- #1 Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD
97% 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: Auto Battler 17.5%, Tower Defense 13.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 10.9%, Action Roguelike 10%, Deckbuilding 10%
- #2 SHOOPER NOVA
96% matchVery Positive85% of 616 reviews2025
Dev: JamesikaPub: Gamersky Games
Windows
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.8 hrs≥1hr: 77%
Craft Your Ultimate Circular Fortress! Dive into SHOOPER NOVA, where you choose props and components to build a unique fortress. Unlock combos to shape your strategy and battle style. Become an unstoppable barrage machine and obliterate waves of enemies from all directions!
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.3%, Bullet Hell 14.9%, Roguelite 13.9%, Action Roguelike 11.5%, Strategy 7.7%
- #3 Tower Dominion
95% 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 21.4%, RTS 18.9%, Roguelite 13.2%, Aliens 7.8%
- #4 Tower Survivors
96% matchMixed69% of 54 reviews2023
Dev: Final Screw
Windows · Linux
Fight an endless horde of evil minions and survive as long as you can. Collect loot and purchase new upgrades and magic abilities. Summon allies to stand along side you and survive the horde!
Why similar: Tower Defense 21.9%, Bullet Hell 18.4%, Action Roguelike 17.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 15.7%, Roguelite 13.6%
- #5 Nomad Survival
94% matchVery Positive84% of 2,165 reviews2022
Dev: The Fox Knocks
Windows
Median: 3.0 hrsMean: 12.1 hrs≥1hr: 71%
Battle against hordes of enemies, conquer Boss encounters, and explore various character and skill combinations in this time-based auto-attacking Roguelite in your quest to become stronger and defeat the most menacing of creatures that lay in wait at the end of each run.
Why similar: Auto Battler 24.2%, Bullet Hell 16.2%, Action Roguelike 15.5%, Roguelite 12.2%, Deckbuilding 12%
- #6 Mech Fortress
94% matchVery Positive85% of 216 reviews2026
Dev: Some Sugar Studio
Windows
Mech Fortress is a sci-fi tower defense game where each turret has unique mechanics. You can freely place them on a 5×5 grid, and your goal is to eliminate all enemies!
Why similar: Auto Battler 37.4%, Tower Defense 31.7%, Bullet Hell 17%, Strategy 8%, Top-Down 5%
- #7 Crystal Guardians Prologue
93% matchVery Positive93% of 76 reviews2024
Dev: Green Pine Studios
Windows
Crystal Guardians prologue (small slice of the full game) is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Fight off waves and defend the base crystal. Gear up your towers with a powerful combination of items for your personal strategy. In a procedural map, find hidden powers and conquer the enemy.
Why similar: Tower Defense 51.5%, Roguelite 28%, Strategy 13.8%, Casual 6%, Singleplayer 0.6%
- #8 FLERP
92% matchVery Positive87% of 397 reviews2022
Dev: foolsroom
Windows
Median: 2.2 hrsMean: 3.5 hrs≥1hr: 66%
Fend off hordes of enemies in this arcade tower defense roguelite with autobattler elements. Build up a team of powerful synergies and become unstoppable.
Why similar: Action Roguelike 37.1%, Roguelite 26.8%, Action 9.7%, 2D 7.4%, Tower Defense 6.1%
- #9 GunSuit Guardians
91% matchVery Positive87% of 247 reviews2023
Dev: Matt Glanville
Windows
Gear up your GunSuit and defend Earth from an alien siege! Equip and upgrade unique arsenals of overpowered weapons to survive overwhelming numbers in this action-roguelite twin-stick horde survival.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 18.4%, Action Roguelike 16.9%, Auto Battler 16.3%, Roguelite 13.2%, Shoot 'Em Up 9.5%
- #10 Arcane Tower Survivors
90% matchMostly Positive73% of 94 reviews2025
Dev: Red Horde Games
Windows
Survive waves of enemies in this horde survival roguelite. Unleash devastating spells, master unique skills, and craft unstoppable builds. Between battles, fortify your tower and unlock powerful upgrades in a strategic meta-game. Will your magic outlast the chaos?
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.6%, Action Roguelike 20.9%, Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Roguelite 16.8%, Top-Down 8.6%
- #11 Idle Tower Defense
91% matchMixed54% of 115 reviews2024
Dev: ZNZ Games
Windows
Idle Tower Defense is a game where you control a single tower to fight off hordes of enemies. No randomization. Choose from a variety of modules to create unique builds and upgrade modules and survive endless waves.
Why similar: Tower Defense 44.4%, Bullet Hell 31.6%, Abstract 8.5%, Strategy 7.3%, Casual 4.9%
- #12 Acid Planet
89% matchMostly Positive80% of 69 reviews2024
Dev: Adam Travers
Windows
Acid Planet is a caustic blend of horde-survival, tower-defense and strategy. Build, fight and evolve to survive against rampaging swarms of monsters and fearsome Kaiju.
Why similar: Action RTS 19% ★, Tower Defense 18.4%, RTS 12.6%, Action Roguelike 12.4%, Bullet Hell 11.7%
- #13 Outnumbered
89% matchMostly Positive79% of 241 reviews2022
Dev: Amped Horizon
Windows
Outnumbered is a mass-enemy top-down shooter with rogue-lite elements. You may be greatly outnumbered, but not outpowered. Evolve into the ultimate weapon of destruction!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 20.4%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.7%, Action Roguelike 18.5%, Deckbuilding 14.3%, Roguelite 13.7%
- #14 Gore Storm
88% matchVery Positive94% of 70 reviews2023
Dev: Gundorado
Windows
Battle massive hordes of alien monsters to secure humanity's presence on planet Gore. Upgrade your base, hire troops, and install turrets to fight back the ever growing waves of aliens.
Why similar: Tower Defense 19.1%, Shoot 'Em Up 19%, Roguelite 12.3%, Action Roguelike 10.3%, Action RPG 9.2%
- #15 Loopstructor
86% 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: Auto Battler 25.4%, Tower Defense 24%, RTS 17%, Survival 9.1%, Strategy 7.3%
- #16 Road Defense: Outsiders
87% matchVery Positive84% of 159 reviews2023
Dev: Minicactus Games
Windows
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 2.5 hrs≥1hr: 60%
Protect vehicles on the road and survive! Road Defense: Outsiders is a game that combines elements of the 'roguelike' and 'tower defense' genres. Upgrade the towers and your own skills to be able to annihilate all the life around you!
Why similar: Tower Defense 22.4%, Action Roguelike 21.4%, Bullet Hell 19.7%, Roguelite 15%, Action RPG 12.4%
- #17 Survivor Challenge TD
86% matchVery Positive82% of 60 reviews2025
Dev: SQRT Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Survivor Challenge TD - is a Tower Defense game where you manage a single tower and add upgrades to it. Buy abilities, enhance upgrades, and defeat the boss!
Why similar: Tower Defense 38.7%, Bullet Hell 28.8%, Roguelite 19.6%, Strategy 8.5%, Action 2.9%
- #18 Fortress Fury
85% matchMostly Positive72% of 94 reviews2026
Dev: Kervado
Windows · Mac · Linux
Fortress Fury is a survivor multiplayer tower defense roguelite. Endless hordes of enemies want to crush your tower! Buy weapons and upgrades to craft an array of overpowering builds. Will you be able to survive all waves and be the last tower?
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.9%, Bullet Hell 23.2%, Roguelite 17%, Strategy 10.2%, Top-Down 8.7%
- #19 Elements and build
84% 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 31.7%, Tower Defense 26.8%, Deckbuilding 17.3%, Roguelite 12.4%, Strategy 7%
- #20 Cyber Tower 2048
84% matchVery Positive87% of 101 reviews2025
Dev: Galactic Geckon
Windows
Cyber Tower 2048 is an action tower defense game where players fight insectoids by building defenses and developing tactics.
Why similar: Tower Defense 47.7%, Bullet Hell 21.4%, Action 8.3%, Top-Down 8%, Strategy 4.9%
- #21 Galaxy Defense War
82% matchVery Positive97% of 144 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 37.5%, Roguelite 24.6%, Strategy 14.7%, Aliens 14.1%, 2D 5.6%
- #22 Ultimate Protector
83% matchVery Positive89% of 63 reviews2022
Dev: Dongguan Liuli Game Technology Co.,Ltd
Windows
Tired of moving around without purposes? Come and protect the goddess with multiple combination of skills and elements. Discover and upgrade your weapon to super, even hyper! Play this game with a joy from both tower defense and rogue!
Why similar: Tower Defense 30.3%, Action Roguelike 22.4%, Bullet Hell 19%, Casual 7.4%, Survival 6.8%
- #23 Defend Earth: Xenos Survivors
82% matchVery Positive80% of 56 reviews2023
Dev: ReijaPub: indie.io
Windows
You are Earth's last line of defense in a relentless alien invasion. Experience intense top-down roguelite action across diverse landscapes, fighting invaders with a versatile arsenal. Outsmart, outgun, and survive your foes. Every run increases the challenge - so adapt, evolve, dominate!
Why similar: Bullet Hell 22.2%, Action Roguelike 18.8%, Roguelite 17.3%, Aliens 15.2%, Survival 11%
- #24 Yokai Art: Survival Prologue
81% matchVery Positive95% of 59 reviews2023
Dev: Secret Labo
Windows
Strategically position units on a chess-based battlefield, defending territories while earning roguelike upgrade-items for leveling up. Discover over 30 unique equipment pieces that modify units, allowing for exciting customization and ensuring endless excitement and replayability.
Why similar: Tower Defense 25%, Deckbuilding 21.6%, Roguelite 15.7%, RTS 13.8%, Survival 10.6%
- #25 Fight To The Death
81% matchMostly Positive78% of 116 reviews2024
Dev: Amrita
Windows
Fight To The Death is a roguelite game where you enter an arena filled with hundreds or even thousands of monsters. Utilizing each character's unique skills, collecting powerful items, crafting your own playstyle, and striving to be the last one standing.
Why similar: Auto Battler 24.5%, Shoot 'Em Up 16.7%, Bullet Hell 15.6%, Action Roguelike 14.8%, Action RPG 9.5%
- #26 Hollow Survivors: Prologue
78% matchVery Positive93% of 532 reviews2024
Dev: Danny DeerPub: Games Incubator
Windows · Mac · Linux
The Prologue is just part of the gameplay that awaits you in the full version. Battle through hordes of horrific creatures as you hack and slash your way to the top of the Tower in this rogue-like dungeon crawler game. Choose from a variety of upgrades, new weapons, and save the Tower.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24.3%, Action Roguelike 24.2%, Action RPG 17.4%, Bullet Hell 14.6%, RPG 8.2%
- #27 Legacy of Defense - Prologue
79% matchVery Positive83% of 573 reviews2024
Dev: Enter the Game Studios
Windows
Become the hero of a fantasy world and defend against monsters! 'Legacy of Defense - Prologue' is the intro to the innovative game 'Legacy of Defense' combining side-scrolling action and deck-building. Collect cards, use skills, gain experience, upgrade, and defeat the final boss!
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.8%, Deckbuilding 29.1%, Roguelite 19.2%, Strategy 9.5%, Casual 3.9%
- #28 Repel The Rifts
78% matchVery Positive86% of 313 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 57.2%, Roguelite 25.5%, Strategy 11.1%, 2D 4.8%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #29 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
79% matchVery Positive88% of 428 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 36.8%, Aliens 17.4%, Survival 13.8%, Strategy 10.3%, Top-Down 10%
- #30 Cluckmech Oasis
77% 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 42.5%, Roguelite 21.6%, Strategy 12.7%, Top-Down 9.3%, Survival 8.3%
- #31 Super Sanctum TD
80% matchVery Positive87% of 1,575 reviews2013
Dev: Coffee Stain StudiosPub: Coffee Stain Publishing
Windows · Mac
Median: 1.9 hrsMean: 33.2 hrs≥1hr: 75%
Super Sanctum TD is a retro-styled Tower Defense game that focuses on strategy, customization and replayability. Build advanced mazes and construct powerful towers to prevent alien hordes from reaching the Core!
Why similar: Tower Defense 52.3%, Aliens 18.9%, Strategy 9.7%, 2D 5.2%, Casual 4.2%
- #32 Samawa Idle
77% 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 35.3%, Tower Defense 26.9%, Roguelite 16.5%, RPG 6.9%, Top-Down 6.7%
- #33 Astro Looter: Survivor
76% matchMostly Positive71% of 423 reviews2024
Dev: Soda Game Studio
Windows · Mac
Explore alien planets to mine resources, kill alien insects, build defense turrets, and survive waves of insect attacks across the galactic frontier. Astro Looter combines elements of survival, roguelike, and tower defense in a top-down shooter.
Why similar: Bullet Hell 21.8%, Tower Defense 20.5%, Roguelite 15.5%, Action Roguelike 14.5%, Survival 8.6%
- #34 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 53.4%, Strategy 14.3%, Survival 10.6%, 2D 7.3%, Action 7%
- #35 Stellar Initiative
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 390 reviews2024
Dev: Five Head Games
Windows
Median: 1.7 hrsMean: 6.6 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 57%, Aliens 19.7%, Strategy 14.8%, 2D 7.3%, Singleplayer 1.3%
- #36 Cartridge Defense
76% matchVery Positive92% of 100 reviews2022
Dev: Out Gaming
Windows
Cartridge Defense is a tower defense game with over 300 distinct collectible cards that you will use to create your own decks to defend against robots in the cyberpunk inspired future. Play cards (cartridges) to spawn towers, upgrades, special abilities and more in a campaign or rogue-like mode.
Why similar: Tower Defense 33.5%, Deckbuilding 28.5%, Roguelite 18.3%, Top-Down 9.8%, Strategy 8.2%
- #37 Shapebreaker - Tower Defense Deckbuilder
75% 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: Tower Defense 35.5%, Deckbuilding 22.8%, Roguelite 15.5%, Strategy 9.6%, Top-Down 7.9%
- #38 The Wall Mustn't Fall
74% matchVery Positive91% of 68 reviews2023
Dev: CapsuleCollapse
Windows
You will select a hero with unique abilities. As you defend your castle, you will earn money and loot. This will allow you to upgrade your castle and recruit AI controlled allies to synergize with and equip them with weapons and relics. You may also choose to allow the AI to control your hero.
Why similar: Auto Battler 30.3%, Tower Defense 24.9%, Roguelite 12.8%, Action Roguelike 12%, Survival 6.7%
- #39 Gunlocked
73% matchVery Positive87% of 502 reviews2022
Dev: FromLefcourt
Windows
Median: 3.4 hrsMean: 4.6 hrs≥1hr: 81%
A twin stick shooter without the twin stick, Gunlocked is a sci-fi action roguelike about careful positioning and upgrade selection. Manage unique targeting systems across multiple weapons and upgrades, as you battle legions of alien ships, and then do it all over again!
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 21.4%, Bullet Hell 18.8%, Action Roguelike 17%, Roguelite 12.9%, Aliens 10.4%
- #40 FROM ASHES, BLOOM
71% matchVery Positive93% of 731 reviews2024
Dev: Screenshakes
Windows · Linux
A minimalist rogue-like tower defense where you protect Earth against humanity.
Why similar: Tower Defense 32.5%, Action Roguelike 23.2%, Aliens 15.1%, Survival 12.7%, Top-Down 9.1%
- #41 Dr. Professor Scientist's Weapons Testing Facility
74% matchVery Positive84% of 77 reviews2022
Dev: Cool Smithy Games
Windows
DPSWTF is a base defense game with roguelike elements, where instead of placing towers, you build the best tower of them all. Combine the best projectiles with effective modifiers and push back the incoming hordes. Research them all to conquer the secrets of the Great North!
Why similar: Tower Defense 31.7%, Shoot 'Em Up 18.9%, Roguelite 17.3%, Aliens 12.9%, Strategy 7.4%
- #42 FrankenStorm TD: Prologue
72% matchVery Positive88% of 355 reviews2021
Dev: Doodad Games
Windows
Roguelite TD: all towers & enemies start the same, but you have 1 choice per wave affecting BOTH and stacking up for dramatic variance. Gradually salvage and make some choices permanent to build deeper strategies. Also a unique mazing challenge where wires and towers must be linked to a power source
Why similar: Tower Defense 50.2%, Roguelite 27.6%, Strategy 11.2%, 2D 6.3%, Casual 3%
- #43 Defensurvivor
71% matchMostly Positive72% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: SignatureGamez
Windows
DEFENSURVIVOR is a strategy game where you build obstacles and place and move units to block zombies. There are various units with unique characteristics and powerful high-level units that can be obtained through combination. Use randomly given units to survive until the end!
Why similar: Tower Defense 25.4%, Bullet Hell 21.2%, RTS 18.5%, Roguelite 15.4%, Top-Down 6.6%
- #44 Defender Bros
70% matchVery Positive88% of 104 reviews2024
Dev: Lucky DartPub: The Bueno Interactive
Windows
Prepare your defenses during the day and survive until dawn. Defender Bros is a Top-Down Tower Defense Roguelike where you play as a Soldier defending your Base. Pick between multiple abilities as you level up to increase you power, then after each run buy perks and get stronger
Why similar: Tower Defense 36.8%, Action Roguelike 19.5%, Aliens 18.2%, Strategy 10.9%, Top-Down 10.7%
- #45 Mineral Defense
69% 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 33.6%, Deckbuilding 25.2%, Roguelite 20%, Strategy 9.8%, Aliens 7.3%
- #46 Rogue Tower
70% 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 64.1%, Strategy 15%, Roguelite 14%, Casual 5.4%, Singleplayer 1.4%
- #47 Skewer Squad
67% 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 26.3%, Bullet Hell 22.2%, Action Roguelike 17.5%, Roguelite 16%, Strategy 6.9%
- #48 Black blood
73% matchMixed67% of 57 reviews2020
Dev: Arcane Games
Windows
Black blood is a mix of hardcore Tower Defense strategy and top-down shooter. Act as a defender against alien invaders, attack and destroy all their insidious plans...
Why similar: Tower Defense 34.6%, Aliens 21.6%, Survival 13%, Top-Down 11.5%, Strategy 9.7%
- #49 Crystal Guardians TD
69% 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 48.6%, Roguelite 27.4%, Strategy 12.7%, Casual 5.4%, Action 4.5%
- #50 PolyCore Defense
71% matchVery Positive90% of 58 reviews2022
Dev: TorksGame
Windows
PolyCore Defense is a tower defense game where you have to raise your defenses in order to defend your core. Build unique turrets, upgrade them with special effects and use abilities to survive waves of enemies that are trying to destroy your core!
Why similar: Tower Defense 52.6%, Strategy 14%, Top-Down 12.3%, Survival 7.6%, Action 5.8%
- #51 Bees vs Zombees
68% 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: Tower Defense 22.9%, RTS 18.2%, Bullet Hell 16.6%, Shoot 'Em Up 14.4%, Roguelite 13.2%
- #52 Tower Tactics: Liberation
67% 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: Tower Defense 37.2%, Deckbuilding 25.7%, Roguelite 15.3%, Strategy 8.1%, Top-Down 7.7%
- #53 Gods Of Defense
70% 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 51.7%, Action RTS 25.8% ★, Strategy 13.7%, Top-Down 6.9%, Singleplayer 1.9%
- #54 X-Morph: Defense
69% matchVery Positive92% of 4,073 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 51.3%, Aliens 20.3%, Strategy 11.9%, Top-Down 9.4%, Action 5.3%
- #55 Dead Ground
72% matchMixed62% of 114 reviews2018
Dev: Shotx
Windows · Linux
Median: 6 minMean: 7.4 hrs≥1hr: 30%
Tower defense reimagined! Dead Ground is a procedurally generated tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Each playthrough will offer randomly generated guns, skills and augments. You'll have to travel, collect scrap, water, manage your inventory and upgrade your base to survive!
Why similar: Tower Defense 53%, Action Roguelike 15.9%, Strategy 8.1%, Roguelite 7.4%, RPG 7.3%
- #56 Tower Factory
65% 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 31.5%, Action RTS 29.1% ★, RTS 23.4%, Roguelite 15.9%
- #57 Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship - Prologue
68% matchMostly Positive76% of 88 reviews2024
Dev: Zing Games Inc.Pub: Wandering Wizard
Windows
Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship - Prologue is a quick foray into the world of Zombie Rollerz: The Last Ship. Take command of the last ship in a zombie-filled world and defend against endless waves of the undead. Build turrets, lead your crew, and upgrade the ship while gathering loot.
Why similar: Shoot 'Em Up 24%, Action Roguelike 20.8%, Tower Defense 17.8%, Roguelite 17%, Strategy 7.8%
- #58 World Crafter TD: Prologue
67% matchMostly Positive75% of 99 reviews2024
Dev: Tbjbu2
Windows
Median: 1.1 hrsMean: 2.9 hrs≥1hr: 53%
A highly addictive survival crafting tower defense game! Gather, craft, build turrets, shoot guns, and expand the land to defend against waves of enemies! The prologue for the full game, World Crafter TD!
Why similar: Tower Defense 60.9%, Survival 20.5%, Strategy 12.6%, Casual 4.6%, Singleplayer 1.5%
- #59 SENTRY
66% matchVery Positive83% of 853 reviews2024
Dev: Fireblade Software
Windows
Median: 2.7 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 70%
SENTRY is an action-defense first person shooter where you defend your spaceship against invading aliens. Plot an escape route through hostile space and battle the enemy across your vessel with the support of traps, turrets and environmental destruction.
Why similar: Tower Defense 39.2%, Aliens 15.9%, Roguelite 14.4%, Survival 14.1%, Strategy 11%