- #1 Warpips
97% matchVery Positive87% of 5,087 reviews2022
Dev: Skirmish Mode GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 8.3 hrs≥1hr: 66%
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 23.3%, RTS 21.5%, Tower Defense 20.4%, Wargame 10.2%, Base Building 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It perfectly captures the chaotic, fast-paced RTS auto-battler feel with a heavy focus on unit deployment and lane-based combat.
- #2 Thronefall
96% 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 29.8%, City Builder 25.9%, Auto Battler 13.7%, Medieval 10.5%, Base Building 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist masterpiece that distills base-building and tower defense into a tight, satisfying loop of tactical defense.
- #3 Super Fantasy Kingdom
96% 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 30.7%, Medieval 19.6%, Roguelite 19.5%, Strategy 10.4%, Fantasy 9%
Why You'll Like It: This game excels at the auto-battler roguelite loop, requiring careful team composition and strategic placement to survive waves.
- #4 Warlords Under Siege
95% 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 18.9%, Wargame 18.4%, RTS 15.7%, Card Game 11.8%, Base Building 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: It blends action-RTS mechanics with roguelite progression, focusing on hero-led defenses against relentless enemy waves.
- #5 Diplomacy is Not an Option
94% 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: Base Building 21.3%, RTS 20.1%, Tower Defense 18.4%, Medieval 16.1%, Military 11.4%
Why You'll Like It: This title is the gold standard for managing massive, physics-based swarms while maintaining a complex base-building economy.
- #6 Cataclismo
94% matchVery Positive89% of 4,143 reviews2025
Dev: Digital SunPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 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: RTS 24%, City Builder 23.1%, Tower Defense 22.2%, Base Building 15.8%, War 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: It offers deep, brick-by-brick castle building combined with intense RTS defense against massive swarms of enemies.
- #7 Ratropolis
93% 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 24.3%, Tower Defense 21.4%, Roguelite 15.7%, City Builder 15.2%, Strategy 8%
Why You'll Like It: This card-driven base defense game requires quick thinking and strategic card management to protect your city from encroaching threats.
- #8 ORX
92% matchMixed69% of 674 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 39.5%, Card Game 29.7%, Roguelite 15.7%, Deckbuilding 7.7%, Fantasy 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A unique fusion of deckbuilding and tower defense that tasks you with constructing fortifications to hold back waves of enemies.
- #9 Operation: Polygon Storm
91% matchMostly Positive70% of 288 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 21.9%, Wargame 16.8%, RTS 16.7%, Tower Defense 16.3%, Military 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A pure, high-octane action-RTS that focuses on managing unit compositions and commander abilities in real-time battles.
- #10 They Are Billions
91% matchVery Positive85% of 50,888 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.2 hrsMean: 56.2 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%, Base Building 27.7%, Tower Defense 21.7%, City Builder 15.4%, Strategy 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A classic survival RTS that forces you to balance base expansion with the constant threat of being overrun by thousands of enemies.
- #11 Hadean Tactics
90% matchVery Positive89% of 1,887 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 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 42%, Card Game 24.4%, Roguelite 14.1%, Strategy 7.1%, Deckbuilding 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: It combines the strategic depth of a deckbuilder with the automated chaos of an auto-battler in a dark fantasy setting.
- #12 Hexguardian
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 692 reviews2024
Dev: Split Second GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
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: Tower Defense 24.7%, RTS 24.3%, City Builder 16.7%, Roguelite 11.5%, Strategy 5.8%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelite tower defense game uses hexagonal map tiles to create unique defensive layouts for every run.
- #13 Emberward
88% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,696 reviews2024
Dev: Refic Games
Windows
Median: 7.6 hrsMean: 27.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.9%, Base Building 22.1%, Roguelite 16.7%, Strategy 9.1%, Deckbuilding 7.3%
Why You'll Like It: A creative tower defense roguelite that allows you to shape the path of your enemies, adding a layer of spatial strategy.
- #14 Tower Tactics: Liberation
89% 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 39.7%, Card Game 27.1%, Roguelite 13.1%, Strategy 7.3%, Deckbuilding 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: It integrates deckbuilding mechanics into a traditional tower defense framework, offering deep customization for your defensive strategy.
- #15 The Last Spell
87% matchVery Positive91% of 13,289 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 24.5 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: Tower Defense 34.5%, Base Building 21.4%, Roguelite 16.8%, Strategy 10.9%, Pixel Graphics 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A tactical turn-based defense game that emphasizes base management and hero positioning against massive hordes.
- #16 Kingdom's Deck
85% 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 22.6%, Tower Defense 17.5%, Wargame 16.7%, Card Game 16%, Base Building 14.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game merges city-building with card-based roguelite mechanics to create a unique defensive strategy experience.
- #17 Kingdom Two Crowns
84% 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 32.5%, City Builder 27%, Base Building 15.2%, Medieval 10.7%, Strategy 5.5%
Why You'll Like It: A beautiful side-scrolling strategy game where base-building and unit management are essential for surviving the nightly attacks.
- #18 ValeGuard
86% 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 23%, City Builder 21.2%, RTS 19.1%, Base Building 14.8%, Medieval 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A charming strategy game that blends tower defense with base-building and turn-based unit management.
- #19 Little Kingdom RTS
83% matchVery Positive87% of 68 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 26.2%, Tower Defense 24.5%, Base Building 16.8%, Medieval 10.8%, War 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A pixel-art RTS that simplifies base-building and combat into an accessible yet challenging tower defense experience.
- #20 Guardians of Hyelore
86% 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: Auto Battler 22.9%, RTS 22.6%, Tower Defense 19.8%, Wargame 19.7%, Strategy 4.5%
Why You'll Like It: This RTS-auto-battler hybrid focuses on managing a growing army and commander abilities to survive increasingly difficult combat scenarios.
- #21 Tiny Tactics
84% matchVery Positive83% of 669 reviews2022
Dev: Tiny Forge Gaming
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 13.5 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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%, Auto Battler 32.7%, Strategy 11.7%, Fantasy 8.8%, Indie 0.5%
Why You'll Like It: A top-down tower defense game that focuses on unit placement and synergy to overcome challenging waves.
- #22 Tangy TD
81% matchVery Positive92% of 1,348 reviews2026
Dev: Cakez
Windows
Median: 1.4 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 56%
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 61.3%, Strategy 13.5%, Medieval 8.1%, Funny 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 7%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense game that offers a variety of strategic choices and upgrades to keep each playthrough fresh.
- #23 Elements and build
82% 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: Auto Battler 35.4%, Tower Defense 29.7%, Base Building 11.8%, Roguelite 11%, Strategy 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on elemental synergies and auto-battling mechanics to create a distinct tower defense experience.
- #24 Mindustry
82% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 26,625 reviews2019
Dev: AnukenDev
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 27.5 hrs≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.8%, Base Building 29.9%, RTS 18.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Pixel Graphics 2.6%
Why You'll Like It: A complex factory-building and tower defense hybrid that requires intricate resource management to fuel your defensive lines.
- #25 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,488 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.8 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 29.3%, Tower Defense 28%, Base Building 18.4%, Medieval 12%, Strategy 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A dark fantasy RTS that pits your base against thousands of enemies, emphasizing lighting and defensive positioning.
- #26 The King is Watching
78% matchVery Positive89% of 9,652 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 17.9 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 17.6%, Tower Defense 16%, City Builder 15.2%, Auto Battler 14%, Base Building 11.4%
- #27 Northend Tower Defense
80% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,417 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 31%, Tower Defense 26.6%, Base Building 12.8%, Military 12.5%, War 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A straightforward tower defense game that incorporates auto-battler elements to keep combat dynamic and engaging.
- #28 Final War: Frozen Defense
81% matchMixed46% of 105 reviews2025
Dev: HaoPlay Limited
Windows
Strategy Tower Defense, RTS Battles on the World Map
Why similar: RTS 19.5%, Tower Defense 18.1%, Wargame 15.8%, City Builder 14.6%, Medieval 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: A medieval-themed RTS that emphasizes defensive structures and unit management in a harsh, frozen environment.
- #29 Border Pioneer
77% 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 17%, City Builder 16.7%, RTS 14.4%, Wargame 10.9%, Base Building 10.6%
- #30 Tower Dominion
77% 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 23.9%, RTS 19.8%, Auto Battler 17.1%, Base Building 13.7%, Roguelite 8.4%
- #31 Banners of Ruin
78% matchMostly Positive79% of 3,191 reviews2021
Dev: MonteBearoPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 8.4 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.
Why similar: Card Game 47.1%, Roguelite 25.2%, Strategy 14.2%, Deckbuilding 12.7%, Singleplayer 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A card-based strategy game that focuses on positioning and unit synergies during turn-based combat encounters.
- #32 Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
79% matchVery Positive85% of 13,994 reviews2014
Dev: AMPLITUDE Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 10.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...
Why similar: Tower Defense 57.8%, Strategy 16.6%, Roguelite 12.8%, Pixel Graphics 11.2%, Indie 0.8%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite dungeon crawler that forces you to manage resources and build defenses to protect your crystal from waves of monsters.
- #33 Nordhold
75% matchVery Positive87% of 3,149 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 9.7 hrs≥1hr: 84%
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 23.6%, City Builder 20.6%, Base Building 13.6%, RTS 13.4%, Roguelite 11.1%
- #34 Loopstructor
76% 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: Auto Battler 26.8%, Tower Defense 25%, RTS 23.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Strategy 6.5%
- #35 Aurora Defense
76% 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: Auto Battler 18.2%, Tower Defense 14.9%, RTS 14.1%, City Builder 14.1%, Card Game 10.5%
- #36 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 22.9%, Base Building 20.2%, RTS 18.9%, Medieval 9%, Military 8.4%
- #37 Knightica
74% matchMostly Positive75% of 1,143 reviews2025
Dev: Mad Mango GamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
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 41.1%, Tower Defense 31.2%, Deckbuilding 6.7%, Strategy 6.7%, Fantasy 6%
- #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: City Builder 18.5%, Tower Defense 18.4%, Wargame 16.7%, Base Building 9.6%, Military 9.1%
- #39 Islets Defense
72% 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: City Builder 27.5%, Tower Defense 27.2%, Base Building 17%, Auto Battler 9%, Medieval 8.5%
- #40 Orcdom
73% matchVery Positive90% of 71 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 35.9%, RTS 24.8%, Base Building 18.1%, Strategy 8.4%, Pixel Graphics 6.2%
- #41 希望之城 The City Of Hope
75% 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: Auto Battler 16.1%, Tower Defense 15.9%, City Builder 14.8%, Card Game 11.7%, Wargame 10.8%
- #42 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
73% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,788 reviews2018
Dev: Ironhide Game Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 8.4 hrsMean: 18.8 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 57.2%, Medieval 16.7%, Strategy 11.2%, Fantasy 7.5%, Pixel Graphics 5.3%
- #43 Rogue Command
68% matchVery Positive91% of 771 reviews2026
Dev: feneq
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 33.7%, Base Building 20%, Military 17.3%, Roguelite 14.6%, Strategy 7.6%
- #44 Endgame of Devil
71% matchVery Positive89% of 1,030 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 39.6%, Roguelite 16.1%, Medieval 14.6%, Strategy 8.7%, Pixel Graphics 6.9%
- #45 Monsters are Coming!
69% matchVery Positive80% of 2,489 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 7.0 hrs≥1hr: 81%
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 29.7%, City Builder 28.9%, Base Building 19.7%, Roguelite 14.1%, Strategy 6.6%
- #46 Commander Quest
70% matchMostly Positive76% of 2,816 reviews2025
Dev: Flyway Games, Inc.
Windows
Median: 8.2 hrsMean: 15.7 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 33.9%, Card Game 21.2%, War 13.6%, Roguelite 12.5%, Strategy 6.7%
- #47 9 Kings
66% matchVery Positive93% of 21,354 reviews2025
Dev: Sad SocketPub: Hooded Horse
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 14.9 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 39.6%, Roguelite 23%, Strategy 12.9%, Deckbuilding 11%, Fantasy 10.8%
- #48 WARCANA
71% matchMixed63% of 501 reviews2024
Dev: 1000 OrksPub: Team17
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 4.8 hrs≥1hr: 64%
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 22.7%, Tower Defense 21.8%, Card Game 17.5%, Base Building 14.4%, Strategy 6.1%
- #49 Rogue Tower
70% matchVery Positive83% of 5,872 reviews2022
Dev: Die of Death Games
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 20.3 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.
Why similar: Tower Defense 55.1%, Base Building 14.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Roguelite 9.6%, Medieval 5.3%
- #50 Last Stand: Defense
69% matchVery Positive84% of 130 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: RTS 20.1%, Tower Defense 19.3%, City Builder 15.7%, Wargame 13.7%, Roguelite 8.1%
- #51 Buggos
70% matchVery Positive88% of 1,361 reviews2022
Dev: Intrepid Marmot
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 11.8 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 23.2%, RTS 19.6%, Wargame 16.4%, Auto Battler 15.4%, Base Building 15.2%
- #52 Gnomes
67% 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 35%, City Builder 26.3%, Base Building 17.1%, Roguelite 9.9%, Strategy 6.2%
- #53 Tower Factory
68% matchVery Positive89% of 1,199 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 6.5 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: Tower Defense 25.2%, RTS 24.2%, City Builder 18.9%, Base Building 15.9%, Roguelite 9.8%
- #54 3 Minute Heroes
71% matchVery Positive84% of 220 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 33.4%, Card Game 29.2%, Roguelite 13.9%, Strategy 13.7%, Deckbuilding 5%
- #55 Necronator: Dead Wrong
72% matchMixed69% of 524 reviews2020
Dev: Toge ProductionsPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 2.9 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%, Tower Defense 23.6%, Card Game 16.7%, Roguelite 10.9%, Strategy 5.3%
- #56 Transport Legion
67% 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 32.3%, Card Game 28.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Roguelite 14.1%, Medieval 10%
- #57 Meme Mayhem
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 5,062 reviews2024
Dev: Cr3 Studio
Windows
Median: 10.8 hrsMean: 24.3 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 41.2%, Card Game 26.5%, Roguelite 14.9%, Strategy 7.3%, Funny 4.6%
- #58 Broken Banners
69% matchVery Positive81% of 59 reviews2022
Dev: Eirik Wiklund
Windows
Defend your kingdom from evil monsters in this combination of Tower Defense and Auto Battle. Place your defenses and stop the forces of evil from reaching your kingdom.
Why similar: Auto Battler 40.6%, Tower Defense 39.7%, Strategy 12.2%, Fantasy 6.6%, 2D 0.5%
- #59 Gladiator Guild Manager
66% matchVery Positive81% of 3,937 reviews2024
Dev: Entertainment ForgePub: GrabTheGames
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 7.1 hrs≥1hr: 83%
A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.
Why similar: Auto Battler 25.7%, RTS 18.6%, City Builder 17.3%, Base Building 12.1%, Medieval 9%
- #60 Forest Heroes
65% matchVery Positive84% of 287 reviews2025
Dev: Hoochoo Game Studios
Windows · Mac
Forest Heroes combines defense gameplay with roguelike deck-building. Enjoy intense battles and diverse strategies with simple controls!
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.9%, RTS 22%, Card Game 18%, Roguelite 13.4%, Strategy 8%