Games Like X-Morph: Defense

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 57.9%, Co-op 13.4%, Strategy 6.9%, Sci-fi 5.5%, Aliens 5%

Why You'll Like It: This game perfectly mirrors the hybrid FPS and tower defense gameplay found in X-Morph: Defense.

Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!

Why similar: Tower Defense 46.9%, Strategy 21.4%, Sci-fi 9.8%, Aliens 7.6%, Action 5%

Why You'll Like It: It offers a unique 'reverse tower defense' experience where you lead a squad through enemy defenses.

Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.

Why similar: Tower Defense 44.6%, Strategy 15.8%, Aliens 11.7%, Top-Down 9.9%, Sci-fi 8%

Why You'll Like It: This game blends real-time strategy with action-heavy combat as you push back against massive alien swarms.

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 48.6%, Strategy 10.5%, Destruction 10.5%, Top-Down Shooter 7.1%, Sci-fi 7%

Why You'll Like It: You control a powerful defensive weapon while managing automated turrets to repel waves of robotic invaders.

You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.

Why similar: Tower Defense 63.2%, Co-op 16.6%, Strategy 8%, Shooter 5.2%, Action 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It combines third-person action combat with strategic trap placement to defend against waves of enemies.

Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!

Why similar: Tower Defense 82.3%, Strategy 13.5%, Singleplayer 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A classic action-RPG hybrid that emphasizes active combat alongside extensive tower defense mechanics.

The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.

Why similar: Tower Defense 61.9%, Isometric 24.4%, Strategy 11%, Singleplayer 2.7%

Why You'll Like It: This title offers a similar sci-fi aesthetic and blends intense top-down combat with base-building and defensive strategy.

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 33.1%, Aliens 17.2%, Local Co-Op 15.6%, Co-op 10.5%, Sci-fi 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: While more traditional, it remains one of the most polished tower defense experiences with a strong sci-fi theme.

Top-down zombie shooter with tower defense elements featuring up to 4 players local and online co-op. Build your base by day, defend it by night, put your skills to the test to stay alive as long as possible! Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive?

Why similar: Tower Defense 27.9%, Twin Stick Shooter 16.2%, Top-Down Shooter 14.9%, Isometric 10.1%, Co-op 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: It focuses on the survival aspect of tower defense, forcing you to build barricades and turrets while actively fighting off hordes.

Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds plenty of new features: unit morphing, over million tactical combinations, post-apo world and tower defense vs tower offense multiplayer mode.

Why similar: Tower Defense 54.5%, Strategy 22.6%, Sci-fi 8.6%, Action 7.5%, Indie 5.6%

Why You'll Like It: The sequel expands on the reverse tower defense mechanics with more tactical depth and unit customization.

Anomaly Defenders is the closing installment of the Anomaly series. The original incarnation of the Tower Offense sub-genre had players controlling humans fighting alien invaders. Now, the tables have turned. The human counterattack is underway and the alien homeworld is under threat.

Why similar: Tower Defense 67.5%, Strategy 17.4%, Action 6.6%, Indie 4.5%, Sci-fi 4%

Why You'll Like It: This entry shifts the series to a more traditional tower defense perspective while maintaining the sci-fi aesthetic.

The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!

Why similar: Tower Defense 60.7%, Strategy 10.5%, Aliens 7.1%, Sci-fi 6.9%, Difficult 4.6%

Why You'll Like It: It features a deep tech tree and strategic base-building that rewards careful planning against alien threats.

An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.

Why similar: Tower Defense 68.4%, Strategy 14.4%, Co-op 13%, Indie 1.6%, Action 1.4%

Why You'll Like It: It masterfully combines tower defense with resource management and RTS elements in a sci-fi setting.

Take on wild beasts, ruthless soldiers, and ancient gods in this 2D Action-Platformer inspired by Tower-Defense combat.

Why similar: Tower Defense 50.1%, Local Co-Op 19.2%, Co-op 11.2%, Strategy 10%, Action 5.2%

Why You'll Like It: A creative mix of platforming action and tower defense that requires both reflexes and tactical planning.

Let Them Come is a fast paced pixel art shoot ‘em up. Twitchy trigger fingers and focused battle tactics are the order of the day as wave after wave of alien-like creatures try to take you down.

Why similar: Tower Defense 44.4%, Aliens 21.9%, Shooter 10.5%, Sci-fi 7.1%, Strategy 5.8%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced shooter that emphasizes holding a defensive line against relentless waves of alien creatures.

The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.

Why similar: Tower Defense 57.8%, Top-Down 12.1%, Strategy 12%, Sci-fi 11.7%, Action 4.8%

Why You'll Like It: This game focuses on strategic terrain manipulation and defensive structures to hold back a fluid, encroaching enemy.

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 39.6%, Aliens 12.9%, Isometric 12.3%, Futuristic 8.2%, Difficult 7.6%

Why You'll Like It: A top-down take on the Sanctum universe that focuses purely on strategic tower placement and maze construction.

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 37.8%, Aliens 16.1%, Isometric 14.2%, Sci-fi 10%, Strategy 8.5%

Why You'll Like It: A high-quality, sci-fi themed tower defense game that emphasizes tactical positioning and unit management.

Defend the solar system from fearsome aliens by sending satellites into orbit in revolutionary tower defense action!

Why similar: Tower Defense 69.5%, Strategy 10.2%, Aliens 8.3%, Sci-fi 6.4%, Action 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A unique tower defense game where you rotate the orbits of your defensive satellites to intercept enemies.

HELLFRONT is an intense top-down shooter. Conquer ground, build a base, and command your troops in battle! Play PvP or beat the campaign co-op or solo.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 17.4%, Top-Down Shooter 16.2%, Aliens 14.2%, Local Co-Op 12.7%, Co-op 9.4%

Why You'll Like It: A fast-paced top-down shooter that incorporates strategic base-building and territory control.

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 76.5%, Strategy 10.9%, Co-op 8%, Indie 2.5%, Action 1.6%

Why You'll Like It: A competitive multiplayer tower defense game that allows you to send units to attack your opponent's base.

Protolife is an unique tower-based strategy game which gives you a direct control over the builder robot in a struggle against the hungry proto-life organism.

Why similar: Tower Defense 49.3%, Aliens 16.6%, Sci-fi 11.4%, Strategy 10.7%, Top-Down 7.2%

Why You'll Like It: A unique strategy game where you must build structures to stop a rapidly spreading alien organism.

Epic sci-fi tower defense action with 16-bit era look and feel, pitching your colonists against an almost endless horde of hostile alien robots who strongly oppose your attempts of colonizing their planet! Deluxe version includes the soundtrack!

Why similar: Tower Defense 58.3%, Strategy 23.1%, Action 10.9%, Indie 7.7%

Why You'll Like It: A straightforward tower defense game that captures the classic sci-fi aesthetic of fighting off mechanical swarms.

Rush for Glory is featuring challenging and rewarding Tower Defense battles, in which players are defending their base against an alien invasion. By strategically building towers and upgrading them, the player can keep his base safely and further progress through the extensive singleplayer campaign.

Why similar: Tower Defense 74.5%, Strategy 18.6%, Action 6.9%

Why You'll Like It: A solid tower defense game that offers a variety of upgradeable towers and sci-fi weaponry.

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 54.3%, Isometric 13.2%, Aliens 12.8%, Strategy 11.2%, Sci-fi 6.8%

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 35.4%, Aliens 19.9%, Shooter 9.2%, Difficult 9.1%, Top-Down 9.1%

Why You'll Like It: It blends top-down shooter mechanics with tower defense elements in a gritty, combat-focused environment.

Warstone is a Tower Defense game, with RPG, Strategy, and even city building elements. Detailed Hi-res graphics and beautiful illustrations combine with a deep storyline to draw you into the world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 68.6%, Strategy 14.8%, Co-op 12.3%, Indie 4.3%

Why You'll Like It: It adds a layer of hero management and RPG elements to the traditional tower defense formula.

Ancient Planet is classic tower defense game. The stronghold of an ancient civilization has been invaded by hordes of alien raiders. Use powerful technologies of the Ancient and repel the attack of the enemy's armies!

Why similar: Tower Defense 72.7%, Strategy 10%, Isometric 9.4%, Difficult 4.8%, Indie 3.1%

Why You'll Like It: A polished tower defense game that focuses on strategic placement and diverse enemy types.

M.A.C.E. Tower Defense is a classic tower defense game with unique towers and enemies and an ingame shop system for getting better towers, upgrade existing towers and buy special items.

Why similar: Tower Defense 52.8%, Strategy 21.5%, Action 9.9%, Sci-fi 8.8%, Indie 7%

Why You'll Like It: A classic-style tower defense game with a heavy emphasis on sci-fi weaponry and unit variety.

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.

Why similar: Tower Defense 71.4%, Strategy 8.8%, Sci-fi 7.2%, Aliens 6.5%, Futuristic 2.9%

Evil Defenders is a fun, frenetic defense game: build and upgrade your towers, сast spells to repel enemy forces, use special landmarks and defend the Lands of Evil from invaders! Feel free to play the game in many different ways through unique tower upgrades, a deep skill tree and 100 in-game achievements.

Why similar: Tower Defense 80.9%, Strategy 14.9%, Indie 4.2%

Why You'll Like It: A humorous tower defense game that offers a wide range of defensive towers and unique map objectives.

Control your Hero to aid your Turrets and Traps in battle in this grim, dark Tower Defense & Action RPG with a scifi-grindhouse aesthetic. Create deadly weapon barrages and fuse together Bleed, Burn, Shock, Freeze, Stun and many more elements to annihilate your enemies.

Why similar: Tower Defense 46.9%, Futuristic 12.1%, Strategy 12%, Top-Down Shooter 8.6%, Sci-fi 8.2%

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 47.1%, Aliens 17.3%, Sci-fi 11.1%, Strategy 9.7%, Futuristic 9.6%

Mechs V Kaijus is an addictive hardcore tower defense gameplay. In Mechs V Kaijus you take on the role of Commander of a powerful Mechs squadron. Improve your Mech, strategically place towers and factories on the battlefield. Deploy support units on the battlefield, and save our civilization.

Why similar: Tower Defense 84.2%, Strategy 8.6%, Indie 3.3%, Action 3%, Singleplayer 0.8%

Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!

Why similar: Tower Defense 31.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.1%, Top-Down Shooter 15.1%, Co-op 11.4%, Top-Down 5.8%

Exclusively brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux in Anomaly Bundle, Anomaly Korea is an expansion campaign to Anomaly Warzone Earth. The alien robots are back and this time they’ve got Korea in their sights. It’s your job to lead a squad into fierce fire-fights and fend off the alien invasion.

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.6%, Strategy 27.6%, Action 10.4%, Sci-fi 10%, Top-Down 3.1%

You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.

Why similar: Tower Defense 62.1%, Co-op 11.7%, Strategy 8.1%, Sci-fi 5.4%, Shooter 4.2%

Stranded on an alien planet, you must defend your Powercore! Use your weapons to fight hordes of alien enemies and strategically use traps in this new FPS tower-defense survival game!

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.7%, Co-op 17.3%, Aliens 15.7%, Strategy 11%, Sci-fi 7.5%

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 68.1%, Co-op 14.5%, Strategy 13.5%, Indie 2.2%, Singleplayer 1.7%

Control a fully armed Mech and fight through cyberpunk cities, military bases and industrial ruins. Capture and defend territories, build turrets and structures, and wage war against powerful enemies!

Why similar: Tower Defense 34.3%, Top-Down Shooter 19.1%, Isometric 11%, Shooter 9%, Top-Down 7.8%

Defense Task Force Featuring Large Scale Procedurally Generated Tower Defense Battles with FPS Quality Visuals and Infinite Waves. 10 tower types, with different attacks , 3 levels plus boosts. 25 Enemy alien species: Regulars, Swarmers, Racers, Cloakers, Healers, Boss Units and Spawners.

Why similar: Tower Defense 65.5%, Strategy 17%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Indie 5.6%

Dungeon Warfare is a challenging tower defense strategy game where you become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wanna-be heroes.

Why similar: Tower Defense 52.6%, Villain Protagonist 18.3% ★, Strategy 11.6%, Top-Down 11.2%, Indie 4%

Help the Bug Heroes defend their food stash from hordes of enemies! Control powerful heroes, build your defenses, level up your heroes and towers, equip upgrades, and more!

Why similar: Tower Defense 47.8%, Top-Down Shooter 17.8%, Strategy 16.8%, Action 8.8%, Top-Down 7.1%

Defend against thousands of enemies in this explosive tower defense game. Deploy upgradable towers and unleash powerful orbital abilities as you try to protect Earth's first colony world from destruction.

Why similar: Tower Defense 51.2%, Isometric 22.3%, Sci-fi 11%, Strategy 11%, Action 4.5%

Become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with the deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wannabe heroes.

Why similar: Tower Defense 67%, Strategy 25.1%, Indie 7.9%

Artificial Defense is a one man made, real time strategy game combining orbital shooter and tower defense components within an electrifying, virtual reality setting. You are the machine, a mighty computer-system defending its servers against swarms of intruding creeps.

Why similar: Tower Defense 46.2%, Strategy 30%, Action 13%, Indie 10.8%

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 54.6%, Difficult 16.5%, Strategy 11.7%, Top-Down 9.9%, Action 4.6%

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 28.2%, Twin Stick Shooter 20.6%, Top-Down Shooter 17.2%, Aliens 9.3%, Shooter 8%

Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.

Why similar: Tower Defense 45.3%, Co-op 16.8%, Sci-fi 11.9%, Shooter 10.4%, Strategy 9.5%

Colony Siege combines the best of RTS and tower defense, including base building, mazing, and unit physics. Defend Earth's remaining colonies using an arsenal of deadly weapons to torch, slice, throw, and impale swarms of alien invaders.

Why similar: Tower Defense 47.3%, Strategy 28.7%, Co-op 12.9%, Sci-fi 9.9%, Indie 1.3%

A.I. Invasion is an action-loaded top-down-shooter in a futuristic setting. The superior machines subjugated the universe. In a wide range of missions you take the role of a soldier and equip and command a team of special units to reclaim the planet system.

Why similar: Twin Stick Shooter 33.2%, Top-Down Shooter 30.6%, Strategy 12.4%, Action 8.9%, Shooter 8.2%

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 57.9%, Co-op 13.2%, Sci-fi 12.7%, Strategy 12%, Indie 2.5%

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 72.4%, Strategy 16.1%, Indie 5.8%, Action 5.7%

Team up or face it alone in this top down zombie slaying defense adventure! Featuring up to 4 player online co-op, cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses to build the Ultimate Zombie Defense. Can YOU stop them?

Why similar: Tower Defense 39.6%, Top-Down Shooter 16.9%, Co-op 12.7%, Action 7.6%, Strategy 7.1%

Welcome to the world of CastleStorm, a super genre mashup of 2D physics destruction mashed with tower defense brawler! CastleStorm was born out of the fond childhood memory of building and destroying LEGO castles.

Why similar: Tower Defense 38%, Destruction 27.1%, Local Co-Op 10.1%, Co-op 8.2%, Strategy 8%

Want a tactical and strategic tower defense challenge that's packed with options and upgrades? Take command of the dropship Sentinel and do battle across a vibrant sci-fi world.

Why similar: Tower Defense 48.4%, Strategy 24.9%, Sci-fi 18%, Indie 8.7%

Tesla vs Lovecraft is an intense top-down twin stick arena shooter from the creators of Crimsonland and Neon Chrome. Play as the enigmatic inventor Nikola Tesla harnessing the static energy to power up Tesla-Mech and give the lovecraftian nightmares a lesson in horror!

Why similar: Destruction 18.5%, Top-Down Shooter 18.1%, Twin Stick Shooter 15.7%, Local Co-Op 14.9%, Futuristic 7%

Defense Technica is the next evolution in hardcore tower defense strategy games. Protect the core from an onslaught of unrelenting biomechanical terrors with a powerful range of tower defense units – each with their own upgradable features and methods of attacks.

Why similar: Tower Defense 84.9%, Strategy 11.7%, Indie 3.4%

Spoids is a challenging throwback to the original brand of tower defense games. Command the Remote Defense Space Station and respond to distress calls of those who are being attacked by the invaders. Travel from planet to planet using your powerful arsenal to hold back the Spoids.

Why similar: Tower Defense 54.2%, Strategy 22.2%, Action 8%, Sci-fi 7.8%, Indie 7.8%