- #1 Legend Creatures(传奇生物)
97% matchVery Positive90% of 3,948 reviews2020
Dev: HideChara
Windows
Median: 6.3 hrsMean: 14.2 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Legendary creature is an independent game with rich playing methods such as roguelike + self-propelled chess + strategy. You can collect all kinds of magic creatures with various talents and skills, and can also evolve to a higher level.
Why similar: Auto Battler 35%, Creature Collector 23.6%, Strategy RPG 18.6%, Roguelite 13.5%, 2D 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: It features a similar auto-battler loop with creature collection and strategic team composition.
- #2 Amazing Cultivation Simulator
96% matchVery Positive86% of 23,413 reviews2020
Dev: GSQ Games
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 58.4 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Rise up in a search for immortality in this strategy sim and management game based on Chinese mythology. Rebuild your sect and train new disciples through the path of cultivation. Research magic and gather mystical artifacts, face ancient dangers and other sects in your path to spiritual ascension.
Why similar: RPG 62.6%, Fantasy 21.6%, 2D 15.7%
Why You'll Like It: This is the definitive sect management game that captures the deep cultivation and base-building elements of the genre.
- #3 Sect And Monsters
96% matchMostly Positive80% of 137 reviews2024
Dev: StarMatrix Labs
Windows
Build your own equipment,Manage the sect, recruit various members of the sect, form a team to farm monsters and use equipment, and strengthen and synthesize gems. Collect resources, refine elixirs, and place idle games.The game supports English and eight languages
Why similar: Idler 46.3%, Strategy RPG 41.8%, Casual 5.1%, 2D 3.5%, RPG 3.3%
Why You'll Like It: This game mirrors the sect management and idle strategy mechanics perfectly within a cultivation setting.
- #4 Idle Nine Heavens
95% matchMostly Positive71% of 93 reviews2024
Dev: okyakusamaPub: okyakusama
Windows
A place to repair fairy game, can hang up can be manual, free combination of spells, get to know the Tao partner to enhance the strength of the realm.
Why similar: Idler 43.5%, Tower Defense 34%, Roguelite 10.4%, Casual 8.1%, 2D 3.9%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines idle progression with tower defense mechanics in a distinctly Eastern fantasy setting.
- #5 Cultivation Story: Reincarnation
94% matchVery Positive92% of 2,013 reviews2023
Dev: Chi Entertainment Corp.
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 11.5 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Cultivation Story: Reincarnation is a top-down pixel art style action roguelike based on cultivation and Chinese mythology.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 41.8%, Roguelite 30%, Top-Down 14%, RPG 7.9%, 2D 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a fast-paced action-roguelite experience set in a cultivation world with deep character customization.
- #6 Samawa Idle
94% matchMixed66% of 590 reviews2023
Dev: Samharia Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 27.7 hrsMean: 71.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Unleash the power of specialized towers to annihilate hordes of monsters in this idle game with roguelike elements. Collect gold, level up your towers, face powerful bosses, and refine your strategy with an evolving skill tree.
Why similar: Auto Battler 23.7%, Idler 19.8%, Tower Defense 18.9%, Clicker 17.6%, Roguelite 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A polished idle auto-battler that focuses on the same satisfying incremental growth loop.
- #7 鬼谷八荒 Tale of Immortal
93% matchMixed54% of 226,468 reviews2023
Dev: 鬼谷工作室
Windows
Median: 30.8 hrsMean: 72.8 hrs≥1hr: 96%
Tale of Immortal is an open-world sandbox based on Chinese mythology and cultivation. You will grow to become immortal, conquer the beasts from the Classic of Mountains and Season, make your choices carefully and grasp your own destiny.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 80.1%, 2D 11.7%, RPG 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: An expansive open-world RPG that focuses heavily on the cultivation journey and sect-building mechanics.
- #8 Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 29%, Tower Defense 23%, Top-Down Shooter 14.2%, Bullet Hell 13.4%, Roguelite 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: It blends tower defense with roguelite elements, providing the same strategic depth as the seed game.
- #9 Refence
91% 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: Tower Defense 26.8%, Idler 26.8%, Clicker 23.2%, Roguelite 13.2%, Casual 3.6%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense game that incorporates idle elements and strategic unit placement.
- #10 MyTD 我的塔防
92% matchMixed57% of 67 reviews2017
Dev: DaTigerGame
Windows
[MYTD] is a tower defense strategy game, Unlike traditional tower defense.[MYTD] has added a lot of fresh play.[MYTD] is a pixel tower game strategy placed through games, with endless defense mode, character upgrades, defensive towers skills to choose, turret and changeful, one thousand kinds of style let you challenge without limit, the...
Why similar: Tower Defense 78.7%, Casual 21.3%
Why You'll Like It: A classic tower defense experience that emphasizes strategic placement and incremental upgrades.
- #11 Idle Hero TD - Tower Defense
89% matchVery Positive83% of 1,068 reviews2024
Dev: Swell Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 169.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
Endless idle tower defense game full of deep strategy and combat mechanics. Unlock and upgrade dozens of epic fantasy heroes to defeat an infinite swarm of enemy monsters. Strategize hero positions, synergies, and skills for an effective defense, then sit back and let the auto-battler do its thing!
Why similar: Auto Battler 28.3%, Tower Defense 24.5%, Idler 23.7%, Clicker 18.3%, Casual 3%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on the core tower defense and auto-battler loop with a heavy emphasis on idle progression.
- #12 Immortal Seeker
90% matchMixed60% of 603 reviews2023
Dev: Ilogin Studio
Windows
"Immortal Seeker" is a RogueLite game with a cultivation theme. As you journey, you can enhance your cultivation realm, find immortal weapons, learn secret books to defeat demons and monsters. Seek what is immortality and what is the Dao, and embark on your own path of cultivation.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 24.8%, Top-Down Shooter 18.9%, Roguelite 17.6%, Shooter 11.1%, Top-Down 11%
Why You'll Like It: A survival-focused roguelite that captures the bullet-hell intensity and cultivation aesthetic.
- #13 Goblin Buster: Incremental Tower Defense
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 146 reviews2025
Dev: Natrix
Windows
Goblin Buster is an incremental tower defense game with deep upgrade mechanics. Obliterate annoying goblins, collect materials, discover powerful relics, invest in unique buildings and spend your resources to upgrade towers and magical spells with a massive skill tree!
Why similar: Idler 27.7%, Tower Defense 27.3%, Clicker 26.6%, Top-Down 7.7%, Casual 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: A strong incremental tower defense game that rewards long-term planning and resource management.
- #14 Wandering Sword
86% matchVery Positive95% of 40,579 reviews2023
Dev: The Swordman StudioPub: Spiral Up Games
Windows
Median: 22.6 hrsMean: 42.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Wandering Sword is a Chinese martial-arts RPG where you play a young swordsman caught up in a feud and nearly dies. Escaping the event puts you on the path of pursuing the highest form of martial arts and exploring the pugilistic world to become the great hero you are always destined to be.
Why similar: Foreign 47.3% ★, Swordplay 34.4% ★, RPG 18.2%
Why You'll Like It: While more tactical, it provides a beautiful pixel-art depiction of the cultivation world that fans of the genre will appreciate.
- #15 Ancient Cultivatrix
88% matchMixed67% of 342 reviews2025
Dev: 五条虾仁(5 shrimps)
Windows
"Ancient Cultivatrix" is a Roguelite cultivation game with tower defense elements. The world was corrupted by chaos and became utterly depraved. Please gather the surviving cultivatrices and unite them. Enhance Taoist energy and spiritual prowess together, gradually uncovering the elusive truth.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.3%, Clicker 25.4%, Bullet Hell 20.2%, Roguelite 14.8%, Stylized 6.3%
Why You'll Like It: A bullet-hell roguelite that captures the fast-paced combat and cultivation theme of the seed game.
- #16 Idle Monster TD
87% matchMostly Positive72% of 841 reviews2021
Dev: Swell Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 164.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
An endless Tower Defense game of epic Monsters vs evil War Machines. Unlock and upgrade tons of unique elemental Monsters (Water, Air, Earth, and Fire) to defend your home from an infinite swarm of robots. Strategize the most effective placement of Monsters to synergize their elemental abilities.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.9%, Idler 34.3%, Clicker 18.4%, Fantasy 4.1%, 2D 3.8%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a similar blend of tower defense and idle mechanics with a focus on creature-based progression.
- #17 xiuzhen idle
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,346 reviews2025
Dev: 游戏养家工作室
Windows
Median: 12.0 hrsMean: 112.0 hrs≥1hr: 82%
This is a xiuzhen simulation placement game! From the refining of qi, building the foundation to the ascension of the celestial realm, crossed into the divine realm. (The game has been updated with the english mod, but you will need to select the "english" beta in the properties option to update it)
Why similar: Idler 50.1%, Clicker 24.4%, Text-Based 11.5%, Casual 6.3%, RPG 3.5%
Why You'll Like It: A text-heavy idle game that focuses on the core progression loops of the cultivation genre.
- #18 The Eastern Sacrifice
86% matchMixed62% of 400 reviews2025
Dev: 五条虾仁(5 shrimps)
Windows
“The Eastern Sacrifice” is an idle game combining simulation with Eastern Cthulhu-inspired themes. In a world spiraling into chaos over authority, vanquish enemy, gather treasures, and build a devoted religion. Your sanctuary will help you reclaim theurgy, ascend to the divine realm.
Why similar: Idler 47.7%, Clicker 36.1%, Casual 7.2%, 2D 4.6%, RPG 4.3%
Why You'll Like It: A management-heavy idle game that leans into the strategic elements of sect and resource administration.
- #19 Last Stand: Defense
84% matchVery Positive84% of 129 reviews2025
Dev: ZiiTech Games
Windows · Mac
"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 65.7%, Roguelite 26.8%, Fantasy 7.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game provides a more intense tower defense experience with strong strategic elements and magic-based combat.
- #20 希望之城 The City Of Hope
84% matchMixed67% of 130 reviews2024
Dev: 家里蹲工作室
Windows
A light city-building game that combines elements of card games and tower defense, where players must survive daily enemy attacks and gradually grow their strength to ultimately defeat powerful invaders.
Why similar: Idler 30.4%, Tower Defense 27.1%, Auto Battler 26.1%, Roguelite 6.8%, Casual 5.2%
Why You'll Like It: A casual strategy game that incorporates idle mechanics and base management.
- #21 Desktop Defender
81% matchVery Positive93% of 1,632 reviews2025
Dev: Conradical GamesPub: Poysky Productions
Windows
Median: 26.0 hrsMean: 52.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
An idle auto-battler that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.
Why similar: Idler 26.2%, Auto Battler 25.8%, Tower Defense 19.9%, Clicker 17.9%, Top-Down 4.7%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist tower defense game that focuses on the idle and auto-battler aspects of the genre.
- #22 Idle Cultivation
82% matchVery Positive81% of 118 reviews2025
Dev: Linmios
Windows
Idle towards Immortality! Ascend the cultivation stages to become immortal. Battle experts, monsters and mythological beasts. Draw talismans, craft powerful equipment and powerful pills to assist you in combat.
Why similar: Idler 45%, Foreign 31.4% ★, Casual 11.7%, RPG 6.4%, Fantasy 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A casual idle game that focuses on the progression and growth aspects of the cultivation genre.
- #23 方境战记BlockFight
83% 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 65.8%, Foreign 19.7% ★, Casual 8.1%, 2D 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic tower defense game that emphasizes base building and unit management.
- #24 Last Hit Titan
82% matchMixed64% of 87 reviews2025
Dev: Summonings systems
Windows
Strategically place turrets and build defenses to maximize your firepower against colossal Titans! Experiment with different setups, optimize your battlefield, and take down legendary creatures with the most efficient tactics. Every decision counts in this unique tower defense experience!
Why similar: Idler 31.7%, Tower Defense 30.9%, Clicker 26.1%, Casual 4.5%, 2D 4%
Why You'll Like It: An incremental tower defense game that emphasizes clicker mechanics and constant progression.
- #25 The Wall Mustn't Fall
81% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: CapsuleCollapse
Windows
You will select a hero with unique abilities. As you defend your castle, you will earn money and loot. This will allow you to upgrade your castle and recruit AI controlled allies to synergize with and equip them with weapons and relics. You may also choose to allow the AI to control your hero.
Why similar: Auto Battler 26.1%, Tower Defense 22.4%, Idler 16%, Clicker 14.8%, Roguelite 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical tower defense game that emphasizes inventory management and auto-battler mechanics.
- #26 This Isn't Just Tower Defense
80% matchMixed61% of 113 reviews2025
Dev: Pri Games
Windows
Defend your base with placeable towers that can be upgraded endlessly. Automate your production and make sure there's enough power to keep everything running.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.9%, Idler 25.8%, Clicker 18.6%, Auto Battler 14%, Top-Down 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A unique take on the tower defense genre that incorporates idle progression and strategic depth.
- #27 Ash Warden
79% matchMostly Positive74% of 89 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 27.7%, Idler 24.9%, Clicker 21.8%, Roguelite 10.5%, Top-Down 5.6%
- #28 无休仙途
78% matchMostly Positive73% of 986 reviews2025
Dev: GOCORE
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 29.7 hrs≥1hr: 85%
This is a casual strategic placement game. In the aerial world set in ancient China, players will play the role of a descendant of the Immortal Cultivation Sect. Travel through the barren continent, obtain various resources, build your sect, and ultimately ascend to the immortal realm.
Why similar: Idler 35.3%, Auto Battler 30.1%, Strategy RPG 21.4%, Casual 4.6%, RPG 3%
- #29 The Last Spell
77% matchVery Positive92% of 12,839 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.9 hrsMean: 24.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
Why similar: Strategy RPG 37.7%, Tower Defense 33.3%, Roguelite 15.7%, 2D 5.4%, Fantasy 4%
- #30 Output Pasture
79% matchVery Positive85% of 99 reviews2020
Dev: DuskDogStudio
Windows
Output Pasture is a fast-paced Tower Defense Game which combines the elements of roguelike. Unlock, combine unique animals to battle together, and fight the evil Machine Legion.
Why similar: Tower Defense 62%, Casual 30.3%, 2D 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A strategic tower defense game that focuses on efficient placement and resource management.
- #31 Book Shooter
76% matchVery Positive88% of 142 reviews2025
Dev: SOS GameLab.Pub: YuetteGames
Windows
《Book Shooter》is a tower defense roguelike game where YOU become the magic tome! Transmigrated into a fantasy world, you inhabit legendary books like An Actor's Work, The Bible, and A Brief History of Time. You will face many enemies, come and fight!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.3%, Bullet Hell 21.8%, Shooter 15.9%, Roguelite 8.6%, Top-Down Shooter 7%
- #32 Idle Tower Defense
78% matchMixed54% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: ZNZ Games
Windows
Idle Tower Defense is a game where you control a single tower to fight off hordes of enemies. No randomization. Choose from a variety of modules to create unique builds and upgrade modules and survive endless waves.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.5%, Idler 26.7%, Clicker 24.2%, Bullet Hell 16.4%, Casual 3.4%
- #33 The Scroll Of Taiwu
77% matchMostly Positive70% of 62,126 reviews2018
Dev: ConchShip Games
Windows
Median: 13.2 hrsMean: 56.4 hrs≥1hr: 88%
"The Scroll of Taiwu" is an indie game themed around Chinese mythology and wuxia. Players assume the role of the mysterious "heir of the Taiwu clan" in an alternate ancient China, working through generations of heirs to defeat a powerful hereditary enemy and shape the fate of the human world.
Why similar: Roguelite 32.8%, Strategy RPG 31.4%, RPG 18.7%, Casual 12.6%, 2D 4.6%
- #34 Arrow Spire: Tower Defense
75% matchNo user reviews64% of 50 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 33%, Tower Defense 27.6%, Clicker 24.8%, Top-Down 5.8%, Casual 4.5%
- #35 Dragon Cliff
75% matchVery Positive89% of 8,079 reviews2018
Dev: Meta Interaction
Windows
Median: 17.1 hrsMean: 64.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Dragon Cliff is a Semi-Idle RPG game with deep and complex itemization/skill systems to support endless character builds. Players are to collect adventurers, kill monsters, advance talent trees, enchant/reforge equipment, discover scrolls and finally assemble the most powerful adventure team!
Why similar: Idler 45.3%, Clicker 28.5%, Auto Battler 10.9%, RPG 7%, Casual 5.5%
- #36 Touhou Monster TD ~ 幻想乡妖怪塔防
74% matchVery Positive91% of 986 reviews2021
Dev: MyACG Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 11.6 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Easy to learn but hard to master, Touhou Monster TD is a unique Tower defense Game. Control your character, level up and unlock tower skills and character talents, use your wisdom to defeat incoming enemies. Travel the Gensokyo, find out why the “Incident” happened this time.
Why similar: Tower Defense 42.4%, Roguelite 19.1%, Top-Down 12.6%, Stylized 9%, Casual 6.1%
- #37 挂机神话
73% matchVery Positive90% of 1,735 reviews2023
Dev: 摸鱼猫工作室
Windows
Median: 22.7 hrsMean: 97.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
挂爆电费,休闲摸鱼,偷懒耍滑!现代修真为皮;刷宝养成为骨;擦边玩梗为神。宅度与中二度突破天际,在游戏库内随时出击杀掉那些无聊的时间。其将为放置游戏中最妖艳的奇葩;其名为 挂 机 神 话 !
Why similar: Idler 36.8%, Clicker 25.4%, Text-Based 15.5%, Roguelite 11.7%, Casual 5.5%
- #38 元素召唤 Summon Elemental
74% 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: Creature Collector 32.9%, Clicker 31.6%, Roguelite 15.1%, Tower Defense 8.5%, Casual 7.6%
- #39 Fire at Campsite
71% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Salvador PalmaPub: ZOO Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Protect the campsite in this Single-Tower-Defense game where you play as a campfire against the local wildlife! With many abilities and characters at your disposal, try new builds, synergies, and combos to make those animals run away with fear!
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.1%, Idler 20.2%, Creature Collector 18.3%, Bullet Hell 14.4%, Roguelite 10.3%
- #40 Sky Realm Idle
71% matchVery Positive81% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: 323GamePub: Star Seeker Ltd
Windows
Sky Realm Idle is a Xianxia RPG combining Spirit Array strategy with estate management. Forge artifacts, cultivate pills, and recruit companions. Ascend from mortal to immortal through deep customization and idle growth.
Why similar: Idler 79%, Casual 13.2%, RPG 4%, Atmospheric 3.8%
- #41 Idle Monster TD: Evolved
72% matchMostly Positive77% of 1,226 reviews2022
Dev: Monstermob USA, INC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 130.2 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Evolve epic monsters and crush puny humans in this endless idle tower defense game! Unlock, upgrade, and evolve over 150 unique monsters and pets, ranging from cute and colorful flower creatures to epic fire breathing dragons, to assemble the ultimate team against the endless waves of enemies.
Why similar: Auto Battler 27.5%, Idler 25.6%, Tower Defense 25.3%, Clicker 17%, Fantasy 2.6%
- #42 Infinite Tao
72% matchMostly Positive80% of 882 reviews2023
Dev: insomnia
Windows
《Infinity Tao》is a Rogue Lite game set in the Ancient Chinese Immortal Cultivation setting. Raise your realm, build powerful Magic Treasures combinations and Synergies, kill thousands of monster and win the 30 minute game.
Why similar: Auto Battler 52%, Bullet Hell 30.5%, Casual 6.8%, Roguelite 6.4%, 2D 4.2%
- #43 Cluckmech Oasis
69% matchVery Positive88% of 3,463 reviews2024
Dev: BlackLightPub: Mammorize
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.8%, Top-Down Shooter 27.9%, Roguelite 14.5%, Shooter 13.2%, Top-Down 7.6%
- #44 Rogue Monster Rush
68% matchVery Positive96% of 195 reviews2026
Dev: Ghost Vibes LLC
Windows
A unique Tower Defense game featuring Monster Collecting and Roguelike mechanics. Hatch, upgrade, and command a party of monster defenders, while unleashing player spells, to defend your base from the hordes of invading robots.
Why similar: Tower Defense 52.4%, Creature Collector 46.3%, Casual 1.3%
- #45 Idle TD: Heroes vs Zombies
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 165 reviews2022
Dev: Swell Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 28.9 hrs≥1hr: 67%
An endless Tower Defense game of epic heroes vs evil zombies. Unlock and upgrade countless Heroes, artifacts, and technologies to defend against the infinite zombie swarms. Strategize the most effective placement of Heroes to synergize their skills and abilities.
Why similar: Auto Battler 28.4%, Tower Defense 24.6%, Idler 23.7%, Clicker 13.2%, Top-Down 5%
- #46 Become Deity
70% matchMostly Positive78% of 73 reviews2025
Dev: 月核
Windows
Ascending to Immortal "is a horizontal board combat adventure game with a cultivation theme. You are the last bloodline of a cultivation family. In this era of sparse spiritual energy, in this gradually recovering spiritual forest, it will be your last chance to embark on the path of immortality.
Why similar: Roguelite 37.4%, RPG 32.4%, 2D 23.3%, Fantasy 6.9%
- #47 机退怪兽
73% matchMixed64% of 289 reviews2019
Dev: Doble Punch GamesPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
指挥官,你将指挥人类最后的钢铁机甲来击退怪兽洪流!《机退怪兽》是一款以微操驱动的硬核塔防游戏。以手控操作的射击以及技能释放来适应防御阵型以及敌人配置的不断变化。
Why similar: Tower Defense 78%, Casual 22%
- #48 Earthling's Undertaking
70% matchMixed66% of 998 reviews2023
Dev: Current Games
Windows
《天地归虚》是一款中国上古神话题材的修仙RPG+策略战棋游戏。玩家扮演一名落魄宗门的掌门人,游历神秘莫测的太初世界,经营门派培养弟子,寻仙求道提升修为,探索太初世界天道倾斜的原因,揭露诸仙背后隐藏的阴谋,打破命运的樊笼,谱写属于自己的神话传说。
Why similar: Strategy RPG 66.2%, RPG 10.1%, Casual 9.2%, Fantasy 7.3%, 2D 7.2%
- #49 挂机手游模拟器
67% matchVery Positive93% of 1,034 reviews2025
Dev: 天光
Windows
Median: 12.1 hrsMean: 39.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Idle farming for treasures, summoning heroes, collecting compendiums, crafting equipment, unlocking formations, researching technologies, sweeping maps, and competing for resources!
Why similar: Idler 38.4%, Strategy RPG 22.1%, Clicker 18.8%, Roguelite 12%, Casual 6.4%
- #50 Towerful Defense: Prologue
69% matchVery Positive88% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A tower defense action roguelike 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 items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.
Why similar: Auto Battler 30.5%, Tower Defense 25.8%, Bullet Hell 17.2%, Roguelite 11.7%, Top-Down 5.7%
- #51 Legacy of Defense
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 407 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 59.5%, Roguelite 24.1%, Casual 6.4%, Fantasy 5%, 2D 5%
- #52 Legendary Hoplite
70% matchMixed65% of 377 reviews2024
Dev: TripleBricksGamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 63%
A combination of Action RPG and Tower Defense: slay monsters, find weapons, upgrade your armies, defend your base… Prevent humanity from extinction at the hands of monsters from Greek mythology and ancient tribes. Don't let them cross the gate, commander!
Why similar: Strategy RPG 32.6%, Tower Defense 26.1%, Idler 22.9%, Roguelite 13.9%, Fantasy 2.4%
- #53 Immortal IDLE
69% matchMostly Positive70% of 84 reviews2025
Dev: 伯乐Couple
Windows
This is an IDLE cultivation game. Rise from mortal to immortal! Explore a world inspired by Confucian, Buddhist, and Taoist traditions as you master swordplay, elemental magic, or Buddhist powers. Grow spirit crops, craft items, defeat monsters, and loot treasures. Your path to immortality awaits!
Why similar: Idler 53%, Strategy RPG 28.3%, Casual 9.7%, RPG 5.4%, 2D 3.6%
- #54 Poly TD
66% matchVery Positive86% of 491 reviews2026
Dev: Naroot
Windows
Classic Warcraft III TD customs meet roguelike strategy. Summon and merge units to evolve them into legendary figures like Joan of Arc, Guan Yu, and Lovecraft—Legendary heroes from across time and space await! Prove your ultimate synergy against endless waves of enemies.
Why similar: Auto Battler 40.8%, Tower Defense 34.1%, Roguelite 10.6%, Top-Down 7%, Stylized 4.8%
- #55 Mech Fortress
66% matchVery Positive85% of 216 reviews2026
Dev: Some Sugar Studio
Windows
Mech Fortress is a sci-fi tower defense game where each turret has unique mechanics. You can freely place them on a 5×5 grid, and your goal is to eliminate all enemies!
Why similar: Auto Battler 41.5%, Tower Defense 36.5%, Bullet Hell 16.5%, Top-Down 5.5%
- #56 Endgame of Devil
67% matchVery Positive89% of 1,028 reviews2023
Dev: MiniWhalePub: Anotherindie
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 10.6 hrs≥1hr: 80%
As the Devil, command your minions to defeat the greedy adventurers! Build your team with over 240 minions and over 200 treasures, and discover various battle strategies. Enjoy the convenience of one-click auto battles!
Why similar: Auto Battler 49.4%, Roguelite 18.9%, Stylized 10%, Casual 7.2%, 2D 5.4%
- #57 League TD
68% matchVery Positive87% of 79 reviews2023
Dev: Wondarabyte
Windows
"League Tower Defense" is a strategy tower defense game that combines unique defense towers and various upgradeable components to unleash different attack effects. Come and build your perfect defense line.
Why similar: Tower Defense 82.5%, Top-Down 17.5%
- #58 The Last Flame
65% matchVery Positive85% of 2,804 reviews2025
Dev: Hotloop
Windows
Median: 6.6 hrsMean: 13.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Recruit a party of unique heroes, fight deadly encounters, loot and craft powerful gear, discover and create thousands of synergetic builds! The Last Flame is an endless roguelike auto-battler in which you guide a righteous party of heroes through many challenges.
Why similar: Auto Battler 63.3%, Strategy RPG 28.8%, Fantasy 4.4%, RPG 3.5%
- #59 Cultivation Story: Infinite Sword Realm
67% matchMostly Positive79% of 52 reviews2025
Dev: Bid Pond Studio Ltd.Pub: Chi Entertainment Corp.
Windows
Cultivation Story: Infinite Sword Realm is an action-packed roguelike deckbuilder rooted in Cultivation and Chinese mythology, where every action costs you lifespan. Enter the realm of Swords, balance power and mortality as you climb the path to immortality.
Why similar: RPG 31.7%, 2D 26.5%, Casual 22.7%, Fantasy 19.1%