base Building 14.8%, Wargame 11.9%, Building 9.5%

  36. #36 Tomb Defender
    77% matchNo user reviews2022
    Dev: Paul Frost
    Windows

    Sandbox tower defense game in the style of a pulp adventure movie. With full control over the layout of the tomb. Includes challenges and a procedural map generator.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 34.9%, Base Building 20.9%, Strategy 15.7%, RTS 15.5%, Realistic 6%

  37. #37 Freaking Meatbags
    75% matchVery Positive86% of 173 reviews2015
    Dev: Wild FactorPub: Plug In Digital
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 36 minMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 37%

    Land on a planet, pick up some rocks, leave before the solar system explodes. Oh, and don't die in the nightly robot attacks! Freaking Meatbags is a humorous real-time strategy game that's all about building a base, mixing meatbag DNA, then convincing those dolts to help you gather resources.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 37.9%, Strategy 18%, RTS 17.9%, Base Building 10.4%, Sci-fi 8.1%

  38. #38 We Are the Universe
    74% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2023
    Dev: Uncle Grouch Gaming
    Windows

    Sci-fi tower defense where you create your own maze, manage drones and power levels, and harvest for resources. Upgrade your turrets, buildings and ground units. Upgrade and buy new vehicles and motherships.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 51.4%, Strategy 19.9%, Sci-fi 18.9%, 3D 6%, Singleplayer 2.5%

  39. #39 Recursion
    74% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Cidots
    Windows

    Flowchart is your weapon. Recursion is a strategy game merging logic circuit design with tower defense. architect their paths, and defend the system by engineering the perfect logic loop with maximum efficiency.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 35.3%, RTS 15.9%, Base Building 15.3%, Strategy 15.1%, Building 9.4%

  40. #40 Cosmic Robots
    73% matchNo user reviews2026
    Dev: Aniode Pub: Aniode
    Windows · Mac

    Defend your planet from waves of robot invaders! Build powerful turrets, upgrade your defenses, and command robot units to fight drones, tanks, and massive bosses. Then send your own forces to attack the enemy planet in this action-packed sci-fi tower defense game.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 32.9%, RTS 22.4%, Strategy 14.4%, Base Building 11.1%, Sci-fi 9.4%

  41. #41 Arrival of Beasts
    72% matchPositive96% of 52 reviews2023
    Dev: FreeTimeDevelopment
    Windows

    Discover one of the hardest tower defense games with strategic elements, individual gameplay and challenging mechanics. Play together with your friends in co-op mode, create a team and compete with other players in the online ranking.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 36.5%, RTS 23.6%, Base Building 18.5%, Strategy 13.8%, Top-Down 5.4%

  42. #42 Yavalanche
    72% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Decent Salad Games
    Windows

    Yavalanche is a tower defense game in which you take control of a courageous yeti that lives on top of the mountain to repel waves of the sinister goblins coming to get you. Place your pins, strategize your attacks, upgrade your fortifications, and send those pesky green goblins down!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 51.9%, Base Building 20.9%, Strategy 17.2%, Building 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  43. #43 Revenge of the Titans
    73% matchVery Positive82% of 1,250 reviews2011
    Dev: Puppygames
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 82%

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

    Why similar: Tower Defense 61.2%, Strategy 15.9%, Sci-fi 9.3%, RTS 6.7%, Top-Down 3.2%

  44. #44 Color Tower Defence
    71% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2024
    Dev: 和光同尘
    Windows

    All kinds of enemies entered the battlefield! Build your defenses against hordes of enemies!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 31.8%, RTS 27.6%, Strategy 18.9%, Base Building 9.1%, Building 6.1%

  45. #45 MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
    71% matchMostly Positive78% of 885 reviews2019
    Dev: Giant Grey
    Windows
    Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 71%

    Build your defense base to fight back the undead hordes of Mars and secure the future of the red planet. MarZ is a game of strategy and tactical defense where you must carefully manage your crew and resources as you try to uncover the terrible secrets of the undead.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 34.4%, RTS 22%, Base Building 15.1%, Strategy 12.8%, Sci-fi 6.5%

  46. #46 Planet X3 (DOS)
    71% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2023
    Dev: 8-Bit Productions, LLCPub: NMSE & Co LLC
    Windows · Mac

    Planet X3 is a new retro real-time strategy game for DOS. You are up against the Protoids. You need to mine resources, build infrastructure and build offensive units to defeat them. All while protecting your bases. Relive the VGA, AdLib and keyboard controls experience of early 90s PC gaming.

    Why similar: RTS 30.8%, Base Building 23.2%, Strategy 22.1%, Building 8.1%, Futuristic 8.1%

  47. #47 One Of Us
    70% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
    Dev: One Of Us Games
    Windows

    Very sad to announce that this game has been cancelled due to lack of interest. There will be no further updates. Thank you to the people who did purchase the game.

    Why similar: RTS 32.3%, Base Building 25.6%, Strategy 17.3%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Top-Down 5.5%

  48. #48 Circuit Defense
    70% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: LUO JUNLIN
    Windows

    Circuit Defense is a grid-based tower defense game. Build power lines, connect functional modules, and energize your turrets to create a high-efficiency network. Master your layout and optimize module synergies to survive the relentless enemy swarm.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 32.7%, Base Building 26.7%, Strategy 14.8%, Building 10.7%, Sci-fi 7.7%

  49. #49 Diffusion
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: R.C.
    Windows

    Tower defense / Roguelike / Sci-Fi / Pixel Art game with boomer games aesthetics. Mine resources and shoot those disgusting aliens right in their faces. Unlock new technology, develop new strategies and explore the planet. A modern old-school Pixel Art experience with the vibe of 90s classics.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 37.1%, Base Building 16.9%, Strategy 15.3%, Building 10.8%, Sci-fi 9.9%

  50. #50 IDUN Prologue - Frontline Survival
    68% matchVery Positive89% of 81 reviews2025
    Dev: IDUN InteractivePub: Surefire.Games
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Step into the arena with IDUN: Prologue, a thrilling slice of our full-length defense RTS where real-time strategy meets rogue-lite chaos. Fight your way through unique mission objectives with overwhelming swarms of enemies.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 27.5%, RTS 17.5%, Base Building 14.8%, Sci-fi 10%, Strategy 9.9%

  51. #51 Power TD
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: FunGame Studio
    Windows

    Power TD is a 3D top-down strategy tower defense game where players must build and strategically balance defensive towers with essential Energy Facilities. The core challenge is maintaining power while designing intricate mazes to maximize enemy exposure to tower attacks.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 37%, RTS 22.4%, Strategy 14.4%, Base Building 12.9%, Top-Down 4.9%

  52. #52 DeHexTD
    70% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
    Dev: reiti.net
    Windows

    Defend your ever growing platform against an ever rising amount creeps

    Why similar: Tower Defense 48%, RTS 26.1%, Strategy 21.7%, 3D 2.8%, Singleplayer 1.3%

  53. #53 Skyfort
    69% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Space Byte Studios
    Windows

    This game is a arcade block placing game mixed with action-packed Tower Defense gameplay mechanics. Build forts out of tetrominoes high up in the sky and defend it against the incoming waves of airships, by shooting at them with your minigun and building defenses!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 32%, Base Building 21.6%, RTS 21.1%, Strategy 12%, Building 10.6%

  54. #54 Defenders of Legends
    68% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2023
    Dev: Knight-HD
    Windows

    Defend your kingdom against legendary monsters. Place turrets strategically to block their path. Upgrade your defenses to fend off enemy hordes. Become the legendary guardian of the earth alone or in co-op!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 30.6%, RTS 24%, Base Building 13.9%, Strategy 12.6%, Building 8.4%

  55. #55 Star Pulse:The War
    68% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Star Pulse
    Windows

    Star Pulse: The War is an independent real-time strategy game that merges science fiction with fantasy. Players will command a sci-fi faction, harnessing the power of star pulse to gather resources, construct buildings, train troops, and nurture heroes in the fight against invading magical forces.

    Why similar: RTS 34.3%, Strategy 16.4%, Base Building 15.2%, Tower Defense 14.6%, Sci-fi 10.1%

  56. #56 Operation: Surface Takeover
    67% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2025
    Dev: Alex CorneilliePub: Rabid Trolls Studios
    Windows

    A pixelated 2.5D RTS meets tower defense as you battle mutated ants in a short campaign. Build walls, place turrets, and hold the line to reclaim Earth's surface in this tactical fight for survival where placement of everything matters.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 28.1%, RTS 23.1%, Wargame 11.9%, Strategy 11.4%, Building 7.2%

  57. #57 PROTOZOA
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Oplexity Studios
    Windows · Mac · Linux

    Protect the asteroid mine's reactor from swarms of supersized alien protozoa. This game's groundbreaking AI system uses machine learning to adapt to your strategy in real-time as you build and upgrade your defenses. Fight evolution itself.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 37.7%, Strategy 21.3%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Base Building 10.2%, Futuristic 6.1%

  58. #58 Fort Laboratory
    67% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: Sofa-Games
    Windows

    Fort Laboratory is a 2D tower defense game with elements of roguelike gameplay. Players must build bases, weapons, and factories to defend against hordes of enemies. Collect a variety of items and structures to create a unique defense system and protect the core of the base until the attack is over.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 37.5%, Base Building 31.2%, Strategy 17.7%, Sci-fi 6.3%, Futuristic 5.8%

  59. #59 Remnant Afterglow
    66% matchNo user reviews
    Dev: 浩瀚之宇开发组
    Windows

    This is a creative and challenging real-time strategy tower defense game where players need to constantly expand, build complex battle lines on the map, and fight against groups of enemies. The game has unique rules and beautiful pixel style, with each level filled with tense and exciting battles.=

    Why similar: Tower Defense 27.2%, RTS 20.6%, Base Building 15.1%, Wargame 9.6%, Strategy 9.2%

  60. #60 Mutant Monster Invasion
    67% matchNo user reviews2024
    Dev: Crazy Electric Studio
    Windows

    A classic tower defense game, ready to build dozens of turrets and use dozens of magic to destroy monsters?

    Why similar: Tower Defense 31.5%, RTS 26.7%, Strategy 17.9%, Base Building 8.4%, Top-Down 5.7%

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