- #1 Time Rifters
97% matchVery Positive88% of 455 reviews2014
Dev: Proton Studio IncPub:
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.6 hrsMean: 18.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Be your own teammates in this unique single-player co-op shooter!
Why similar: Time Travel 43.3% ★, Time Manipulation 26.5% ★, Tower Defense 20.4%, Strategy 5.9%, Indie 3.9%
- #2 Element TD 2 - Tower Defense
96% matchVery Positive90% of 3,196 reviews2021
Dev: Element Studios
Windows
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 13.1 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Element TD 2 sees you combine powerful elements to create unique towers. Prove your defenses against challenging foes, and compete or cooperate with others to determine who has mastered the elements.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.6%, Real Time Tactics 25.2%, RTS 19%, Tactical 10.3%, Fantasy 7.6%
- #3 Time Warpers
96% matchVery Positive83% of 546 reviews2020
Dev: Proton Studio Inc
Windows · Mac
Median: 12.3 hrsMean: 154.4 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Time Warpers is the evolution of the popular incremental game Time Clickers. With features like gun customization, optional permadeath & co-op with friends, it combines a first person shooter with the seemingly endless progression & upgrades of a clicker game.
Why similar: Time Travel 47.3% ★, Tower Defense 33.5%, Strategy 14.5%, Indie 4.7%
- #4 Stargate: Timekeepers
94% matchMixed62% of 277 reviews2024
Dev: Slitherine Ltd.
Windows
Stargate: Timekeepers is a real-time tactics game where you lead a team of specialists through a story-driven campaign set in the SG-1 universe. Sneak your characters behind enemy lines, use their unique skills, craft the perfect plan to unravel a timeloop mystery, and defeat the Goa’uld threat.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 31.9%, Action RTS 17.2% ★, RTS 16.7%, Tactical 12.4%, Strategy 9.3%
- #5 Achron
95% matchMixed64% of 112 reviews2011
Dev: Hazardous Software Inc.
Windows
As one of the survivors and humankind's first “Achronal” being, you must piece together what happened and unravel the mysteries surrounding the alien invasion.
Why similar: Time Travel 40.1% ★, Time Manipulation 24.2% ★, RTS 21.3%, Strategy 11.2%, Indie 3.1%
- #6 Spirits of the Hellements - TD
93% matchVery Positive93% of 338 reviews2022
Dev: Hippo Rider Games
Windows
Assemble legendary Spirits and defend against the endless hordes of Hell. A tower defense where you must shape the battlefield and create a maze using the three Hellements. Use Fire, Lightning, and Wind tiles to trap your enemies, or augment your defenses.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.7%, Real Time Tactics 19.4%, Tactical 15.8%, Strategy 10.5%, Fantasy 10.2%
- #7 Hell Warders
94% matchMixed56% of 171 reviews2019
Dev: Anti Gravity Game StudiosPub: PQube
Windows
Median: 4.7 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Face the gates of Hell in a fusion of third-person action, RPG and Tower Defence. Repel the demons alone or in co-op by building defences. Upgrade powerful units to help you in battle, before jumping into the fight yourself, with an arsenal of skills and weapons to rip apart the oncoming swarm.
Why similar: Tower Defense 61.4%, Strategy 15.4%, Fantasy 14.8%, Linear 8.4%
- #8 Lysfanga: The Time Shift Warrior
92% matchMostly Positive76% of 197 reviews2024
Dev: Sand Door StudioPub: Spotlight by Quantic Dream
Windows
Your Kingdom’s fate relies on you… you… and you. Rewind time to create clones of your past-selves, and fight with an army of your own. Become legion and triumph over hordes of monsters to rescue Antala in this tactical action game.
Why similar: Strategy 33.4%, Female Protagonist 32.2%, Tactical 25.8%, Indie 8.5%
- #9 Sunstone War
91% matchVery Positive98% of 54 reviews2024
Dev: Blukulélé
Windows · Mac · Linux
Sunstone War is a unique Action game with Tower Defense element where you can carry EVERYTHING! Move towers, toss away enemies, carry obstacles, upgrade skills and journey through lands to protect your village from calamity!
Why similar: Tower Defense 21%, Action RTS 19.5% ★, RTS 18.2%, Real Time Tactics 16.8%, Tactical 8.4%
- #10 Dungeon Defenders: Awakened
91% matchMixed66% of 4,807 reviews2020
Dev: Chromatic Games
Windows
Median: 5.2 hrsMean: 36.9 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened is co-op Tower Defense combined with epic Action RPG combat. You’re able to join forces with up to four players to take on a never-ending army of orcs, demons, and dragons! Are your defenses strong enough to save the world of Etheria?
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.1%, Tactical 20%, Third Person 14.2%, Fantasy 10%, Strategy 9.7%
- #11 TDS - Tower Defense Strategy
89% matchVery Positive81% of 363 reviews2025
Dev: Blockage
Windows · Mac · Linux
TOWER ▪ DEFENSE ▪ STRATEGY. Control Vessels. Utilize their uniquely deep set of towers. Create an everchanging defense. Play with friends. Protect your Basin at all costs. An absolute Tower Defense, Real-Time Strategy Hybrid
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.5%, RTS 29.4%, Action RTS 25.8% ★, Fantasy 6.2%, Strategy 3.6%
- #12 Gensokyo Defenders
90% matchVery Positive93% of 136 reviews2019
Dev: NeetpiaPub: Phoenixx Inc.
Windows
Use Traps and Spell Cards to fight back the magical masses! Blistering shoot-em-up action meets tactical tower defense as you choose from almost 20 popular characters to stop the fairy onslaught! Take advantage of their unique powers and tricky Traps to freeze, fry, and blow your enemies away!
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.3%, Strategy 29.8%, Female Protagonist 13.8%, Fantasy 8%, Indie 2.1%
- #13 Bish Bash Bots
89% matchMostly Positive77% of 209 reviews2023
Dev: CATASTROPHIC_OVERLOADPub: Balor Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 94%
Bish Bash Bots is a unique mix of casual tower defense strategy and all-out brawling action. Team up in couch co-op / online play or go it alone and fight to save the world by building upgradable turrets, unlocking gadgets and bashing bots with giant hammers.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 51.8% ★, Tower Defense 35.7%, Female Protagonist 7.4%, Strategy 5.1%
- #14 EverSiege: Untold Ages
87% matchMixed69% of 1,792 reviews2026
Dev: Tindalos InteractivePub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Retreating ends here. Defend Bastion against evil hordes, reclaim lost powers, rebuild ancient ruins, and adapt your tactics to reverse the siege. Shape your playstyle in this hero-strategy rogue-lite solo or co-op up to 3 players.
Why similar: Action RTS 27.3% ★, Tower Defense 24.2%, RTS 20.1%, Tactical 10.3%, Old School 6.9%
- #15 Dungeon Defenders
88% matchVery Positive93% of 18,840 reviews2011
Dev: Chromatic Games
Windows
Median: 9.2 hrsMean: 42.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!
Why similar: Tower Defense 51.2%, Tactical 17.9%, Third Person 12.6%, Fantasy 9.6%, Strategy 8.7%
- #16 CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense
86% matchVery Positive90% of 309 reviews2023
Dev: FuturtechPub: Nova's Army
Windows
The replicator robots are back! It's 2528. The machines are increasingly infecting the planets with genetically modified monsters. Challenge them and try to stop the onslaught. Upgrade buildings and heroes, mine resources, discover technology and fight to save humanity!
Why similar: Tower Defense 50.3%, RTS 37.3%, Strategy 11.3%, Indie 1.1%
- #17 Chrono Gear: Warden of Time
84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive99% of 930 reviews2025
Dev: Team Chrono GearPub: holo Indie
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 8.1 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Turn back the clock and fight to repair Time itself in this cinematic action platformer with fast sword combat and time-based powers. You are the Warden of Time, Ouro Kronii - be proud and fight hard!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 43% ★, Time Travel 32.6% ★, Female Protagonist 14.3%, Fantasy 4.3%, Action-Adventure 4.2%
- #18 Timespinner
86% matchVery Positive86% of 3,123 reviews2018
Dev: Lunar Ray GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 5.7 hrsMean: 7.9 hrs≥1hr: 90%
Travel back in time to change fate itself, in this beautifully crafted story-driven adventure, inspired by classic 90s action-platformers. Join timekeeper Lunais on her quest for revenge against the empire that killed her family, using time-bending powers to explore a vast, connected world.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 36.4% ★, Time Travel 35% ★, Female Protagonist 13.3%, Fantasy 7.5%, Story Rich 6.1%
- #19 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
84% matchVery Positive88% of 435 reviews2023
Dev: Refinery Games
Windows
Get ready for the ULTIMATE tower defense onslaught. Build, deploy, research and upgrade your defenses in this epic, old school RTS inspired sci-fi adventure.
Why similar: Tower Defense 54.6%, Tactical 23.6%, Strategy 12.7%, Old School 9.1%
- #20 Tavernacle!
85% matchMixed59% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Dama Dama GamesPub: indie.io
Windows
Grab your hammers and start to craft in this co-op Tavern Defense for one to four players. As a team of Dwarves, you must gather supplies and build towers to protect your beloved brewery. Learn to cooperate to achieve victory in this chaotic multiplayer game!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.4%, Co-op Campaign 28.4% ★, Third-Person Shooter 18.4%, Third Person 9.3%, Strategy 6.9%
- #21 No Creeps Were Harmed TD
82% matchVery Positive89% of 485 reviews2024
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.7 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Employ lethal turrets, traps, and gadgets to defend against an onslaught of evolving creeps! Step into a twisted, hyper 3D, mind bending realm. Upgrade and adapt your defenses. Become a master maze crafter. Collect bizarre artifacts. Rush creeps for lucrative rewards, and succumb to greed!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.1%, Action RTS 25.8% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.8%, Tactical 9.4%, Strategy 7.9%
- #22 PAGO FOREST: TOWER DEFENSE
83% matchVery Positive87% of 91 reviews2020
Dev: FuturtechPub: Nova's Army
Windows
Flora, a former leader of Nova's army, is back in service. Still alive baal the necromancer contaminates the pago lands with his evil power. Flora's mission is to build a large army and recover power artifacts to annihilate her enemies. In her quest she will need you! Are you up to the challenge?
Why similar: Time Manipulation 26% ★, Tower Defense 21.5%, RTS 18.5%, Real Time Tactics 11.1%, Tactical 9.1%
- #23 Trial Of Empires TD
82% matchMostly Positive69% of 70 reviews2022
Dev: Mustafa YILMAZER
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trial of Empires TD, is a Free to Play 3D tower defense game. Pick your ally and build your strategy with different combinations. Compete with other players on the Leaderboards with Single-Player or CO-OP game modes
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.2%, Time Management 27.1%, Tactical 13.7%, Strategy 10%, Indie 4.9%
- #24 Aegis Defenders
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 1,814 reviews2018
Dev: GUTS DepartmentPub: Balor Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 18 minMean: 6.9 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Take on wild beasts, ruthless soldiers, and ancient gods in this 2D Action-Platformer inspired by Tower-Defense combat.
Why similar: Tower Defense 73%, Strategy 15.1%, Indie 6.2%, Female Protagonist 5.7%
- #25 Molten Armor
81% matchMixed62% of 60 reviews2017
Dev: Brutal Muse
Windows
Molten Armor is an action tower defense game with a non-linear story in sci-fi setting! Command defenses and stop hordes of enemies! Fight on land, sea and in the skies!Decisions taken in the heat of battle will change the course of the war.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.5%, RTS 25.7%, Real Time Tactics 23.7%, Strategy 7.7%, Old School 5.7%
- #26 Prime World: Defenders
80% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,051 reviews2013
Dev: Nival
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 9.2 hrs≥1hr: 95%
Fight off hordes of monstrous mutants created from a strange cataclysmic event in the new tower defense game, Prime World: Defenders. Join a group of exile treasure hunters who have ventured into the capital of an ancient empire, vast with mystery and danger.
Why similar: Tower Defense 72.2%, Strategy 10.3%, Fantasy 6%, Tactical 5.9%, Indie 2.8%
- #27 Last Hope - Tower Defense
79% matchVery Positive83% of 458 reviews2016
Dev: JE Software
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 13.0 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Zombie Tower Defense: Join the ongoing war, in an open world, against the undead zombie horde. Choose between multiple powerful heroes all with unique epic gear and skills! With the wide variety of towers you can create your own perfect strategy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 73.6%, Strategy 11.2%, Female Protagonist 10.9%, Indie 4.2%
- #28 Dustwind
79% matchMostly Positive76% of 389 reviews2018
Dev: Dustwind StudiosPub: Z-Software GmbH
Windows
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 4.3 hrs≥1hr: 86%
ARE YOU READY FOR CLASSIC REALTIME TACTICS? Be the nameless heroine in the wastelands of DUSTWIND's story campaign or find with two friends a new home or fight against and with human players in the elaborate Multiplayer mode or design your very own story campaigns and maps in the mighty map editor!
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 45.5%, Female Protagonist 20.9%, Tactical 18.4%, Strategy 11.1%, Indie 4.1%
- #29 Chronigma
74% matchNo user reviews100% of 501 reviews2025
Dev: C3BGames
Windows · Mac
Master time in this story-rich time-bending puzzle game. You travel back in time to be in two places at once, to solve puzzles impossible to complete alone. Your success hinges on your ability to collaborate with yourself. Can you learn to manipulate time to save humanity?
Why similar: Time Travel 49.4% ★, Time Manipulation 38.9% ★, Strategy 7.4%, Story Rich 3.2%, Indie 1.1%
- #30 Sanctum
78% matchVery Positive89% of 3,341 reviews2011
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 62%
You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
Why similar: Tower Defense 76.6%, Strategy 10.3%, Female Protagonist 7.9%, Indie 2.8%, Tactical 2.4%
- #31 Dungeon Defenders II
77% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,080 reviews2017
Dev: Chromatic Games
Windows
Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Dungeon Defenders II is a cooperative Action Tower Defense game packed with roleplaying elements like loot, leveling, and pets.
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 49.9% ★, Tower Defense 26.2%, Tactical 10.4%, Third Person 7.9%, Fantasy 5.6%
- #32 Sanctum 2
76% matchVery Positive90% of 14,378 reviews2013
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 6.7 hrs≥1hr: 86%
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
Why similar: Tower Defense 82.8%, Strategy 10.2%, Female Protagonist 4.6%, Indie 2.5%
- #33 Project Temporality
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 107 reviews2014
Dev: Defrost Games
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 3.1 hrs≥1hr: 67%
Experience the mind bending power of single player cooperation. Project Temporality is a third person action/puzzle game built around the concept of allowing the player to play with time. Thanks to our propriety engine Sparta 3D we make the fourth dimension as available as the other three.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 76.4% ★, Third Person 13.1%, Indie 10.5%
- #34 Tower Wars
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,753 reviews2012
Dev: SuperVillain Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Tower Wars combines elements of tower defense, RTS, and all-out multi-player mayhem to bring you a completely unique experience, delivered with a fun and funny not-so-old world style!
Why similar: Tower Defense 84.5%, Strategy 12.5%, Indie 3.1%
- #35 Tower of Time
75% matchVery Positive83% of 2,584 reviews2018
Dev: Event Horizon
Windows · Linux
Median: 4.5 hrsMean: 7.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
A new kind of RPG awaits you. A story-rich dungeon crawler with innovative real-time combat that lets you pause or slow time. Tactical thinking is essential to succeed. Now with RPGlite and Permadeath for fast-paced game.
Why similar: Real Time Tactics 61.2%, Strategy 13.3%, Fantasy 12%, Story Rich 10.5%, Indie 3%
- #36 Keep Keepers
73% matchVery Positive88% of 154 reviews2024
Dev: Thunderrock Innovations
Windows
Tower Defense meets Base Management. Strategically place your defenses. Craft wacky ammunition like fiery peppers and boomerang bananas. Discover amazing weapons and automate your economy while defending against waves of enemies. Can you handle the chaos?
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 47.9% ★, Tower Defense 40.6%, Fantasy 6.1%, Strategy 5.5%
- #37 Iron Danger
75% matchMostly Positive73% of 1,007 reviews2020
Dev: Action Squad StudiosPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 36 minMean: 10.2 hrs≥1hr: 42%
Iron Danger is a tactical combat puzzler with a unique time manipulation mechanic. A never before seen combination that blends the tactical depth of turn-based games with the exciting action of real-time games.
Why similar: Time Manipulation 45.7% ★, Female Protagonist 15.8%, Action-Adventure 13.1%, Strategy 8.9%, Fantasy 8.7%
- #38 Tempest Tower
72% matchVery Positive93% of 70 reviews2025
Dev: Half Past Yellow
Windows
Tempest Tower is an action packed tower defense platformer where you must brawl with incoming hordes of Creepers while herding the local critters to safety. Build, fight, upgrade, overcome.
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.2%, Action RTS 31.8% ★, Time Management 17.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Indie 1.9%
- #39 Band of Defenders
76% matchMixed50% of 399 reviews2018
Dev: Alda Games
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 89%
A Co-Op FPS game with base building in a post-apocalyptic world. Craft weapons, build barricades and automated turrets, unlock new gear and items for visual customization and kill all savages and mutants trying to destroy the remnants of human civilization.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.7%, Real Time Tactics 32.4%, Tactical 13.4%, Female Protagonist 12.5%, Strategy 7%
- #40 Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin
73% matchMixed61% of 319 reviews2025
Dev: Level Up Labs, LLCPub: Armor Games Studios
Windows
Rise above the Mirk and protect your ship from dangers unknown in the latest entry in the classic Defender’s Quest tower defense series!
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.1%, Real Time Tactics 22%, Tactical 11.9%, Female Protagonist 11.1%, Strategy 9.6%
- #41 Tangy TD
69% 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 62.2%, Tactical 21.8%, Strategy 13.5%, Indie 2.4%
- #42 Siege of Centauri
74% matchMixed66% of 449 reviews2019
Dev: Stardock Entertainment
Windows
Median: 42 minMean: 5.9 hrs≥1hr: 43%
Defend against thousands of enemies in this explosive tower defense game. Deploy upgradable towers and unleash powerful orbital abilities as you try to protect Earth's first colony world from destruction.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.8%, Real Time Tactics 33.4%, Tactical 14%, Strategy 8.2%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #43 Rift Riff
69% matchVery Positive96% of 376 reviews2025
Dev: Adriaan de Jongh
Windows · Mac · Linux
Jump a rift, fight off monsters, plunder their world. A strategic mix of juicy tower loadouts, varied monster behaviors, and forgiving mechanics.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.7%, RTS 22.8%, Action RTS 19.2% ★, Real Time Tactics 18.3%, Strategy 7%
- #44 DG2: Defense Grid 2
72% matchVery Positive86% of 3,392 reviews2014
Dev: Hidden Path Entertainment
Windows
Median: 5.9 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.
Why similar: Tower Defense 29%, Real Time Tactics 24%, RTS 23.9%, Tactical 14.4%, Strategy 6.9%
- #45 X-Morph: Defense
71% matchVery Positive91% of 4,115 reviews2017
Dev: EXOR Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 5.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
Why similar: Tower Defense 79.7%, Strategy 15.4%, Indie 5%
- #46 Arrival of Beasts
70% matchPositive94% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: FreeTimeDevelopment
Windows
Discover one of the hardest tower defense games with strategic elements, individual gameplay and challenging mechanics. Play together with your friends in co-op mode, create a team and compete with other players in the online ranking.
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.6%, RTS 30.1%, Tactical 13.8%, Strategy 10.8%, Indie 3.7%
- #47 Creeper World 4
68% matchVery Positive95% of 4,652 reviews2020
Dev: Knuckle Cracker
Windows
Median: 12.4 hrsMean: 29.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.9%, Real Time Tactics 22.1%, RTS 20.4%, Grand Strategy 14.7% ★, Tactical 8.2%
- #48 Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap
68% matchMostly Positive71% of 4,508 reviews2025
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 13.8 hrsMean: 26.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap combines chaotic third-person combat with devious trap-laying strategy. Enjoy endless replayability as your War Mage grows stronger through roguelite progression. Repel relentless orc hordes solo or with up to 4 players.
Why similar: Tower Defense 40.1%, Third-Person Shooter 25.8%, Third Person 12.7%, Fantasy 9.9%, Strategy 8.8%
- #49 Out of Time
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 234 reviews2025
Dev: Manticore Games
Windows
Out of Time is a fast-paced, multi-player co-op roguelite where your squad, gear, and teamwork decide survival. Battle through a fractured world where past, present, and future collide - facing swarms of corrupted enemies, brutal bosses, and unique challenges all before time runs out.
Why similar: Time Travel 73.6% ★, Third Person 20%, Indie 6.4%
- #50 Cube Land Arena
71% matchMixed62% of 333 reviews2019
Dev: Jaison Robson GusavaPub: SC Jogos
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 87%
The kingdom of Cubia call for your help, come to this vast kingdom where you will face strong enemies and hard challenges, you are the chosen to defend the cristals of life and finally bring peace to reign of Cubia.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.2%, Time Manipulation 18.1% ★, Real Time Tactics 17%, RTS 14.9%, Tactical 9%
- #51 The Beast and the Princess
66% matchVery Positive98% of 57 reviews2025
Dev: Libragames
Windows
A tower defense game where you combo ultimate moves to take down enemies! Have fun unleashing those moves while learning more about the twin princesses' story. Why did the twins get trapped in a game? What's the goal of the game master? And do you have what it takes to see it all to the end?
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.3%, Real Time Tactics 18.5%, Female Protagonist 13.5%, Strategy 9.1%, Fantasy 8.5%
- #52 Iron Sea Defenders
70% matchVery Positive81% of 342 reviews2016
Dev: CreobitPub: 8Floor
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 5.0 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Man the guns! The enemy fleet is on the horizon! Defend your fort from attacks – show your tactical skill.
Why similar: Tower Defense 49%, Time Management 28.4%, Strategy 11.5%, Female Protagonist 6.9%, Indie 4.2%
- #53 Stellarcraft
66% matchVery Positive91% of 100 reviews2026
Dev: DreamStudios
Windows
Stellarcraft is a sci-fi tower defense adventure: explore alien planets, gather resources, build defenses, and fend off waves of enemies, solo or in 4-player co-op. 🚀
Why similar: Co-op Campaign 36.1% ★, Action RTS 21% ★, Real Time Tactics 19.3%, RTS 14.4%, Strategy 5.8%
- #54 Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves
68% matchVery Positive88% of 1,937 reviews2013
Dev: Artifice Studio
Windows
Median: 1.5 hrsMean: 4.0 hrs≥1hr: 68%
Combining action and strategy in a unique way, Sang-Froid: Tales of Werewolves transports you into an epic folktale co-written with best-selling Canadian author Bryan Perro (Amos Daragon, Wariwulf), in which two feuding brothers will have to put aside their differences to save their sister, who is pursued by the Devil himself!
Why similar: Tower Defense 68.5%, Strategy 21.4%, Indie 5.6%, Third Person 4.5%
- #55 Dwerve
67% matchMostly Positive74% of 551 reviews2022
Dev: Half Human Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 3.6 hrs≥1hr: 72%
An epic action-adventure with tower defense combat! Dungeon crawl through a ruined kingdom, fending off hordes with turrets and traps! Punch them into pits! Pull them into spinblades! Zap and burn them!
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.5%, Real Time Tactics 17.5%, Tactical 13.4%, Action-Adventure 12.4%, Story Rich 7.5%
- #56 Time Rift
66% matchVery Positive97% of 134 reviews2022
Dev: LightshardsPub: Abiding Bridge
Windows
Time Rift is a fast-paced puzzle-shooter. You’re a hacker-turned-security tester, but your skills will only get you so far - to take down global megacorp VaultCo, you’ll have to manipulate the flow of time!
Why similar: Time Manipulation 94.4% ★, Indie 5.6%
- #57 GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath
66% matchVery Positive89% of 2,835 reviews2020
Dev: Game in a Bottle
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 38.3 hrs≥1hr: 90%
The epic tower defense dark fantasy journey continues! Create powerful gems with various abilities and take on the battle against an endlessly flowing army of monsters, and face the growing darkness as you fight your way back towards the Spiritforge.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.3%, RTS 30.8%, Tactical 14.5%, Fantasy 8.8%, Strategy 8.1%
- #58 Warfront Defenders
70% matchMixed42% of 53 reviews2017
Dev: Flying Robot Studios
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 88%
The gameplay is inspired by famous last stands from some of history's deadliest conflicts, such as the Second World War and the Sino-Japanese War. A hybrid of Tower Defense and Real-Time Strategy with a lot of replay value.
Why similar: Action RTS 23% ★, Tower Defense 22.9%, RTS 21.8%, Real Time Tactics 19.4%, Tactical 7.4%