- #1 CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense
97% matchVery Positive91% of 347 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 49.1%, RTS 35.4%, Strategy 14.8%, Indie 0.7%
- #2 Kreeps
96% 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 50.4%, Roguelike 22.3%, Strategy 19.5%, 2D 5.9%, Singleplayer 1.8%
- #3 Afternoon Frontline
96% matchPositive93% of 15 reviews2026
Dev: RenkaPub: Renka M 02.1
Windows
Afternoon Frontline is a free tower defense game with light roguelite elements. Make random choices, strengthen your characters, refine your team, and put together builds suited to each situation as you hold the line against incoming waves.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.8%, RTS 26.1%, Roguelike 13.2%, Strategy 11.9%, 2D 3.5%
- #4 Asteroid Onslaught: Command. Defend. Survive.
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Crazy Retro Games
Windows
Wave defense with an RTS command layer. Your drones fight on their own until you take the controls. Mine the wreckage, draft upgrades between waves, and hold the line against an onslaught of asteroids.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.7%, RTS 13.5%, Strategy 13.2%, Roguelike 10.2%, Space 8.1%
- #5 Zero Bugs Given
94% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: BrokenKnee
Windows
Zero Bugs Given is a tower defense / roguelike game designed with the ambition of making every run different from the others. Every wave, a pair of bonus and malus will force you to adapt in the best way you can. Build your defense and try survive as long as you can!
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.1%, RTS 23.7%, Strategy 17.6%, Roguelike 17.1%, 2D 3.6%
- #6 コモラ・リアルワールドエスケープ
94% matchMostly Positive79% of 19 reviews2020
Dev: うさうさらびっと
Windows
Vtuber「オシャレになりたい!ピーナッツくん」のキャラクター達が繰り広げる ACTRTSゲーム
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.9%, RTS 27.4%, Strategy 19%, Roguelike 15.2%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #7 Waveguard
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: DLD Games
Windows · Linux
A roguelike tower defense where every run reshapes your strategy. Build your team of towers, combine more than 80 artifacts, and explore a pixel-art world while taking on ever tougher challenges and bosses.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.5%, RTS 23.2%, Roguelike 17.6%, Strategy 15%, 2D 3.3%
- #8 Infinite Evo TD
92% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2026
Dev: Starchase Games
Windows
A tower defense game where mechanics evolve through your choices. Strengthen classic tower defense, blend in other game genres, or abandon tower defense entirely. Each level unlocks a fresh ruleset, making one purchase feel like many games in one.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.3%, RTS 25.5%, Roguelike 15.9%, Strategy 12.4%, Space 4.9%
- #9 Von Neumann Project
91% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: TimesIllusionGames
Windows
Von Neumann Project is a space based RTS where you build, mine, and expand across the universe in an attempt to find your creator's equals. Play across 4 different sectors with 28 handcrafted missions, with each sector introducing unique enemies, buildings, and missions.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.6%, RTS 29.6%, Strategy 16%, 2D 5.3%, Space 5.2%
- #10 Orbit Armada
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Viktor Borg Grelsson
Windows
Defend Earth from the dangers of space in Orbit Armada! Orbit Armada is a tower defense / roguelite where every run is different. Pick and manage your units wisely, you've only got one Earth!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.1%, RTS 26.3%, Roguelike 16.3%, Strategy 13.2%, Space 4.5%
- #11 Infested Planet
90% matchVery Positive94% of 3,048 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 41.8%, RTS 30%, Strategy 20.1%, Indie 3.1%, Singleplayer 2.8%
- #12 DeHexTD
89% 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 50.3%, RTS 27.4%, Strategy 20.4%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #13 BALL MACHINE
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: driftalltime
Windows
BALL MACHINE is real-time strategy driven by pinball. Launch creature marbles, gather red, green, and blue paint energy, and buy units, cartridges, upgrades, structures, and tactical tools. Command the battlefield against the standard AI or asynchronous builds formed from your own past decisions.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33%, RTS 28.5%, Roguelike 16.7%, Strategy 16.6%, 2D 3.9%
- #14 Final Resistance 2
88% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2025
Dev: Fuzzy Bear Studios
Windows · Mac
"Final Resistance 2" is a Roguelike tower defense game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 50%, Roguelike 23.5%, Strategy 18.6%, 2D 3.7%, Singleplayer 2.1%
- #15 JKRobots
87% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: JKRobots
Windows
Take on thousands of robots in a massive, 25-hour macro-focused RTS campaign. Reclaim territory, harvest resources, and upgrade your army to crush the machine stronghold. But beware: the harder you push, the harder they push back.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.5%, RTS 37.1%, Strategy 21%, Singleplayer 3.4%
- #16 Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
86% 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 66.5%, RTS 16.4%, Strategy 12.7%, Indie 1.9%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #17 Oil Rush
86% matchMixed59% of 548 reviews2012
Dev: UNIGINE
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 24 minMean: 3.4 hrs≥1hr: 33%
Oil Rush is a naval strategy game that takes place in a world where nuclear war has melted the ice caps, changing the face of the planet forever. Oil Rush offers unique gameplay, avoiding micromanagement of every single unit, while still providing full control over all important aspects of strategy and economy.
Why similar: RTS 34.5%, Tower Defense 31%, Strategy 28.9%, Indie 5.6%
- #18 Overheat
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Meboxen Studio
Windows
Overheat is a factory-rouge-like game. Build factory pipelines and defenses, with a variety of unique plugins, carefully deploy buildings to avoid overheating and face a series of enemy attacks!
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.5%, Strategy 23.4%, Roguelike 22.2%, 2D 6.3%, Indie 2%
- #19 Space Run Galaxy
84% matchMixed64% of 1,035 reviews2016
Dev: Passtech GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Space Run Galaxy is the sequel to Space Run, the game from one-man studio Passtech, which seduced hundreds of thousands of players with its dynamic and original gameplay. By twisting the tower-defense game style, Space Run offered an addictive real-time spaceship construction strategy experience.
Why similar: Tower Defense 58.6%, Strategy 25.1%, Space 11.3%, Indie 5.1%
- #20 Anomaly 2
84% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,071 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 49.8%, Strategy 27.7%, RTS 15.5%, Indie 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #21 Stonehold
82% matchMixed69% of 29 reviews2025
Dev: Alvaro Sanchez Pellicer
Windows
Stonehold is a 2D rogue-lite tower defense. Survive waves of enemies, upgrade your power in real time, and grow stronger after every run.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.6%, RTS 26.5%, Strategy 19.3%, Roguelike 13.4%, 2D 3.4%
- #22 Service Equals Survival
83% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Leave No Trace Studios
Windows
Service Equals Survival is an incremental real-time strategy and tower defence game, where you are a commander tasked with eliminating as many bugs as possible. Featuring limb-damage on bugs, turrets, airstrikes, and barbed wire.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.6%, RTS 29.4%, Roguelike 15.5%, Strategy 11.8%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #23 Bluevolution
82% match4 user reviews100% of 4 reviews2020
Dev: Johan Bägerfeldt
Windows
An incredible asteroid assault is about to begin! Take command of the planet's defenses and prevent extinction in this planetary Tower Defense game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.3%, Strategy 33.7%, Space 12.4%, 2D 6.3%, Indie 3.3%
- #24 Defense Of Village
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Tangha Games
Windows · Mac
This is a roguelike tower defense game focused on builds and decision-making. In every run, map layouts, enemy compositions, shop offerings, and rune rules are procedurally altered. There are no fixed solutions you can rely on—only choices made under constantly changing conditions.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.7%, RTS 29.6%, Strategy 23.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #25 保卫实验室 (Defend the Lab)
80% 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 36.7%, RTS 21.7%, Strategy 20.6%, Roguelike 16.4%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #26 Rogue Door Defense
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 22 reviews2022
Dev: brimselGames
Windows
Rogue Door Defense is a tower defense mazing game with rogue-lite elements. Choose a door, defeat the enemies behind it and claim your unique reward. Build and upgrade different towers. Design your own maze to defend your lives against the attacking waves of monsters and powerful bosses.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.1%, RTS 27.9%, Strategy 17.8%, Roguelike 16.4%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #27 The Beast King Plan
79% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2025
Dev: ShanHai Games
Windows
前世死于兽潮,今生逆转乾坤!《末世重生:兽皇计划》是一款高自由度的轻塔防+肉鸽策略游戏,你将扮演一名重生的基因科学家,培育出传说中的山海经异兽,突破基因限制,为异兽注入超凡力量,对抗即将席卷世界的狂暴兽潮!
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.9%, RTS 26%, Roguelike 16.2%, Strategy 15.8%, Indie 1.4%
- #28 Mushroom Wars 2
79% matchMixed62% of 977 reviews2017
Dev: Zillion WhalesPub: Azur Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
In Mushroom Wars 2, enemy tribes of feisty mushroom creatures face off in short but fierce RTS battles. Step into the shoes of a fearless Mushroom Commander, choose a hero to lead your army, and take control of the battlefield in a variety of multiplayer modes or challenging story campaign.
Why similar: RTS 36.7%, Tower Defense 34.8%, Strategy 22%, 2D 3.4%, Indie 3.2%
- #29 Modo Defence
78% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: PASTEL
Windows
Modo Defense is a strategy tower defense game. Spin yut, similar to dice, to obtain various resources and summon or strengthen towers. You can customize your tower however you like. Specialize in multi-attack or strong one-by-one! And we have to stop the demons coming in. How far can you stop it?
Why similar: Tower Defense 62.5%, Strategy 24.9%, 2D 9%, Singleplayer 3.6%
- #30 Kingdoms vs Zombies
76% matchVery Positive85% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
Kingdoms vs Zombies is a blend of strategy, tower defense, and roguelike gameplay, where you must defend your kingdom against endless hordes of the undead.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.1%, Strategy 20.9%, RTS 16.6%, Roguelike 14.4%, 2D 5%
- #31 TIDEBREAK: Salt and Bone
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Twinflight Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A horde defense roguelite where thirty thousand enemies flood at once. Build towers, place guns, survive endless waves. The pressure never stops and keeps escalating. Every run is different, every decision matters. How long can you last?
Why similar: Tower Defense 62.3%, Strategy 26.4%, 2D 7.4%, Singleplayer 3.9%
- #32 Anomaly: Warzone Earth
77% matchVery Positive87% of 4,693 reviews2011
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!
Why similar: Tower Defense 49%, Strategy 30.2%, RTS 13.7%, Indie 4.7%, Singleplayer 2.4%
- #33 Cornered
77% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Oddment Labs
Windows · Mac · Linux
Cornered is a stationary survival rogue-like with tower-defence DNA. Hold the centre, customise your aura, buy skills, and stack passives. After every boss, choose an enemy enhancement that makes future waves harder, then push past the Final Boss into Endless Mode.
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.6%, Roguelike 23%, Strategy 19%, 2D 6.1%, Indie 1.8%
- #34 Slorbis: Tower Defense
76% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: Caravela Games
Windows · Linux
Immerse yourself in the cozy, minimalist world of Slorbis: Tower Defense. Build towers with unique roles, buy modifiers of varying rarities, collect money, and face the unpredictability of procedurally generated maps as you defend the king from dark spirits.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.4%, Roguelike 20.3%, RTS 18.2%, Strategy 13.5%, 2D 2.4%
- #35 The Incredible Baron
75% matchPositive89% of 44 reviews2016
Dev: FlatRedBallPub: Black Shell Media
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 3.3 hrs≥1hr: 94%
The Incredible Baron combines real-time strategy gameplay with over 45 collectible animal species in a tale of exploration, science, and betrayal.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.8%, RTS 29.2%, Strategy 24%, Indie 6.9%
- #36 Warstone TD
74% matchVery Positive82% of 3,892 reviews2018
Dev: Battlecruiser Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 8.4 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 63.5%, Strategy 18.5%, RTS 13.8%, Indie 4.2%
- #37 Defense Zone
75% matchVery Positive82% of 85 reviews2014
Dev: Artem Kotov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stunning detail of levels, in-depth gameplay, finely tuned balance of all levels and turrets. During the game you will hold your defense with your turrets against the massive hordes of enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 70.2%, Strategy 24%, Indie 5.8%
- #38 War in a Box: Paper Tanks
74% matchMostly Positive71% of 209 reviews2014
Dev: DQ Team
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 42 minMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 44%
Build your towers of paper before they get out of the box and make a big mess in the room. Manage the turrets, upgrade and be careful where you put them... every decision can be fatal! Watch out for the air units, they have a different route!
Why similar: Tower Defense 71.7%, Strategy 22.7%, Indie 5.6%
- #39 CreateDun
72% match9 user reviews89% of 9 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 49.4%, Roguelike 21.9%, Strategy 20.1%, 2D 5.7%, Indie 1.7%
- #40 Dungeon Warfare 2
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,160 reviews2018
Dev: Valsar
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 15.1 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with the deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wannabe heroes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 59.4%, Strategy 29.6%, Indie 7.1%, 2D 3.8%
- #41 Revenge of the Titans
73% matchVery Positive82% of 1,258 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 68.3%, Strategy 15.9%, RTS 7.5%, Indie 3.8%, 2D 2.8%
- #42 Random Fantasy Defense
72% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: T.K Game Team
Windows
A Tower Defense with Roguelike factor where divine blessings are unpredictable. Build your army, adapt to random fortunes, and defend Mystologia from an encroaching darkness.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.5%, Roguelike 24.5%, Strategy 23.5%, 2D 6.3%, Indie 2.2%
- #43 Super Animals TD
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Delta Crow
Windows
A cozy take on the tower defense genre! Maze your enemies by placing animals to act as your towers. Roguelike upgrades and progression!
Why similar: Tower Defense 52.9%, Roguelike 24.9%, Strategy 20.7%, Singleplayer 1.6%
- #44 Defense Zone 2
71% matchVery Positive85% of 164 reviews2014
Dev: Artem Kotov
Windows · Mac · Linux
Stunning detail of levels, in-depth gameplay, finely tuned balance of all levels and turrets. The new, engaging levels are even more stunning and impressive.
Why similar: Tower Defense 74.6%, Strategy 20.4%, Indie 4.9%
- #45 Project Myriad 2
71% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2022
Dev: RoninGameDevPub: Jumpmen Gaming LLC
Windows
Project Myriad 2 is a tower defense strategy game. Build towers on a grid of hexagons floating in space. 35 levels with unique tiles and mechanics each providing a unique challenge. 3 difficulty levels including extreme mode which has never ending waves of enemies. Strive for your new high score!
Why similar: Tower Defense 48.3%, RTS 20.6%, Strategy 18.1%, 2D 5.8%, Space 4.6%
- #46 GoblinAttack / 进击的哥布林
70% matchPositive93% of 44 reviews2020
Dev: leeve_weky
Windows
Goblin of galantis has been lurking for ten thousand years. In preparation for their revenge, the last hope of the alliance between human beings and elves has been broken, and the mainland will encounter another crisis.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.9%, Strategy 26.9%, RTS 25.8%, Indie 7.4%
- #47 iBomber Defense
71% matchMostly Positive73% of 248 reviews2011
Dev: Cobra Mobile
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 54%
iBomber Defense combines classic tower defense gameplay with intense action and strategy. Keep enemies at bay all over the world using a variety of weapons and tactics, from rattling Machine guns, explosive cannons and awesome anti-aircraft artillery!
Why similar: Tower Defense 72%, Strategy 22.8%, Indie 5.2%
- #48 Twinkle☆Guardians
69% matchPositive96% of 26 reviews2024
Dev: Chiham
Windows
A tower defense game about about 10 guardians who protect crystals.Anyway, It's Simple!But it's a bit challenging!Defend the crystal from a large number of demons and become a legendary guardian!
Why similar: Tower Defense 62.3%, Strategy 24.6%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 3%, Indie 2.7%
- #49 Space Run
70% matchVery Positive85% of 2,151 reviews2014
Dev: Passtech GamesPub: Focus Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 7.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Space Run is a «real-time spaceship construction strategy game». Space Run takes the well-known Tower Defense-style gameplay and twists it, challenging you to manage and protect a spaceship and its cargo against the hazards of deep space!
Why similar: Tower Defense 65.7%, Strategy 16%, Space 14.5%, Indie 2.8%, Singleplayer 1%
- #50 STELLAR BASTION
68% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Toro Studio
Windows
A sci-fi space station defense auto-shooter where you repel enemy fleets with missiles, mass drivers, phase weapons, and railguns. Upgrade your arsenal, adapt your build, and hold the line against overwhelming odds.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.4%, Strategy 21.9%, Roguelike 21.3%, Space 6.8%, 2D 4.5%
- #51 Harvest: Massive Encounter
70% matchMostly Positive79% of 164 reviews2009
Dev: Oxeye Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Harvest: Massive Encounter is an award-winning real-time strategy game with battles of epic proportions and a unique style of resource management and exploration. Build power plants, mineral harvesters and defense towers and make sure they have sufficient energy to fend off endless hordes of evil aliens.
Why similar: Tower Defense 67.4%, Strategy 24.5%, Indie 6.2%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #52 Cubemen
69% matchMostly Positive71% of 512 reviews2012
Dev: 3 SprocketsPub: 3 Sprockets
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 36 minMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 35%
Just Updated! Version 1.1 now has 6 New online Mayhem levels, Character Customization, 35 Defense levels, 25 Skirmish levels, and more!
Why similar: Tower Defense 70.6%, Strategy 21.9%, Indie 5.8%, Singleplayer 1.7%
- #53 SPUM TD
68% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: SonRaim Studio
Windows
'SPUM TD' is a 2D strategy game that combines Auto-Chess and Tower Defense. Hire units from a randomized shop and match attribute and class synergies to build a powerful formation. Fend off pouring waves of enemies and complete your ultimate deck!
Why similar: Tower Defense 38%, RTS 33.1%, Strategy 21.4%, 2D 4.3%, Indie 1.8%
- #54 Layered Loop层叠环道
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Zack
Windows
Draft modules, stack your defenses, and keep firepower supplied as heroes travel the loop. Every new layer changes your build.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.3%, RTS 28.8%, Roguelike 18.4%, Strategy 9.7%, 2D 4.9%
- #55 Crumbled World
69% match8 user reviews50% of 8 reviews2016
Dev: Clone Corps
Windows · Linux
Crumbled World is a tower defense game where you're tasked to create a maze of defensive structures with the purpose to defend the world crystal. The world crystal is what keeps the world from further collapsing into darkness and without it no hope exists.
Why similar: Tower Defense 63.8%, Strategy 28.4%, Indie 7.8%
- #56 Dead TD
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: Aaron Mault
Windows
Dead TD is a tower defense game that was inspired by the old school original maps from WC3. It features a wide range of towers that upgrade into more powerful types and features a range of different abilities that can be used to create the ultimate defense.
Why similar: Tower Defense 62.7%, Strategy 25.8%, 2D 8.3%, Singleplayer 3.1%
- #57 Gold is Life
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nam Rood
Windows · Mac
A lightweight roguelite roulette strategy game where gold is both your weapon and your lifeline. Bet on symbols, build your economy, upgrade your wheel, and survive debt, collectors, and the final boss without losing everything.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33%, Roguelike 24.9%, RTS 19.6%, Strategy 17.6%, 2D 2.6%
- #58 GemCraft - Chasing Shadows
66% matchVery Positive95% of 4,414 reviews2015
Dev: Game in a BottlePub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Median: 4.6 hrsMean: 19.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
An epic, challenging tower defense game with an emphasis on strategy and replayability. Summon gems of immense magical potency and harness their unique abilities against a seemingly endless horde of monsters. The archdemon seeks to swallow the world, and you must journey to stand against her.
Why similar: Tower Defense 77.8%, Strategy 15.7%, Indie 2.7%, Singleplayer 2.2%, 2D 1.6%
- #59 Defense Line of Crystal
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ajiu
Windows
Tower defense game with unprecedented freedom: move towers at will, access a vast array of cards, build decks freely, and even synthesize and upgrade them.
Why similar: Tower Defense 54.3%, Roguelike 23.3%, Strategy 15.6%, 2D 3.5%, Singleplayer 3.2%
- #60 Critterking
65% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2025
Dev: SpiralKing
Windows
A roguelike where you build the colony you defend. Select and place cards to construct an army and a colony that supports them to beat back the ever-threating invaders!
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.6%, RTS 27.3%, Roguelike 19.5%, Strategy 17.6%, 2D 3.4%