- #1 Tower Tactics: Liberation
96% matchVery Positive88% of 1,229 reviews2023
Dev: asraworks
Windows
Median: 6.2 hrsMean: 17.2 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.7% ★, Tower Defense 21.4%, Roguelite 9.5%, Roguelike 9.1%, Deckbuilding 7%
Why You'll Like It: This title focuses heavily on the roguelike-deckbuilder aspect of tower defense, requiring careful card management to survive.
- #2 Necronator: Dead Wrong
97% matchMixed69% of 524 reviews2020
Dev: Toge ProductionsPub: Modern Wolf
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 7.4 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: Tower Defense 32.5%, Roguelite 20%, Roguelike 14.4%, Deckbuilding 11.9%, Cute 8.5%
Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly captures the reverse tower defense genre by tasking you with summoning minions to destroy enemy bases using card-based tactics.
- #3 Heretic's Fork
96% matchVery Positive85% of 3,992 reviews2023
Dev: 9FingerGamesPub: Ravenage Games
Windows
Median: 4.1 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Dear candidate, we are pleased to invite you to take up the position of manager of Hell. You will punish sinners by using our deck-building computer system to construct hellish towers capable of keeping the endless hordes of the underworld in check. Best of luck!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.2% ★, Tower Defense 15.5%, Auto Battler 14.5%, Perma Death 11.2%, Roguelite 9%
Why You'll Like It: A deckbuilding tower defense game that features a unique card-based combat system against waves of enemies.
- #4 Dicefolk
95% matchVery Positive90% of 990 reviews2024
Dev: LEAP Game StudiosPub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 6.8 hrsMean: 13.2 hrs≥1hr: 81%
Wield magical dice and build a team of powerful Chimeras to stop a mysterious evil in this tactical roguelite adventure. As a Chimera Summoner, recruit and create your perfect team of mythical beasts and command them to victory using unique dice mechanics.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 35.3% ★, Creature Collector 19.9%, Roguelite 11.8%, Roguelike 9.4%, Procedural Generation 6.7%
Why You'll Like It: This roguelike-deckbuilder emphasizes creature collection and tactical team management, mirroring the minion-focused gameplay of the seed.
- #5 Monster Train
94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,754 reviews2020
Dev: Shiny ShoePub: Good Shepherd Entertainment
Windows
Median: 9.8 hrsMean: 28.1 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 35.6% ★, Roguelite 19.6%, Roguelike 13.9%, Deckbuilding 12.1%, Procedural Generation 8.1%
Why You'll Like It: It is the gold standard for blending tower defense mechanics with roguelike-deckbuilding and unit placement strategy.
- #6 Emberward
93% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 3,607 reviews2024
Dev: Refic Games
Windows
Median: 7.7 hrsMean: 25.5 hrs≥1hr: 89%
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.7%, Roguelite 16.8%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 16.4% ★, Roguelike 10.4%, Deckbuilding 9.7%
Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game that incorporates roguelite deckbuilding and base-building to create unique defensive setups.
- #7 Ratropolis
94% matchVery Positive88% of 5,484 reviews2020
Dev: Cassel Games
Windows · Mac
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 15.2 hrs≥1hr: 82%
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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.5% ★, Tower Defense 17.1%, Roguelite 16.9%, Deckbuilding 11.6%, Roguelike 10.7%
Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced real-time strategy game that combines deckbuilding with tower defense elements to protect your city.
- #8 Maze Keeper
92% matchMixed46% of 82 reviews2024
Dev: Spaceward Games
Windows
You are the guardian of a cursed labyrinth and must prevent an adventurer from escaping with the help of your monsters. But the adventurer keeps trying again and again, accumulating levels and getting stronger... Survive to the highest possible level !
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.2% ★, Auto Battler 18.8%, Tower Defense 16%, Creature Collector 15.4%, Perma Death 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: This game combines strategy, tower defense, and auto-battler mechanics in a roguelike structure that feels very similar to the seed.
- #9 Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD
91% matchMostly Positive73% of 227 reviews2024
Dev: Mini Fun Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 4.2 hrs≥1hr: 67%
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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 24% ★, Auto Battler 22.9%, Tower Defense 18.7%, Roguelite 11.2%, Deckbuilding 6.6%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense game that emphasizes action and auto-battler mechanics during runs.
- #10 Shapebreaker - Tower Defense Deckbuilder
91% matchMostly Positive79% of 63 reviews2023
Dev: Alexander Van den Bulck
Windows
A fusion of tower defense games and roguelike deckbuilders. Use your cards to build towers and to upgrade them in unique ways. Gain rewards to customize your deck, defense and playstyle. Break the shapes before they break you!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30% ★, Tower Defense 21.9%, Roguelite 10.3%, Roguelike 8.3%, Procedural Generation 7.8%
Why You'll Like It: This title directly merges tower defense with deckbuilding mechanics to create a strategic roguelike experience.
- #11 Rogue Tower
90% matchVery Positive82% of 5,842 reviews2022
Dev: Die of Death Games
Windows
Median: 10.7 hrsMean: 20.2 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 48.6%, Roguelike 17.4%, Roguelite 11.4%, Procedural Generation 11.1%, Strategy 9.6%
Why You'll Like It: A procedural tower defense game that offers high replayability through its roguelike progression system.
- #12 Loop Hero
89% matchVery Positive93% of 36,055 reviews2021
Dev: Four QuartersPub: Devolver Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 12.2 hrsMean: 28.3 hrs≥1hr: 93%
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
Why similar: Roguelite 28.1%, Roguelike 23.2%, Deckbuilding 19%, Choices Matter 13%, Pixel Graphics 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: While different in perspective, it shares the auto-battler and roguelike loop mechanics where you influence the battlefield to guide your character.
- #13 Wildfrost
89% matchVery Positive83% of 8,624 reviews2023
Dev: Deadpan GamesPub: Chucklefish
Windows
Median: 9.6 hrsMean: 18.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 38.5% ★, Perma Death 16.2%, Roguelite 13.6%, Roguelike 10.5%, Deckbuilding 8.9%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike-deckbuilder that relies heavily on creature synergy and positioning, much like the team-building aspects of Tower Escape.
- #14 Decktamer
87% matchVery Positive85% of 1,731 reviews2025
Dev: Horizon EdgePub: Assemble Entertainment
Windows
Median: 2.9 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 73%
Deck-building meets monster catching in this turn-based roguelike. Recruit enemy cards to your party as you dive into the depths of the abyss. Will you kill them or will you tame them?
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 44.9% ★, Creature Collector 29%, Deckbuilding 10.6%, Strategy 5.2%, Roguelike 4.2%
Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on creature collection and card-battler mechanics, mirroring the minion-recruitment loop.
- #15 Million Monster Militia
88% matchVery Positive84% of 101 reviews2024
Dev: Space Capsule GamesPub: Dejobaan Games, LLC
Windows
A roguelike autobattling deckbuilder. Draft an army of… Succubi? Tax Accountants? Whales? It’s up to you! Discover thousands of possible synergies based on what fighters you choose. Fights are snappy and turn-based. Recruit your army and let them fight for you!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 26.4% ★, Auto Battler 19.3%, Creature Collector 15%, Roguelite 9.9%, Roguelike 7.6%
Why You'll Like It: An auto-battler with deckbuilding elements that focuses on managing a large army of monsters.
- #16 Gold and Graves
86% matchVery Positive87% of 167 reviews2025
Dev: Yoon
Windows
Gold and Graves is a roguelike extraction game where you bribe enemies to recruit them as allies, escape the dungeon, and bring back cards, relics, and mercenaries to your village to accumulate resources. Strengthen your deck and forces with the resources you gather and challenge deeper dungeons.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30% ★, Creature Collector 20.5%, Auto Battler 19.9%, Roguelite 6.3%, Roguelike 6.1%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike-deckbuilder that integrates creature collection and auto-battler combat for a strategic experience.
- #17 Cluckmech Oasis
86% matchVery Positive88% of 3,463 reviews2024
Dev: BlackLightPub: Mammorize
Windows · Mac
Median: 7.2 hrsMean: 15.5 hrs≥1hr: 85%
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 28%, Roguelite 15.3%, Perma Death 14.7%, Roguelike 14.2%, Strategy 7.1%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy roguelike that features tower defense and top-down shooter elements for a chaotic combat experience.
- #18 Hexguardian
85% matchMostly Positive80% of 685 reviews2024
Dev: Split Second GamesPub: Yogscast Games
Windows
Median: 3.8 hrsMean: 9.3 hrs≥1hr: 79%
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 33%, Roguelite 20.5%, Roguelike 15.9%, Procedural Generation 15.3%, Cute 7.7%
Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game with roguelite elements that focuses on strategic placement and cartoony, fast-paced combat.
- #19 Monster United
84% matchVery Positive86% of 73 reviews2024
Dev: 追风的鱼
Windows
This is a casual auto-battler game where you need to build your monster legion as you climb the tower! Random levels, rich alliances, and an equipment talent system provide countless possibilities for gameplay strategies, offering both casual relaxation and strategic depth!
Why similar: Auto Battler 32.4%, Tower Defense 26.3%, Roguelike 8.8%, Top-Down 7.6%, Strategy 6.8%
Why You'll Like It: A casual strategy game that uses auto-battler mechanics and creature collection to defend against waves.
- #20 Across the Obelisk
82% matchVery Positive81% of 12,790 reviews2022
Dev: Dreamsite GamesPub: Paradox Interactive
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 20.8 hrsMean: 53.5 hrs≥1hr: 92%
Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 39.9% ★, Roguelite 14.7%, Roguelike 12.3%, Procedural Generation 12.3%, Deckbuilding 10.3%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelike-deckbuilder that features deep party management and creature-like synergy, perfect for fans of team-building.
- #21 Block Tower TD
83% matchVery Positive82% of 76 reviews2023
Dev: MyDreamForever
Windows
Median: 2.0 hrsMean: 4.1 hrs≥1hr: 76%
Block Tower TD is a roguelike tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Build a world out of blocks, choose random upgrades to make every run unique.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.4%, Roguelite 19.3%, Roguelike 16%, Procedural Generation 11%, Strategy 8.7%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy tower defense game that incorporates city-building and roguelike elements for a unique defensive challenge.
- #22 Bees vs Zombees
82% matchVery Positive89% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: DeadpixelPub: Nuntius Games
Windows
A fast-paced roguelike tower defense where you choose your Queen Bee with unique skills and the Artisan to build turrets and cast powerful spells to defend your hive through regions infested with zombees. Face bosses with insane mechanics and survive the Zumbeecalypse!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 34.9% ★, Tower Defense 23.4%, Roguelite 14.5%, Roguelike 11.5%, Strategy 5.6%
Why You'll Like It: A tower defense game with RTS elements that requires managing units to survive waves of enemies.
- #23 Gem Miner TD
81% matchVery Positive97% of 66 reviews2026
Dev: iFeral Games
Windows
Mine. Maze. Merge. Survive. Dig for powerful gems, merge them into game-breaking towers, stack buffs, and pick roguelike perks to build wild synergies. Do not let enemies drag your miner to the lava!
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.1%, Auto Battler 27.9%, Roguelite 17.3%, Roguelike 10.4%, Strategy 6.4%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense game that focuses on resource management and replayability.
- #24 Anomaly: Warzone Earth
84% matchVery Positive87% of 4,668 reviews2011
Dev: 11 bit studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 11.0 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!
Why similar: Tower Defense 58.5%, Strategy 27.9%, Indie 7.4%, Top-Down 6.2%
Why You'll Like It: A classic reverse tower defense game where you lead a squad of vehicles through enemy-controlled territory.
- #25 Broken Universe - Tower Defense
81% matchVery Positive91% of 311 reviews2023
Dev: Jinthree Studio
Windows
Get ready to rethink all your defense strategies! Build barricades to stop monsters, or lure them into a maze and attack. A variety of stages that change each time depending on how you play them.
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.6%, Deckbuilding 14.2%, Strategy 10.7%, Cute 9.1%, Top-Down 8.8%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy-focused tower defense game that offers a classic experience with indie charm.
- #26 Mineral Defense
80% matchVery Positive91% of 236 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 31.5%, Roguelite 20.2%, Roguelike 15%, Procedural Generation 12.7%, Deckbuilding 11.2%
Why You'll Like It: A roguelite tower defense game that uses card-based mechanics to enhance your defensive capabilities.
- #27 Fire at Campsite
79% matchVery Positive82% of 55 reviews2025
Dev: Salvador PalmaPub: ZOO Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Protect the campsite in this Single-Tower-Defense game where you play as a campfire against the local wildlife! With many abilities and characters at your disposal, try new builds, synergies, and combos to make those animals run away with fear!
Why similar: Creature Collector 23.8%, Tower Defense 22.4%, Roguelite 15.2%, Roguelike 11%, Top-Down 8.6%
Why You'll Like It: A strategy roguelite that incorporates bullet-hell elements for a fast-paced defensive experience.
- #28 Rogue Monster Rush
77% matchVery Positive96% of 195 reviews2026
Dev: Ghost Vibes LLC
Windows
A unique Tower Defense game featuring Monster Collecting and Roguelike mechanics. Hatch, upgrade, and command a party of monster defenders, while unleashing player spells, to defend your base from the hordes of invading robots.
Why similar: Creature Collector 41.5%, Tower Defense 38.4%, Roguelike 17.5%, Strategy 1.5%, Indie 0.7%
- #29 Loopstructor
78% matchVery Positive84% of 372 reviews2024
Dev: Pone Games
Windows
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 5.9 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 23.2% ★, Tower Defense 21.9%, Auto Battler 21.6%, Roguelike 10.8%, Roguelite 6.1%
- #30 Tower Dominion
76% matchVery Positive86% of 4,827 reviews2025
Dev: Parallel 45 Games
Windows
Median: 11.7 hrsMean: 21.5 hrs≥1hr: 90%
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 29.9%, Auto Battler 20%, Roguelite 14.2%, Roguelike 12.4%, Procedural Generation 10.6%
- #31 Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense
78% matchMostly Positive78% of 343 reviews2022
Dev: IriySoftPub: Surefire.Games
Windows
Median: 13.1 hrsMean: 16.2 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Why be good when you can be... bad? Cursed Treasure 2 is a classic tower-defense game, remastered and carefully re-balanced. Build towers of powerful orcs, demons, and undead, and master powerful spells, to protect your precious hoard from all manner of no-good do-gooders.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.6%, Auto Battler 30.6%, Top-Down 13.9%, Strategy 5.6%, 2D 4.8%
Why You'll Like It: A classic tower defense game with a dark, colorful aesthetic and strategic depth.
- #32 Endgame of Devil
77% matchVery Positive89% of 1,028 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 35.6%, Roguelite 19.4%, Roguelike 15.5%, Choices Matter 9.9%, Strategy 8.2%
- #33 Hadean Tactics
76% matchVery Positive89% of 1,857 reviews2023
Dev: Emberfish Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 4.2 hrsMean: 8.2 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.9% ★, Auto Battler 22.7%, Roguelite 11.1%, Roguelike 9.3%, Procedural Generation 8%
- #34 Gnomes
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 1,634 reviews2025
Dev: DYSTOPIAN
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 5.5 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 39.1%, Procedural Generation 17.7%, Roguelike 17.3%, Roguelite 15.1%, Strategy 6.9%
- #35 Output Pasture
79% matchVery Positive85% of 99 reviews2020
Dev: DuskDogStudio
Windows
Output Pasture is a fast-paced Tower Defense Game which combines the elements of roguelike. Unlock, combine unique animals to battle together, and fight the evil Machine Legion.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.2%, Strategy 27%, Roguelike 14.5%, Indie 12.5%, Casual 6.9%
Why You'll Like It: A simple yet effective strategy tower defense game that focuses on 2D tactical placement.
- #36 Tangy TD
73% matchVery Positive92% of 1,121 reviews2026
Dev: Cakez
Windows
Median: 1.3 hrsMean: 3.0 hrs≥1hr: 58%
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 21.8%, Strategy 11.1%, 2D 5.9%, Pixel Graphics 4%
- #37 Wireworks
73% matchVery Positive87% of 245 reviews2026
Dev: JJJ
Windows · Linux
Design your defenses, build your module board, and manage your wires. Combine signals and create synergies to empower your weapons and survive in this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.3% ★, Auto Battler 22.6%, Tower Defense 19.6%, Roguelite 7.3%, Roguelike 6.4%
- #38 Boneraiser Minions
74% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,299 reviews2023
Dev: caiysPub: caiysware
Windows
Median: 5.3 hrsMean: 10.9 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Amass an army of undead to fight endless waves of heroes intent to end your boneraising ways! In this gothic auto-battler rogue-lite Survivor-like, use the bones of slain heroes to raise your minions, collect relics and spells, and unlock meta upgrades, all to survive King Gigald's crusade!
Why similar: Roguelite 32.3%, Roguelike 19.6%, Retro 15.7%, Top-Down 9.5%, 2D 7.6%
- #39 Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
75% matchVery Positive84% of 3,305 reviews2022
Dev: Konfa GamesPub: tinyBuild
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.8 hrsMean: 7.6 hrs≥1hr: 74%
Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!
Why similar: Auto Battler 40.9%, Roguelite 16.3%, Roguelike 16.1%, Procedural Generation 9.1%, Strategy 5.9%
- #40 Epic Auto Towers
75% matchMostly Positive70% of 762 reviews2024
Dev: Aleksandr Golovkin
Windows
Median: 8.0 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 97%
Epic Auto Towers is a turn-based strategy game combining elements of autobattler, deckbuilder and roguelike. Purchase uncommon and rare Towers and build the strongest combo to withstand the monster assault! Discover unusual new Tower combinations as you come back for more.
Why similar: Auto Battler 30%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.5% ★, Roguelike 10.9%, Deckbuilding 10%, Tower Defense 9.7%
- #41 Deck of Haunts
71% matchVery Positive87% of 1,207 reviews2025
Dev: MantisPub: DANGEN Entertainment
Windows
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 6.3 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
Why similar: Roguelite 26.4%, Tower Defense 25.6%, Deckbuilding 16.9%, Roguelike 13%, Horror 9.4%
- #42 Bella Wants Blood
72% matchVery Positive96% of 142 reviews2024
Dev: Sonderland
Windows · Mac · Linux
Entertain the god-like Bella’s thirst for blood in this absurd bite-sized roguelike terror defense game.
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.6%, Roguelike 16%, Roguelite 12.5%, Procedural Generation 10.3%, Horror 9.8%
- #43 Monster Tiles TD: Tower Wars
72% matchVery Positive82% of 494 reviews2024
Dev: Swell Games LLC
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 7.6 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: Auto Battler 31.4%, Tower Defense 26.5%, Roguelite 15.1%, Roguelike 12.9%, Strategy 7%
- #44 Bean Beasts
70% matchVery Positive89% of 116 reviews2025
Dev: Anxious Noob
Windows · Mac
Defeat monster hordes alongside your Bean Beasts in this cute, challenging Tower Defense Game! Evolve your companions, explore upgrade paths for traps and take on epic boss battles!
Why similar: Creature Collector 31.2%, Tower Defense 28.3%, Top-Down 10%, Retro 10%, Strategy 6.5%
- #45 Samawa Idle
73% matchMixed66% of 590 reviews2023
Dev: Samharia Studios
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 27.7 hrsMean: 71.7 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Unleash the power of specialized towers to annihilate hordes of monsters in this idle game with roguelike elements. Collect gold, level up your towers, face powerful bosses, and refine your strategy with an evolving skill tree.
Why similar: Auto Battler 30.9%, Tower Defense 25.2%, Roguelite 16.6%, Roguelike 11.5%, Top-Down 7%
- #46 Elements and build
71% 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 30.7%, Tower Defense 27.8%, Roguelite 13.8%, Roguelike 8.9%, Deckbuilding 8.5%
- #47 Peglin
68% matchVery Positive84% of 17,157 reviews2024
Dev: Red Nexus Games Inc.
Windows · Mac
Median: 10.0 hrsMean: 24.6 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Peglin is a Pachinko Roguelike - Fight enemies by collecting special orbs and popping pegs to deal damage. Acquire special relics that radically change the game and ensure no two runs are the same. Aim carefully to survive in this unique turn-based RPG!
Why similar: Perma Death 23%, Roguelite 19.1%, Roguelike 14.9%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Retro 7%
- #48 Dragon Eclipse
71% matchMixed67% of 228 reviews2024
Dev: FardustPub: Awaken Realms
Windows
Dragon Eclipse is a roguelite deck-builder with a unique auto-battler twist. Choose your Tamer, team up with powerful Mystlings, and battle fierce foes. Grow and evolve your Mystlings, craft a winning deck, and unleash epic combos to dominate the battlefield. But beware—the Eclipse is close!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 33.2% ★, Creature Collector 18.6%, Roguelite 11.3%, Roguelike 10%, Deckbuilding 8.4%
- #49 CD 2: Trap Master
70% matchVery Positive80% of 368 reviews2024
Dev: ACE ENTERTAINMENT
Windows · Mac
Become THE Trap Master - play your deck of lethal traps to mow down waves of bizarre creatures and protect your altars! Craft a unique deck of traps and powers, discover treasure of surprise effects, and guard a different base each time until you are ready for the unforgiving boss.
Why similar: Tower Defense 28.9%, Roguelite 17.8%, Roguelike 14.4%, Procedural Generation 13.9%, Deckbuilding 12.1%
- #50 Tower Factory
68% matchVery Positive89% of 1,139 reviews2024
Dev: Gius Caminiti
Windows
Median: 2.1 hrsMean: 5.8 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 42.3%, Roguelite 23%, Procedural Generation 17.6%, Roguelike 17.1%
- #51 Neon Ascending
69% matchVery Positive83% of 80 reviews2025
Dev: TheCarmineDepth
Windows · Linux
Grid management roguelike tower defense that emphasizes mechanics and features dazzling visual effects. Don't overthink it, just stack and play! Enhancement modules boost your attributes, affix modules change the mechanics, and more... all within the grid. Time to create a new and improved build!
Why similar: Tower Defense 22%, Roguelike Deckbuilder 18.8% ★, Perma Death 18.6%, Roguelite 14.5%, Roguelike 9.4%
- #52 Arrogue
69% matchMostly Positive77% of 78 reviews2025
Dev: PIPAPOUPub: Coduck Studio
Windows
Collect, upgrade and unlock powerful arrows and relics to protect your village. For that you’ll have to fight against procedurally generated hordes of enemies in this turn-per-turn, physics-based, roguelike! Explore the map, find the right path and make decisive choices in random events.
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.4% ★, Perma Death 19.5%, Roguelite 12.6%, Roguelike 11%, Deckbuilding 10.1%
- #53 Digs TD
70% matchMostly Positive70% of 104 reviews2023
Dev: Catchy
Windows · Mac
Take on the ultimate tower defense challenge in Digs, a roguelike game where you shape the battlefield, mine resources, and strategize against a variety of enemies. Manage your actions, customize your arsenal with upgrade cards, and explore diverse levels. Can you dig in and emerge victorious?
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29% ★, Tower Defense 24.4%, Roguelite 14.3%, Procedural Generation 9.7%, Roguelike 9.3%
- #54 Demon Castle Story
67% matchMostly Positive78% of 142 reviews2026
Dev: Kairosoft Co.,Ltd
Windows
Demon Castle Building Dungeon Management Simulation
Why similar: Tower Defense 43.8%, Strategy 16.9%, Top-Down 8.9%, Cute 7.7%, Retro 7%
- #55 Skewer Squad
65% matchVery Positive92% of 448 reviews2026
Dev: Fake OwlsPub: HARRISONWORLD CO.,LTD
Windows
Skewer Squad is a cute yet chaotic tower defense roguelite. Step into the apron of a Grillmaster, draft random ingredients, mix wild seasonings, and build a squad of skewers that are both delicious and powerful to defend your grill.
Why similar: Tower Defense 35.2%, Roguelite 23.1%, Roguelike 17.3%, Cute 8%, Strategy 7.8%
- #56 Crystal Guardians TD
67% matchVery Positive89% of 114 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 30.4%, Roguelite 18.5%, Perma Death 17.2%, Roguelike 14.1%, Procedural Generation 11.6%
- #57 Forest Heroes
66% matchVery Positive84% of 283 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: Roguelike Deckbuilder 35.7% ★, Tower Defense 23.2%, Roguelite 13.1%, Roguelike 7.9%, Deckbuilding 7.8%
- #58 Ballionaire
65% matchVery Positive86% of 2,480 reviews2024
Dev: newobjectPub: Raw Fury
Windows
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 5.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
BALLIONAIRE is a fast-paced, kinetic roguelike where strategy meets physics to create outrageous wealth! Find and exploit game-breaking synergies as you theorycraft your way to victory. Welcome to the autobonker genre!
Why similar: Auto Battler 23.2%, Roguelite 18.1%, Roguelike 14.9%, Deckbuilding 12.3%, Choices Matter 7.3%
- #59 Demonlore
69% matchVery Positive84% of 99 reviews2022
Dev: Barrel Smash Studios
Windows
A rogue-lite action strategy game with deck building. Fight the undead legion, forge your path, and gain powerful permanent progression. Godlike difficulty modes, mutators, heroic units, elite enemies, and unlockable rewards - endless replayability awaits!
Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.2% ★, Tower Defense 23.9%, Roguelite 15.4%, Roguelike 9.8%, Deckbuilding 9.3%
- #60 Towerful Defense: Prologue
67% 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: Auto Battler 29.7%, Tower Defense 25.8%, Roguelite 16.2%, Deckbuilding 10%, Top-Down 6.8%