- #1 Rogue Tower
97% matchVery Positive83% of 5,896 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 40.4%, Roguelike 13.7%, Base Building 10.5%, Procedural Generation 9.2%, Strategy 8.2%
Why You'll Like It: It is the definitive roguelike tower defense experience that focuses on procedural path generation and long-term strategic upgrades.
- #2 Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
96% matchVery Positive86% of 758 reviews2024
Dev: Element Studios
Windows
Median: 3.5 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Axon TD lets you expand the map boundaries themselves. A huge arsenal of towers and a wide variety of enemies clash in a battlefield that grows to your whims. Engage in single, cooperative, and roguelite gameplay.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.9%, RTS 17.7%, Roguelite 10.9%, Tactical 10.4%, Roguelike 10.1%
Why You'll Like It: This title offers a deep sci-fi tactical experience with complex tower mechanics and roguelite progression that mirrors the intensity of the seed game.
- #3 Stellar Initiative
96% matchMostly Positive76% of 404 reviews2024
Dev: Five Head Games
Windows
Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 6.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Stellar Initiative is a roguelike tower defense game where you land on the planet and use your orbit ship to deliver buildings and support you with fire. Complete missions, install new upgrades, discover powerful artifacts, and find the best strategy!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.3%, Base Building 16.2%, Roguelike 14.7%, Procedural Generation 9.6%, Strategy 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A high-stakes roguelike tower defense that emphasizes tactical positioning and sci-fi base defense against overwhelming odds.
- #4 Tower Factory
95% matchVery Positive89% of 1,226 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: Tower Defense 21.7%, RTS 16.7%, Base Building 13.2%, Roguelike 9.2%, Roguelite 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: It combines tower defense with automation and base-building, providing a satisfying loop of resource management and defensive expansion.
- #5 Thronefall
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 23,230 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 42.5%, Base Building 15%, Auto Battler 11%, Strategy 9.9%, Building 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A minimalist yet deep strategy game that focuses on base-building and wave-based defense with a strong emphasis on tactical hero movement.
- #6 Emberward
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,751 reviews2024
Dev: Refic Games
Windows
Median: 7.5 hrsMean: 27.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 24.2%, Base Building 14.2%, Roguelite 9.8%, Tactical 9.6%, Roguelike 9%
Why You'll Like It: A creative roguelite tower defense that allows players to physically shape the path enemies take, mirroring the terrain-design focus of the seed.
- #7 Drill Core
93% matchVery Positive85% of 2,404 reviews2025
Dev: Hungry Couch GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 6.0 hrsMean: 14.7 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
Why similar: Tower Defense 29.9%, Base Building 17%, Roguelite 13%, Roguelike 12.6%, Strategy 8.4%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelite colony-sim features intense base-building and tower defense mechanics while managing resources under constant threat.
- #8 Cataclismo
91% matchVery Positive89% of 4,197 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: Tower Defense 20.2%, RTS 16%, Base Building 14.5%, Tactical 9.7%, Resource Management 9%
Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique blend of real-time strategy and brick-by-brick base building, focusing on structural integrity to survive enemy waves.
- #9 Hexguardian
92% 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: Tower Defense 23.8%, RTS 17.2%, Tactical 11.3%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Roguelike 10.8%
Why You'll Like It: This game blends roguelite elements with path-building tower defense on a hexagonal grid, requiring careful tactical planning.
- #10 Tower Tactics: Liberation
91% matchVery Positive88% of 1,243 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 38.9%, Roguelike 15.7%, Roguelite 11.7%, Tactical 9.8%, Procedural Generation 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: It integrates deckbuilding mechanics into a tower defense framework, offering diverse hero-like choices and tactical variety.
- #11 Dome Keeper
90% matchVery Positive92% of 21,626 reviews2022
Dev: BippinbitsPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 11.3 hrs≥1hr: 87%
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.5%, Roguelike 20%, Tactical 14.4%, Procedural Generation 14.2%, Resource Management 13.5%
Why You'll Like It: A masterclass in roguelike base-building and survival, forcing players to balance mining resources with defending their central structure.
- #12 Warpips
89% matchVery Positive87% of 5,125 reviews2022
Dev: Skirmish Mode GamesPub: Daedalic Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.1 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: Tower Defense 23.2%, RTS 18%, Auto Battler 14.8%, Base Building 9.5%, Tactical 9.3%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced, physics-based RTS and tower defense hybrid that captures the chaotic, wave-based combat of the seed game.
- #13 The King is Watching
87% matchVery Positive89% of 10,061 reviews2025
Dev: HypnoheadPub: tinyBuild
Windows
Median: 9.4 hrsMean: 18.1 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: Tower Defense 20%, RTS 16%, Base Building 14.5%, Roguelike 9.8%, Auto Battler 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A dark-fantasy roguelike that blends base-building and RTS elements with a focus on managing defenses against incoming threats.
- #14 Isle of Arrows
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 1,093 reviews2022
Dev: Gridpop
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.1 hrsMean: 16.0 hrs≥1hr: 69%
Isle of Arrows is a Puzzle Tower Defense game in which you build a fortress in the sky. Place towers, expand the isle, and build your own paths. Can you find the perfect spot for each tile to beat the RNG and defend against waves of invaders?
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.9%, Roguelike 14.7%, Procedural Generation 12.8%, Roguelite 11.3%, Choices Matter 9.5%
Why You'll Like It: A puzzle-oriented roguelike tower defense that emphasizes strategic placement and limited resources on procedurally generated islands.
- #15 Taur
88% matchMostly Positive80% of 2,099 reviews2020
Dev: Echo Entertainment
Windows
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?
Why similar: Tower Defense 41.8%, Base Building 17.7%, RTS 13.9%, Strategy 9.6%, Tactical 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A base-building tower defense game where you control a powerful central weapon to hold off waves of alien invaders.
- #16 Repel The Rifts
86% matchVery Positive85% of 351 reviews2025
Dev: RefinedBearGamesPub: Goblinz Publishing
Windows · Linux
Repel the Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game where you lead a commander through an alien world, uncovering new terrain each wave, drafting powerful upgrades, and constructing defenses to hold back the chaos.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.4%, Roguelike 14.4%, Tactical 14.1%, Roguelite 10.9%, Resource Management 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A sci-fi tactical tower defense that utilizes mech-based units and procedural maps to create a challenging defensive experience.
- #17 Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense
86% matchVery Positive91% of 4,163 reviews2021
Dev: Prineside
Windows · Linux
Median: 3.2 hrsMean: 46.1 hrs≥1hr: 70%
Infinitode 2 - a strategy in the Tower Defense genre, in which the player will have to build towers to protect his base from endless waves of enemies. The game features huge maps, lots of towers, resource miners, upgrade tree and map editor.
Why similar: Tower Defense 46%, Building 20.4%, Tactical 20.3%, Strategy 11%, Singleplayer 2.3%
Why You'll Like It: Known for its immense depth and research trees, this game provides the complex resource management and tower upgrade paths that strategy fans crave.
- #18 No Creeps Were Harmed TD
85% matchVery Positive89% of 492 reviews2024
Dev: MinMax Games Ltd.
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.6 hrs≥1hr: 76%
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 44.2%, Tactical 11%, Aliens 10.8%, Building 10.5%, Strategy 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D sci-fi tower defense that focuses on strategic maze building and managing complex enemy pathing.
- #19 They Are Billions
84% matchVery Positive85% of 51,117 reviews2019
Dev: Numantian Games
Windows
Median: 14.1 hrsMean: 56.3 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: Base Building 30.2%, Tower Defense 23.4%, RTS 22.2%, Strategy 7.8%, Building 5.9%
Why You'll Like It: A high-pressure RTS and base-building game that forces players to survive massive waves of enemies through careful defensive planning.
- #20 Mineral Defense
82% matchVery Positive90% of 245 reviews2024
Dev: Corestone Games
Windows · Linux
Mineral Defense combines tower defense with roguelite elements and procedural generation. Build paths, unlock upgrades, and unleash powerful synergies to conquer evolving challenges in an ever-expanding world.
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.9%, Base Building 16.3%, Roguelike 12.1%, Roguelite 11.7%, Procedural Generation 10.9%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense that incorporates card-based mechanics to provide unique upgrades and tactical choices each run.
- #21 Orcs Must Die! 3
83% matchVery Positive86% of 14,813 reviews2021
Dev: Robot Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 14.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Slice, burn, toss, zap, grind and gib massive hordes of repugnant orcs in this long-awaited successor to the award-winning Orcs Must Die! series.
Why similar: Tower Defense 81.4%, Strategy 13.4%, 3D 4%, Singleplayer 1.3%
Why You'll Like It: A premier action-tower defense hybrid that features hero-based combat and large-scale traps, perfect for those who enjoy active defense.
- #22 DG2: Defense Grid 2
84% matchVery Positive86% of 3,416 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 24.5%, RTS 17.9%, Base Building 15.6%, Tactical 11.9%, Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic, polished tower defense experience that emphasizes tactical maze building and resource management.
- #23 Gnomes
80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive95% of 1,764 reviews2025
Dev: DYSTOPIAN
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 5.4 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 35.5%, Base Building 17.4%, Procedural Generation 15.8%, Roguelike 14.5%, Roguelite 9.2%
Why You'll Like It: A procedural roguelike tower defense that features unique unit types and tactical challenges in a fantasy setting.
- #24 Sanctum 2
82% matchVery Positive90% of 14,384 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 79.3%, Strategy 10.1%, Sci-fi 5.4%, Aliens 4.5%, Singleplayer 0.7%
Why You'll Like It: This unique FPS-tower defense hybrid requires players to build mazes while actively participating in the combat, similar to hero-based defense games.
- #25 Tiny Tactics
81% matchVery Positive83% of 678 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 30.2%, Class-Based 19.3%, Tactical 13.2%, Auto Battler 12%, Building 9.4%
Why You'll Like It: A 3D tower defense game that focuses on top-down strategic placement and wave management in a stylized environment.
- #26 Kingdom Two Crowns
81% matchVery Positive90% of 38,776 reviews2018
Dev: Stumpy🐙SquidPub: Raw Fury
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 19.0 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 49.7%, Base Building 23.5%, Building 16.5%, Strategy 8.5%, Singleplayer 1.9%
Why You'll Like It: A side-scrolling strategy game that focuses on building and defending a kingdom against nightly waves of enemies.
- #27 Age of Darkness: Final Stand
79% matchMostly Positive75% of 10,564 reviews2025
Dev: PlaySide
Windows
Median: 5.5 hrsMean: 13.8 hrs≥1hr: 83%
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: Tower Defense 25.2%, RTS 19.5%, Base Building 16.8%, Tactical 11.4%, Building 9.8%
Why You'll Like It: A survival RTS that tasks players with building a massive base to withstand thousands of enemies in a dark-fantasy setting.
- #28 Diplomacy is Not an Option
78% matchVery Positive85% of 12,247 reviews2024
Dev: Door 407
Windows
Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.9 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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 19.6%, Tower Defense 16.8%, Resource Management 14.5%, RTS 13.5%, Tactical 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A large-scale base-building RTS where you must design fortifications to survive overwhelming enemy sieges.
- #29 Nordhold
78% matchVery Positive87% of 3,259 reviews2025
Dev: StunForgePub: HypeTrain Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 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 23.2%, Base Building 13.5%, Roguelite 10%, RTS 9.8%, Roguelike 9.7%
- #30 There Are No Orcs
77% matchVery Positive94% of 1,142 reviews2025
Dev: BaseTrade StudioPub: Gamirror Games
Windows
Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 84%
An RTS-Roguelike hybrid with auto-battling troops. Master building placement, swarm your enemies, and smash their defenses with unit-commander combos!
Why similar: Tower Defense 23.9%, RTS 19.9%, Auto Battler 17%, Base Building 13.7%, Roguelite 8.4%
- #31 Monsters are Coming!
77% matchVery Positive81% of 2,670 reviews2025
Dev: LudogramPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 7.1 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 27.5%, Base Building 18.5%, Building 12%, Roguelite 11.9%, Resource Management 11.4%
- #32 Tangy TD
76% matchVery Positive91% of 1,438 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 49.5%, Roguelike 19.7%, Tactical 17.2%, Strategy 11.2%, Singleplayer 2.3%
- #33 Element TD 2 - Tower Defense
79% matchVery Positive90% of 3,215 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 40.9%, RTS 22.4%, Tactical 13.5%, Building 10.3%, Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A deep, strategy-heavy tower defense that focuses on elemental combinations and complex maze construction.
- #34 Rogue Command
75% matchVery Positive90% of 926 reviews2026
Dev: feneq
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 15.4 hrs≥1hr: 69%
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 17.3%, Base Building 14.1%, Tactical 10.6%, Roguelike 9.8%, Resource Management 9.5%
- #35 Border Pioneer
76% matchVery Positive87% of 1,859 reviews2025
Dev: Yahzj GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.7 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 33.7%, Base Building 21.3%, RTS 21.1%, Roguelite 10%, Strategy 8%
- #36 Minimalist Tower Defense
74% matchVery Positive95% of 1,790 reviews2024
Dev: Happy213
Windows
Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Collect resources and establish a defense line before dark And then Facing countless enemies
Why similar: Tower Defense 46.9%, Base Building 22%, Resource Management 12.1%, Strategy 10.7%, Building 6.8%
- #37 IDUN - Frontline Survival
75% matchMostly Positive79% of 702 reviews2025
Dev: IDUN InteractivePub: Surefire.Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.4 hrsMean: 10.4 hrs≥1hr: 75%
A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.5%, RTS 17.3%, Base Building 14.9%, Building 13.1%, Procedural Generation 9.3%
- #38 Galaxy Defense War
73% matchVery Positive97% of 145 reviews2025
Dev: Zero Space
Windows
'Galaxy Defense War' is a roguelike tower defense game where you need to select suitable galactic principles from randomly dropped heroes and equipment to form a combat-ready team to resist alien invaders.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.3%, Base Building 18.7%, Roguelite 16.5%, Strategy 11.7%, Building 10.2%
- #39 The Last Spell
73% matchVery Positive91% of 13,461 reviews2023
Dev: Ishtar GamesPub: Nacon
Windows
Median: 6.5 hrsMean: 24.1 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 28.4%, Tactical 18.5%, Base Building 17.8%, Roguelite 12.6%, Roguelike 11.5%
- #40 Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD
74% matchMostly Positive74% of 237 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 68%
A roguelike tower defense where you control a single tower to fight against hordes of aliens coming from all directions. Pick your tower, equip up to 4 skills, and choose from a variety of traits and unique effect items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.
Why similar: Tower Defense 37.9%, Auto Battler 27.8%, Roguelite 15.8%, Roguelike 10%, Strategy 8.5%
- #41 Northend Tower Defense
73% matchMostly Positive74% of 1,442 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: Tower Defense 27.9%, Auto Battler 18.1%, Base Building 13.5%, Tactical 11.6%, War 10.3%
- #42 City Defense Z
72% matchMostly Positive76% of 318 reviews2025
Dev: Good Mood Games
Windows · Linux
City Defense Z combines base-building and base defense in a roguelite progression loop. Build by day, defend by night, and face a growing zombie threat. Every defeat unlocks permanent upgrades, helping you rebuild smarter and push further each time. See how many days you can last.
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.2%, Auto Battler 14.6%, Base Building 14.4%, Roguelike 11.1%, Tactical 10.8%
- #43 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
71% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,883 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 48.6%, Tactical 16%, Building 14.1%, Choices Matter 9.7%, Strategy 9.7%
- #44 Tabletop Tavern
67% matchVery Positive90% of 1,624 reviews2026
Dev: TJPub: Frostbloom
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 5.4 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 24.3%, Roguelike 14.7%, Tactical 14.3%, Roguelite 12.1%, War 11.3%
- #45 Towerful Defense: Prologue
70% matchVery Positive88% of 75 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
A tower defense action roguelike where you control a single tower to fight against hordes of aliens coming from all directions. Pick your tower, equip up to 4 skills, and choose from a variety of traits and items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.3%, Auto Battler 21%, RTS 19.2%, Roguelite 12.9%, Aliens 7.9%
- #46 Loopstructor
69% matchVery Positive84% of 378 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: Tower Defense 26.7%, RTS 18.4%, Auto Battler 16%, Base Building 13.1%, Roguelike 12.4%
- #47 Super Fantasy Kingdom
67% matchVery Positive87% of 5,800 reviews2025
Dev: Super Fantasy GamesPub: Hooded Horse
Windows
Median: 7.1 hrsMean: 15.3 hrs≥1hr: 88%
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: Roguelike 28.7%, Procedural Generation 26.6%, Roguelite 26.1%, Strategy 15.6%, Singleplayer 3%
- #48 Creeping Dusk
71% matchMixed67% of 95 reviews2024
Dev: PolyShroom
Windows · Linux
Creeping Dusk is a tower defense game. Build a town around an abandoned gold mine and defend against monsters that swarm the area. Fortify your defenses, and prepare for the increasingly challenging nights. Will you be able to protect your town from the encroaching darkness?
Why similar: Tower Defense 26.6%, Base Building 16.5%, Roguelite 10.9%, Tactical 10.5%, Building 10.3%
- #49 Cluckmech Oasis
68% matchVery Positive88% of 3,555 reviews2024
Dev: BlackLightPub: Mammorize
Windows · Mac
Median: 6.7 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 84%
Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.9%, Roguelike 17.6%, Building 14.2%, Roguelite 13.8%, Strategy 9.6%
- #50 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
70% matchVery Positive87% of 439 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 39.4%, Tactical 16.7%, Isometric 13.7%, Aliens 11.1%, Strategy 9.6%
- #51 Gods Of Defense
71% matchMostly Positive70% of 50 reviews2023
Dev: Blue Math
Windows
Tower Defense Rogue-like. Defend a temple on a procedural map with variety of towers. Craft your strategy through Boon and Curse cards. With every run earn faith to upgrade the weapons. Many progression paths keep you engaged and entertained without getting stuck.
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.3%, Roguelike 18.1%, Procedural Generation 17%, Base Building 8.4%, Strategy 8.4%
- #52 Crystal Guardians TD
69% matchVery Positive88% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: Green Pine Studios
Windows
Crystal Guardians is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Fight of waves and defend the world crystal. Gear up your towers with a powerful combination of items for your strategy. In an ever expanding map, find hidden powers and conquer the enemies.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.7%, Roguelike 11.2%, Tactical 10.9%, Roguelite 10.6%, Procedural Generation 9.8%
- #53 Artisan TD
67% matchVery Positive87% of 2,460 reviews2024
Dev: 4rtisansPub: Unexpected
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Artisan TD is a puzzle-oriented Tower Defense game where you must survive by building mazes.
Why similar: Tower Defense 48%, Tactical 18.7%, Building 17%, Strategy 11.9%, 3D 2.9%
- #54 EverSiege: Untold Ages
66% matchMixed70% of 1,926 reviews2026
Dev: Tindalos InteractivePub: Dear Villagers
Windows
Median: 7.3 hrsMean: 11.1 hrs≥1hr: 89%
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: Tower Defense 28%, RTS 20.5%, Roguelite 13.2%, Tactical 11.7%, Procedural Generation 10.2%
- #55 X-Morph: Defense
68% matchVery Positive91% of 4,137 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 54.6%, Isometric 13.1%, Aliens 12.9%, Strategy 11%, Sci-fi 6.9%
- #56 ShapeHero Factory
65% matchVery Positive89% of 1,000 reviews2025
Dev: Asobism.Co.,Ltd
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.9 hrsMean: 11.7 hrs≥1hr: 73%
In ShapeHero Factory, you’re the engineer of an ever-evolving paint-fuelled factory that spits out magical, shape-based warriors. Send them into battle - to death or glory - then build an even better factory on your next run.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.7%, Base Building 18.3%, Auto Battler 12%, Resource Management 11.3%, Roguelite 10.9%
- #57 Alien Marauder
70% matchMixed63% of 341 reviews2021
Dev: Vexan Studio
Windows
“Alien Marauder” is a real-time strategy game with survival and confrontation theme. In this game, you will be the leader to a treacherous alien planet, build and defend base to survive against the vexan waves. Make the right decision!
Why similar: Tower Defense 17.1%, RTS 16.9%, Base Building 14%, Military 9.6%, Resource Management 9%
- #58 Last Stand: Defense
67% 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: Tower Defense 28.3%, RTS 21.8%, Building 12.2%, Roguelite 10.9%, War 8.3%
- #59 Dungeon Warfare 3
66% matchMostly Positive79% of 658 reviews2025
Dev: Excidium Inc.
Windows · Mac
Forge invincible defenses with lethal traps and devious machines, and crush relentless waves of adventurers in the ultimate tower defense showdown!
Why similar: Tower Defense 59.8%, Building 19.9%, Strategy 13.2%, Roguelite 5.7%, Singleplayer 1.5%