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Games Like Tower Tactics: Liberation

60+ similar titles based on shared tags and player behavior. Themes include Strategy, Roguelite, Roguelike, Deckbuilding.

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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!

Reviews: Very Positive — 88% — of 1,229 reviews
Released: 2023-02-06
Developer: asraworks
Publisher: Team17
Genres: Indie, Strategy
Platforms: Windows
Median playtime: 6.2 hrs
Mean playtime: 17.2 hrs
Players ≥ 1 hr: 87%

Overview

Tower Tactics: Liberation uniquely blends the strategic positioning of tower defense with the tactical depth of deck-building roguelikes. These recommendations prioritize games that successfully merge lane-based defense, card-driven mechanics, and roguelite progression to capture that same satisfying loop of building and defending.

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    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 19.9%, Card Battler 17.9%, Deckbuilding 14.2%, Card Game 12.9%, Tower Defense 11.7%

    Why You'll Like It: Combines real-time tower defense with deck-building mechanics where cards represent your defensive structures and units.

  2. #2 Cartridge Defense
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    Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.1%, Tower Defense 18.7%, Deckbuilding 10.2%, Card Game 8.6%, Roguelike 7.1%

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    Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 30.3%, Tower Defense 19.2%, Card Game 14%, Deckbuilding 12.9%, Roguelike 8.8%

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    Windows
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    Windows · Mac
    Median: 2.3 hrsMean: 3.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    Necroking is a turn-based tactics roguelite with vast deckbuilding. You play as a Master of Necromancy. Build your skulls deck, raise skeletons and other scum to defeat settlements desecrated by life.

    Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 25.2%, Card Battler 14.2%, Deckbuilding 12.9%, Card Game 12.6%, Roguelike 7.7%

  47. #47 Solitairica
    75% matchMostly Positive77% of 564 reviews2016
    Dev: Righteous Hammer Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 8.6 hrs≥1hr: 90%

    Solitairica takes RPG combat and challenging roguelike progression to a fresh new place—the world of solitaire! Using a variety of magical items and powerful spells, battle your way through a horde of ever-changing enemies and defeat the horrible Emperor Stuck.

    Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 42.5%, Card Battler 20.9%, Card Game 13.8%, Deckbuilding 10.5%, Roguelite 3.9%

  48. #48 Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
    69% matchVery Positive87% of 722 reviews2024
    Dev: Element Studios
    Windows
    Median: 3.6 hrsMean: 9.8 hrs≥1hr: 75%

    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 39.8%, Roguelike 15.5%, Roguelite 15.3%, Tactical 9.8%, Sci-fi 9.2%

  49. #49 Circadian Dice
    70% matchVery Positive95% of 594 reviews2022
    Dev: Shuffle Up Games
    Windows
    Median: 3.9 hrsMean: 14.8 hrs≥1hr: 72%

    Circadian Dice is a game inspired by single-player deck-building games, but instead of upgrading a deck, you build up a set of dice! Use 10 different heroes and 60 game-warping relics to take on 13 hand-crafted scenarios, in runs that take 10-30 minutes. Lots of secrets and unlocks to discover!

    Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 41.6%, Deckbuilding 18.4%, Card Battler 12.1%, Card Game 10.1%, Strategy 4.5%

  50. #50 Castle Cardians
    73% matchMostly Positive75% of 133 reviews2021
    Dev: 风宇冲
    Windows

    Castle Cardians fused card games,roguelike and real time colony defense together. Build your powerful deck, defend the castle and beat invaders.

    Why similar: Tower Defense 19.9%, Deckbuilding 18.3%, Card Battler 17.9%, Card Game 17.8%, Roguelike 10.1%

  51. #51 Core Defense
    72% matchMostly Positive79% of 366 reviews2020
    Dev: ehmprahPub: Sonderland
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 1.8 hrsMean: 10.3 hrs≥1hr: 61%

    A roguelike tower defense game with a dash of deckbuilding. Choose a reward, improve your build, survive the next wave, repeat. Highly replayable, difficult, and addictive. You'll want just one more wave, just one more run!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 31.5%, Deckbuilding 19.4%, Roguelike 11%, Minimalist 9.2%, Roguelite 6.1%

  52. #52 DICEOMANCER
    65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,441 reviews2024
    Dev: 超厚皮猪猪 Ultra Piggy StudioPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 6.4 hrsMean: 11.9 hrs≥1hr: 80%

    DICEOMANCER is a roguelike deck-building game. Though you long for a peaceful life, you're forced to embark on an adventure. In this world of swords, magic, and guns, make good use of your dice and deck to find a way back to tranquility! What can the dice be used for? To change... anything.

    Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 32.1%, Card Battler 20%, Card Game 17.8%, Deckbuilding 12.4%, Roguelike 8.6%

  53. #53 Slay the Spire
    67% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 210,878 reviews2019
    Dev: Mega Crit
    Windows · Mac · Linux
    Median: 19.3 hrsMean: 67.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 35.3%, Card Battler 19.8%, Card Game 16%, Deckbuilding 11.3%, Roguelike 9.5%

  54. #54 There Are No Orcs
    64% matchVery Positive94% of 991 reviews2025
    Dev: BaseTrade StudioPub: Gamirror Games
    Windows
    Median: 5.0 hrsMean: 8.7 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 39.4%, Card Game 27.2%, Roguelite 13.3%, Strategy 7.3%, Deckbuilding 6.8%

  55. #55 Tangy TD
    64% 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 46%, Roguelike 20.2%, Tactical 10.6%, Strategy 9.3%, Pixel Graphics 5.5%

  56. #56 Moon's Creed
    67% matchMostly Positive78% of 160 reviews2025
    Dev: Creedon Games
    Windows

    Choose your zodiac hero. Craft unique decks. Collect astral boons. Vanquish corrupted constellations. Ascend through cosmic chaos!

    Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 29.8%, Card Battler 17.2%, Deckbuilding 13.8%, Card Game 13.7%, Roguelike 8.5%

  57. #57 Combo Card Clashers
    68% matchVery Positive81% of 119 reviews2024
    Dev: Burnt Games LLC
    Windows

    Combo Card Clashers is a roguelike deckbuilder meets auto battler! Build massive combos by playing all cards each turn. Unlock powerful card synergies, recruit monsters to be your allies, upgrade gears and skills - give it all to brave through a mysterious world.

    Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 27.9%, Card Battler 17.5%, Card Game 10.4%, Deckbuilding 10.1%, Roguelike 8.4%

  58. #58 Rune Gate
    67% matchVery Positive91% of 55 reviews2024
    Dev: Devwind
    Windows

    Rune Gate is a roguelite deckbuilder centered on card customization. Craft unique battle strategies with different runes. Face continuous challenges, where every choice can lead to victory or defeat. Dive into Rune Gate, unleash creativity, and explore endless card combinations.

    Why similar: Roguelike Deckbuilder 31.3%, Card Battler 18.4%, Card Game 13.7%, Deckbuilding 12.6%, Roguelike 8.6%

  59. #59 Defend the Rook
    70% matchMostly Positive77% of 241 reviews2021
    Dev: One Up PlusPub: Goblinz Publishing
    Windows
    Median: 1.2 hrsMean: 9.5 hrs≥1hr: 53%

    A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!

    Why similar: Tower Defense 38.5%, Roguelike 18.6%, Roguelite 16.2%, Tactical 11.9%, Strategy 8.1%

  60. #60 Wireworks
    64% 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 39.9%, Tower Defense 24.7%, Deckbuilding 12.6%, Roguelike 8.1%, Roguelite 6%

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