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Defend attacks from enemies from all directions within a limited time. Only by making full use of the differences in each tower and choosing appropriate random rewards can you survive.

Why similar: Tower Defense 19.6%, RTS 18.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%, Roguelite 9.5%, Building 8.7%

1931-1945,the chinese Tunnel Warfare. Customizable map WWII RTS simulation with player-designed tunnels, dynamic difficulty, and enemy AI. Base strategies and tech choices shape unique combat styles. Experience authentic WWII tactics, not fantasy.

Why similar: RTS 20.2%, Tower Defense 20%, Strategy 10.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%, Roguelite 9.1%

Geometry Defense is a fast-paced geometric shooter where every level brings a new choice. Choose from random upgrade gates, combine powerful abilities, and evolve your strategy as enemies grow stronger. Experience simple controls, endless combinations, and satisfying progression.

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.8%, RTS 18.4%, Real Time Tactics 12.3%, Roguelite 11.3%, Base Building 8.4%

Yãkoana: Dreams of Resistance is a strategy game with roguelite and tower defense elements. Defend your people’s legacy against colonizers, mastering the land and awakening ancient powers in a relentless fight for freedom.

Why similar: Tower Defense 21.1%, RTS 18.8%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 10.9%, Roguelite 10.5%

Defend the energy cores from ever increasing enemy waves by destroying their spawn gates. Build tower mazes on Hex grid. Adapt them to dynamic changes in the terrain. Face quirky bosses. Design your own levels and share them on the Steam Workshop.

Why similar: Hex Grid 29.8% ★, Tower Defense 22.7%, Building 11.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%, Top-Down 7.7%

Hextalia is a hex-based strategic Tower Defense where you get maximum control over the board. Build pillars to shape the paths of your enemies, experiment with endless build combinations, and discover different levels-each comes with its own unique challenge.

Why similar: Hex Grid 27.3% ★, Tower Defense 21.4%, Building 12.5%, Base Building 11.1%, Real Time Tactics 9.5%

A Roguelite strategy tower defense game. Different towers, events, and upgrades every run. Manage resources, fight alongside your towers, and defend the Dimension Core.

Why similar: Tower Defense 17.5%, RTS 16.1%, Hex Grid 13.7% ★, Top-Down Shooter 11.4%, Real Time Tactics 10.4%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 22.9%, RTS 21.1%, Real Time Tactics 12%, Building 11.7%, Base Building 10.1%

Grow out your defenses and defend against waves of invasive enemies. Manage resources, explore further out into the wilds, and strengthen your grove. Wild Growth TD combines tower defense with real time strategy and rogue-lite elements.

Why similar: Tower Defense 22.1%, RTS 20.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%, Building 10.9%, Roguelite 10.6%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 30%, RTS 26%, Base Building 16.7%, Building 13.8%, Strategy 7.7%

A Tower Defense with no respite, no waves, no end. Facing monsters that learn from your placements and adapt in real time to every one of your weaknesses, build and upgrade your defenses freely to create the perfect trap.

Why similar: Tower Defense 19.5%, RTS 15.9%, Base Building 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 9.9%, Building 9.2%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 25.4%, RTS 21.9%, Strategy 12.4%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, Hex Grid 10.1% ★

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.7%, RTS 23.8%, Base Building 14%, Strategy 10.9%, Real Time Tactics 7.8%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.2%, RTS 21.4%, Roguelite 14.3%, Base Building 13.8%, Strategy 9.3%

Dawn of Defense blends RTS, Tower Defense, and Roguelite progression. In a last defense, lead your tribe against the Empire: Command warriors in battle, fortify defenses, and build an economy as you fight to reclaim your ancestral homeland.

Why similar: Tower Defense 19.9%, RTS 18.1%, Hex Grid 14.7% ★, Base Building 13%, Roguelite 10.3%

An atmospheric tower-defence strategy game about holding back an oozing toxic Tide. A distant mining colony has awakened a living flood that seeps from breaches in the ground. Dig for resources, raise defensive terrain, and burn your way to seal the breaches. Can you survive the Biletide?

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.6%, RTS 19.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Real Time Tactics 10.9%, Building 10.3%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 35.1%, Base Building 14.9%, RTS 13.6%, Strategy 9.7%, Real Time Tactics 6.5%

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 30.9%, RTS 25.7%, Base Building 12.6%, Strategy 11.7%, Top-Down 7.9%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.6%, RTS 20.2%, Real Time Tactics 13.9%, Strategy 9.8%, Base Building 9.6%

Defend the Nexus, run after run. Build under population limits, balance gold and mana, draft augments as you level, and spend gems on a permanent power-up tree in this pixel-art tower defense roguelite.

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.6%, RTS 14.5%, Base Building 11.8%, Strategy 10.2%, Real Time Tactics 8.1%

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

Why similar: RTS 25.3%, Tower Defense 24.8%, Strategy 12.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.5%, Building 8.9%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 33.4%, Building 17.5%, Base Building 17.5%, Top-Down 10.6%, Strategy 8.4%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 29.5%, Base Building 19.3%, Building 15.2%, Strategy 14.3%, Top-Down 6.6%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 38.5%, RTS 14.7%, Real Time Tactics 12.2%, Strategy 10.8%, Base Building 10.2%

Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.

Why similar: Tower Defense 21.1%, RTS 19.7%, Base Building 14.8%, War 11.8%, Real Time Tactics 10%

Multiplayer Tower Defense Game - Send out units and defend against enemy units in this Arena RTS with up to 32 players

Why similar: Hex Grid 26.4% ★, Tower Defense 21.2%, RTS 18.6%, Base Building 14.1%, Top-Down 6.7%

Heart of Machine blends top-down tower defense with light roguelite elements. Face an evolving mechanical swarm thousands strong, tailor defenses, upgrade towers with chips, and use real-time support weapons to turn the tide. Build an unbreakable line and save the core from destruction.

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.3%, Base Building 16.1%, Roguelite 14%, Building 12.2%, Strategy 10.3%

In the flooded future world, mankind has built floating islands where electricity is harnessed during the raging thunderstorms. This unstable energy is crucial for survival, but also poses the greatest risk in this Tower Defense game.

Why similar: Hex Grid 31.3% ★, Tower Defense 24.4%, RTS 11.7%, Real Time Tactics 10.8%, Strategy 8.1%

Pingdom is a Tower Defence game with endless replayability with the random terrain generation and wave system.

Why similar: Hex Grid 27.3% ★, Tower Defense 21.8%, RTS 20.1%, Building 13.5%, Base Building 11.1%

Build and upgrade towers, defend your fortress from the growing onslaught. With each wave, the challenges become more difficult, but a smart strategy and the right decisions will help you endure and prevail!

Why similar: Tower Defense 31.6%, Building 17.2%, Strategy 11.9%, Base Building 10.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.3%

The core gameplay of Cubic Defender is strategy planning and resource management, with the aim of deploying heroes and defensive towers to eliminate invading enemies.

Why similar: Tower Defense 30%, Base Building 14.6%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Roguelite 12.4%, Strategy 11.9%

| Rogue elements + Free Layout + BattleMastery + Turn-based March | What kind of different experience will it bring ? Will you be able to hold on to a tower caught in a tidal wave of enemy attacks ? May be this is the answer you're looking for.

Why similar: Tower Defense 27%, Base Building 13.3%, Building 12.7%, Roguelite 11.9%, Real Time Tactics 10.2%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 32.2%, RTS 27.2%, Building 19.5%, Top-Down 8.9%, Strategy 8.7%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.6%, RTS 20.9%, Building 15.8%, Real Time Tactics 10.7%, Strategy 7.9%

Stack. Mislead. Wipe them out. A punishing tower defense about building a fortress out of stacked blocks. Every tower is a weapon, a wall, and a piece of terrain that leads enemies astray. Let 50 through and it is over.

Why similar: Tower Defense 32.3%, Base Building 20.7%, Building 18.2%, Roguelite 16.8%, Strategy 10.9%

Rise of the Cones is a tower defense game where a relentless army of cones is marching toward your base. They will not stop. Build towers, shape them with branching upgrades, and figure out how to hold the line.

Why similar: Tower Defense 30.4%, RTS 22.1%, Base Building 18.3%, Strategy 11.2%, Building 9.7%

A single-player tower defense game across the vast Ming frontier. Serve as a garrison commander, earn military promotions and take charge of greater forces. Build your defenses and withstand massed Later Jin Eight Banner assaults in one continuous world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 28.8%, RTS 23.9%, Base Building 16.6%, Real Time Tactics 9.3%, Strategy 8.4%

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

Why similar: Tower Defense 29.5%, Base Building 17.8%, Building 17.8%, Strategy 14.7%, War 11.2%

A tower defense game.In the wave after wave of enemy attacks like a tide, constantly configure defense tower ties, player talents, props and equipment, build a powerful defense position, and eliminate the enemy before they fill the map!

Why similar: Tower Defense 28%, Building 15.8%, Base Building 15%, Roguelite 13.7%, Strategy 9.4%

Build various towers to resist the large number of monsters coming from the wormhole, by extending their walking routes.

Why similar: Tower Defense 30%, Base Building 16.6%, Building 16.3%, Real Time Tactics 15.9%, Strategy 9.5%

Link Empire is a real-time strategy game based on a hexagonal grid. In this game, you just need to link nodes to command your forces, not control every unit. Focus on your development, unit combination. Choose your attack timing and path carefully. Defeat your enemies on a truly strategic level!

Why similar: Hex Grid 27.5% ★, RTS 27.1%, Base Building 17.7%, Strategy 8.2%, Top-Down 6.6%

A hand-drawn survival tower defense on a hostile alien world. No fixed lanes — towers and ice walls reshape the swarm in real time. Command engineer Mulan on the front line, trigger spore-chain reactions, and hold a collapsing mine. The full game expands the roster, enemies, and battlefields.

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.1%, RTS 20.3%, Base Building 13.8%, Building 9.5%, Real Time Tactics 8.4%

Citadelic is a base building and defending strategy game with roguelite elements. Survive against waves of constantly evolving enemies while expanding your base and managing resources.

Why similar: Tower Defense 23.5%, RTS 17.1%, Base Building 16%, Roguelite 12.2%, Building 9.3%

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 25.3%, RTS 17.6%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 10.6%, Roguelite 9.9%

Forest TD is a top-down strategy game blending tower defense, survival, and elemental magic. Explore a vast forest, transform trees into defensive towers, and combine elemental abilities to fend off relentless waves of enemies.

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.8%, RTS 20.7%, Top-Down Shooter 11.9%, Roguelite 11.1%, Strategy 8.9%

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

Why similar: RTS 25.6%, Tower Defense 25.2%, Strategy 13.2%, Real Time Tactics 13%, War 9%

Commander is a war strategy tower defense game. You will play the role of a commander, constantly recruit soldiers to improve the defensive strength, match the appropriate lineup, and finally defeat the enemy.

Why similar: Tower Defense 36.5%, Strategy 18.9%, War 18.1%, Roguelite 16.1%, Top-Down 7.9%

Defend the clearance shelf. When the lights go out, the seasonal war begins. Lead your unsold Easter stock against waves of full-price enemies — before morning reveals the secret.

Why similar: Tower Defense 32.4%, Strategy 15.8%, Building 12.7%, Real Time Tactics 11.7%, Base Building 11.6%

Draft modules, stack your defenses, and keep firepower supplied as heroes travel the loop. Every new layer changes your build.

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.5%, RTS 24.8%, Roguelite 17%, Real Time Tactics 16%, Building 7.2%

Create your own distinctive towers, enhance only the necessary components, and experiment with them in quick battle mode. THWN enables you to craft each tower individually using runes that determine the projectile and its effects, giving you the freedom to adopt strategies that suit your play style.

Why similar: Tower Defense 22.9%, RTS 20.5%, Building 13%, Real Time Tactics 12%, Survival 7.6%

Acid Planet is a caustic blend of horde-survival, tower-defense and strategy. Build, fight and evolve to survive against rampaging swarms of monsters and fearsome Kaiju.

Why similar: Tower Defense 22%, RTS 17.2%, Base Building 14.5%, Building 10.5%, Top-Down Shooter 8.8%

Build layered defenses, command futuristic weapons, and trigger devastating chain reactions against waves of Soviet super soldiers. Red Conflict 2044 is a single-player survival RTS with vertical construction, escalating battles, and dark satire about an empire that calls invasion liberation.

Why similar: Tower Defense 20.3%, RTS 18.8%, Base Building 14.8%, Building 11.8%, War 10.6%

Zombie Warz is a strategy survivor RTS with rogue-lite gameplay elements. Play as the king of a kingdom under siege by zombies and survive to discover their origins.

Why similar: Tower Defense 24.7%, RTS 20.1%, Base Building 14%, Roguelite 12%, Building 10.8%

A real-time war of air defence and industry. Build the economy, bury it, and layer SAMs over what you cannot hide. Read a fading intel picture of the enemy base and aim every missile yourself. Break their will to fight before they break yours.

Why similar: RTS 24.3%, Tower Defense 21.9%, Base Building 13.6%, Real Time Tactics 12.9%, War 10.3%

Battle back waves of rogue sushi in this cute-but-chaotic roguelite tower defense! Build, upgrade, and reshape the battlefield each run.

Why similar: Tower Defense 25.1%, RTS 23%, Base Building 14.5%, Roguelite 13.9%, Strategy 7.9%

3D Real-time strategy attack enemy defense with upgradable summoned units. You play as Spirit Summoner to destroy modern human sophisticated defenses of a small city. Devise a masterful strategy that utilizes your summoned creatures to their fullest potential and breach their fortifications.

Why similar: Tower Defense 23.5%, Real Time Tactics 18.5%, RTS 14.8%, Strategy 13.1%, War 12.4%

Creeping Dusk is a tower defense game. Build a town around an abandoned gold mine and defend against monsters that swarm the area. Fortify your defenses, and prepare for the increasingly challenging nights. Will you be able to protect your town from the encroaching darkness?

Why similar: Tower Defense 29.8%, Base Building 18.7%, Building 16.5%, Roguelite 15.4%, Strategy 9.7%

Aim, fire, and fortify. Shogun's Stand is a fast-paced tower defense where you take direct control of your castle against relentless waves of feudal enemies. Place traps, command the battlefield, and level up to survive!

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.9%, Base Building 15.9%, Real Time Tactics 13.6%, Strategy 11.7%, Top-Down 11.4%

'Galaxy Defense War' is a roguelike tower defense game where you need to select suitable galactic principles from randomly dropped heroes and equipment to form a combat-ready team to resist alien invaders.

Why similar: Tower Defense 33%, Roguelite 19.9%, Base Building 18.1%, Building 13.9%, Strategy 13.8%

"Last Stand:Defense" is a tower defense-themed Rogue-like game. Players need to defend against waves of enemies by building bases, matching talents, and performing delicate operations during battles. Remember, every choice you make will affect the final outcome of the battle!

Why similar: Tower Defense 23.4%, RTS 21.3%, Building 14.4%, Roguelite 11.4%, War 11.2%