- #1 美少女不想让你死
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 不测之星
Windows
"Pretty Girls Don't Want You to Die" is a game that combines strategy tower defense, survivor-like elements, and auto-battler mechanics. you, an lone hero who, in a desperate situation, unexpectedly receives a blessing from pretty girls, narrowly escaping death.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.6%, Tactical RPG 18.8%, Auto Battler 16.7%, Roguelike 11.8%, Strategy 11.2%
- #2 Tales & Tactics
96% matchMostly Positive78% of 2,165 reviews2024
Dev: Table 9 StudioPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 20.0 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Roguelike Squad-based Autobattler in a Tabletop RPG setting. Draft your army, carefully equip and position your units, make important choices, and meet a colorful cast of characters as you make ready for the Grand Tournament.
Why similar: Hex Grid 25.9% ★, Tactical RPG 15.3%, Auto Battler 13.7%, Loot 10.8%, Tactical 8.2%
- #3 Misfit Warbands
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Silverwood Studios
Windows
In this Roguelike Auto-Battler, create a strategic Warband of Misfit units to journey on an adventure. Each round, buy & field units from your custom Warband. Synergize and upgrade, acquire items and world buffs, and complete challenges to unlock more unique units and synergies for your Warband!
Why similar: Auto Battler 21.3%, Tactical RPG 14.1%, Roguelike 12.6%, Hex Grid 12.3% ★, Strategy 9.5%
- #4 Prehistoric Pack
95% matchPositive92% of 24 reviews2026
Dev: Bonepile StudiosPub: Champlain College
Windows
Prehistoric Pack is a dinosaur auto battler. Each turn, rip open card packs of dinosaurs to create a ferocious dinosaur pack. Then, your dinos will automatically battle an enemy team. Win rounds to collect Bones and open more packs, then fill the Apex Meter to unleash devastating power on your prey!
Why similar: Dinosaurs 35.4% ★, Auto Battler 22.2%, Hex Grid 21.6% ★, Strategy 10%, PvE 7.5%
- #5 The Eighth Squad
94% match2 user reviews100% of 2 reviews2026
Dev: Diego Álvarez Allas
Windows
A dark fantasy squad-builder where units are living cards. Draft recruits, shape your build, and stack synergies, then watch real-time auto-battles play out. Meta progression carries over, so every run starts stronger and goes deeper.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 24.1%, Auto Battler 21%, Roguelite 11.5%, Roguelike 10.6%, Tactical 8.6%
- #6 Adventures in tower defence land
94% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Cube3830
Windows
go on an epic tower defence adventure collecting rare parts and craft the ultimate combination of towers while meeting silly characters on your way
Why similar: Tactical RPG 32%, Tower Defense 28.4%, Crafting 13%, Strategy 11.4%, PvE 10.1%
- #7 Edge Of Fate
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Fart Games
Windows
A roguelite army-builder auto battler where every choice matters. Shape your path through battles, merchants, and risky trades, build powerful synergies, and create a new strategy every run.
Why similar: Auto Battler 23.3%, Tactical RPG 14%, Roguelite 13.1%, Tactical 11.6%, Strategy 10%
- #8 Zero to Army
92% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Metabone Studio
Windows
Command your army from zero to legendary in this roguelite tower defense where every soldier matters. Watch as your humble recruits evolve through combat, climbing military ranks while facing procedurally generated threats across randomized battlefields.
Why similar: Auto Battler 21.1%, Tower Defense 19.3%, Tactical RPG 15.8%, Roguelike 13%, Strategy 11.8%
- #9 RogueCraft
91% matchPositive83% of 36 reviews2025
Dev: CraftCoreGames
Windows
Merge, build, and defend in a brutal roguelike tower defense. Survive endless waves of monsters, evolve unique towers, outsmart epic bosses, and craft unstoppable builds in every run.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.2%, Roguelike 14.5%, Roguelite 13%, Tactical 12.5%, Strategy 8.7%
- #10 Defend the Castle
91% matchMostly Positive77% of 31 reviews2025
Dev: Linus WalterPub: OkDog Productions
Windows
Defend the Castle is a day-by-day tower defense roguelike where you face 5 enemy waves per day, upgrade between battles, and struggle to survive as enemies grow stronger. Make the right choices or fall. Some days bring... something else.
Why similar: Tactical RPG 30.9%, Tower Defense 28.8%, Roguelike 13.9%, PvE 10.4%, Strategy 8.9%
- #11 King Wizard, of the Forest Kingdom
90% matchNo user reviews
Dev: LaganiniGames
Windows
A captivating blend of deckbuilding roguelike and tower defense genres. Craft your powerful deck, embark on a grand adventure through the Forest Kingdom, and wage epic battles against relentless enemy hordes. Are you ready to claim your throne in this unique fusion of cards and towers?
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.8%, Tactical RPG 23.1%, Roguelike 15%, Roguelite 12.7%, Strategy 9.6%
- #12 Poly TD
89% matchVery Positive85% of 550 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: Tower Defense 24.8%, Auto Battler 19.7%, Tactical 13.6%, Roguelike 12.5%, Roguelite 8.3%
- #13 Tombstone Tactics
89% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sunderpath Games
Windows
Tombstone Tactics is a roguelike autobattler played from the wrong side of the crypt. Raise skeletons, arm them with the gear of fallen heroes, and sacrifice the weak to reshape your forces. Build the right army to keep your Lich alive through the run.
Why similar: Auto Battler 27.8%, Roguelike 14%, Roguelite 13.9%, Strategy 13.3%, Hex Grid 12.9% ★
- #14 Hexguardian
88% matchMostly Positive79% of 695 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: Hex Grid 28.3% ★, Tower Defense 21.8%, Roguelike 11.3%, Roguelite 10.6%, Tactical 10.4%
- #15 MOVAFORT
87% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2023
Dev: The Random Generator Expert
Windows
MOVAFORT is the world’s first Time Travel Open World video game, Where you Can Travel to the Future or the Past to Change the Timeline Without limits. Paradoxes will find you when it comes to bring items to the Past from the Future with you.
Why similar: Time Travel 28% ★, Time Manipulation 21.9% ★, Roguelike 11.4%, Crafting 11%, Loot 10.9%
- #16 The Last Flame: Prologue
86% matchVery Positive86% of 334 reviews2024
Dev: Hotloop
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 2.3 hrs≥1hr: 42%
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: Hex Grid 27.5% ★, Auto Battler 21.7%, Roguelike 13.4%, Tactical 12.5%, Strategy 8.7%
- #17 Crystania Wars 2
86% match3 user reviews0% of 3 reviews2023
Dev: Magic Cuisine
Windows
A brand new tactical tower defense game series! Unique roguelike and Unique survival gameplay !
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.4%, Action RTS 19.3% ★, Tactical RPG 19%, Roguelite 10.5%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #18 Healthy Hero - Tower Defense
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yakutsk Games
Windows · Linux
Healthy Hero is a Tower Defense game with roguelike elements, where the player protects a hero from attacking junk food. You need to build and upgrade defensive towers to stop the enemies. The levels become increasingly challenging with new types of junk food and waves
Why similar: Tower Defense 37%, Roguelike 17.2%, Tactical 15.6%, Strategy 10.4%, Online Co-Op 8.6%
- #19 Primarch
84% matchPositive87% of 38 reviews2026
Dev: Dale Turner
Windows
Primarch is a roguelike auto-battler centered on a single hero. After being exiled to a foreign planet, you must prove yourself to a fallen God in order to return home.
Why similar: Auto Battler 21.4%, Tactical RPG 20.9%, Loot 16.4%, Roguelike 13.7%, Tactical 8.7%
- #20 From The Void
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Black Paw
Windows
Command a fleet of customizable spaceships, go through intense battles and create builds with unique synergies. Think your placements and upgrades as they will shape the fleet's fate and determines victory or defeat. Test your strategic skills in this rogue-like autobattler game.
Why similar: Auto Battler 21.8%, Hex Grid 15.9% ★, Tactical RPG 12.8%, Roguelike 12.5%, Tactical 11.7%
- #21 Ironfell
84% matchMixed60% of 10 reviews2021
Dev: DataSmugglers
Mac
In Ironfell you can can gather stockpiles of resources to gain an unfair advantage over your enemies. The longer you’ve been playing for, the more resources you have, the stronger you are. And you take that full advantage into battles set in a massive persistent world.
Why similar: Dinosaurs 25% ★, Tactical RPG 20.8%, Hex Grid 11.2% ★, Roguelite 10.6%, Futuristic 7.6%
- #22 Throbax TD
83% matchMostly Positive75% of 53 reviews2022
Dev: Unterrainer Informatik OG
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Throbax TD is the "Tower Defense" game you are looking for: Help Ughlar fight his way through 50 levels, buy over 100 upgrades and get all of the 50+ achievements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.4%, Tactical RPG 23.6%, Action RTS 18.5% ★, Online Co-Op 10.1%, PvE 8.7%
- #23 Hexstride
81% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: YAWPGames
Windows · Mac · Linux
Movement is combat. No attack button. Your positioning and movement patterns trigger abilities automatically. Choose your class, complete objectives, and descend deeper into procedurally generated dungeons. Every step is a tactical decision.
Why similar: Hex Grid 30.8% ★, Tactical RPG 24.9%, Roguelike 14.9%, Loot 10.7%, RPG 7.6%
- #24 Touhou Monster TD ~ 幻想乡妖怪塔防
82% matchVery Positive91% of 1,004 reviews2021
Dev: MyACG Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 12.8 hrs≥1hr: 74%
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: Action RTS 20.7% ★, Tower Defense 18.7%, Tactical RPG 18.5%, Roguelike 9.5%, Roguelite 9.1%
- #25 Prismachines
81% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Flowcraft Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prismachines is a roguelike, stationary, horde-survival, autobattler. Draft a team of geometric shapes, equip them with game-breaking trigger items, and position them on the grid. Watch your automated engine of destruction unleash screen-clearing chain reactions to survive 20 escalating waves.
Why similar: Auto Battler 26.4%, Tower Defense 25.4%, Roguelike 15.5%, Strategy 11.9%, Roguelite 11.7%
- #26 Where time breaks
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Yona
Windows
Where Time Breaks is a chaotic tower defense rogue-like where reality has shattered. Control an abstract repairman, deploy towers, and survive in a world where gravity, time, and logic constantly change. Adapt, strategize, and overcome absurd challenges in the Absurd Rift.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.9%, Auto Battler 22.6%, Strategy 14.2%, Roguelike 13.7%, Roguelite 10.5%
- #27 Slotbound
79% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Optima Arch
Windows
A roguelike auto-battler defense where luck meets strategy. Spin a 3x3 slot machine to summon units and grow your army by absorbing others. Use Items and Cores to manipulate the odds and survive challenging judgement waves and boss waves. Every spin and every choice counts.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25%, Auto Battler 23.2%, Roguelike 14.3%, Strategy 13.4%, Roguelite 9.7%
- #28 Seedborne Soldiers
77% matchPositive89% of 27 reviews2026
Dev: Hat Wobble Games
Windows
An auto battler roguelike made by obsessive fans of both genres. Draft fighters with matching Traits to power up your team. A massive content pool enables a large variety of builds. Weigh risk vs. reward every round as you carve a path toward each boss.
Why similar: Auto Battler 28.9%, Hex Grid 20.4% ★, Roguelike 17.4%, Strategy 16.5%, Tactical 8.5%
- #29 Idol Keeper
79% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Moutik Gaming
Windows
Idol Keeper is a 3D one-player turn based game where you have to make many strategic choices as you face demon waves, with many random events guarantying hours and hours of unique gaming time.
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.2%, Auto Battler 20.6%, Roguelite 13.3%, Roguelike 13.1%, Strategy 8.8%
- #30 The Rift Tower Defense
78% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Seam Entertainment
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Rift is a tower defense game with elements of RPG gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. Enemies from an alternate universe are attacking and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building defensive towers.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.4%, Tactical RPG 24.2%, Strategy 13.3%, RPG 11.8%, Futuristic 7.5%
- #31 Prototype TD 2
78% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Faf Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prototype TD 2 is a rogue-like tower defense game which focuses on replayability, giving the player meaningful decisions and a different experience each game. Design the route that enemies will follow and combine your tower types to adapt to a wide variety of procedurally generated maps.
Why similar: Hex Grid 33.3% ★, Tower Defense 30.4%, Roguelite 17.1%, Strategy 12.8%, Futuristic 6.4%
- #32 Legendary Hoplite: Arachne’s Trial
76% matchMostly Positive76% of 265 reviews2024
Dev: TripleBricksGamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 1.8 hrs≥1hr: 39%
Legendary Hoplite: Arachne’s Trial is a combination of Tower Defense and Action RPG. Upgrade your army, get the best gear, and craft unique strategies across 10 levels. Face Arachne, and seamlessly transfer progress to the main game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.1%, Action RTS 23.3% ★, Tactical RPG 18.5%, Tactical 11.4%, RPG 8.7%
- #33 Crystal Guard TD
77% match2 user reviews0% of 2 reviews2024
Dev: Shouji's Realm
Windows
Stop hordes of robots from destroying your Crystal shrine in this random shop tower defense game! Instead of choosing exactly what tower to place down, the random shop gives you 3 random towers to choose from. Set up your defenses and see if you can survive!
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.7%, Auto Battler 24%, Strategy 15.5%, Roguelite 13.5%, Tactical 9.2%
- #34 Ajax’s Trial
76% matchVery Positive82% of 328 reviews2023
Dev: TripleBricksGamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 30 minMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 25%
Legendary Hoplite: Ajax's Trial is the prologue version of Legendary Hoplite, a game that combines Tower Defense and Action RPG genres. In this game, you'll need to build fortifications, upgrade your army, and create your own unique strategy to fight off hordes of monsters across 7 levels.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.8%, Action RTS 23% ★, Tactical RPG 18.3%, Tactical 12.4%, RPG 8.3%
- #35 レイドオブタイタン
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 株式会社UNCHAIN
Windows · Mac
本作は、迫りくる巨人から拠点を守る、三人称視点のサバイバルディフェンスゲームです。 巨人に有効なのは兵器による攻撃のみ。 プレイヤーは兵器となる施設を配置し、迫りくる巨人から拠点であるクリスタルを守らなければなりません。 プレイヤーは3つの国のひとつに所属することになりますが、 クリスタルが攻撃されると国家の信仰心が減り、他国より不利になってしまいます。 果たしてあなたの国家は存続できるのでしょうか?
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.2%, Tactical RPG 29.7%, Loot 13.4%, Tactical 7.8%, Online Co-Op 7.2%
- #36 Twisted Tower Tactics
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Team Sämst
Windows
You have awoken from your century long slumber only to find out your domain has been occupied by invading forces. Drive these invaders out and reclaim what is rightfully yours in this roguelike tower defense game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.5%, Roguelike 19.4%, Strategy 18.2%, Roguelite 15.3%, Fantasy 7%
- #37 CreateDun
73% match9 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2026
Dev: obscure
Windows
Your Dungeon, Built by You [CreateDun]A new kind of roguelike tower defense where you reshape routes with walls.Place allies, collect relics, and complete your build.From path design to combat, the dungeon you create becomes your strategy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.9%, Roguelike 17.4%, Strategy 15.6%, Roguelite 14.9%, Fantasy 6.5%
- #38 Monster Tiles TD: Tower Wars
74% matchVery Positive82% of 499 reviews2024
Dev: Swell Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 54%
Free Tower Defense game with unique roguelike elements. Custom base building mechanics allow you to create your own base and maze with tiles earned after each wave. Unleash a variety of monsters, each with its own evolution path and unique skills, and evolve them into legendary creatures.
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.4%, Tactical RPG 19.5%, Auto Battler 18.1%, Roguelike 11.6%, Roguelite 10%
- #39 Slime Battle
74% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 幽龙游戏
Windows
"Slime Battle" is a fun multiplayer game where you play as adorable slimes! Outsmart rivals in tactical territory battles with friends or online players. Diverse modes offer endless fun—expand your slime empire through strategy and skill. Join now for thrilling, fast-paced competition!
Why similar: Hex Grid 34.3% ★, Tower Defense 28.7%, Online Co-Op 15.4%, Roguelite 11.6%, Strategy 6.8%
- #40 UnderDark: Defense
73% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: FreeDust
Windows · Mac
Team up and take on this roguelite tower defense challenge. Strategically place towers to block enemy paths, draft random buffs to evolve your build, and withstand the dangers of the Underdark through online co-op with a friend. Only the synergy between you and your ally can hold back the darkness.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.7%, Action RTS 15.8% ★, Auto Battler 15.1%, Online Co-Op 12.5%, Roguelite 9.8%
- #41 The shield of the Kingdom
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: AD1987
Windows
"The Shield of The Kingdom" is a defense strategy game where player needs to protect their realm from enemies. Within the game, player controls 3 heroes and command troops in battle to repel invasions. Effective hero combinations and masterful tactical control are keys to achieving ultimate victory!
Why similar: Action RTS 27.9% ★, Tactical RPG 23.1%, Tower Defense 19.2%, Roguelite 9%, Roguelike 7.1%
- #42 Hive Blight
69% matchVery Positive94% of 302 reviews2026
Dev: OptizOnion
Windows
Hive Blight is a roguelite autobattler where you lead a team of insect warriors against a corrupting Fungal Threat. Build powerful synergies, uncover the source of the plague, and destroy it to save your world!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 18.7%, Auto Battler 17.2%, Tower Defense 16.1%, Roguelike 11%, Tactical 10.6%
- #43 Eversiege
72% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Sebastian Romejko
Windows
Eversiege is a roguelike, tower defense in which you'll defend a castle in procedurally generated terrain. Establish a production, build defending buildings and survive waves of enemies coming from everywhere! After defeat, buy new buildings, unlock new leaders and prepare to fight again.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.4% ★, Tower Defense 25.1%, Roguelike 13.1%, Roguelite 11.8%, Tactical 9.9%
- #44 Insanity Path
71% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: MrDydy
Windows
A plague spreads alongside a spree of sudden disappearances... You don't need more to get on with your adventure. Step into the world of an Auto-battler/Roguelite, where each of your mistakes will send you further down the path of Insanity. Will you be able to free the forest from this tragic curse?
Why similar: Tactical RPG 27.5%, Auto Battler 19.9%, Hex Grid 16.1% ★, Roguelite 12.6%, Roguelike 10.3%
- #45 Stand Your Ground
73% match1 user reviews0% of 1 reviews2023
Dev: Noahstar365
Windows · Mac
Defend attacks from enemies from all directions within a limited time. Only by making full use of the differences in each tower and choosing appropriate random rewards can you survive.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.3%, Roguelike 13.7%, Roguelite 11.6%, Hex Grid 11% ★, Strategy 9.2%
- #46 Explodey Towers
70% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2026
Dev: MangoStick
Windows
Build, upgrade, EXPLODE! Build and manage your tower defenses to fend of relentless waves of enemies in this small tower defense game!
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.3%, Auto Battler 21.9%, Loot 12.2%, Roguelike 11.1%, PvE 8.8%
- #47 Books of Grandura
71% match4 user reviews75% of 4 reviews2024
Dev: Taho
Windows
Play an auto battler, a traditional roguelike or a tower defense and experience the world of Grandura. Reuse what you've learned about the creatures, abilities and items that are found in this world and apply them in different game modes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.6%, Auto Battler 24%, Roguelike 14.7%, Tactical 10%, RPG 8%
- #48 Defense of the Dauntless
71% matchPositive93% of 14 reviews2024
Dev: THREESIDED POLYGON
Windows · Mac
Fend off endless hordes of enemies in this roguelite tower defense. Build your own path to maximize carnage. Unleash devastating hero abilities to turn the tide of battle. Upgrade your arsenal with dozens of new towers and heroes to keep your castle from oblivion. Survive and become dauntless.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41%, Roguelite 16.2%, Strategy 16%, Roguelike 11.4%, Fantasy 8.8%
- #49 Dark Fantasy Tower Defense
68% matchPositive95% of 19 reviews2026
Dev: CinderVision
Windows
A-MAZE-ING Tower Defense! Play online co-op with up to 4 friends, unlock and synergize powerful artifacts, and build and upgrade the deadliest maze in this roguelite twist on tower defense.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.7%, Online Co-Op 18.3%, Roguelite 13.5%, Roguelike 13.3%, Strategy 11.3%
- #50 HeroesSagaZero
70% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: StudioMoraGames
Windows
Pixel-art meets 2.5D battles in this strategy-driven, loot-focused roguelite RPG. Build your own team, master countless skill combinations, and collect gear with endless randomized options. No two strategies are ever the same—unleash your tactics and carve your path to infinite victory!
Why similar: Tactical RPG 24.8%, Auto Battler 18.4%, Roguelite 13.7%, Roguelike 10.6%, Tactical 7.8%
- #51 Blood Moon: Last Stand
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: KW Studio
Windows · Mac
‘Blood Moon: Last Stand’ is an action-strategy game set in Xianxia, blending wave defense, real-time control, and roguelike deck-building. Command up to three cultivators, forge unique builds, and withstand relentless hordes and bosses. Survive seven days to overturn fate.
Why similar: Action RTS 25.1% ★, Tower Defense 21.5%, Loot 12.7%, Roguelike 12.5%, Roguelite 9.8%
- #52 Oakenfold
70% matchPositive84% of 49 reviews2022
Dev: Rutger van DijkPub: Studio Taghua
Windows · Mac
Immerse yourself in a captivating world of tactical brilliance. Armed with your revolutionary TimeScrubber™, you'll have to navigate countless perilous encounters. For the indie strategy lovers seeking a fresh challenge, this game is your gateway to strategic mastery.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 25.3% ★, Tactical RPG 17.5%, Roguelike 13.5%, Tactical 11.4%, Strategy 8.1%
- #53 Joy Guardians TD
69% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Oldman Games
Windows
A lighthearted tower defense game where everyday people fight back against hustle culture. Place and upgrade offbeat heroes like pillow-throwing grannies and wheelchair slingshot kids to stop workers zombified by an energy drink corp. Use philosophy and paint to remind humanity how to enjoy life.
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.5%, Action RTS 35.6% ★, Strategy 16.5%, Stylized 7.5%
- #54 Sample Required
68% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Unassailable Games
Windows
Embark on a journey through space and defend your ship with turrets while you explore planets for upgrades, items, and samples! Defeat, while not ideal, is not the end as there's always another set of dispatch drones to try again with.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33%, Roguelike 19%, Strategy 17.5%, Roguelite 15.1%, Online Co-Op 8.6%
- #55 Stop the Crawl
67% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Orbital Contingent
Windows
Stop the Crawl is a roguelike autobattler where you assemble a deck of monsters to defeat the invading heroes. Discover which monsters work well together, strengthen them with items, and create an unstoppable team.
Why similar: Auto Battler 22.2%, Hex Grid 22.2% ★, Roguelike 13%, Tactical 11.9%, Roguelite 10.2%
- #56 Pillar of Salt
66% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2026
Dev: Dead Hand Games
Windows · Mac
The deity of this world has decided to destroy it in three days. His avatar awaits the world's champion at the top of the Mountain of Power. Can you build up your strength in time and reach the mountain in this unique real-time tactical roguelike RPG?
Why similar: Auto Battler 25.1%, Roguelike 17.2%, Tactical RPG 16.5%, Strategy 10.6%, Fantasy 8.7%
- #57 TurretFall
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Ghost_Wave
Windows
TurretFall is a fast-paced roguelite tower defense game. Build and manage your base, collect powerful upgrades, grow your economy, and survive relentless waves of enemies and challenging bosses.
Why similar: Action RTS 26.5% ★, Tower Defense 25.1%, Roguelike 13.7%, Roguelite 11.4%, Strategy 8.4%
- #58 Warja
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Reef
Windows
Warja is a roguelite tower defence game where you collect loot, upgrade towers, and level up your hero to defend against endless waves of monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.1%, Loot 22.6%, Roguelite 14.4%, Roguelike 12.7%, Strategy 9.6%
- #59 Citywars Tower Defense
68% matchMostly Positive80% of 1,127 reviews2022
Dev: 01 Studio
Windows · Mac · Linux
Citywars TD is a cute multiplayer third person Survival Tower Defense. Build towers, gather resources, craft tools, upgrade weapons, level up buildings, expand your city with your friends and work under pressure before the next incoming wave of monsters.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.7%, Action RTS 16.3% ★, Online Co-Op 13.8%, Crafting 12.8%, Roguelike 11%
- #60 Atlanta TD
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: GarnetPub: Tin Man Games
Windows · Mac
Call upon the Gods of Olympus to defend Atlanta from Ares’ invading hordes in this roguelite tower defense epic. Battle across procedurally generated realms, unlock powerful upgrades, and shape the fate of a new Pantheon!
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.9%, Roguelite 14.7%, Strategy 13.8%, Roguelike 12.3%, Tactical 10.5%