- #1 Space Cycle
97% matchVery Positive94% of 198 reviews2024
Dev: Some Sugar Studio
Windows
Space resources are the battleground for warring factions. As a Space Defense Officer, protect your faction's assets in a vast, hostile universe. Allocate resources, upgrade defenses, and repel relentless enemy attacks! With over 50 unique units and deep strategy, experience real-time tower defense!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.4%, Roguelite 22.3%, Space 16.7%, Sci-fi 14.3%, Strategy 8.2%
- #2 INTERGALACTICORP.
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Nuke the Boss
Windows · Linux
INTERGALACTICORP. is a sci-fi rogue-lite tower defense game where you take on the role of an operator-bot, charged with conducting an intergalactic mining operation. Will you thrive as an efficient miner in this alien environment, or succumb to the dangers that lurk in the depths of space?
Why similar: Tower Defense 28%, Roguelite 16%, Space 12.1%, Sci-fi 11.8%, Futuristic 8.7%
- #3 SENTRY
96% matchVery Positive83% of 915 reviews2024
Dev: Fireblade Software
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 73%
SENTRY is an action-defense first person shooter where you defend your spaceship against invading aliens. Plot an escape route through hostile space and battle the enemy across your vessel with the support of traps, turrets and environmental destruction.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.1%, Sci-fi 11.6%, Roguelite 10.8%, FPS 10.2%, Space 9.8%
- #4 D.P.S: Weapons Testing Facility 2
95% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Cool Smithy Games
Windows
Find the best combinations of projectiles and components to create the ultimate weapon. Mutate and upgrade your components to create stronger weapons. Fight wave after wave of monsters to reach the top.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.8%, Roguelite 16.6%, Sci-fi 14.4%, Strategy 14%, Futuristic 9.3%
- #5 Doodle Defense
94% 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 38%, Roguelite 23.6%, Shooter 16.3%, Roguelike 14.7%, Strategy 6.9%
- #6 Tower Tactics Arena
94% matchMostly Positive80% of 30 reviews2025
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Tower Tactics Arena is a fast-paced action roguelite set in the Tower Tactics: Liberation universe. Battle relentless enemy waves in a closed combat arena, level up your towers strategically, and gather powerful trinkets and potions! Will you claim victory in the arena?
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.6%, Roguelite 15.6%, Sci-fi 13%, Roguelike 10.6%, Shooter 9.6%
- #7 Engine Room
93% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2024
Dev: Nial Petzold
Windows
Fight your way through hostile space while managing a fragile ship from its heart - the Engine Room. Retreat to upgrade the ship or push your luck further into enemy territory for better rewards - or maybe get blown to pieces! Fight bosses, balance power, and manage supplies to stay alive!
Why similar: Roguelite 18.6%, Roguelike 18.3%, Strategy 15%, FPS 13%, Space 11.1%
- #8 PROTOZOA
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oplexity Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Protect the asteroid mine's reactor from swarms of supersized alien protozoa. This game's groundbreaking AI system uses machine learning to adapt to your strategy in real-time as you build and upgrade your defenses. Fight evolution itself.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.9%, Artificial Intelligence 25.4%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Strategy 12.9%, Futuristic 7.3%
- #9 Machines vs Monsters
91% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Studio Bartek
Windows
Machines vs. Monsters is a roguelite tower defense. Land on a hostile planet, build mazes of industrial firepower, and hold your Command Center against escalating native waves. Lose, learn, upgrade the fleet, redeploy. Batavia's survey says the site is viable. The site disagrees.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.3%, Roguelite 20.1%, Sci-fi 13.8%, Strategy 11.6%, Space 9.9%
- #10 Autothysis
91% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Somniare Studios
Windows · Mac
Autothysis is a first-person tower defense game where strategy meets precision. Deploy turrets, manage resources, and fight swarms of insectoid enemies. Target weak points to shatter foes while upgrading defenses to survive escalating waves. Can you withstand the oncoming horde?
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.4%, Sci-fi 12.5%, Space 11%, FPS 10.7%, Shooter 8.5%
- #11 STELLAR BASTION
90% 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 36.6%, Roguelite 15.9%, Roguelike 15.7%, Strategy 13.8%, Space 9.6%
- #12 B.L.A.C.K. - 1
89% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Scared Astronaut
Windows
Fight for survival in B.L.A.C.K - 1, a 3D FPS roguelike set in a dystopian future. Battle through procedurally generated spaceships using all your skills and resources, in Zero-G environments. Can you survive long enough to finally escape from enemy territory?
Why similar: Roguelite 17%, Shooter 15.8%, Space 14.4%, Sci-fi 12.3%, FPS 11.4%
- #13 Alive as a Service
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: kobyPub: Unread Terms
Windows
Bob hired an AI to look after his house. You are that AI. Pilot a combat ship, survive waves, deploy defenses, and turn a world-hopping planet into an orbital fortress in this planetary-defense action roguelite.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.5%, Roguelite 16.1%, Artificial Intelligence 14.8%, Space 13.2%, Action Roguelike 10.2%
- #14 Bullets and Mods
88% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: YYYANG
Windows
Bullets and Mods is a fast-paced FPS with Roguelite mechanics. Collect bullets to build your magazine, equip mods to enhance your gun, and unleash your fury on your enemies!
Why similar: Roguelite 17.8%, Shooter 14.3%, FPS 12.8%, Roguelike 12.6%, Space 11.2%
- #15 Astro Company
87% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Elephant Arts
Windows
Build the path. Defend the Core. Combine towers, cards, and artifacts into broken synergies in an endless tower defense roguelike.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.4%, Roguelite 22.2%, Roguelike 14.2%, Strategy 10.1%, Space 7.7%
- #16 Orbit Armada
86% 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 32.6%, Roguelite 19.4%, Roguelike 13%, Action Roguelike 12%, Strategy 8.9%
- #17 DOLLMAKER
86% matchVery Positive98% of 50 reviews2025
Dev: STH
Windows
DOLLMAKER is a first person shooter tower defense game where you, an anthropomorphic rat, traverse the town of Willoughby to harvest eggs for the purpose of creating the perfect doll
Why similar: Tower Defense 25%, Dark Humor 17.1%, Roguelite 12%, Roguelike 10.9%, Shooter 10.8%
- #18 Porta-Tower
85% 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 42.3%, Roguelite 20.6%, Roguelike 16%, Strategy 10.7%, Action Roguelike 9.6%
- #19 Hold the Core
84% matchNo user reviews50% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Faven Games
Windows
Hold the Core is a roguelite tower defense game about trading safety for power. Draft Risk Cards, shape enemy routes, evolve towers, and survive deadly enemies and bosses.
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.9%, Roguelite 22.9%, Sci-fi 16.7%, Strategy 8.3%, Space 6.2%
- #20 AI Fatigue Shooter
83% matchNo user reviews
Dev: RPPG Interactive
Windows
AI Fatigue Shooter is a FPS that use your micro to interact with AIs. Are you tired of hearing about AI? Welcome to the ultimate stress-relief FPS. Fight off hordes of zombified Large Language Models, argue with them using your real microphone, and search the map for the Common Sense.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 35.9%, Dark Humor 17.2%, Shooter 15.7%, FPS 11.2%, First-Person 6.7%
- #21 Space Run
84% 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 58.2%, Space 21.1%, Strategy 10.4%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Singleplayer 0.4%
- #22 Sample Required
82% 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 36.9%, Roguelite 18.9%, Roguelike 18.4%, Strategy 14.8%, Sci-fi 10.5%
- #23 Shard Defender: Rogue
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KAMA Interactive
Windows
Protect your crystal at all costs! Build your defense line, upgrade your abilities, and fight against endless waves of enemies in this fast-paced survival game that blends fluid FPS action, tower defense strategy, and roguelike mechanics.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.1%, Shooter 14.7%, Strategy 12.7%, Roguelike 12.4%, Action Roguelike 11.1%
- #24 Orbital Tower Defence
80% match3 user reviews100% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: Michael Andi
Windows
Build towers on rotating orbital rings to defend your planet. Discover powerful upgrades, battle elite enemies and bosses, and master unique planets with distinct challenges.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.3%, Roguelike 16.7%, Roguelite 15.5%, Strategy 13.7%, Space 8.4%
- #25 I Am - a story of awakenings
82% match5 user reviews80% of 5 reviews2021
Dev: Synthetic Forms
Windows
I Am – a story of awakenings is a story-driven first-person action game. Game play features puzzles, stealth, dialogue, physics, grenade dodging, payback, and lots and lots of explosions.
Why similar: Dark Humor 25.2%, Artificial Intelligence 17%, Shooter 14.9%, FPS 11.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%
- #26 SHOOPER NOVA
79% matchVery Positive85% of 664 reviews2025
Dev: JamesikaPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Craft Your Ultimate Circular Fortress! Dive into SHOOPER NOVA, where you choose props and components to build a unique fortress. Unlock combos to shape your strategy and battle style. Become an unstoppable barrage machine and obliterate waves of enemies from all directions!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.7%, Roguelite 21.2%, Roguelike 10.5%, Strategy 9.9%, Sci-fi 8.6%
- #27 Wander Vyrosa
81% match6 user reviews83% of 6 reviews2023
Dev: Pumpkin House GamesPub: MAGIC Spell Studios
Windows
A tower-defense game with roguelite elements on fully explorable mini planets! Travel the galaxy of Vyrosa, land on planets, and defend your drilling equipment while mining fuel to continue your journey throughout the galaxy!
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.2%, Roguelite 14.8%, Roguelike 13.4%, Space 10.6%, Sci-fi 10%
- #28 AI Peace Protocol
78% matchNo user reviews2033
Dev: Star Natrolith Games
Windows
Pilot the anti gravity glider, explore world, transports goods, repairs infrastructure and decide the true mission of AI life on the new planet.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 27.6%, Sci-fi 15.1%, Space 15%, Futuristic 11.6%, Roguelike 10.8%
- #29 Sanctum
79% matchVery Positive89% of 3,363 reviews2011
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 62%
You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
Why similar: Tower Defense 59.4%, FPS 11.9%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Strategy 7.6%, Shooter 6.8%
- #30 OrbGuard
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Marcus André LiePub: Twigstick
Windows
Defend Earth against waves of deadly cosmic threats determined to destroy your civilization! In this Rogue-Lite Auto Shooter, you’ll place Celestial bodies and upgrade them to unleash chaos on your enemies. How long will you survive?
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.8%, Roguelite 20.1%, Roguelike 15.3%, Space 11.2%, Action Roguelike 10.5%
- #31 ASHER Descent
77% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Sigma Fox Studios
Windows
Go down. Get stronger. Come back alive. Mine the mountain. Defend your shuttle. Adapt or get overrun.
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.2%, Roguelite 19.9%, Roguelike 15.6%, Action Roguelike 12.1%, Strategy 9.1%
- #32 UNILOGUE
78% matchPositive90% of 21 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 40.4%, Roguelite 21.4%, Roguelike 15.9%, Strategy 11.5%, Multiple Endings 9.1%
- #33 BEKI, Do You Copy?
76% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Two Tiny Dice
Windows
A first-person space roguelike that dares you to press every button (even the ones you shouldn’t). Your signal is fading… Do you copy?
Why similar: Roguelite 24%, Space 17.7%, Sci-fi 17%, Strategy 9%, Roguelike 8%
- #34 Maid Mech : Backpack TD
75% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dark Arrow Studio
Windows
Maid Mech: Backpack TD – A grid tower defense game. Lead the last Dragoon maid mecha against mutant hordes. Collect shape modules after each wave, build defenses on a 14×7 grid, and deploy mecha to fight automatically. Backpack management meets tactical TD.
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.5%, Roguelite 17.3%, Roguelike 16.6%, Artificial Intelligence 13.6%, Strategy 11.3%
- #35 Plumpy Uprising
75% 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 42.5%, Roguelite 26.8%, Roguelike 17.4%, Strategy 12.7%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #36 Gunline
74% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Loaded Dice Studio
Windows
A tower defence you fight in first person. One road, one base, and thirty kinds of enemies walking down it. You meet them yourself with six guns and and build different kinds of defensive turrets.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.6%, Shooter 14.3%, FPS 12.9%, Sci-fi 12.8%, Space 10.2%
- #37 Capsule Fighting
76% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Capsule Game
Windows
This is a game in the rougelike genre. Where you'll control your character through challenging, dramatic battles. The game offers many character customization features such as character upgrades, weapon upgrades, equipment systems, support drone systems.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.8%, Shooter 17.1%, Roguelike 14.8%, Strategy 14.1%, Action Roguelike 10.4%
- #38 RageRoids
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Neo NocturnalPub: Neo Nocturnal
Windows · Linux
Planet G-3 is under attack. Take to the stars, fight off waves of Zubian ships, and keep your home planet alive. Upgrade your ship, build your crew, and get back out there.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.9%, Shooter 15.9%, Roguelite 14%, Roguelike 14%, Action Roguelike 9.5%
- #39 Defense of the Dauntless
73% 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 48%, Roguelite 21.3%, Strategy 14.1%, Roguelike 11.6%, Resource Management 4%
- #40 DELETERS
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Kristsbee
Windows · Linux
- Objective defended the Core from endless waves of enemy's, level-up, collect resources and data, to research and upgrade your chance of survivability...
Why similar: Tower Defense 50.9%, Space 11.3%, Strategy 11.2%, Action Roguelike 9.7%, Sci-fi 9.4%
- #41 Eclipse Devour
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Mousar Games
Windows
Build orbital rail systems, combine trains, turrets, and weapons, and defend hostile planets against overwhelming swarms. Every run offers chaotic build variety, explosive firepower, and endless strategic possibilities.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.4%, Roguelike 14.5%, Space 14.4%, Strategy 11.8%, Roguelite 10.6%
- #42 AirGap
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: GeneStone
Windows · Mac · Linux
A first-person stealth roguelite about breaking into a floating AI datacenter and blasting it apart in every way imagineable. Learn the patrols, sabotage machines, steal keycards, cut the power, plant charges. Leave clean and the damage stays; get caught and the fortress heals and adapts.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 28.8%, Shooter 16.6%, Roguelite 13.9%, Strategy 12.4%, FPS 11.9%
- #43 Battle for Ercaton: Robot Uprising
71% match5 user reviews0% of 5 reviews2026
Dev: Roman Stasyshyn
Windows
Battle For Ercaton: Robot Uprising is a hardcore, story-driven first-person shooter that throws you into a world of ruthless machines and hidden secrets on the planet Ercaton.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 23.5%, Space 16.4%, Sci-fi 15.3%, Shooter 11.5%, FPS 10.7%
- #44 ShootOut(SystemD)
74% match2 user reviews50% of 2 reviews2021
Dev: sillikone
Windows
ShootOut(SystemD) is a Third-Person Shooter with RogueLite elements. Shoot your way through procedurally generated environements. Choose your arsenal from a variety of weapons and tools. Save civilians and train them to be your backfire or healer. Capture Enemy bases. Defend yours.
Why similar: Artificial Intelligence 25%, Shooter 15.8%, Sci-fi 15.8%, Space 15%, Roguelite 12.3%
- #45 Dinner Defenders
70% 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 48.9%, Roguelite 17.9%, Roguelike 17.5%, Strategy 14.9%, Singleplayer 0.8%
- #46 Sanctum 2
71% matchVery Positive90% of 14,391 reviews2013
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.6%, FPS 14.2%, Sci-fi 8.4%, Strategy 6.7%, Shooter 5.3%
- #47 圆圆圆
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 超级克里斯
Windows
This is a light turn based strategy game. Mild pigeon element, combining the characteristics of different heroes with the four seasons, and coordinating the yin and yang points brought by heroes to continuously defeat stronger enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.8%, Shooter 16.3%, Roguelike 15.1%, Roguelite 14.1%, Strategy 13.3%
- #48 CreateDun
68% 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 47.5%, Roguelite 19.9%, Roguelike 18%, Strategy 14.1%, Singleplayer 0.5%
- #49 星河防线
70% 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 40.2%, Roguelite 19.4%, Strategy 14.5%, Sci-fi 12%, First-Person 8.9%
- #50 Xenocrystal TD
71% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Nalu Games
Windows
A Rogue-like Tower Defense game with 10 towers, 5 damage types, 20 abilities, and hundreds of upgrades. Select one or more upgrades to your towers and/or abilities at the end of each level that stay with you through your mission to protect the Xenocrystals. Limitless possibilities!
Why similar: Tower Defense 50.8%, Roguelike 21.3%, Sci-fi 10.3%, Strategy 10.3%, Futuristic 6.2%
- #51 Starbase Starlight
68% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Tiny Witch Games
Windows
Defend your Starbase in a vibrant roguelite shooter. Upgrade your weapons mid-run, unlock permanent rewards, and survive the endless onslaught.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.8%, Roguelite 20.6%, Shooter 14.6%, Roguelike 13.2%, Strategy 6.1%
- #52 Walls Were Built to Fall
69% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Zoomy Cat Games
Windows
Walls Were Built to Fall is an epic scale incremental FPS horde defense roguelite. Build your defenses, draft defenders, discover crazy builds, and hold back millions of enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.9%, Roguelite 17.3%, FPS 12%, Shooter 11.8%, Action Roguelike 9.9%
- #53 Vironics
69% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Dragon Flame Games LLC
Windows
Control a Nanite body from a space station to gather Nanite resources on Earth, seized by a rogue AI. Build and fortify your dropbase with turrets and defenses, fight waves of robotic enemies, and collect Nanites for extraction, balancing fast FPS combat with strategic tower placement.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.8%, Shooter 17.8%, FPS 11.8%, Strategy 9.4%, Futuristic 9.4%
- #54 Sweet Surrender VR
69% matchVery Positive86% of 148 reviews2021
Dev: Salmi Games
Windows
Sweet Surrender is a fast-paced roguelike VR shooter. Fight your way up a dystopian megatower, filled to the brim with tyrant machines hell-bent on destroying the last of humanity. Build your arsenal of weapons, upgrades, and explosives to take down the machine overlords.
Why similar: Roguelite 17.7%, Shooter 13.9%, Roguelike 13%, FPS 11.7%, Action Roguelike 10.2%
- #55 Neon Grid Defenders
68% 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 39.9%, Roguelite 24.6%, Sci-fi 13.3%, Strategy 8%, Roguelike 7.9%
- #56 Galaxy Critter Co.
66% matchMostly Positive70% of 20 reviews2026
Dev: Rat2 Studio
Windows
Galaxy Critter Co. is a cute chaotic roguelike where tower defense meets top-down shooting: build by day, fight by night, and craft broken synergies to survive the Swarm.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.2%, Dark Humor 19.8%, Roguelike 13.3%, Sci-fi 11.2%, Action Roguelike 10.4%
- #57 ASTROSWARM
67% matchPositive94% of 34 reviews2024
Dev: ClumsyQuark
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fight for your life against the incoming swarm of zombified astronauts in ASTROSWARM! Use a variety of weapons, turrets, and power-ups to survive!
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.3%, Roguelite 15.4%, Shooter 11.6%, Space 10.4%, FPS 10.1%
- #58 Planet Boom
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: daichi
Windows
This chaotic fast-paced planetary defense game will have you shoot, jump, dash, and teleport across a fully destructible planet to fend off enemies flying in from all directions. Switch between multiple unique turrets, upgraded to suit your play style, for eye-popping synergetic plays!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.3%, Shooter 19.7%, Space 17%, Roguelite 16.8%, Strategy 8.8%
- #59 Drop Order
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Duckskill
Windows
Drop Order is a dark sci-fi tactical tower defense where every turret placement shapes both your firepower and the enemy's route. Build synergistic defenses, create deadly mazes, and survive alien hordes with cards and hands-on drone combat.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.9%, Roguelite 19.8%, Sci-fi 13%, Strategy 11%, Roguelike 9.4%
- #60 OrbiTower
66% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Spicy Sushi Games
Windows
The hungry Gooper swarm threatens intergalactic peace. Stop them! Build towers around planets and take control over their orbits. Spin them with all you’ve attached! Collect new towers, powers and upgrades to beat the onslaught of goopers and save the galaxy in this colorful Tower Defense Roguelite!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.4%, Roguelike 16%, Roguelite 14%, Space 9.5%, Sci-fi 9%