- #1 Atlanta TD
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GarnetPub: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac
Atlanta TD is a roguelite tower defense game where the armies of the underworld descend onto the Four Spectacular Realms in waves as it falls unto the remaining Gods to protect the city of Atlanta!
Why similar: Tower Defense 31%, Strategy 15.5%, Roguelite 14.4%, Mythology 8.6%, Roguelike 8.2%
- #2 Defense of the Dauntless
96% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: THREESIDED POLYGON
Windows · Mac
Fend off endless hordes of enemies in this roguelite tower defense. Build your own path to maximize carnage. Unleash devastating hero abilities to turn the tide of battle. Upgrade your arsenal with dozens of new towers and heroes to keep your castle from oblivion. Survive and become dauntless.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.2%, Strategy 18.3%, Roguelite 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 8.3%, Roguelike 7.8%
- #3 CreateDun
95% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: obscure
Windows
Your Dungeon, Built by You [CreateDun]A new kind of roguelike tower defense where you reshape routes with walls.Place allies, collect relics, and complete your build.From path design to combat, the dungeon you create becomes your strategy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.3%, Strategy 18.4%, Roguelite 15.3%, Roguelike 12.2%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #4 Twisted Tower Tactics
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Sämst
Windows
You have awoken from your century long slumber only to find out your domain has been occupied by invading forces. Drive these invaders out and reclaim what is rightfully yours in this roguelike tower defense game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.7%, Strategy 21.8%, Roguelite 15.8%, Roguelike 13.8%, PvE 5.2%
- #5 保卫实验室 (Defend the Lab)
94% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2026
Dev: 围巾
Windows
A tower defense game supporting up to 4 players online, with various equipment to boost your power.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.2%, Co-op 20.5%, Strategy 20.1%, Roguelite 10.3%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #6 Dark Fantasy Tower Defense
93% matchPositive94% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: CinderVision
Windows
A-MAZE-ING Tower Defense! Play online co-op with up to 4 friends, unlock and synergize powerful artifacts, and build and upgrade the deadliest maze in this roguelite twist on tower defense.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.5%, Roguelite 14.3%, Strategy 13.7%, Online Co-Op 10.7%, Co-op 10.5%
- #7 Stream Defense
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Archon the Wizard
Windows
This is a class-based tower defense game which challenges you and your Twitch viewers to work together. In Stream Defense, your viewers can play alongside you by typing commands into chat. Each viewer has full control over their character. Your viewers can even continue playing while you sleep!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.9%, Co-op Campaign 17.5% ★, Roguelite 13.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Co-op 8.7%
- #8 Orcs Must Die! 3
91% matchVery Positive86% of 14,754 reviews2021
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Slice, burn, toss, zap, grind and gib massive hordes of repugnant orcs in this long-awaited successor to the award-winning Orcs Must Die! series.
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.7%, Co-op 20.6%, Strategy 9.9%, Co-op Campaign 9.6% ★, PvE 6.8%
- #9 Skully Seas
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Keyes Bros. Inc.
Windows
A pirate-themed tower defense roguelite where players build their crew to take on the Skully Seas, liberating islands, finding helpful treasures, and encountering new pirates to add to the adventure along the way!
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.7%, Co-op 17.1%, Roguelite 17%, Roguelike 10.2%, PvE 8.5%
- #10 Champi
90% matchPositive93% of 28 reviews2025
Dev: Lucas François
Windows
Prepare to defend your village in Champi, a captivating Tower-Defense where your mission is to repel a invasion of mutated mushrooms.
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.8%, Strategy 25.7%, Roguelite 18.1%, PvE 7.7%, Fantasy 4.2%
- #11 Sample Required
89% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unassailable Games
Windows
Embark on a journey through space and defend your ship with turrets while you explore planets for upgrades, items, and samples! Defeat, while not ideal, is not the end as there's always another set of dispatch drones to try again with.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.4%, Strategy 21.8%, Roguelite 16.3%, Roguelike 14.1%, PvE 5.6%
- #12 Ancient TD
89% matchMixed67% of 18 reviews2025
Dev: Ancient TD
Windows · Linux
Ancient TD is a co-op tower defense game inspired by ancient mythology. Build powerful towers, command unique peasants, collect runes, and face mythic foes. Obtain powerful artifacts from challenges and survive with up to 4 players.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.7%, Mythology 21.1%, Co-op 16.4%, Strategy 15.6%, Multiplayer 4.4%
- #13 Mystic Resistance
88% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Hurricane Games
Windows
Fend against goblins and kobolds in this challenging rogue-like tower defense game! Adjust your strategy every run to save your village from an evil warlock.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.1%, Strategy 18.5%, Roguelike 16%, Roguelite 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%
- #14 Tessellar
87% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nightware Games
Windows
A grid-based Roguelike Tower Defense where the board fights back. Survive the swarm, expand the terrain, and draft powerful rewards. Build the perfect defense, but beware: the grid flips, forcing you to fight on two fronts. Will you master the twist or be consumed by the abyss?
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.3%, Strategy 20.8%, Roguelite 17.9%, Isometric 8.7%, Magic 5%
- #15 Guardian: Defense to Others
86% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: Overhaul
Windows
It's a single-tower defense game that subjugates monsters and clears rounds.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25%, Roguelite 18.6%, Strategy 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 11.6%, Isometric 10%
- #16 Dinner Defenders
86% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reima Project
Windows
Protect your campfire cooking in Dinner Defenders, a roguelike tower defense game. Summon units and utilize combination of their skills and synergies to fend off the hungry goblins and orcs. Survive, and finally have your well-deserved meal in the middle of forest!
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.3%, Strategy 21.4%, Roguelite 15.1%, Roguelike 13.1%, Pixel Graphics 5.9%
- #17 Healthy Hero - Tower Defense
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yakutsk Games
Windows · Linux
Healthy Hero is a Tower Defense game with roguelike elements, where the player protects a hero from attacking junk food. You need to build and upgrade defensive towers to stop the enemies. The levels become increasingly challenging with new types of junk food and waves
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.5%, Strategy 14%, Roguelike 13.8%, Co-op 10.1%, Roguelite 6.9%
- #18 UNILOGUE
84% matchPositive90% of 20 reviews2022
Dev: Dolphin Star
Windows
Adventure with your unique friends and defeat powerful enemies! UNILOGUE is a new tower defense game with elements of a build-your-own roguelike. Form the best party you can think of and set out on a rugged adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.1%, Roguelite 18.7%, Strategy 17.2%, Roguelike 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 4.4%
- #19 Portal Sentinels
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Astrow Games
Windows · Linux
Portal Sentinels is a pixel-art, grid-based tower defense blending labyrinthine strategy and rich tower evolution. Play solo or with friends to thin out the army of the void before the horde reaches its destination.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36%, Strategy 20.7%, PvE 10.5%, Co-op 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 7%
- #20 WilderDash
82% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Wise & Wild Games
Windows · Linux
A tower defense action-roguelike with online co-op and single-player. Gather resources, build towers, upgrade your auto-attacks, and fend off waves of monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.9%, Co-op 14.4%, Strategy 11.2%, Roguelike 10.9%, Online Co-Op 10.1%
- #21 Bloons TD 5
82% matchVery Positive95% of 11,861 reviews2014
Dev: Ninja Kiwi
Windows · Mac
Median: 11.4 hrsMean: 38.6 hrs≥1hr: 86%
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 55.6%, Co-op 17.9%, Strategy 16%, Online Co-Op 5.3%, Multiplayer 3.8%
- #22 Porta-Tower
81% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Novadisc Games Inc.
Windows
Porta-Tower is a roguelike tower defense game where you can pick up and move your towers. Relocate and upgrade your towers to defend your portal until the end.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.2%, Roguelite 19.1%, Strategy 17%, Roguelike 13.1%, Magic 4%
- #23 Archipelago
81% matchMostly Positive76% of 38 reviews2022
Dev: Isaac Lee
Windows
Archipelago is a roguelike tower defense game about defending randomly generated islands. Setup your defenses, manage your income, and find powerful charms to repel the enemy. Archipelago introduces tension and strategy to the tower defense genre.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.4%, Roguelite 21.7%, Strategy 13.9%, 2.5D 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 5.2%
- #24 Koshari Defense
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Techno Mensa Studio
Windows · Mac
Mysterious creatures are attacking the empire! The pharaoh needs you to build a defense to defeat them. You must channel the divine power to retake your temples and build towers.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32%, Mythology 18.8%, Strategy 11.4%, 2.5D 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8.2%
- #25 Tower Command
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: RILE Games
Windows
Strategic tower defense where you need to maximize your bonuses. Create your build, upgrade towers, link them, equip items to create ridiculous combos. Placement is key in this game, you decide the path enemies take to their goal. Explore all maps and unlock towers, commanders, traits and items.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.9%, Roguelite 16%, Strategy 15.2%, Roguelike 14.2%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #26 星河防线
79% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2024
Dev: 只要我够怂就不会狗带
Windows
This is a 3D PVE Tower Defense rouge game that supports teams of up to 4 people. You and your teammates can choose the right trap turret according to their own division of labor to deal with different scenarios, so as to resist the wave of insects.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.7%, Strategy 21.5%, Roguelite 16.9%, Co-op Campaign 8.6% ★, Co-op 8.1%
- #27 Warstone TD
78% matchVery Positive82% of 3,879 reviews2018
Dev: Battlecruiser Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 56%, Strategy 19.4%, Co-op 14.8%, Fantasy 4.6%, Multiplayer 3.4%
- #28 Kreeps
77% matchMostly Positive78% of 18 reviews2023
Dev: WaterDemon
Windows
Kreeps is a tower defense game where you choose how your towers and the enemies scale as the game progresses. Use any combination of 7 different types of towers and weapons to defend against the growing Kreep horde.
Why similar: Tower Defense 50.2%, Strategy 23.1%, Roguelike 16.1%, Pixel Graphics 9.1%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #29 Checkmate Defence
76% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Checkmate Defence
Windows
“Checkmate Defence” is a strategic auto-battle tower defence game. Summon and merge units from ★1 to ★6 to stop incoming enemy waves. Every decision you make during battle—merging, selling, placing, and upgrading—becomes a decisive move that can turn the tide of the battlefield.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.9%, Roguelite 20.3%, Roguelike 13%, PvE 11.2%, Strategy 6.7%
- #30 Neon Grid Defenders
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: NikIndieDev
Windows
Neon Grid Defenders is a sci-fi roguelite tower defense game featuring a free and unique upgrade system, decision based path generation and a strong but static difficulty curve. Build your path, place your towers, hook them up with upgrades and melt your enemies!
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.4%, Roguelite 21.4%, Strategy 11.9%, PvE 11.7%, Isometric 10.3%
- #31 Zenatria
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KC Embers
Windows
It's time to answer the call, go into battle against the forces of Yurmim to defend the town from the onslaught of enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.8%, Strategy 21.7%, PvE 12.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%, Magic 5.1%
- #32 Nonsense Defense
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sumoa Slush LLC
Windows
Roguelite tower defense with moveable chaos. Build towers and troops, drag them mid battle, dash through danger, and defend your crystal solo or with up to three friends in online co op.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.7%, Co-op 17.5%, Strategy 11.6%, Online Co-Op 11.3%, Roguelike 9%
- #33 Beaver TD
74% match7 user reviews100% of 7 reviews2025
Dev: ptgame
Windows
A tower defense game with roguelite elements, where you build wooden rafts, summon beaver warriors, and strategically control enemy paths to lead them into traps. Gather resources, upgrade your base, unlock powerful skills, and adapt to chaotic enemy waves to survive as long as possible!
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.9%, Strategy 21.2%, Roguelite 20.5%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #34 Orcs Must Die! 2
75% matchVery Positive92% of 19,547 reviews2012
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 91%
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 52.7%, Co-op 21.3%, Strategy 10.6%, Online Co-Op 7.6%, Multiplayer 3%
- #35 Rogue Tower
73% matchVery Positive83% of 5,872 reviews2022
Dev: Die of Death Games
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.
Why similar: Tower Defense 51.2%, Strategy 15.3%, Roguelike 14.3%, Roguelite 9.9%, Isometric 3.7%
- #36 Portal Defense
73% matchPositive82% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: Stealthy Wolves Studios LLC
Windows
Our game is a basic tower defense game where monsters are coming in through a portal are trying to destroy your tower! The only way to stop them is to send out your units, level up your tower and try to outwit them!
Why similar: Tower Defense 50.9%, Strategy 25%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%, Magic 5.4%, Fantasy 5%
- #37 Crimson Creed
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Script Smelter Studios
Windows
Crimson Creed is a tower defense and action roguelike hybrid where you fight directly on the battlefield while building strategic defenses. Defend every lane, build strategic towers, combine powerful skills, and survive escalating waves - solo or local co-op. Kill. Collapse. Learn. Return stronger.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36%, Roguelike 12.4%, Strategy 12.1%, PvE 10.5%, Co-op 8.9%
- #38 Portal of Defense
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 万界门
Windows
Portal of Defense is a strategy Roguelike tower defense game. The game can complete all operations by simply dragging and dropping with the mouse. Explore the portal and obtain powerful items to become stronger and resist the tide of enemy attacks.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.2%, Strategy 22%, Roguelite 17%, Roguelike 13.6%, Magic 4.8%
- #39 Plumpy Uprising
72% matchPositive92% of 12 reviews2023
Dev: Mr. Baby Games
Windows
Plumpy Uprising is a roguelite tower defense game featuring unique elders, random upgrade choices and a constantly shifting map. The difficulty increases every time you beat the game!
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.6%, Roguelite 24.4%, Strategy 19.8%, Roguelike 14%, Singleplayer 1.1%
- #40 The Runics
71% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: Alexa Gaming
Windows
The Runics is a tower defense game with auto chess, Rougelite and incremental flavors. Deploy "Runics" as defenders, best infinite enemies, gathering resources to upgrade your base and gigantic technology tree.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.6%, Strategy 27.5%, Roguelite 21.2%, Fantasy 6.1%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #41 Dreadful Defenders
71% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Erelag Studio
Windows
Choose an ancient deity to worship and use its power to defeat the unbelievers. Find Relics with eldritch abilities. Summon dreadful Defenders with unique traits, control the path by placing them, and combine their Benedictions to create otherworldly synergies!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.9%, Strategy 22.1%, Roguelite 18.7%, Roguelike 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #42 Aetherbound TD
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Peepod Inc.
Windows
Aetherbound TD is a run-based tower defense roguelike where every choice matters. Draft powerful towers and upgrades, adapt to escalating enemy threats, and hold the line before the battlefield crumbles beneath you!
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.4%, Roguelite 17.5%, Roguelike 13.6%, Strategy 13.5%, 2.5D 9.9%
- #43 Another TD
69% match3 user reviews67% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: LazyDogs
Windows
You're the Tower Marshal at the Elderglen kingdom, and you have a terrible job. Your king really likes to send letters to neighbours. Ones that make them offended enough to send armies at your castle. They're already on the way, so get back to work!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.2%, Roguelite 20%, Roguelike 12.5%, Strategy 11.5%, PvE 10.5%
- #44 Glorpotron
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Bitwise Botworks, Inc
Windows · Mac
A tower defense roguelike about robots and ooze. Play solo or local multiplayer, protect the Glorp, and defeat the creeps.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.6%, Co-op 19.2%, Roguelite 18.1%, Strategy 13.1%, Roguelike 7.5%
- #45 My Hero After the Fall
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 14 reviews2023
Dev: DAYAStudio
Windows · Mac
This is a pixel tower defense game that combines light Rogue and lawn mowing! Dozens of heroes for you to choose from, and hundreds of blessings randomly appear, forming the strongest team to protect the crystal from monsters!
Why similar: Tower Defense 39%, Strategy 23.1%, Roguelite 16%, Roguelike 13.9%, Pixel Graphics 6.4%
- #46 Tower defense for virus
69% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2024
Dev: BRDCgames
Windows
Defend your computer from incoming viruses using powerful turrets!Tower Defense for Virus is a tower defense game with rogue-lite elements. Strategically place your turrets to quickly eliminate waves of viruses and protect your system from the ever-growing threat.
Why similar: Tower Defense 45%, Strategy 17.2%, Roguelite 11.6%, PvE 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 10.9%
- #47 Tavernacle!
68% matchMixed59% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Dama Dama GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
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 31.4%, Co-op 18.2%, Co-op Campaign 13.8% ★, Strategy 10.9%, PvE 8.4%
- #48 Overbloom
67% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Silverfox Hollow
Windows
Overbloom is a real-time roguelite tower defense where you cultivate powerful plant builds, discover strange items from the past, and survive against a spreading corruption looking to consume all life on the planet!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34%, Roguelite 19.9%, Strategy 16.7%, 2.5D 9.8%, Roguelike 9.2%
- #49 PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate
69% matchVery Positive81% of 1,292 reviews2013
Dev: Double Eleven
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Tikiman the Forest Defender is in trouble. Hordes of monsters are sweeping through his realm, hoping to chow down on his offspring – and it’s up to you to defend them. By placing weapon towers at strategic points around the landscape, you can destroy the invaders and save the little ones.
Why similar: Tower Defense 66.9%, Strategy 17.9%, Co-op 8.8%, Online Co-Op 5.4%, Singleplayer 0.7%
- #50 WallFront
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: YajirushiPub: Yajirushi
Windows
Defend the final wall in this strategic blend of Tower Defense and Roguelite. Position an elite squad with unique abilities, combine powerful artifacts, and evolve with permanent meta-progression. In Wallfront, every defeat strengthens your next line of defense.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.6%, Strategy 18.2%, Roguelite 13.6%, Roguelike 12.4%, PvE 12.3%
- #51 Doodle Defense
68% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: TimesIllusionGames
Windows
Doodle: Defense is an exciting roguelite tower defense game in which you play as a mining vessel defending yourself against the planets inhabitants! Use ink to fire bullets and level up to upgrade yourself and add defenses! Extraction will take 20 minutes, good luck!
Why similar: Tower Defense 42%, Roguelite 24.8%, Roguelike 13.7%, Strategy 12.3%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #52 Kingdom of Foundry
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: KaCat Studio
Windows
Kingdom of Foundry is a pixel-style tower defense meat pigeon game. In the game, you will play as the king of a city-state, and ensure the safety and stability of the city-state by dealing with different events in each battle and recruiting different types of soldiers to repel waves of demons.
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.2%, Strategy 23.2%, Roguelite 16.6%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #53 Pharaoh's Purse
66% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2024
Dev: Glass Star Studio
Windows
An economy focused tower defense where you play as an Egyptian pharaoh seeking to reclaim his lost wealth in modern times.
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.5%, Strategy 21%, Mythology 15.7%, Pixel Graphics 8.8%, PvE 5.4%
- #54 File Tower Defence
66% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: StudioYun
Windows
Defend your desktop from invading viruses! An OS-themed strategic tower defense game where you combine various file extensions to build powerful defense towers.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.1%, Roguelite 25.7%, Strategy 22.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%, Singleplayer 1.3%