- #1 Ratropolis
97% matchVery Positive88% of 5,498 reviews2020
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!
Why similar: Card Game 22.3%, Tower Defense 19%, Survival 13.2%, City Builder 12.5%, Strategy 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly mirrors the seed game's core loop of using cards to build a city while defending against waves of enemies.
- #2 Stacklands
96% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 29,480 reviews2022
Dev: Sokpop Collective
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
Why similar: Card Game 28.4%, City Builder 24.3%, Survival 19.1%, Roguelite 9%, Strategy 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game utilizes a card-based interface for survival and resource management, capturing the same tactile feel as the seed game.
- #3 These Doomed Isles
96% matchMostly Positive72% of 223 reviews2024
Dev: Triplevision Games LimitedPub: Fireshine Games
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Harvest cards to raise land from the sea, build settlements and rain fire upon invaders in this survival city-builder with roguelike deckbuilding mechanics. Choose from 4 gods with unique cards, playstyles and abilities to lead their civilisations to victory in strategic run-based gameplay!
Why similar: City Builder 23.1%, Tower Defense 22.8%, Card Game 15.7%, Survival 11.3%, Base Building 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based city builder that integrates tower defense mechanics and survival against waves of invaders.
- #4 Cardboard Town
95% matchVery Positive80% of 2,205 reviews2023
Dev: Stratera GamesPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 7.3 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.
Why similar: City Builder 38%, Card Game 30.7%, Roguelite 11%, Strategy 11%, Casual 5%
Why You'll Like It: A city-building game that relies heavily on card mechanics to manage growth and events.
- #5 Kingdom Two Crowns
94% matchVery Positive90% of 38,241 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 18.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.2%, City Builder 22.4%, Medieval 11.8%, Survival 11.6%, Base Building 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 2D side-scrolling city builder that emphasizes defensive strategy and survival against nightly attacks.
- #6 Kingdom's Deck
94% matchMostly Positive75% of 469 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan AcoPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 3.9 hrs≥1hr: 63%
Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!
Why similar: City Builder 20.2%, Tower Defense 16.9%, Card Game 15.9%, Wargame 13.5%, Base Building 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A city-builder that uses a deckbuilding mechanic to determine your growth and defensive capabilities.
- #7 Against the Storm
92% matchVery Positive95% of 35,994 reviews2023
Dev: Eremite GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 84%
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.
Why similar: City Builder 29.2%, Medieval 17.2%, Survival 17%, Base Building 15.6%, Strategy 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite city builder that forces players to manage resources and survive harsh conditions, sharing the strategic depth of the seed game.
- #8 Warlords Under Siege
93% matchMostly Positive79% of 471 reviews2025
Dev: RedKar Devs
Windows
Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat.
Why similar: City Builder 21.1%, Wargame 18.5%, Card Game 14.7%, Survival 11.9%, Medieval 11.7%
Why You'll Like It: Blends real-time strategy, tower defense, and city-building into a cohesive survival experience.
- #9 Rise to Ruins
91% matchVery Positive88% of 7,745 reviews2019
Dev: Raymond DoerrPub: SixtyGig Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 16.7 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.8%, City Builder 27%, Survival 13.3%, Base Building 10%, Pixel Graphics 8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines traditional city building with survival elements and tower defense, creating a challenging management experience.
- #10 Diplomacy is Not an Option
89% matchVery Positive85% of 11,951 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Medieval 24.6%, Tower Defense 23%, Base Building 20.2%, Survival 14.2%, Military 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on massive-scale tower defense and city building, perfect for those who enjoy the survival aspect of the seed game.
- #11 Castle Cardians
91% matchMostly Positive75% of 133 reviews2021
Dev: 风宇冲
Windows
Castle Cardians fused card games,roguelike and real time colony defense together. Build your powerful deck, defend the castle and beat invaders.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.9%, Card Game 25.7%, Pixel Graphics 12%, Strategy 11.4%, Medieval 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: Focuses on card-based strategy and defense, mirroring the tactical card usage found in the seed game.
- #12 Dice Legacy
90% matchMixed68% of 1,050 reviews2021
Dev: DESTINYbit
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Dice Legacy is a dice-based survival city builder set on a mysterious ringworld. Your ship has reached the shore of an uncharted continent. Roll and use your dice to gather resources, expand and defend your settlement, survive the winter and interact with the strange inhabitants of this eerie world.
Why similar: City Builder 35.4%, Survival 21%, Medieval 12.1%, Base Building 11.2%, Strategy 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: Uses dice as a primary mechanic for city-building and resource management, offering a similar strategic puzzle-solving experience.
- #13 Border Pioneer
88% matchVery Positive87% of 1,822 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 77%
As the kingdom's most promising pioneer, embark on a legendary journey to tame the frontier! Build thriving towns across various landscapes, fending off waves of diverse enemies until you establish a firm foothold and have explored everything the eye can see!
Why similar: Tower Defense 20.3%, City Builder 18.5%, Wargame 10.9%, Medieval 10.1%, Base Building 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval city-builder that incorporates tower defense and base-building elements.
- #14 ValeGuard
89% matchMixed68% of 174 reviews2018
Dev: Lost Tower Games
Windows
ValeGuard is an RTS, Town-Management hybrid game that combines Turn-Based City-Building with Real-Time Combat. Each day you construct your defenses, train troops, and prepare for attack. When enemies come in the night, you defend with towers, troops, and heroes with powerful abilities.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.2%, City Builder 26.5%, Medieval 15.4%, Base Building 15.3%, Strategy 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game with base-building elements that requires careful planning to survive enemy waves.
- #15 Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD
87% matchMostly Positive73% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A roguelike tower defense 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 unique effect items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.
Why similar: Auto Battler 30.4%, Tower Defense 29%, Survival 16%, Roguelite 9%, Strategy 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense game that emphasizes strategic placement and survival against increasing difficulty.
- #16 Automatic Kingdom
86% matchVery Positive89% of 55 reviews2026
Dev: Matthew Pontarolo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Build the perfect kingdom in this turn-based strategy game that combines elements of automation, board games, and city builders. Keep your kingdom happy, endure hostile Challenges, and unlock new cards as your kingdom becomes more prosperous.
Why similar: Card Game 22.3%, City Builder 21.2%, Auto Battler 19.3%, Medieval 15.7%, Strategy 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based strategy game that focuses on resource management and automation within a medieval setting.
- #17 Elements and build
86% matchMostly Positive76% of 215 reviews2024
Dev: ChuTouMiao StudioPub: 2P Games
Windows
Form your own genre with skills in different elements, use building rewards to build your own unique maze in randomly generated levels, and fight to survive waves of monsters to win
Why similar: Tower Defense 33%, Auto Battler 31.4%, Base Building 10%, Strategy 9.8%, Roguelite 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: Features a mix of tower defense and deckbuilding mechanics that reward strategic planning.
- #18 Block Tower TD
85% matchVery Positive82% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Block Tower TD is a roguelike tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Build a world out of blocks, choose random upgrades to make every run unique.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26%, City Builder 24.7%, Survival 11.7%, Strategy 9.2%, Pixel Graphics 8%
Why You'll Like It: Combines tower defense with city-building mechanics in a grid-based environment.
- #19 Legacy of Defense
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 430 reviews2025
Dev: Enter the Game Studios
Windows
Become the hero who protects the fantasy world and stop the monster invasion! 'Legacy of Defense' combines defense with deck-building. Build your deck, use powerful skills, gain experience, upgrade, clear stages, and defeat the final boss. Ready to test your strategy and luck?
Why similar: Tower Defense 45.5%, Medieval 14.5%, Strategy 13.3%, Roguelite 12.8%, 2D 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: Integrates deckbuilding mechanics into a classic tower defense framework for added strategic variety.
- #20 Transport Legion
82% matchVery Positive86% of 92 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: Tower Defense 29.1%, Card Game 26.5%, Strategy 17.3%, Medieval 11%, Roguelite 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: Uses card-based strategy to manage logistics and defense in a turn-based environment.
- #21 Lucky Mayor
84% matchMostly Positive78% of 102 reviews2023
Dev: MadGoat Game Studio
Windows · Mac
This is a Rogue Deck-building game where you play as a mayor, recruit various citizens to earn coins, meet their needs, and submit enough coins by the deadline to complete challenges.
Why similar: Card Game 39.1%, Strategy 20.9%, Roguelite 17.2%, Pixel Graphics 13.7%, Casual 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based strategy game that focuses on city management and decision-making under pressure.
- #22 Loopstructor
82% matchVery Positive84% of 376 reviews2024
Dev: Pone Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Tower Defense 28.2%, Auto Battler 24.2%, Survival 15.8%, Base Building 10.4%, Strategy 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A tower defense survival game that emphasizes building and upgrading defenses in a loop-based format.
- #23 Phoenix Hope
84% matchMixed61% of 170 reviews2021
Dev: Honorable Pixel
Windows
Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.6%, Survival 17.8%, Base Building 14.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.1%, Medieval 12.1%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy survival game that focuses on managing a small settlement against external threats.
- #24 City Defense Z
81% matchMostly Positive77% of 312 reviews2025
Dev: Good Mood Games
Windows · Linux
City Defense Z combines base-building and base defense in a roguelite progression loop. Build by day, defend by night, and face a growing zombie threat. Every defeat unlocks permanent upgrades, helping you rebuild smarter and push further each time. See how many days you can last.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.9%, Auto Battler 24.5%, Survival 15%, Base Building 12.7%, Strategy 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense game that focuses on surviving waves of enemies in a city setting.
- #25 All Aboard! The Train Defense Express
80% matchVery Positive86% of 370 reviews2025
Dev: Likadev
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Protect the Infinite Power Generator by looping around the train tracks! Battle endless waves of enemies in this unique hybrid of auto-battler, survivor, tower defense, idle/clicker gameplay. How long can you survive?
Why similar: Auto Battler 22.7%, Tower Defense 21.5%, Idler 21.2%, Survival 13.1%, Strategy 7%
Why You'll Like It: An auto-battler and tower defense hybrid that emphasizes survival against waves of enemies.
- #26 Terra Nil
79% matchVery Positive88% of 8,493 reviews2023
Dev: Free LivesPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 7.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Terra Nil is an intricate environmental strategy game about transforming a barren wasteland into a thriving, balanced ecosystem. Bring life back to a lifeless world by purifying soil, cleaning oceans, planting trees, and reintroducing wildlife, then leave without a trace.
Why similar: City Builder 61.4%, Strategy 25.3%, Casual 10.1%, Singleplayer 3.2%
Why You'll Like It: An environmental city-builder that requires careful resource management and strategic planning.
- #27 Desktop Tourney World
81% matchMixed68% of 149 reviews2024
Dev: One leaf Games
Windows
Desktop Tourney World is a simulation construction, immortal cultivation survival game, you need to collect food, construct buildings, build equipment, and fight with all kinds of monsters.
Why similar: Card Game 33.4%, City Builder 24.8%, Strategy 21.6%, Survival 8.4%, 2D 5.1%
Why You'll Like It: A card-battler that emphasizes strategic planning and resource management.
- #28 There Are No Orcs
77% matchVery Positive94% of 1,076 reviews2025
Dev: BaseTrade StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 5.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 85%
An RTS-Roguelike hybrid with auto-battling troops. Master building placement, swarm your enemies, and smash their defenses with unit-commander combos!
Why similar: Auto Battler 16.1%, Tower Defense 15.9%, City Builder 14.8%, Card Game 11.7%, Wargame 10.8%
- #29 Wildfrost
78% matchVery Positive83% of 8,698 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.3 hrsMean: 18.0 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Why similar: Card Game 44.7%, Roguelite 16.6%, Base Building 15.9%, Strategy 13.3%, 2D 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike deckbuilder that shares the tactical card-based combat feel of the seed game.
- #30 ISLANDERS
78% matchVery Positive94% of 16,741 reviews2019
Dev: Coatsink
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 64%
ISLANDERS is a minimalist strategy game about building cities on colorful islands.
Why similar: City Builder 75%, Strategy 22%, Singleplayer 3%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist city-building game that focuses on strategic placement and resource optimization.
- #31 Islets Defense
76% matchVery Positive93% of 180 reviews2025
Dev: MiniGoofPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Islets Defense is a turn-based tower defense game in which you build a small village to gather resources and defend your castle. Carefully plan your actions, as each move brings the enemy waves closer! Strategize building placements and play your cards wisely, as timing and order are key.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28%, City Builder 26.1%, Base Building 13.3%, Medieval 10.6%, Strategy 9.4%
- #32 Gord
79% matchMixed54% of 994 reviews2023
Dev: Covenant.devPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Gord is a single-player adventure strategy. To survive, you must build, but to prevail, you must conquer the darkness beyond the gates. In this dark fantasy world, you must complete quests while managing a populace whose personal stories and well-being decide the fate of your tribe.
Why similar: City Builder 45.4%, Survival 33.7%, Strategy 18.1%, Singleplayer 2.9%
Why You'll Like It: A survival city-builder that includes dark fantasy elements and defensive management.
- #33 Thronefall
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,974 reviews2024
Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 31%, City Builder 25%, Medieval 13.4%, Auto Battler 11.4%, Strategy 9.6%
- #34 Ash Warden
76% matchMostly Positive74% of 101 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 27.3%, Idler 25.8%, Survival 14.9%, Strategy 8%, Roguelite 7.3%
- #35 Minimalist Tower Defense
75% matchVery Positive95% of 1,746 reviews2024
Dev: Happy213
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.2%, Wargame 18.2%, Survival 12.5%, Base Building 12.2%, Strategy 10.4%
- #36 Aurora Defense
77% matchMixed63% of 97 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: Tower Defense 18.8%, Auto Battler 18.4%, City Builder 16.5%, Card Game 13.7%, Base Building 9.6%
- #37 Becastled
73% matchVery Positive82% of 5,534 reviews2025
Dev: Mana Potion Studios
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Build a castle by day and defend it by night. Becastled blends cozy city-building with challenging tower defense strategy. Lead the Sun Kingdom’s last stand against the Moon Beasts and end the ancient conflict between light and darkness!
Why similar: City Builder 29.3%, Base Building 21.3%, Medieval 15.2%, Strategy 12.6%, Military 8.5%
- #38 Sunbreak War
74% matchVery Positive83% of 143 reviews2026
Dev: Candlelight Studio
Windows
A light Rogue strategy game centered on building and defense. Build your territory, recruit soldiers to fend off enemies. 9 maps, 6 weapons (30 talents), 40 monsters, 30 units/buildings. Plan your pace, control soldiers, choose abilities—enjoy command and strategy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.6%, City Builder 20.2%, Wargame 16.4%, Medieval 10.5%, Base Building 8.6%
- #39 Arrow Spire: Tower Defense
75% matchNo user reviews65% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Kettle Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
A roguelite tower defense where every defeat makes you stronger. Spend gold on powerful temporary boosts, invest gems in permanent upgrades, and push your tower higher each attempt as you fight to survive all 100 waves.
Why similar: Idler 37.1%, Tower Defense 29.5%, Strategy 8.4%, Medieval 7.2%, Pixel Graphics 6%
- #40 Super Fantasy Kingdom
71% matchVery Positive87% of 5,669 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
Why similar: Card Game 31.3%, Medieval 23.7%, Strategy 13.8%, Roguelite 13%, 2D 9%
- #41 Miracle Brave
73% matchVery Positive90% of 60 reviews2026
Dev: 1029studio
Windows
Miracle Brave blends inventory management, deck-building, tower defense, and shooter combat! Strategize your gear, forge your unique build from countless progression paths, take control of your hero, and hold back endless waves of beasts. Carve out your path to victory and forge your own legend!
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.4%, Auto Battler 19.4%, Card Game 17.8%, Roguelite 8.9%, Strategy 8.6%
- #42 Kingdom of Cards
72% matchMostly Positive78% of 100 reviews2025
Dev: Rubber Duck GamesPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
From cropland to forest, from academy to conqueror's guild, expand territory of your kingdom. As the kingdom grows, crises will quietly arise. No worries: prepare to use the resource cards to train a group of powerful guardians to eliminate enemies and protect your kingdom.
Why similar: Card Game 39.9%, Strategy 26%, Roguelite 10%, Pixel Graphics 9.4%, 2D 6.5%
- #43 方境战记BlockFight
74% matchVery Positive82% of 154 reviews2022
Dev: 喜人一个Pub: Gamirror Games
Windows
It's a tower defense game that uses blocks to build fortresses against monsters. Gathering resources, building defenses, and keeping an eye out for the abilities of a variety of monsters.All of these will challenge the player's strategic choices, resource management, and immediate reactions.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.9%, Wargame 22.6%, Base Building 16.8%, Strategy 11.6%, 2D 6%
- #44 Galaxy Defense War
70% matchVery Positive97% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Zero Space
Windows
'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 39.7%, Strategy 17.8%, Base Building 16.3%, Roguelite 14.1%, 2D 7.6%
- #45 Refence
72% matchMostly Positive79% of 140 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: Idler 26.1%, Tower Defense 24.9%, Medieval 12.5%, Roguelite 8.6%, Pixel Graphics 8.5%
- #46 Gnomes
69% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,709 reviews2025
Dev: DYSTOPIAN
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.4 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.4%, City Builder 21.1%, Survival 14%, Base Building 11.3%, Pixel Graphics 9%
- #47 Tower Tactics: Liberation
71% matchVery Positive88% of 1,237 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 17.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
We fused deck-building roguelikes and tower defenses in a way never seen before - deploy your towers, collect valuable trinkets and cast powerful spells to defend yourself against the Salkoth!
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.3%, Card Game 27.1%, Strategy 9.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.9%, Roguelite 8.5%
- #48 Town Keeper
70% matchVery Positive95% of 55 reviews2024
Dev: Cuddle Code
Windows · Mac
Build a rabbit town while defending it from the fluffy empire's invasions.
Why similar: City Builder 26.3%, Auto Battler 25.8%, Base Building 12.4%, Pixel Graphics 10.2%, Medieval 9.4%
- #49 castle idler
67% matchVery Positive82% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: Soy Boy Games
Windows · Mac
castle idler is a short, relaxing incremental tower defense game with no waves. upgrade towers, collect coins, and unlock powerful prestige upgrades to defend your castle.
Why similar: Idler 36.2%, Tower Defense 31.4%, Strategy 9.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%, Casual 5.6%
- #50 Dawnfolk
66% matchVery Positive95% of 693 reviews2025
Dev: Darenn KellerPub: Astra Logical
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Dawnfolk is a charmingly dark, casual and puzzly survival building game. Gather resources, rebuild your realm, and protect your people from oppressive shadows. Can you unveil the secrets of the monoliths and bring light back to the world?
Why similar: City Builder 26.4%, Survival 16.1%, Medieval 14.6%, Base Building 13.5%, Pixel Graphics 9.7%
- #51 元素召唤 Summon Elemental
69% matchVery Positive89% of 57 reviews2023
Dev: BoLuo Games
Windows
The ancient forest was invaded by evil creatures, Brave summoner, pray for the power of elements, prepare to meet fierce and brutal opponents! Mix different elements to create a unique element creation! Defeat the attacking monster, obtain rare props, and strengthen the power of Elemental!
Why similar: Card Game 34.1%, Strategy 16.4%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Roguelite 10.9%, Casual 9.5%
- #52 Rebirth evolution
71% matchMixed63% of 136 reviews2023
Dev: 异界游网络科技
Windows
2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.
Why similar: City Builder 35%, Survival 23.3%, Base Building 18.5%, Strategy 9.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.4%
- #53 Everwarder
68% matchVery Positive88% of 81 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 36%, Survival 21.3%, Pixel Graphics 12.2%, Strategy 11.5%, Roguelite 11%
- #54 Tower Dominion
65% matchVery Positive86% of 5,010 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 21.8 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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 35.8%, Auto Battler 20.5%, Base Building 15.6%, Strategy 10.3%, Roguelite 8.5%
- #55 Tiny Kingdom
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 143 reviews2025
Dev: neltile
Windows · Mac · Linux
Tiny Kingdom is a minimalist city-building strategy game where every placement matters. Start with a single hut and grow a thriving kingdom by combining buildings, unlocking synergies, and creating efficient layouts.
Why similar: City Builder 36%, Card Game 25.5%, Medieval 14.9%, Strategy 9.4%, Pixel Graphics 8%
- #56 Vertical Kingdom
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 136 reviews2024
Dev: Farlight Games IndustryPub: indie.io
Windows
There's nowhere to go but up! Vertical Kingdom is a card-based city builder roguelite with a twist - you can only build vertically, literally reaching for the sky with each city. Lead expeditions to gather resources, construct metropolises, and build ever upwards!
Why similar: City Builder 23.7%, Card Game 19%, Survival 12.6%, Base Building 12%, Pixel Graphics 8.6%
- #57 Mineral Defense
66% matchVery Positive90% of 241 reviews2024
Dev: Corestone Games
Windows · Linux
Mineral Defense combines tower defense with roguelite elements and procedural generation. Build paths, unlock upgrades, and unleash powerful synergies to conquer evolving challenges in an ever-expanding world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.7%, Card Game 25.7%, Base Building 15%, Strategy 10.9%, Roguelite 10.6%
- #58 Castle Warriors
69% matchMostly Positive72% of 105 reviews2023
Dev: Cluck Games, LLC
Windows
Castle Warriors is a rogue like auto battler with a strategy twist. Build your army one card at a time!
Why similar: Auto Battler 32.9%, Card Game 14.9%, Medieval 11.2%, Pixel Graphics 10.7%, Strategy 10%
- #59 Hexagonal Tower
70% matchMixed52% of 54 reviews2022
Dev: Z.F. Gams
Windows
[Hexagonal Tower] is a tower defense game with cards and roguelike random elements. Try to deploy your turrets and various reinforcement components in the dungeon to form a unique and powerful defense. Darkness is coming. Guard the last fortress of mankind with your wisdom!
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.7%, Card Game 25%, Strategy 14.9%, Roguelite 11.5%, Pixel Graphics 8.4%
- #60 The Ember Guardian
64% matchVery Positive83% of 201 reviews2026
Dev: Ratbit GamesPub: Slug Disco
Windows
Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit and command workers to gather resources, build your camp and set up your defenses during the day. When night falls, fend off waves of deadly creatures with powerful, upgradable weapons.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.1%, City Builder 27.7%, Base Building 12.2%, Survival 11.2%, Strategy 8.8%