- #1 Thronefall
97% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,552 reviews2024
Dev: GrizzlyGamesPub: Mythwright
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.8%, City Builder 26%, Auto Battler 13.6%, Medieval 10.6%, Base Building 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: This minimalist strategy game perfectly captures the essence of base-building and tower defense within a medieval setting.
- #2 Warpips
96% matchVery Positive87% of 5,177 reviews2022
Dev: Skirmish Mode GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 65%
Warpips is the ultimate quick to learn but amazingly deep tug-of-war strategy game. Deploy the right composition of soldiers, tanks, helicopters and planes in this tight, streamlined strategy-focused war game. Compose the best army, research the right tech; overwhelm your enemy!
Why similar: Auto Battler 22.9%, RTS 21.9%, Tower Defense 20.3%, Wargame 10.3%, Base Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is the quintessential auto-battling RTS that mirrors the chaotic, unit-commander combat style of the seed game.
- #3 Diplomacy is Not an Option
96% matchVery Positive86% of 12,512 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: Base Building 21.3%, RTS 20.3%, Tower Defense 18.3%, Medieval 16.1%, Military 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the RTS-base-building hybrid genre, tasking players with managing massive armies to survive overwhelming sieges.
- #4 Cataclismo
94% matchVery Positive89% of 4,300 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.
Why similar: City Builder 35.9%, RTS 32%, Base Building 23.2%, Strategy 8.4%, Singleplayer 0.4%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a deep focus on brick-by-brick castle construction combined with intense real-time defense against massive enemy swarms.
- #5 Ratropolis
95% matchVery Positive88% of 5,510 reviews2020
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 15.1 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 24.1%, Tower Defense 21.4%, Roguelite 15.6%, City Builder 15.6%, Strategy 8%
Why You'll Like It: It masterfully combines deckbuilding mechanics with real-time base defense, creating a fast-paced strategic loop.
- #6 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
93% matchMostly Positive74% of 10,619 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.6 hrsMean: 14.0 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Why similar: RTS 29.6%, Tower Defense 27.7%, Base Building 18.4%, Medieval 12%, Strategy 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes survival RTS that forces players to balance economy and defense against relentless waves of enemies.
- #7 ORX
94% matchMixed69% of 681 reviews2022
Dev: johnbellPub: CRITICAL REFLEX
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 72%
A new take on tower-defence and deckbuilding roguelike genres. ORX is like playing Carcassonne with your table on fire. Build your perfect deck, use powerful artefacts, master 3 unique factions. Prove that you are the King of your castle!
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.6%, Card Game 29.6%, Roguelite 15.6%, Deckbuilding 7.6%, Fantasy 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelike-deckbuilder uses card-based mechanics to build defensive structures, mirroring the tactical placement of the seed game.
- #8 Warlords Under Siege
92% matchMostly Positive78% of 478 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 19.1%, Wargame 18.4%, RTS 15.9%, Card Game 11.6%, Base Building 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: This action-RTS hybrid focuses on roguelite elements and wargame tactics, requiring quick thinking to manage your defenses.
- #9 Buggos
91% matchVery Positive88% of 1,432 reviews2022
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 11.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Lead your hive to victory in 'Buggos', an RTS Auto Battler! Customize your swarm with 120+ evolutions and conquer humanity. Strategy meets bug chaos!
Why similar: City Builder 23.1%, RTS 19.8%, Wargame 16.2%, Auto Battler 15.6%, Base Building 15.1%
Why You'll Like It: A unique RTS that focuses on swarm management and base-building, allowing you to lead massive insectoid armies against defenses.
- #10 Super Fantasy Kingdom
90% matchVery Positive87% of 5,926 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.3 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 30.4%, Medieval 19.8%, Roguelite 19.6%, Strategy 10.5%, Fantasy 9.1%
Why You'll Like It: A charming roguelite strategy game that emphasizes unit management and base defense in a fantasy world.
- #11 They Are Billions
91% matchVery Positive85% of 51,351 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.3 hrsMean: 56.6 hrs≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Why similar: RTS 28.2%, Base Building 27.7%, Tower Defense 21.4%, City Builder 15.5%, Strategy 7%
Why You'll Like It: The definitive survival strategy game that requires precise base-building and tactical defense to hold back massive hordes.
- #12 The King is Watching
89% matchVery Positive89% of 10,374 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 18.3 hrs≥1hr: 85%
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
Why similar: RTS 17.8%, Tower Defense 16.1%, City Builder 15.2%, Auto Battler 13.7%, Base Building 11.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game captures the roguelike base-building feel with a focus on managing troops in a dark fantasy setting.
- #13 Hadean Tactics
89% matchVery Positive89% of 1,926 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Hadean Tactics is a roguelike deckbuilding game fused with autobattler elements to create a unique strategy experience. Use your cards to influence the actions of your units and help your Hero defeat the Six Wings of Hell!
Why similar: Auto Battler 41.8%, Card Game 24.5%, Roguelite 14.2%, Strategy 7.1%, Deckbuilding 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: It blends auto-battler combat with roguelike-deckbuilding, focusing on unit synergy and tactical positioning.
- #14 Tower Tactics: Liberation
88% matchVery Positive88% of 1,252 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 16.9 hrs≥1hr: 87%
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 39.8%, Card Game 27%, Roguelite 13.1%, Strategy 7.3%, Deckbuilding 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It integrates card-based deckbuilding into a tower defense framework, offering deep strategic variety.
- #15 Border Pioneer
86% matchVery Positive87% of 1,902 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 8.8 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 17%, City Builder 16.9%, RTS 14.5%, Wargame 10.8%, Base Building 10.6%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval strategy game that balances city-building and tower defense to protect your borders.
- #16 Hexguardian
87% matchMostly Positive80% of 700 reviews2024
Dev: Split Second GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!
Why similar: RTS 24.5%, Tower Defense 24.5%, City Builder 16.8%, Roguelite 11.3%, Strategy 5.7%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense game that uses hexagonal grid placement to create complex defensive strategies.
- #17 Operation: Polygon Storm
86% matchMixed70% of 292 reviews2024
Dev: Toxic Studio
Windows
Median: 54 minMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 50%
A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Auto Battler 21.6%, RTS 17%, Wargame 17%, Tower Defense 16.2%, Military 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: An action-RTS that features auto-battling mechanics and intense lane-based defense against waves of enemies.
- #18 Aurora Defense
85% matchMixed62% of 100 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: Auto Battler 17.9%, Tower Defense 14.8%, RTS 14.3%, City Builder 14.3%, Card Game 10.4%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike tower defense game that emphasizes base-building and strategic deck-based upgrades.
- #19 Tower Dominion
82% matchVery Positive86% of 5,489 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.2 hrsMean: 22.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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 24.1%, RTS 19.8%, Auto Battler 16.9%, Base Building 13.7%, Roguelite 8.3%
Why You'll Like It: It provides a classic tower defense experience with roguelike elements and base-building progression.
- #20 Kingdom's Deck
84% matchMostly Positive74% of 517 reviews2025
Dev: Ivan AcoPub: Rogue Duck Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.0 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 22.9%, Tower Defense 17.5%, Wargame 16.7%, Card Game 15.7%, Base Building 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: It merges city-building and base-management with card-based mechanics to create a unique strategic experience.
- #21 Nordhold
81% matchVery Positive87% of 3,330 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.4%, City Builder 20.8%, Base Building 13.6%, RTS 13.6%, Roguelite 11%
Why You'll Like It: A dark-fantasy tower defense game that incorporates roguelite elements and turn-based strategy components.
- #22 Tabletop Tavern
79% matchVery Positive90% of 1,980 reviews2026
Dev: TJPub: Frostbloom
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Tabletop Tavern is a roguelike RTS where you build an army from scratch and command them across a brutal campaign. Recruit diverse units, create devastating synergies, and make tactical choices that shape the fate of every run.
Why similar: RTS 29.8%, Wargame 25.9%, Roguelite 11.7%, War 10.7%, Medieval 9.9%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that brings real-time tactics and wargame elements into a roguelike structure.
- #23 Loopstructor
82% matchVery Positive83% of 383 reviews2024
Dev: Pone Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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: Auto Battler 26.4%, Tower Defense 24.9%, RTS 23.8%, Base Building 12.2%, Strategy 6.5%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy game that focuses on tower defense and roguelike survival mechanics in a loop-based environment.
- #24 ValeGuard
84% 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 22.7%, City Builder 21.3%, RTS 19.3%, Base Building 14.8%, Medieval 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A hybrid of tower defense and base-building that requires careful unit placement to survive nightly attacks.
- #25 Knightica
81% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,184 reviews2025
Dev: Mad Mango GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 13.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Recruit powerful units, place them strategically and find the best synergies in this Roguelike Autobattler! Knightica lets you guide a warband through many challenges to free the Kingdoms. Discover optimal combinations, weave powerful enchants, face dangerous monsters and lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Auto Battler 40.7%, Tower Defense 31.4%, Strategy 6.7%, Deckbuilding 6.6%, Fantasy 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title combines auto-battler mechanics with deckbuilding to create a tactical defense experience.
- #26 Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 108 reviews2026
Dev: YogurtGames
Windows
Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids is a medieval fantasy blend of tower defense and roguelike progression. Build defenses on a grid, manage resources, and survive ever-evolving enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.4%, Roguelite 16.7%, Card Game 12.7%, Base Building 11%, Strategy 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It uses grid-based tower defense and roguelite progression to challenge your tactical planning.
- #27 Guardians of Hyelore
83% matchMixed57% of 60 reviews2021
Dev: Megaglope StudiosPub: indie.io
Windows
Guardians of Hyelore is an action-packed unit recruitment game pitting your units and strategies against an onslaught of enemies. Hire units, improve your troops, earn achievements, and spawn your Guardian to fight 150+ unique enemies in this exciting take on the army-spawning action genre.
Why similar: RTS 23%, Auto Battler 22.5%, Wargame 19.8%, Tower Defense 19.7%, Strategy 4.4%
Why You'll Like It: This RTS focuses on managing a squad of units in a wargame setting, emphasizing combat and survival.
- #28 Sir, We Have an Orc Problem
77% matchVery Positive87% of 3,557 reviews2026
Dev: Mumpitz Games
Windows · Linux
Median: 5.8 hrsMean: 6.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Sir, We Have an Orc Problem is an incremental-style tower defense game where you face an overwhelming number of orcs. Greet them with even more bullets, bombs and lasers!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34%, Base Building 16.5%, Military 15.9%, Roguelite 12.1%, War 12.1%
- #29 Sunbreak War
78% matchVery Positive84% of 151 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: City Builder 18.7%, Tower Defense 18.2%, Wargame 16.7%, Base Building 9.6%, Military 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends city-building and real-time tactics within a roguelite framework.
- #30 MoeArmy vs SuArmy
77% matchVery Positive84% of 63 reviews2026
Dev: KumiLGames
Windows
MoeArmy vs SuArmy is a 2D auto-battle strategy game. Choose the Moe or Su faction, build structures to deploy formations, combine cards, gear, and commander skills to power up your troops, exploit armor counters in automatic combat, and destroy the enemy base to claim victory!
Why similar: Auto Battler 15.8%, RTS 14.8%, Tower Defense 12.6%, City Builder 11.3%, Wargame 10.6%
- #31 Tiny Battles
79% matchVery Positive84% of 50 reviews2024
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Tiny Battles is a tactical action auto-battler where battles take place automatically in the arena.
Why similar: Auto Battler 41.2%, Tower Defense 28.8%, Strategy 9.7%, Medieval 8.9%, Fantasy 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art auto-battler that focuses on tower defense and strategic unit composition.
- #32 Elements and build
78% matchMostly Positive76% of 217 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: Auto Battler 35.1%, Tower Defense 29.9%, Base Building 12%, Roguelite 11%, Strategy 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the synergy between tower defense and auto-battler mechanics to create a robust strategic loop.
- #33 Little Kingdom RTS
76% matchVery Positive86% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
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: RTS 26.4%, Tower Defense 24.2%, Base Building 16.8%, Medieval 10.8%, War 8.8%
- #34 Kingdoms vs Zombies
74% matchVery Positive86% of 50 reviews2026
Dev: MyDreamForeverPub: Andgo Games
Windows
Kingdoms vs Zombies is a blend of strategy, tower defense, and roguelike gameplay, where you must defend your kingdom against endless hordes of the undead.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.3%, Base Building 23.3%, RTS 18.6%, Strategy 13.3%, Medieval 9.2%
- #35 Tangy TD
72% matchVery Positive90% of 1,510 reviews2026
Dev: Cakez
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 57%
Strategic tower defense where you play a witch, place class-based towers, equip them with items that grant powerful abilities, combine them, create unique builds & deal ridiculous amounts of damage! Customize your builds with a deep stat system and giant skill tree!
Why similar: Tower Defense 61%, Strategy 13.5%, Medieval 8.2%, Funny 7.6%, Pixel Graphics 7.2%
- #36 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
75% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,009 reviews2018
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.3 hrsMean: 18.7 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.1%, Medieval 16.8%, Strategy 11%, Fantasy 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.4%
- #37 希望之城 The City Of Hope
76% 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: Tower Defense 15.8%, Auto Battler 15.8%, City Builder 15%, Card Game 11.6%, Wargame 10.9%
- #38 The Last Spell
73% matchVery Positive91% of 13,615 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 23.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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: Tower Defense 34.4%, Base Building 21.6%, Roguelite 16.7%, Strategy 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.9%
- #39 Rogue Command
71% matchVery Positive90% of 1,029 reviews2026
Dev: feneq
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 16.6 hrs≥1hr: 71%
True RTS gameplay reinforced with roguelite build crafting. Control units with bullet-time precision. Call down bases and raise armies. Drafted from a different arsenal every run. Weave builds that break the game. Or the game breaks you.
Why similar: RTS 34%, Base Building 20.1%, Military 17.3%, Roguelite 14.4%, Strategy 7.5%
- #40 Tiny Tactics
75% matchVery Positive83% of 683 reviews2022
Dev: Tiny Forge Gaming
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 13.3 hrs≥1hr: 78%
Tiny Tactics is a Tower Defense game with a heavy focus on mazing, with mechanics inspired by the Auto Chess genre.
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.1%, Auto Battler 32.4%, Strategy 11.7%, Fantasy 8.9%, Indie 0.5%
- #41 Commander Quest
71% matchMostly Positive75% of 2,866 reviews2025
Dev: Flyway Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 17.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Congratulations! You just found a 'one of a kind' roguelike that combines deck-building card game and auto battle strategy game! Consider unit counters, then create powerful synergy by breaking down the boundaries between the battlefield and cards, then lead your army to victory!
Why similar: Auto Battler 33.7%, Card Game 21.2%, War 13.8%, Roguelite 12.5%, Strategy 6.7%
- #42 Epic Auto Towers
73% matchMostly Positive70% of 788 reviews2024
Dev: Aleksandr Golovkin
Windows
Median: 8.9 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Epic Auto Towers is a turn-based strategy game combining elements of autobattler, deckbuilder and roguelike. Purchase uncommon and rare Towers and build the strongest combo to withstand the monster assault! Discover unusual new Tower combinations as you come back for more.
Why similar: Auto Battler 47.1%, Card Game 22.5%, Tower Defense 14.2%, Strategy 8.1%, Deckbuilding 7.5%
- #43 Tower Factory
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,247 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 6.4 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Tower Factory is a tower defense and automation game with roguelite elements. Optimize resource production using conveyor systems while defending against monster waves. Can you find and destroy the enemy tower before it's too late?
Why similar: RTS 25.4%, Tower Defense 23.8%, City Builder 19.8%, Base Building 14.4%, Roguelite 10.6%
- #44 Final War: Frozen Defense
73% matchMixed47% of 121 reviews2025
Dev: HaoPlay Limited
Windows
Strategy Tower Defense, RTS Battles on the World Map
Why similar: RTS 19.7%, Tower Defense 17.9%, Wargame 15.8%, City Builder 14.7%, Medieval 8.2%
- #45 Islets Defense
70% matchVery Positive94% of 191 reviews2025
Dev: MiniGoofPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: City Builder 27.8%, Tower Defense 27.1%, Base Building 17.1%, Auto Battler 8.7%, Medieval 8.5%
- #46 Dwarves: Glory, Death and Loot
69% matchVery Positive82% of 2,688 reviews2026
Dev: Hamma StudiosPub: Sidekick Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
Build and command your own party of Dwarves in a chaotic mix of Auto Battler, Strategy, and RPG. Prepare formations, assign equipment, and decide the fate of up to 10 Beardlings, as you lead the raid party through reckless runs filled with Glory, Death, and Loot!
Why similar: Auto Battler 75.1%, Roguelite 8.5%, Strategy 5.2%, Pixel Graphics 3.9%, Fantasy 3.8%
- #47 Orcdom
70% matchVery Positive88% of 74 reviews2025
Dev: GAGAPub: OKJOY
Windows
Orcdom is a minimalist tower defense game with full freedom in tower placement. Defend your crystal from waves of orcs attacking from all directions. Plan your layout, time your spells, and unlock new strategy modes in this fast-paced tactical challenge!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.8%, RTS 24.9%, Base Building 18%, Strategy 8.3%, Pixel Graphics 6.3%
- #48 Becastled
68% matchVery Positive82% of 5,597 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 22.9%, Base Building 20.4%, RTS 19.1%, Medieval 8.8%, Military 8.3%
- #49 Necronator: Dead Wrong
74% matchMixed68% of 526 reviews2020
Dev: Toge ProductionsPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Necronator: Dead Wrong is a deck-building roguelike with an RTS twist. Build a powerful deck. Collect and deploy undead units and raise a unique army. Master each commander’s playstyle and conquer the world. Change the game with rule-bending relics. Unlock new decks and do it all again.
Why similar: RTS 24.4%, Tower Defense 23.5%, Card Game 16.5%, Roguelite 10.7%, Strategy 5.3%
- #50 Endgame of Devil
70% matchVery Positive89% of 1,039 reviews2023
Dev: MiniWhalePub: Anotherindie
Windows · Mac
Median: 5.4 hrsMean: 10.5 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 39.1%, Roguelite 16%, Medieval 14.8%, Strategy 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 7.1%
- #51 WARCANA
72% matchMixed63% of 507 reviews2024
Dev: 1000 OrksPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 63%
WARCANA is a fantasy inspired base defence, RTS game with a deck-building mechanic. Face hundreds of thousands of unrelenting monsters in a battle royale between 30 other mighty magicians. Build your deck. Prepare your defences. Summon your armies. Survive the onslaught. Be the last one standing.
Why similar: Auto Battler 22.4%, Tower Defense 21.8%, Card Game 17.4%, Base Building 14.6%, Strategy 6%
- #52 Monsters are Coming!
68% matchVery Positive80% of 2,808 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 80%
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.6%, City Builder 29.2%, Base Building 19.8%, Roguelite 14%, Strategy 6.6%
- #53 9 Kings
66% matchVery Positive93% of 22,964 reviews2025
Dev: Sad SocketPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.8 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 91%
A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.
Why similar: Card Game 39.4%, Roguelite 23%, Strategy 13%, Fantasy 10.9%, Deckbuilding 10.9%
- #54 Wool at the Gates
68% matchVery Positive92% of 102 reviews2026
Dev: Okay Creature
Windows
A minimalist tactical base defense game where you fight as a hero, command troops, and build powerful class synergies while fortifying your city against relentless waves of invading sheep.
Why similar: City Builder 25.8%, Tower Defense 25.7%, Base Building 14.4%, Auto Battler 13.5%, Medieval 11.2%
- #55 Northend Tower Defense
69% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,454 reviews2024
Dev: Northend Games
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 58%
Jump into a realtime strategy, action filled battlefield, deploy relentless soldiers, unlock powerful troops and vehicles, upgrade your army, decimate the enemy. If that's not enough, jump into a chaotic Zombie mode, with traps, fun upgrades, and a new gameplay!
Why similar: Auto Battler 30.6%, Tower Defense 26.7%, Base Building 12.9%, Military 12.7%, War 10.5%
- #56 Combolands: Roguelike Citybuilder
65% matchVery Positive97% of 202 reviews2026
Dev: Crux Games
Windows
A mini citybuilding roguelike. Place buildings, stack combos, and master deep strategy in short bursts to create a tiny thriving metropolis!
Why similar: City Builder 35%, Card Game 20.3%, Roguelite 15.8%, Strategy 11.6%, Deckbuilding 6.1%
- #57 Transport Legion
67% matchVery Positive86% of 99 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 32.3%, Card Game 28.3%, Strategy 14.3%, Roguelite 14.1%, Medieval 10.1%
- #58 Gnomes
65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,808 reviews2025
Dev: DYSTOPIAN
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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 35.1%, City Builder 26.2%, Base Building 17.1%, Roguelite 9.8%, Strategy 6.2%
- #59 Meme Mayhem
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,075 reviews2024
Dev: Cr3 Studio
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 24.5 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Hurl emojis and battle the internet's biggest stars to rise as a meme master in Meme Mayhem! Collect powerful perks and relics, enjoy a darkly comic social media story, and assemble the ultimate emoji attack stack in this roguelite idle RPG.
Why similar: Auto Battler 41%, Card Game 26.5%, Roguelite 15%, Strategy 7.3%, Funny 4.7%
- #60 3 Minute Heroes
69% matchVery Positive84% of 222 reviews2021
Dev: Sinkhole Studio
Windows
3 Minute Heroes is a real-time strategy game that combines tower defense, deck building, and rogue-like genres. Place your champions, use cards, and keep your home safe for 3 minutes!
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.5%, Card Game 29.1%, Roguelite 13.9%, Strategy 13.8%, Deckbuilding 5%