- #1 Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
97% matchVery Positive94% of 53,845 reviews2018
Dev: ProjectMoon
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 30.7 hrs≥1hr: 74%
A roguelite monster-management simulation inspired by the likes of the SCP Foundation, Cabin in the Woods, and Warehouse 13. Order your employees to perform work with the creatures and watch as it unfolds; harness greater energy, and expand the facility
Why similar: Management 29.4%, Lovecraftian 21.9%, Strategy 18.1%, RTS 16.1%, Simulation 6.9%
- #2 SCP Strategy
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 584 reviews2022
Dev: LUXO InteractivePub: LUK KUS SOFT
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Take control of the SCP Foundation. For the general good, find, contain, and protect SCP objects. Develop your foundation and protect it from hostile organizations, in the last resort destroy them and capture SCP objects held there.
Why similar: Strategy 52%, Management 33.6%, Simulation 14.4%
- #3 Firebase Defence
96% matchMostly Positive75% of 61 reviews2019
Dev: Rasmus Agergaard
Windows
Firebase Defence is a new spin on the traditional tower defence gameplay. You have to defend yourself from the waves upon waves of incoming enemies. You are free to build, place and manage your available resources and units in any way you want. But failing to balance those will result in defeat!
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.1%, Strategy 29.5%, RTS 19.7%, Resource Management 7.1%, 2D 3.6%
- #4 Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,794 reviews2014
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 78.4 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 56.4%, Strategy 19.3%, RTS 18.9%, Resource Management 1.9%, Simulation 1.7%
- #5 Lairchitect
95% matchMixed63% of 64 reviews2020
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Lairchitect is a reverse dungeon crawler! Build your own lair and protect your precious soul core from heroes that try to raid your dungeon. Distracting heroes and using the right minions to defeat them is key in winning the game.
Why similar: Auto Battler 40.5%, Strategy 24.4%, Tower Defense 18.1%, Management 5.3%, Simulation 4.4%
- #6 Crab God
94% matchVery Positive83% of 299 reviews2024
Dev: Chaos Theory GamesPub: Firesquid
Windows
Crab God is an atmospheric underwater strategy game. Guide your Crabling colony through wild ocean depths, and defend the egg of the next Crab God.Restore and protect diverse coral reefs, making a difference in the real world as you progress in-game. Make waves, praise the claw!
Why similar: RTS 29.9%, Tower Defense 28%, Strategy 16.5%, Resource Management 12%, Management 11.1%
- #7 Loopstructor
93% matchVery Positive84% of 376 reviews2024
Dev: Pone Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
This is a strategy game that combines tower defense with Roguelike. Unlike traditional tower defense game, the towers in the game are vehicles that move along ‘loops’.You need to create defense loop and build battle trains to defend against enemy attacks.
Why similar: Auto Battler 33.3%, Tower Defense 24.7%, RTS 23.4%, Strategy 14.7%, 2D 2.7%
- #8 Wireworks
91% matchVery Positive89% of 393 reviews2026
Dev: JJJ
Windows · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Design your defenses, build your module board, and manage your wires. Combine signals and create synergies to empower your weapons and survive in this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.
Why similar: Auto Battler 47.9%, Tower Defense 30.5%, Strategy 15.9%, Simulation 2.6%, 2D 2.2%
- #9 REDCON
92% matchVery Positive85% of 814 reviews2016
Dev: Hexage
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Command your own fortress in FTL-like real-time battles! Crush the enemy fortress with unrelenting bombardment or seize it with carefully executed invasion.
Why similar: Strategy 46.3%, Tower Defense 38.4%, Simulation 7.6%, 2D 6%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #10 Mob Factory
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 477 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 7.7 hrs≥1hr: 64%
Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.9%, RTS 19%, Strategy 14.8%, Resource Management 14.5%, Management 7.8%
- #11 Mythic Battlegrounds: Demonic Siege
89% matchMostly Positive75% of 81 reviews2025
Dev: DochiGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
A turn-based strategy game where your tactical decisions are key to surviving relentless waves of enemy attacks. While battles unfold automatically, your choices before the clash, such as resource management, unit training, and skill selection, are critical to securing victory.
Why similar: Auto Battler 47.6%, Tower Defense 22.2%, Strategy 18.1%, Resource Management 10.2%, Singleplayer 1%
- #12 Gladiator Command
88% matchVery Positive96% of 75 reviews2026
Dev: Marius Spikas
Windows
A gladiator management sim. Recruit unique gladiators, train them, equip them, hire staff, manage finances, build prestige, develop traits and stat-based skills, and let real-time arena battles decide your rise.
Why similar: Auto Battler 60.5%, Strategy 17%, Management 13.6%, Simulation 5.5%, 2D 2.8%
- #13 Xenopurge
87% matchVery Positive87% of 404 reviews2025
Dev: TrapticsPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Xenopurge is a tactical auto-battler where you are a Commander tasked with purging the Xenos threat. Operate from a remote command center, issuing indirect orders via multi-screen interfaces. Plan routes, set priorities, and adapt as missions escalate and feel the true weight of being in command.
Why similar: Auto Battler 35.9%, RTS 27.5%, Strategy 15.7%, Management 11.4%, 2D 4.5%
- #14 Elder Chaos
90% matchMixed47% of 83 reviews2017
Dev: Emprom Game
Windows · Mac
Elder Chaos is a strategy game based on Lovecraft’s Cthulhu mythos. You are no longer investigators but the eldritch Old Ones in Elder Chaos. Now, it's time to break the seal and reign over the world!
Why similar: Strategy 39.4%, Lovecraftian 34.5%, Tower Defense 26.1%
- #15 All Aboard! The Train Defense Express
86% matchVery Positive86% of 370 reviews2025
Dev: Likadev
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Protect the Infinite Power Generator by looping around the train tracks! Battle endless waves of enemies in this unique hybrid of auto-battler, survivor, tower defense, idle/clicker gameplay. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Auto Battler 43.7%, Tower Defense 26.3%, Strategy 14.6%, Management 6.4%, Resource Management 4.7%
- #16 Black blood
89% matchMixed66% of 58 reviews2020
Dev: Arcane Games
Windows
Black blood is a mix of hardcore Tower Defense strategy and top-down shooter. Act as a defender against alien invaders, attack and destroy all their insidious plans...
Why similar: Tower Defense 50.4%, Strategy 27.4%, Resource Management 20%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #17 Tower Dominion
85% matchVery Positive86% of 5,010 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.1%, Auto Battler 25.2%, RTS 23.7%, Strategy 13.8%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #18 This Isn't Just Tower Defense
86% matchMixed61% of 119 reviews2025
Dev: Pri Games
Windows
Defend your base with placeable towers that can be upgraded endlessly. Automate your production and make sure there's enough power to keep everything running.
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.9%, Auto Battler 24.2%, Strategy 20.3%, Resource Management 13.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #19 Tower Factory
84% matchVery Positive89% of 1,199 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.7%, RTS 29%, Strategy 15.7%, Resource Management 10.9%, Management 10.3%
- #20 Towerful Defense: Prologue
84% matchVery Positive88% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A tower defense action roguelike where you control a single tower to fight against hordes of aliens coming from all directions. Pick your tower, equip up to 4 skills, and choose from a variety of traits and items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.
Why similar: Auto Battler 37.1%, Tower Defense 23.8%, RTS 20.8%, Strategy 13.3%, 2D 4%
- #21 SCP: CARDTAINMENT BREACH
83% matchVery Positive90% of 51 reviews2025
Dev: BrewByte
Windows
SCP: CARDTAINMENT BREACH is a single-player turn based deck building card game based on the universe of the SCP foundation. You play as D-9341 who has been trapped in a room by 079 but has promised that on finishing of the game will unlock the gates and allow you to escape
Why similar: Strategy 53.5%, Lovecraftian 35.9%, 2D 9.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #22 Mech Fortress
82% matchVery Positive86% of 243 reviews2026
Dev: Some Sugar Studio
Windows
Mech Fortress is a sci-fi tower defense game where each turret has unique mechanics. You can freely place them on a 5×5 grid, and your goal is to eliminate all enemies!
Why similar: Auto Battler 50%, Tower Defense 33.8%, Strategy 15.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #23 Bella Wants Blood
81% matchVery Positive97% of 144 reviews2024
Dev: Sonderland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Entertain the god-like Bella’s thirst for blood in this absurd bite-sized roguelike terror defense game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 68%, Strategy 27.5%, 2D 3.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #24 Increbraintal
81% matchVery Positive89% of 80 reviews2026
Dev: Hymoori
Windows
Protect your brain from viruses in Increbraintal, an incremental auto battler. Build your team and unlock upgrades in the Skill Tree to eliminate the contamination taking over the body.
Why similar: Auto Battler 47.5%, Strategy 33.8%, Simulation 7.7%, Management 5.9%, 2D 4.4%
- #25 Chromosome Evil
82% matchVery Positive83% of 351 reviews2022
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.5 hrs≥1hr: 82%
Dive deep into this Lovecraft-inspired RTS survival. Assemble your team using different classes, skills, and weaponry. It's up to your squad to survive the onslaught of nightmares that are surely coming your way. Will you find the source of the darkness?
Why similar: RTS 45.6%, Strategy 26.2%, Resource Management 18.2%, Simulation 7.3%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #26 Golemworks
80% matchVery Positive92% of 62 reviews2026
Dev: evilalbert
Windows · Mac · Linux
A strategic fusion of automation game and tower defense
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.7%, Strategy 29.9%, Resource Management 14.1%, 2D 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #27 BLOODLETTER
78% matchVery Positive80% of 122 reviews2026
Dev: ALDAMAMI GAMES
Windows
A grim medieval deckbuilder where you use your dubious healing methods to protect bizarre villagers from the corrupting influence of ancient evils.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 55.6%, Strategy 25.2%, Simulation 7.4%, 2D 6.3%, Management 4.4%
- #28 SCP Operations
79% matchMostly Positive71% of 86 reviews2024
Dev: LUXO InteractivePub: LUK KUS SOFT
Windows
Step into the enigmatic world of SCP OPERATIONS. Lead your team of elite agents through tactical, turn-based combat against the Chaos Insurgency and dangerous SCP objects. Uncover secrets and protect humanity.
Why similar: Strategy 57.3%, Management 38.1%, Singleplayer 4.5%
- #29 Mindustry
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 26,625 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.4%, Strategy 19.6%, RTS 17.8%, Resource Management 16.5%, Management 4.4%
- #30 Minimalist Tower Defense
76% matchVery Positive95% of 1,746 reviews2024
Dev: Happy213
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies
Why similar: Tower Defense 51.7%, Strategy 26.7%, Resource Management 12.5%, 2D 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #31 Unholy Heights
79% matchVery Positive89% of 1,637 reviews2013
Dev: Petit DepottoPub: PLAYISM
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Welcome to Unholy Heights, a mashup of Tower Defense and Apartment Management Simulation!
Why similar: Auto Battler 29.7%, RTS 18.9%, Tower Defense 17.8%, Strategy 14.1%, Management 10.1%
- #32 Transport Legion
75% matchVery Positive86% of 92 reviews2025
Dev: 喜人一个
Windows · Linux
A unique roguelike card-based tower defense game. Strategically place cards, manage resource transport, balance production with combat, and craft distinctive decks to claim victory.
Why similar: Strategy 39.4%, Tower Defense 38.9%, Management 9.1%, Resource Management 6.5%, 2D 5.4%
- #33 Illuminaria
77% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Selva Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Command a swarm of intelligent robots in their quest to save the world. Mine resources, manage, and defend multiple bases. Go on expeditions, fight in auto-battles, research new technologies, and create your army of golems to bring back the light.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.1%, Strategy 23%, Resource Management 17.2%, Management 13.2%, Simulation 5.5%
- #34 Roots Devour
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 544 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Extend your roots, imbibe fresh blood, and expand without end. Roots Devour is a strategic exploration game centered around a card-connecting mechanism. Drive your frenzied roots through swamps and over frozen mountains, invading human cities until the darkness... descends.
Why similar: Lovecraftian 47.7%, Strategy 27.5%, Resource Management 16.6%, 2D 6.6%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #35 Aurora Defense
75% matchMixed63% of 97 reviews2025
Dev: Moka Games
Windows
A unique roguelike deckbuilder + base-building tower defense game. Build powerful defenses in the last bastion of light, fend off relentless waves of darkness, and protect the final goddess!
Why similar: Auto Battler 36.1%, Tower Defense 23.5%, RTS 22.6%, Strategy 13.5%, 2D 3.2%
- #36 Buggos
74% matchVery Positive88% of 1,361 reviews2022
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Lead your hive to victory in 'Buggos', an RTS Auto Battler! Customize your swarm with 120+ evolutions and conquer humanity. Strategy meets bug chaos!
Why similar: RTS 26%, Auto Battler 25.2%, Strategy 18.6%, Management 11.5%, Resource Management 8.3%
- #37 MachiaVillain
76% matchMixed66% of 804 reviews2018
Dev: Wild FactorPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Machiavillain is an evil mansion management and strategy game, inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Prison Architect and all the horror movie clichés! Build your own manor, raise your monsters, set up your traps, and exterminate your victims. But to gain reputation you'll have to slay by the horror movie rules!
Why similar: Strategy 51.7%, Management 19.6%, Simulation 14.1%, Resource Management 10.5%, 2D 2.9%
- #38 Broken Banners
74% matchVery Positive81% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Eirik Wiklund
Windows
Defend your kingdom from evil monsters in this combination of Tower Defense and Auto Battle. Place your defenses and stop the forces of evil from reaching your kingdom.
Why similar: Auto Battler 41.5%, Tower Defense 32.3%, Strategy 22.8%, 2D 2.6%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #39 Cult Nation
70% matchVery Positive90% of 140 reviews2026
Dev: SMdG
Windows
A short incremental game about sacrificing all your cult followers and collecting blood to awaken the devil.
Why similar: Strategy 34.6%, Resource Management 25.3%, Management 23%, Simulation 10.3%, 2D 5%
- #40 Everwarder
71% 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 58%, Strategy 31.4%, 2D 7.7%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #41 Cataclismo
69% matchVery Positive89% of 4,143 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: RTS 31.2%, Tower Defense 28.4%, Strategy 16.4%, Resource Management 11.8%, Management 10.8%
- #42 Ash Warden
70% matchMostly Positive74% of 101 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 47.8%, Strategy 23.8%, Management 16.1%, Simulation 6.6%, 2D 4.4%
- #43 Underworld Overseer
71% matchVery Positive91% of 53 reviews2024
Dev: Myron Games
Windows
Build your dungeon, command demons, set traps, and slay invading adventurers with powerful spells.
Why similar: RTS 33.9%, Tower Defense 33.8%, Strategy 17.8%, Management 10%, Simulation 2.7%
- #44 Survivor Challenge TD
71% matchVery Positive82% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: SQRT Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survivor Challenge TD - is a Tower Defense game where you manage a single tower and add upgrades to it. Buy abilities, enhance upgrades, and defeat the boss!
Why similar: Tower Defense 65.8%, Strategy 31.5%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #45 Repel The Rifts
68% matchVery Positive86% of 332 reviews2025
Dev: RefinedBearGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Linux
Repel the Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game where you lead a commander through an alien world, uncovering new terrain each wave, drafting powerful upgrades, and constructing defenses to hold back the chaos.
Why similar: Tower Defense 58.7%, Strategy 22.3%, Resource Management 12.5%, 2D 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #46 Abyss Manager
73% matchMostly Positive77% of 73 reviews2019
Dev: D4 Laboratory
Windows
Take over a small dungeon that no adventure is interested in as a new manager. You'll start with almost nothing and recruit minions, accumulate money, construct facilities, develop technology, explore the realm, have the dungeon's name up, defeat other dungeons and win the championship of the Dungeon League.
Why similar: Strategy 63.5%, Resource Management 19.2%, Simulation 17.3%
- #47 Craft In Abyss
72% matchVery Positive83% of 54 reviews2021
Dev: FirePillar2
Windows
Craft in Abyss is a tower defense rogue-lite game. It allow players to design their own mechanical fortress, gather resources and continuously strengthen the fortress facilities within a sci-fi world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 50.1%, Strategy 32.6%, Simulation 10.6%, 2D 4.7%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #48 Decks of the Damned
69% matchVery Positive81% of 77 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: Auto Battler 58%, Management 16.7%, Strategy 16.7%, 2D 4.5%, Simulation 2.7%
- #49 Project Astra Dominium
69% matchVery Positive90% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Snob Entertainment UG
Windows · Mac · Linux
Project Astra Dominium is a Tower Defense game with Basebuilding and Automation elements. Build up your base to become a supply hub for Earth's desperately needed materials, gather resources while defending against an unknown alien threat and improve your tower's and AI capabilities.
Why similar: Tower Defense 50.5%, Strategy 24.1%, Resource Management 16.7%, Simulation 6.2%, Singleplayer 2.5%
- #50 Fire at Campsite
68% matchVery Positive82% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Salvador PalmaPub: ZOO Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Protect the campsite in this Single-Tower-Defense game where you play as a campfire against the local wildlife! With many abilities and characters at your disposal, try new builds, synergies, and combos to make those animals run away with fear!
Why similar: Tower Defense 55.5%, Strategy 34.1%, 2D 10.4%
- #51 Worshippers of Cthulhu
67% matchVery Positive81% of 1,507 reviews2025
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%
LEAD the CULT OF CTHULHU. Decide the fate of your followers, perform eldritch rituals, and master the art of city-building in a world where the line between sanity and madness blurs. Can you endure the horrors you unleash?
Why similar: Lovecraftian 50.3%, Strategy 23.1%, Management 18.2%, Simulation 6.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #52 Automata Empire
73% matchMixed70% of 53 reviews2016
Dev: Nonadecimal Creative
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Seize power and build an empire of fuzzy cellular automata monsters! Herd hundreds of mindless subjects to smash your rivals' castles and steal their territory in this RTS inspired by Conway's Game of Life.
Why similar: RTS 41.2%, Tower Defense 38%, Management 15.3%, Simulation 5.6%
- #53 Gods Of Defense
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Blue Math
Windows
Tower Defense Rogue-like. Defend a temple on a procedural map with variety of towers. Craft your strategy through Boon and Curse cards. With every run earn faith to upgrade the weapons. Many progression paths keep you engaged and entertained without getting stuck.
Why similar: Tower Defense 56.1%, Strategy 29%, Management 7.1%, Resource Management 6%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #54 Scrap Collector
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 124 reviews2025
Dev: Wibert
Windows
Collect, combine, and automate card production. Discover new areas, resources, and enemies all while growing your mechanized army. Plan ahead before taking on the challenges of the ruptured earth.
Why similar: Strategy 47.9%, Management 37.4%, 2D 11.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #55 Abyss Manager Idle
64% matchVery Positive97% of 171 reviews2026
Dev: D4 Laboratory
Windows
This is a short idle tower defense game that players can complete to 100% in 2 hours.Abyss Manager is an idle tower defense game where players need to assign jobs to various characters, collect resources, recruit and train characters, and excavate more floors to unlock further mechanics.
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.3%, Strategy 34.6%, Resource Management 10.3%, Simulation 8.6%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #56 Rise to Ruins
67% matchVery Positive88% of 7,745 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.7 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 56.8%, Strategy 25.5%, Resource Management 7.8%, Simulation 5.4%, 2D 3.3%
- #57 Night is Coming
66% matchMixed65% of 447 reviews2025
Dev: Wild Forest StudioPub: 101XP
Windows
Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.
Why similar: RTS 40.6%, Tower Defense 30.2%, Strategy 21%, Simulation 6.3%, Singleplayer 2%
- #58 Divine's Howl
64% matchVery Positive92% of 178 reviews2025
Dev: Sense13 Studio
Windows
In Divine's Howl, you will embody a divine avatar, leading your followers to expand your power across a shattered world.
Why similar: Strategy 74.4%, Simulation 23.3%, Singleplayer 2.3%