- #1 Railpunk Mayhem
97% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Evil Mango
Windows · Linux
All aboard! Enjoy a unique, fast-paced roguelike action experience. In Railpunk Mayhem, survive relentless waves of enemies at breakneck speeds, build a powerful train to manage your crew, and strategically plan your route to the source of chaos.
Why similar: Trains 37.7% ★, Steampunk 30.3% ★, Tower Defense 16.6%, On-Rails Shooter 11.7% ★, Action 3.6%
- #2 Tumbleweed Express
96% matchVery Positive90% of 129 reviews2016
Dev: The Dirigiballers, LLC
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 2.5 hrsMean: 4.4 hrs≥1hr: 91%
Trains with guns on them in the Wild West! Shoot, upgrade, customize, and mount up to defeat brutal outlaws and ruthless businessmen! Tumbleweed Express is a tower, or travel, defense game set in the American West.
Why similar: Trains 44.3% ★, On-Rails Shooter 41.2% ★, Tower Defense 10.3%, Action 4.2%
- #3 Scrappy TD
96% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Scrappy Games
Windows · Linux
Scrappy TD is a steampunk tower defense game with co-op and PvP modes. Place towers, build mazes, and outsmart foes. Play solo or challenge your friends in several game modes.
Why similar: MOBA 32.4% ★, Steampunk 17.2% ★, RTS 16.2%, Tower Defense 15.3%, Strategy 8.1%
- #4 Path to Catakombs
95% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Catakombs
Windows
Build and defend an armored train through ever-changing underground routes. Recruit gunners, alchemists, and mechanics, upgrade your wagons, choose your path, and survive relentless kobold raids and colossal bosses.
Why similar: Trains 31.7% ★, On-Rails Shooter 20.5% ★, Tower Defense 14.3%, RTS 11.7%, Strategy 8.1%
- #5 Steampunk Syndicate
94% matchMixed57% of 82 reviews2017
Dev: Stereo7 Games
Windows
Median: 4.0 hrsMean: 4.7 hrs≥1hr: 98%
Steampunk Syndicate is a tower defense with elements of collectible card games.
Why similar: Steampunk 52.8% ★, Tower Defense 26.5%, Strategy 8.5%, Action 7.7%, Casual 4.4%
- #6 Choo Choo Defenders
94% matchNo user reviews2026
Dev: Tiny Find
Windows
Build your track, assemble your train and deliver cargo and carnage in equal amounts in this on-the-rails take on tower defense!
Why similar: Trains 36.7% ★, Steampunk 30% ★, Tower Defense 18%, Strategy 6.8%, Top-Down 4.3%
- #7 ElfTrains
93% matchNo user reviews
Dev: WhaleBunny
Windows
Build rail networks and deliver cargo across endless quick-play levels in a fantasy world. Carry bows to elves, potions to wizards, treasure to dungeons. Lay track, buy and upgrade trains, design routes, and grow happy little railway systems.
Why similar: Trains 54.7% ★, Hex Grid 25.7% ★, Strategy 9.7%, Casual 5.3%, Top-Down 4.5%
- #8 sunny-place-3: microgods
92% match8 user reviews89% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: tjern
Windows · Linux
Welcome to the plains of eternal dissent, fight honourable wars in this micro focused action RTS. Compete against other players in 1v1 skirmishes on the tracks towards GLORY.
Why similar: MOBA 34.1% ★, RTS 19.6%, Trains 19.5% ★, PvP 9.2%, Strategy 5.7%
- #9 Elemental War 2
91% matchMixed69% of 26 reviews2022
Dev: Clockwork Origins
Windows · Mac · Linux
Elemental War 2 offers you the popular tower defense feeling combined with innovative game mechanics - the ultimate mix for many hours of fun!
Why similar: Steampunk 31.1% ★, Tower Defense 24.2%, RTS 23.5%, Strategy 9.2%, Top-Down 7.7%
- #10 BattleField BattleFront
90% matchNo user reviews2024
Dev: 世界之壁研究所
Windows
If I would categorize "BattleField BattleFront," it would be summarized as a RTSTD (real-time strategy tower defense) game.
Why similar: MOBA 36.8% ★, RTS 21.7%, Tower Defense 21.3%, Strategy 8.2%, Top-Down 5.9%
- #11 Rise of Legions
89% matchVery Positive82% of 1,620 reviews2019
Dev: Broken GamesPub: Crunchy Leaf Games
Windows
Rise of Legions has shut down. It was a strategy and deck building game with dynamic, tactical gameplay.
Why similar: MOBA 33.5% ★, Tower Defense 23.8%, RTS 20.5%, Strategy 10.6%, PvP 7.6%
- #12 Spectrum Defense
89% match3 user reviews33% of 3 reviews2026
Dev: FrostSnake
Windows
Use the seven colors of the spectrum in a classic tower defense, with a catch! Every run has randomized enemies, way-points and map layout. Colors affect the towers' damage, based on the randomly generated Color Table. Upgrade your towers by equipping modules. Mix and match to defeat your enemies!
Why similar: Hex Grid 32.8% ★, Tower Defense 31.5%, Strategy 17.2%, Top-Down 10.3%, Colorful 8.2%
- #13 TrainFormation
87% matchPositive93% of 30 reviews2022
Dev: Arturvo
Windows
TrainFormation is a simple, fast-paced puzzle game created by one student as a university project. Place rails in front of an ever-accelerating train to cross procedurally generated levels, reach stations, collect power ups and make it as far as you can!
Why similar: Trains 48.3% ★, Hex Grid 31.7% ★, Action 4.6%, Top-Down 4.4%, Casual 4.1%
- #14 Tribal Siege
88% match4 user reviews25% of 4 reviews2017
Dev: BOHDOKUMEN.
Windows · Mac
Tribal Siege is a hybrid RTS/ACT game in MOBA-like rules.
Why similar: MOBA 51.1% ★, RTS 27.2%, Strategy 13.5%, Action 8.2%
- #15 Steampunk Tower 2
86% matchMostly Positive75% of 364 reviews2018
Dev: DreamGate
Windows · Mac
Median: 3.3 hrsMean: 5.2 hrs≥1hr: 93%
Steampunk Tower 2 is an action-strategy game set in the alternative Steampunk universe. In Lord Bingham’s military service there is a new secret weapon under your command, the gigantic aircraft Carrier transporting the Battle Tower.
Why similar: Steampunk 57.9% ★, Tower Defense 29%, Strategy 8%, Action 5.1%
- #16 Hexual Deflection
86% match8 user reviews88% of 8 reviews2024
Dev: reiti.net
Windows
Multiplayer Tower Defense Game - Send out units and defend against enemy units in this Arena RTS with up to 32 players
Why similar: Hex Grid 31.9% ★, Tower Defense 20.2%, RTS 18.6%, Top-Down 6.8%, Strategy 6.3%
- #17 Battlegeuse
85% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Laboriontech GamesPub: Laboriontech
Windows
The colonyship finds a very old solar system called Battlegeuse. General Brenner takes one of his best men, Captain Carter, known for his space explorations, and gives him a very difficult task: recovering information from the planets to defeat the lingering threat.
Why similar: MOBA 40.4% ★, RTS 20.8%, Top-Down 7.2%, Strategy 7.2%, Physics 6.8%
- #18 Train Maze Master
84% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: Cat Toast Paradox Studio
Windows
Navigate steam trains through mazes of train track! Challenge your brain to solve intricate maze puzzles. Train Maze Master is your ticket to vintage steam locomotives galore and train track maze heaven!
Why similar: Trains 49.6% ★, Steampunk 38.9% ★, Strategy 8.6%, 3D 2.9%
- #19 Glassbreakers: Champions of Moss
83% matchMostly Positive79% of 86 reviews2025
Dev: Polyarc
Windows
Lead your squad of Champions into a fast-paced and tactile competitive arena where tactics, magic, and power collide. Master the battlefield in this real-time clash of Champions!
Why similar: MOBA 38.5% ★, Hex Grid 26.3% ★, RTS 19.9%, PvP 7.5%, Strategy 7.1%
- #20 Iron Heart
84% matchMixed61% of 33 reviews2019
Dev: CreobitPub: 8floor
Windows
Fight a soulless steel army. Prove your mettle in a storm of fire and steam!
Why similar: Steampunk 43.9% ★, Tower Defense 25%, Strategy 8.1%, Top-Down 6.9%, Physics 6.4%
- #21 War of Wizards
82% matchMostly Positive73% of 174 reviews2022
Dev: Arcane Miracle Entertainment
Windows
Draw & cast your spells! Sharpen your magic skills with other players in VR! War of Wizards is a competitive VR MOBA game, where you fight in battles with other players by drawing magic spells. The bigger and more accurate you draw them, the stronger they are!
Why similar: MOBA 40.4% ★, RTS 17.5%, Tower Defense 14.4%, PvP 8.1%, Strategy 6.5%
- #22 ColorRandomDefense
81% match5 user reviews33% of 6 reviews2026
Dev: Jangjogyeog Company
Windows
Your defense is the enemy's disaster! Combine units to build a powerful army and send defeated monsters to your opponent instantly. Master your strategy with skill synergies and real-time scouting to survive and win.
Why similar: Tower Defense 27.2%, RTS 25%, Strategy 15%, Casual 7.1%, Top-Down 6.9%
- #23 augmenTD
82% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Brozilla_tvPub: no one yet
Windows
Unlock new towers through campaign battles, then take them into Endless Horde runs where augments, upgrades, overcharge rewards, and tower fusions shape each defense.
Why similar: Steampunk 44% ★, Tower Defense 29.8%, Strategy 15.7%, 3D 5.3%, Choices Matter 5.2%
- #24 Prototype TD 2
81% match6 user reviews100% of 6 reviews2022
Dev: Faf Games
Windows · Mac · Linux
Prototype TD 2 is a rogue-like tower defense game which focuses on replayability, giving the player meaningful decisions and a different experience each game. Design the route that enemies will follow and combine your tower types to adapt to a wide variety of procedurally generated maps.
Why similar: Hex Grid 38.7% ★, Tower Defense 27.8%, Strategy 12.3%, Choices Matter 8%, Top-Down 5.2%
- #25 Syndicate of Souls
80% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Multi Dollar Company GmbH
Windows · Linux
Syndicate of Souls is an old-school MOBA with some new ideas. Strategy, build depth and resource management are more important than high APM. Choose both a retainer and vessel for endless combinations.
Why similar: MOBA 54.2% ★, RTS 11.6%, PvP 10.2%, Strategy 8.9%, Top-Down 7.8%
- #26 Hexa Trains
79% matchMixed59% of 17 reviews2019
Dev: Game Studio Abraham Stolk Inc.
Windows · Linux
Lay the tracks, schedule the trains, and let the planet's economy thrive. Are you the infrastructure-hero that has the chops to manage inter-global transport? Find out in... Hexa Trains!
Why similar: Trains 56% ★, Hex Grid 44% ★
- #27 ThrowDown
79% matchNo user reviews2025
Dev: Meisel
Windows
ThrowDown is a familiar yet unique tower defense game with randomly generated maps, reactive mobs, and is designed for replayability.
Why similar: Hex Grid 34.7% ★, Tower Defense 32.2%, Strategy 17.2%, Top-Down 9.6%, 3D 6.2%
- #28 Automatrain
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Esben Jon Jensen
Windows
Automatrain is a game about building automated railroads and industry, in a world governed by an omnipotent AI. Manage production and traffic to unlock more trains, factories and advanced gameplay features.
Why similar: Trains 48.6% ★, Steampunk 35.9% ★, Strategy 11.7%, Top-Down 3.8%
- #29 Slime Battle
78% matchNo user reviews
Dev: 幽龙游戏
Windows
"Slime Battle" is a fun multiplayer game where you play as adorable slimes! Outsmart rivals in tactical territory battles with friends or online players. Diverse modes offer endless fun—expand your slime empire through strategy and skill. Join now for thrilling, fast-paced competition!
Why similar: Hex Grid 39.2% ★, Tower Defense 25.9%, PvP 10.6%, RTS 7.3%, Strategy 6.4%
- #30 Choo Choo Boom Boom
76% match7 user reviews88% of 7 reviews2026
Dev: In Scope StudioPub: Champlain College
Windows
Fight through two thrilling phases of an epic boss fight as the gunner of a repurposed air train, built to take on an alien entity known only as The Hand. Blast through 10 unique encounters with your trusty set of cannons, and rack up a high score to compete with your friends!
Why similar: On-Rails Shooter 56.7% ★, Trains 29.9% ★, Action 6.6%, Combat 4%, 3D 2.8%
- #31 Tower Wars
77% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,754 reviews2012
Dev: SuperVillain Studios
Windows · Mac
Median: 2.4 hrsMean: 6.8 hrs≥1hr: 88%
Tower Wars combines elements of tower defense, RTS, and all-out multi-player mayhem to bring you a completely unique experience, delivered with a fun and funny not-so-old world style!
Why similar: Tower Defense 50%, Steampunk 38.4% ★, Strategy 9.8%, Action 1.7%
- #32 Smash Cup
76% matchMixed65% of 23 reviews2024
Dev: Spring Games
Windows · Mac
Dive into the Smash Cup universe! This genre-blending top-down shooter allows you to craft your own base, combining MOBA, tower defense and deck-building elements for a unique battle experience!
Why similar: MOBA 35.8% ★, Tower Defense 18.8%, RTS 17.1%, PvP 7.9%, Top-Down 5.8%
- #33 Legendary Heroes
77% match7 user reviews71% of 7 reviews2022
Dev: Solaris MobilePub: QUByte Interactive
Windows
Legendary Heroes is a real-time RPG/strategy game with MOBA elements. Protect your towers and crush your opponents!
Why similar: MOBA 41.8% ★, RTS 20.8%, Tower Defense 20%, Action 5.8%, Casual 4.4%
- #34 March of Giants
75% matchNo user reviews
Dev: March of Giants TeamPub: Ubisoft
Windows
Free-to-play 4v4 War MOBA where you play as a Giant, lead an army of soldiers and deploy tactical structures known as "Battleworks" on a ravaged urban battlefield. Request access below for a chance to join future playtests
Why similar: MOBA 45.2% ★, RTS 17.7%, Tower Defense 15.9%, PvP 9.1%, Strategy 7%
- #35 Elemental War - A Tower Defense Game
75% matchMostly Positive77% of 26 reviews2019
Dev: Clockwork Origins
Windows · Mac · Linux
Elemental War takes Tower Defenses to a new level with exciting multiplayer matches, dozens of hours of single-player gameplay, and lots of indie love!
Why similar: Steampunk 36.1% ★, Tower Defense 21.6%, RTS 17.1%, Strategy 7.2%, PvP 7.1%
- #36 Loopomotive
74% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2021
Dev: Shy Pixel
Windows
Loopomotive is a short casual train survival game where you drive a train stuck in a loop that never stops! You can accelerate or slow down the train, but never stop it. Avoid accidents to complete levels!
Why similar: Trains 60.2% ★, Family Friendly 14.1%, Colorful 9.5%, Casual 9.1%, Top-Down 7%
- #37 Stick Wars: The Laneborn
73% matchNo user reviews2027
Dev: Davide Cristallo
Windows · Mac · Linux
Strategic lane-push 2D: champion spawn, upgrade and rotation on TOP/MID/BOT. Take on the Minotaur in single player. Active playtest, your feedback matters.
Why similar: MOBA 45.9% ★, Tower Defense 20.9%, RTS 13.4%, Strategy 9.7%, Top-Down 7.2%
- #38 My Swordsman
73% match9 user reviews70% of 9 reviews2023
Dev: Scorpio LA
Windows
Open world, multiplayer online tower defense confrontation game. Fight with teammates to upgrade your heroes, build bases, produce your own troops, command troops to form formations, and defend or attack enemy positions. Come and build your online fortress together.
Why similar: MOBA 37.9% ★, RTS 21.6%, Tower Defense 21.1%, Strategy 8%, Action 4.8%
- #39 Surging Matrix
73% matchNo user reviews
Dev: YX Studio
Windows
Upgrade and evolve, expand your territory, and build mighty defense towers to repel hordes of monsters.
Why similar: Hex Grid 33.8% ★, Tower Defense 24%, RTS 21.3%, Strategy 8.3%, Top-Down 7.1%
- #40 League of Pixels - 2D MOBA
72% matchVery Positive85% of 138 reviews2019
Dev: Danius
Windows
League of Pixels is a fast paced pixel art approach on the MOBA genre, with an average game length of 5-10 minutes.
Why similar: MOBA 57.1% ★, Strategy 14%, Action 8.4%, RTS 8.4%, Casual 7.3%
- #41 Tram Pirates
72% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Tram Studio
Windows
Tram Pirates is a dynamic rail shooter with a variety of weapons, a modular damage system, and the ability to modify your tram.
Why similar: On-Rails Shooter 50.4% ★, Trains 38.3% ★, Action 6.2%, Combat 3.4%, Colorful 1.7%
- #42 Train Hero
71% match5 user reviews100% of 5 reviews2025
Dev: GameakiPub: Strategy First
Windows
Train Hero is a train railway action puzzle game with a retro feel. It’s easy to play but hard to master and you only need one click to play.
Why similar: Trains 83.1% ★, Strategy 8.3%, Action 5.3%, Casual 3.2%
- #43 Miner's Mettle
71% matchMixed58% of 72 reviews2021
Dev: Singular Scheme
Windows
Miner's Mettle is a artillery-based real-time strategy game. Control a fleet of artillery-trains on an isolated and lawless mining planet. You'll need accurate shooting and tactical prowess to return safely with precious resources!
Why similar: Trains 40.7% ★, On-Rails Shooter 25.6% ★, RTS 18.9%, Strategy 6.4%, Top-Down 4.2%
- #44 Steel Republic Rail Defender
70% matchMixed58% of 38 reviews2024
Dev: spyVspyPub: dbaSRRD
Windows
SRRD is a hybrid of Strategy Railroad Logistics, Resource gathering, Base building, and Tower Defense
Why similar: Trains 32.1% ★, RTS 23%, Tower Defense 22.6%, Strategy 11%, Casual 6.2%
- #45 SCUFF(ED)
71% matchPositive100% of 16 reviews2022
Dev: Afterworks KopiPub: Shannon
Windows
Choose from 4 different classes and various passive combinations to fight it out and compete for glory! Super Casual Ultimate Fight Fest (Extra Deluxe) is a free to play up-to-6-players online arena brawler that pits you and 5 other players in rapid 6-rounds games!
Why similar: MOBA 62.4% ★, PvP 11.9%, Top-Down 7%, Action 6.8%, Casual 4.9%
- #46 Luna & Sol: Nightmare Ward
69% matchPositive86% of 21 reviews2025
Dev: PLAY Mephistowaltz
Windows
『Luna & Sol: Nightmare Ward』 is a strategic defense game that fuses the depth of auto-chess with the intensity of tower defense.As a guardian of dreams, you must confront terrifying creatures born from trauma-fueled nightmares.
Why similar: MOBA 46.9% ★, Tower Defense 26.5%, Strategy 8.8%, Top-Down 7.9%, Action 5.4%
- #47 Moor Rail
69% matchPositive89% of 37 reviews2026
Dev: PLAY Mephistowaltz
Windows
《Moor Rail》 is a strategic lateral scroll shooting action game set in diesel funk. As you strengthen your train, you can increase your load, speed up, and install vehicles that assist or attack your battles.
Why similar: On-Rails Shooter 36.1% ★, Trains 32.9% ★, Tower Defense 18.4%, Strategy 4.8%, Choices Matter 4.1%
- #48 DOOMTRAIN
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Pizza Club Games
Windows
Hell has gone CORPORATE! DemonCorp's evil executives force demons into eternal overtime. Armed with the powerful DOOMTRAIN, unionize Hell and free the demon workers. Build a medieval steampunk town, upgrade your train and turrets, unionize demon workers, and defeat DemonCorp's corporate overlords!
Why similar: Trains 41.6% ★, Steampunk 30.1% ★, Tower Defense 21.6%, Strategy 3.4%, Combat 2.2%
- #49 Cargo Lines
70% matchNo user reviews
Dev: splenbit
Windows · Linux
Build a bustling railway network and juggle cargo transport in real time. New stations appear, the flow of goods shifts constantly, deadlines loom, and trains collide if you don't keep your eyes on them. Keep your cool and master the chaos as orders pile up, and every second counts.
Why similar: Trains 46.5% ★, Hex Grid 18.5% ★, Family Friendly 7.9%, Strategy 6.6%, Choices Matter 5.8%
- #50 CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense
67% matchVery Positive91% of 347 reviews2023
Dev: FuturtechPub: Nova's Army
Windows
The replicator robots are back! It's 2528. The machines are increasingly infecting the planets with genetically modified monsters. Challenge them and try to stop the onslaught. Upgrade buildings and heroes, mine resources, discover technology and fight to save humanity!
Why similar: Tower Defense 45%, RTS 39.8%, Strategy 13.7%, Action 1.5%
- #51 Railway Fun - Adventure Park
68% match1 user reviews100% of 1 reviews2022
Dev: magnussoft
Windows
Organize railroad networks in this exciting time management game! Direct trains and monorails to clear areas and venture into new park sections.
Why similar: Trains 79.9% ★, Casual 11%, Colorful 9.1%
- #52 Mad Cart
69% matchNo user reviews2021
Dev: Dmitrijs Lapins
Windows
Enjoy the ride in a fast-paced game! It is endless runner with puzzle elements! Rotate circle platforms, think, shoot and don't forget to enjoy stylized and colorful graphics!
Why similar: On-Rails Shooter 52.5% ★, Trains 32.2% ★, Casual 4.9%, Colorful 3.8%, 3D 3.7%
- #53 Trams, Trains & Monorails
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: aweasd
Windows · Mac · Linux
Trams, Trains & Monorails is a strategic Hex tile puzzle game. Guide the development of your own city, connecting stations and districts and completing the mini goals. Watch your city come alive as it develops industries, tourism and lost motorists.
Why similar: Trains 45.3% ★, Hex Grid 34.5% ★, Strategy 7.5%, Top-Down 5.4%, Casual 3.8%
- #54 Hexpand
65% matchPositive82% of 17 reviews2026
Dev: kafk
Windows · Mac
Real-time multiplayer strategy on the actual map of Earth. Spread hex territory across continents, capture cities for income, launch planes around the globe, and broker alliances you'll probably betray. 5–20 minute matches. The world is on the table.
Why similar: Hex Grid 42.4% ★, RTS 20.8%, Strategy 12.8%, PvP 9.8%, Top-Down 4.8%
- #55 Bomber Festival
66% matchPositive100% of 10 reviews2025
Dev: kaze studio
Windows
Random map Bomberman, with customizable details, let's have a Bomberman party together!
Why similar: MOBA 47.4% ★, RTS 26.1%, Strategy 9.8%, Top-Down 7.3%, Casual 5.2%
- #56 deadHex
67% matchNo user reviews
Dev: Electrum Labs LLC
Windows
deadHex is a tactical FPS-MOBA where precision aim meets strategic builds. Draft powerful items, wield game-changing artifacts, and hire mercenaries to pressure your opponent’s defenses. Every match is a fast-paced duel of skill, strategy, and ruthless efficiency.
Why similar: MOBA 62.4% ★, Strategy 11.9%, PvP 11.7%, Action 7.3%, 3D 3.5%
- #57 Steam: Rails to Riches
68% matchMostly Positive78% of 120 reviews2017
Dev: Acram Digital
Windows · Mac · Linux
Median: 3.7 hrsMean: 5.3 hrs≥1hr: 83%
The official version of one of the best board games - Steam: Rails to Riches. Take control of a railway company, issue shares, build railroads, deliver goods along an network of tracks and stations and make profit to expand.
Why similar: Trains 42.9% ★, Hex Grid 36.6% ★, Strategy 7.6%, Family Friendly 6.6%, Casual 3.7%
- #58 Train Manager
68% match9 user reviews67% of 9 reviews2019
Dev: Cuddle Tree
Windows
Trains need to enter the station and leave. On their way there it would be kinda good that none of them crash. Crashes are bad and should be avoided. The passengers are probably not that happy if that happens. Make sure it won't happen and everything is good.
Why similar: Trains 80.8% ★, Strategy 10%, Casual 5.9%, 3D 3.3%