- #1 SCP Strategy
97% matchMostly Positive79% of 591 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 53.6%, Management 32.4%, Simulation 14.1%
- #2 Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation
96% matchVery Positive94% of 57,272 reviews2018
Dev: ProjectMoon
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 32.4 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 27.9%, Lovecraftian 21.8%, Strategy 18.6%, RTS 17.3%, Simulation 6.7%
- #3 Lairchitect
96% 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 39.7%, Strategy 25%, Tower Defense 18.7%, Management 5.1%, Simulation 4.3%
- #4 Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,835 reviews2014
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 7.4 hrsMean: 81.0 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 56.4%, RTS 19.3%, Strategy 19.1%, Resource Management 1.8%, Simulation 1.6%
- #5 Firebase Defence
95% matchMostly Positive73% of 63 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 39.3%, Strategy 29.3%, RTS 20.2%, Resource Management 6.6%, 2D 3.5%
- #6 Crab God
94% matchVery Positive81% of 333 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 30.8%, Tower Defense 28.4%, Strategy 16.5%, Resource Management 11.4%, Management 10.4%
- #7 Flowers and Deities
92% matchVery Positive91% of 328 reviews2026
Dev: Chill Winter StudioPub: IGA Studio
Windows · Mac
Flowers and Deities is a roguelite auto battler where you command a blood-soaked lizardman army through escalating arena battles, spending every drop of spilled blood to cast spells, summon creatures, and survive long enough to earn the favor of the Gods.
Why similar: Auto Battler 66.2%, Strategy 25.7%, Simulation 4.1%, 2D 3.1%, Singleplayer 0.9%
- #8 Loopstructor
93% matchVery Positive83% of 384 reviews2024
Dev: Pone Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 32.1%, Tower Defense 25.1%, RTS 24.2%, Strategy 14.8%, 2D 2.7%
- #9 Wireworks
90% matchVery Positive89% of 633 reviews2026
Dev: JJJ
Windows · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 46.7%, Tower Defense 31.3%, Strategy 16.2%, Simulation 2.5%, 2D 2.3%
- #10 REDCON
91% matchVery Positive86% of 849 reviews2016
Dev: Hexage
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 10.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
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 38.8%, Simulation 7.2%, 2D 6%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #11 Mob Factory
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 478 reviews2023
Dev: LiterallyEveryone Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 63%
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 35.4%, RTS 19.7%, Strategy 14.9%, Resource Management 13.8%, Management 7.3%
- #12 Tower Factory
89% matchVery Positive90% of 1,259 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
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: RTS 31.5%, Tower Defense 29.3%, Strategy 16%, Resource Management 10.2%, Management 9.3%
- #13 Path of Idle: Old Gods Rising
86% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,226 reviews2026
Dev: Small Mill
Windows · Mac
Median: 23.0 hrsMean: 49.0 hrs≥1hr: 87%
A Lovecraftian idle RPG with auto-battles, loot farming, chests, team strategy, town building, gear crafting, Runewords, stages, towers, realms, and seasons. Serve the Old Gods, build your town, corrupt the chosen, and fight for their awakening!
Why similar: Auto Battler 56.1%, Strategy 25.2%, Resource Management 9.9%, 2D 6.6%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #14 Mythic Battlegrounds: Demonic Siege
87% matchMostly Positive75% of 83 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 46.6%, Tower Defense 22.9%, Strategy 18.6%, Resource Management 9.9%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #15 BLOODLETTER
85% matchVery Positive80% of 258 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 56.1%, Strategy 25.2%, Simulation 7.1%, 2D 6.3%, Management 4.1%
- #16 This Isn't Just Tower Defense
86% matchMixed60% of 128 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 46.9%, Auto Battler 20.7%, Strategy 19.4%, Resource Management 11.7%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #17 Black blood
88% matchMixed64% 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 51.2%, Strategy 27.6%, Resource Management 19.1%, Singleplayer 2.2%
- #18 Elder Chaos
89% matchMixed47% of 85 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 34.3%, Tower Defense 26.4%
- #19 Xenopurge
84% matchVery Positive86% of 467 reviews2025
Dev: TrapticsPub: Firesquid
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 2.8 hrs≥1hr: 59%
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 35.2%, RTS 28.7%, Strategy 15.9%, Management 10.8%, 2D 4.5%
- #20 Golemworks
84% matchVery Positive90% of 83 reviews2026
Dev: evilalbert
Windows · Mac · Linux
Assemble a factory, manufacture golems, and defend yourself from ruin in this strategic automation roguelike.
Why similar: Tower Defense 49.3%, Strategy 31.5%, Resource Management 12.7%, 2D 5.3%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #21 Tower Dominion
82% matchVery Positive86% of 5,610 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 10.6 hrsMean: 22.7 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 29%, Auto Battler 24.3%, RTS 24%, Strategy 14%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #22 SCP: CARDTAINMENT BREACH
83% matchVery Positive92% of 66 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 53.6%, Lovecraftian 35.7%, 2D 9.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #23 Mech Fortress
81% matchVery Positive87% of 264 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 48.8%, Tower Defense 34.8%, Strategy 15.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #24 Survivor Challenge TD
80% matchMostly Positive80% of 60 reviews2026
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 65.9%, Strategy 31.4%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #25 Chromosome Evil
82% matchVery Positive82% of 359 reviews2022
Dev: S.C. 16 BIT NIGHTS S.R.L.
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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 46.9%, Strategy 26.2%, Resource Management 17.2%, Simulation 7%, Singleplayer 2.7%
- #26 Bella Wants Blood
79% matchVery Positive97% of 155 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 68.2%, Strategy 27.4%, 2D 3.2%, Singleplayer 1.2%
- #27 Increbraintal
79% matchVery Positive82% of 176 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 46.8%, Strategy 34.8%, Simulation 7.5%, Management 5.7%, 2D 4.5%
- #28 SCP Operations
81% matchMostly Positive72% of 95 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 58.8%, Management 36.5%, Singleplayer 4.7%
- #29 Mindustry
77% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 28,247 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 28.4 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: RTS 33.6%, Tower Defense 33.3%, Strategy 16.6%, Resource Management 13.4%, 2D 2.5%
- #30 Minimalist Tower Defense
75% matchVery Positive95% of 1,872 reviews2024
Dev: Happy213
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 8.0 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies
Why similar: Tower Defense 52.8%, Strategy 26.9%, Resource Management 11.4%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #31 Unholy Heights
78% matchVery Positive89% of 1,653 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 28.9%, RTS 19.7%, Tower Defense 18.1%, Strategy 14.4%, Management 9.6%
- #32 Towerful Defense: Prologue
77% 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 35.8%, Tower Defense 24.2%, RTS 21.6%, Strategy 13.5%, 2D 4.1%
- #33 Transport Legion
75% matchVery Positive86% of 99 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 39.7%, Tower Defense 39.4%, Management 8.5%, Resource Management 6.2%, 2D 5.4%
- #34 MachiaVillain
78% matchMixed66% of 810 reviews2018
Dev: Wild FactorPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 53.1%, Management 18.7%, Simulation 13.7%, Resource Management 10.2%, 2D 2.9%
- #35 Illuminaria
76% matchVery Positive83% of 76 reviews2022
Dev: Selva Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 38.1%, Strategy 23.4%, Resource Management 16.5%, Management 12.5%, Simulation 5.3%
- #36 Roots Devour
73% matchMostly Positive73% of 584 reviews2026
Dev: Rewinding GamesPub: GCORES PUBLISHING
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 47.9%, Strategy 27.9%, Resource Management 15.9%, 2D 6.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #37 Decks of the Damned
74% matchMostly Positive80% of 84 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 57.7%, Strategy 17.3%, Management 16.2%, 2D 4.7%, Simulation 2.6%
- #38 Cataclismo
71% matchVery Positive89% of 4,346 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 78%
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 38.6%, Strategy 22.8%, Resource Management 15.3%, Management 15%, Simulation 6.2%
- #39 The Eastern Sacrifice
73% matchMixed60% of 412 reviews2025
Dev: 五条虾仁(5 shrimps)
Windows
“The Eastern Sacrifice” is an idle game combining simulation with Eastern Cthulhu-inspired themes. In a world spiraling into chaos over authority, vanquish enemy, gather treasures, and build a devoted religion. Your sanctuary will help you reclaim theurgy, ascend to the divine realm.
Why similar: Strategy 37%, Management 24.3%, Resource Management 19.5%, 2D 8.5%, Simulation 8%
- #40 Buggos
73% matchVery Positive88% of 1,436 reviews2022
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.3 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 26.9%, Auto Battler 25.7%, Strategy 18.7%, Management 10.7%, Resource Management 7.8%
- #41 Repel The Rifts
70% matchVery Positive85% of 373 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 59.3%, Strategy 22.3%, Resource Management 11.9%, 2D 5.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #42 Runeomicon
70% matchVery Positive87% of 67 reviews2026
Dev: TLR GamesPub: Joystick Ventures
Windows
Perform a dark ritual with your own hands under relentless pressure. Draw runes in real time, defend the ritual from enemies trying to stop it, and upgrade your skills to unleash devastating magic. Summon ancient eldritch gods in this dark fantasy game driven by skill, strategy and constant tension.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.8%, Lovecraftian 26.7%, Strategy 16.1%, Resource Management 11.9%, Management 9.1%
- #43 Abyss Manager
74% 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 64.8%, Resource Management 18.5%, Simulation 16.8%
- #44 Gladiator Command
69% matchVery Positive96% of 254 reviews2026
Dev: Marius Spikas
Windows
Build a legendary gladiator school in ancient Rome. Recruit and develop unique fighters, manage the business behind the bloodshed and watch your decisions tested in brutal real-time arena combat.
Why similar: Auto Battler 60%, Strategy 17.6%, Management 13.3%, Simulation 5.4%, 2D 3%
- #45 Cult Nation
68% matchVery Positive88% of 215 reviews2026
Dev: SMdG
Windows
A short incremental game about sacrificing all your cult followers and collecting blood to awaken the devil.
Why similar: Strategy 35.8%, Resource Management 24.7%, Management 22.2%, Simulation 10.1%, 2D 5.2%
- #46 Abyss Manager Idle
68% matchVery Positive96% of 273 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 46.5%, Strategy 34.3%, Resource Management 9.7%, Simulation 8.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #47 Red Rocket Defencism
67% matchVery Positive98% of 203 reviews2026
Dev: tiny cactus studio
Windows
You, a military officer from our great autocratic motherland, must protect our precious rockets from the evil capitalist enemy in this revolutionary base building strategy game. Bribe! Surveil! Purge! Imbibe! The end justifies the means when you have to protect our invaluable rockets!
Why similar: Auto Battler 33.1%, Tower Defense 27.3%, RTS 22.7%, Strategy 14.2%, Simulation 2.7%
- #48 Ash Warden
70% matchMostly Positive72% of 123 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 49%, Strategy 23.9%, Management 15.1%, Simulation 6.3%, 2D 4.5%
- #49 Sir, We Have an Orc Problem
66% matchVery Positive87% of 4,406 reviews2026
Dev: Mumpitz Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Sir, We Have an Orc Problem is an incremental-style tower defense game where you face an overwhelming number of orcs. Greet them with even more bullets, bombs and lasers!
Why similar: Tower Defense 54.3%, Strategy 20.3%, Management 14.2%, 2D 6.1%, Simulation 4%
- #50 Aurora Defense
71% matchMixed61% of 101 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 34.9%, Tower Defense 23.9%, RTS 23.3%, Strategy 13.7%, 2D 3.2%
- #51 Broken Banners
71% 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 40.3%, Tower Defense 33.1%, Strategy 23.1%, 2D 2.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #52 Everwarder
69% matchVery Positive88% of 85 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 58.2%, Strategy 31.2%, 2D 7.7%, Singleplayer 2.9%
- #53 Underworld Overseer
69% matchVery Positive91% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Myron Games
Windows
Build your dungeon, command demons, set traps, and slay invading adventurers with powerful spells.
Why similar: RTS 34.7%, Tower Defense 34%, Strategy 17.8%, Management 9.3%, Simulation 2.5%
- #54 Hell Deck
67% matchVery Positive87% of 231 reviews2026
Dev: OFFMOON Inc.
Windows · Mac
Collect units and build powerful synergies on a restricted grid in Hell Deck, a dark roguelike deckbuilder defense game. Construct your own bizarre, twisted ecosystem through a brutal cycle of predation and sacrifice, and defend hell from the holy swarm
Why similar: Auto Battler 62.6%, Strategy 27.1%, 2D 8.3%, Singleplayer 2%
- #55 Dear Magical Girls
66% matchVery Positive97% of 293 reviews2026
Dev: GIGABlock StudioPub: Jungle Game Lab
Windows
Dear Magical Girls is a story-driven defense game about an overworked magical girl protecting the Mana Stone that keeps the city running. Move the vertices to reshape your magical field. Unlock modules and enchants, and build your own strategy to survive against waves of monsters.
Why similar: RTS 34.3%, Tower Defense 30.6%, Strategy 26.8%, 2D 4.6%, Resource Management 3.4%
- #56 Automata Empire
72% 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 42.3%, Tower Defense 38.3%, Management 14.2%, Simulation 5.3%
- #57 Refence
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 144 reviews2025
Dev: Muurou Tech
Windows · Mac · Linux
Refence is a roguelite based idle defense game, where you can choose heroes and their traits, upgrade your castle, and manage resources to fend off enemies from the Demon Realm who are trying to attack your castle.
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.6%, Strategy 25.8%, Management 16.1%, 2D 8.1%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #58 Worshippers of Cthulhu
65% matchVery Positive81% of 1,552 reviews2025
Dev: Crazy Goat GamesPub: Crytivo
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 6.7 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 51.2%, Strategy 23.4%, Management 17.2%, Simulation 6.1%, Singleplayer 2%