Top Tower Defense Games
60+ tower defense games ranked by player tags and tunable re-ranking. Related tags include Strategy, Singleplayer, Indie, Action.
Recommended Tower Defense Games

Bloons TD 6
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
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- #1 Bloons TD 698% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 382,546 reviews2018Developer: Ninja KiwiPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 19.4hMean: 75.6h≥1hr: 92%
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
- #2 Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition98% matchOverwhelmingly Positive98% of 150,567 reviews2009Developer: PopCap Games, Inc.Platforms: Windows, MacMedian: 9.9hMean: 41.0h≥1hr: 83%
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
- #3 Defense Grid: The Awakening94% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 5,303 reviews2008Developer: Hidden Path EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.6hMean: 15.1h≥1hr: 91%
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.
- #4 GemCraft - Chasing Shadows89% matchVery Positive95% of 4,334 reviews2015Developer: Game in a BottlePublisher: Armor Games StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.6hMean: 19.2h≥1hr: 91%
An epic, challenging tower defense game with an emphasis on strategy and replayability. Summon gems of immense magical potency and harness their unique abilities against a seemingly endless horde of monsters. The archdemon seeks to swallow the world, and you must journey to stand against her.
- #5 Bloons TD Battles88% matchVery Positive91% of 29,230 reviews2016Developer: Ninja KiwiPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.1hMean: 25.5h≥1hr: 64%
Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 5, this all new Battles game is specially designed for multiplayer combat, featuring the ability to control bloons directly and send them charging past your opponent's defenses.
- #6 Sanctum 288% matchVery Positive90% of 14,356 reviews2013Developer: Coffee Stain StudiosPublisher: Coffee Stain PublishingPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.8hMean: 6.7h≥1hr: 85%
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.
- #7 Bloons TD 587% matchVery Positive95% of 11,795 reviews2014Developer: Ninja KiwiPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 11.3hMean: 38.6h≥1hr: 86%
Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability. The Bloons are back in full HD glory and this time they mean business! Build awesome towers, choose your favorite upgrades, hire new Special Agents, and pop every last invading Bloon in the most popular tower defense series in history.
- #8 Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 4,761 reviews2014Developer: Knuckle CrackerPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 7.4hMean: 77.0h≥1hr: 78%
Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.
- #9 Orcs Must Die!87% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 8,396 reviews2011Developer: Robot EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.8hMean: 7.5h≥1hr: 71%
Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.
- #10 Orcs Must Die! 286% matchVery Positive92% of 19,505 reviews2012Developer: Robot EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 5.5hMean: 11.9h≥1hr: 91%
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.
- #11 Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense84% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 16,302 reviews2014Developer: Ironhide Game StudioPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.9hMean: 16.3h≥1hr: 86%
Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!
- #12 Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD81% matchVery Positive88% of 11,050 reviews2024Developer: Ironhide Game StudioPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 10.0hMean: 17.6h≥1hr: 90%
While a formidable evil emerges, an unexpected alliance is taking shape! It will take the finest warriors of Linirea and the relentless Dark Army to stop it. Beware! Though they may journey side by side the ever-changing winds of fate could swiftly alter their course.
- #13 Rock 'N' Roll Defense81% matchVery Positive88% of 3,386 reviews2016Developer: NukGamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.7hMean: 6.2h≥1hr: 93%
Rocked by an explosive soundtrack, choose your band, place your equipments and defend the Rock 'N' Roll from everyone and everything who try to pull it down, on a totally hardcore tower defense!
- #14 Mindustry80% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 25,660 reviews2019Developer: AnukenDevPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.9hMean: 26.9h≥1hr: 76%
An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
- #15 They Are Billions80% matchVery Positive85% of 50,609 reviews2019Developer: Numantian GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 14.1hMean: 56.0h≥1hr: 91%
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
- #16 Thronefall79% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 22,563 reviews2024Developer: GrizzlyGamesPublisher: MythwrightPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.9hMean: 8.4h≥1hr: 83%
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
- #17 Orcs Must Die! 379% matchVery Positive86% of 14,664 reviews2021Developer: Robot EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.5hMean: 14.6h≥1hr: 89%
Slice, burn, toss, zap, grind and gib massive hordes of repugnant orcs in this long-awaited successor to the award-winning Orcs Must Die! series.
- #18 Tower Wars80% matchMostly Positive72% of 1,753 reviews2012Developer: SuperVillain StudiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.4hMean: 6.8h≥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!
- #19 PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate79% matchVery Positive81% of 1,280 reviews2013Developer: Double ElevenPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.5hMean: 6.7h≥1hr: 93%
Tikiman the Forest Defender is in trouble. Hordes of monsters are sweeping through his realm, hoping to chow down on his offspring – and it’s up to you to defend them. By placing weapon towers at strategic points around the landscape, you can destroy the invaders and save the little ones.
- #20 Space Run78% matchVery Positive85% of 2,123 reviews2014Developer: Passtech GamesPublisher: Focus EntertainmentPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 5.1hMean: 7.2h≥1hr: 93%
Space Run is a «real-time spaceship construction strategy game». Space Run takes the well-known Tower Defense-style gameplay and twists it, challenging you to manage and protect a spaceship and its cargo against the hazards of deep space!
- #21 Kingdom Two Crowns78% matchVery Positive90% of 37,612 reviews2018Developer: Stumpy🐙SquidPublisher: Raw FuryPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 6.5hMean: 18.6h≥1hr: 92%
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
- #22 Warstone TD78% matchVery Positive83% of 3,869 reviews2018Developer: Battlecruiser GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.6hMean: 8.5h≥1hr: 89%
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.
- #23 Terrorhedron Tower Defense76% matchVery Positive84% of 1,173 reviews2014Developer: Dan WaltersPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.6hMean: 5.3h≥1hr: 94%
Terrorhedron is the 3D, cooperative tower defense game for the PC. Unmatched challenge and complexity is introduced to the genre through 3 dimensional gameplay, micro-strategy through programmable turrets and 'edge of seat' gameplay is extended to multiplayer with up to 8 players online co-op.
- #24 Bloons Monkey City75% matchVery Positive91% of 6,589 reviews2020Developer: Ninja KiwiPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 2.6hMean: 34.5h≥1hr: 66%
Create, upgrade, and customize your very own Bloons Monkey City in this groundbreaking blend of city building and tower defense awesomeness!
- #25 Rogue Tower75% matchVery Positive82% of 5,842 reviews2022Developer: Die of Death GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 10.7hMean: 20.2h≥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.
- #26 Ancient Planet Tower Defense75% matchVery Positive82% of 1,186 reviews2015Developer: Moonlight MousePlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.3hMean: 7.5h≥1hr: 92%
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!
- #27 Sanctum74% matchVery Positive89% of 3,340 reviews2011Developer: Coffee Stain StudiosPublisher: Coffee Stain PublishingPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 1.8hMean: 7.4h≥1hr: 62%
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.
- #28 Bloons TD Battles 272% matchVery Positive84% of 33,499 reviews2021Developer: Ninja KiwiPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 1.7hMean: 16.3h≥1hr: 61%
From the creators of Bloons TD6... Bloons TD Battles 2 is a brand new installment of the top-rated head-to-head tower defense game. Gather your Hero, choose your team of powerful Monkey Towers, and prepare to battle one on one against other players and relentless waves of Bloons!
- #29 Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense72% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 10,241 reviews2016Developer: Ironhide Game StudioPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 8.6hMean: 20.8h≥1hr: 91%
Command your troops through an epic (mis)adventure as you defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and ghastly denizens of the underworld -all with flashy new towers, levels, heroes, and more goodies to help you crush your foes in this Fantasy Action Tower Defense game!
- #30 Bloons Adventure Time TD71% matchVery Positive87% of 4,640 reviews2019Developer: Ninja KiwiPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 1.8hMean: 17.5h≥1hr: 62%
Defend Ooo from the Bloon invasion in this epic tower defense crossover.
- #31 Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense70% matchVery Positive86% of 14,799 reviews2021Developer: AutoAttack GamesPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 11.6hMean: 42.5h≥1hr: 89%
An infinitely replayable multiplayer and single-player tower defense. Defend against waves of enemies and destroy the enemy's king before they destroy yours. Legion TD 2 is a one-of-a-kind game of tactics, teamwork, and prediction. Party as 1-8 players.
- #32 Fieldrunners 271% matchVery Positive86% of 524 reviews2013Developer: Subatomic Studios LLCPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.0hMean: 16.5h≥1hr: 70%
Get ready to DEFEND THE WORLD! The biggest sequel in tower defense history is finally here: Fieldrunners 2 has arrived! From Subatomic Studios, creators of the award winning classic strategy game comes an all new adventure that was years in the making.
- #33 Anomaly: Warzone Earth70% matchVery Positive87% of 4,668 reviews2011Developer: 11 bit studiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.4hMean: 11.0h≥1hr: 88%
Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!
- #34 Rise to Ruins69% matchVery Positive88% of 7,737 reviews2019Developer: Raymond DoerrPublisher: SixtyGig GamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 4.7hMean: 16.4h≥1hr: 83%
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
- #35 Dungeon Defenders69% matchVery Positive93% of 18,745 reviews2011Developer: Chromatic GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 9.2hMean: 42.0h≥1hr: 89%
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!
- #36 Space Run Galaxy69% matchMixed64% of 1,027 reviews2016Developer: Passtech GamesPublisher: Focus EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.3hMean: 5.3h≥1hr: 92%
Space Run Galaxy is the sequel to Space Run, the game from one-man studio Passtech, which seduced hundreds of thousands of players with its dynamic and original gameplay. By twisting the tower-defense game style, Space Run offered an addictive real-time spaceship construction strategy experience.
- #37 Particula69% matchMostly Positive70% of 2,444 reviews2015Developer: Microblast GamesPublisher: SA IndustryPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.0hMean: 17.0h≥1hr: 96%
Destroy negativity, clear your mind! Particula brings you a new perspective in gaming, helping you to concentrate and relax. A three players co-op tower defense experience with a relaxing soundtrack, smooth visuals and gameplay.
- #38 Defense Technica70% matchMostly Negative40% of 188 reviews2013Developer: Kuno InteractivePlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.4hMean: 4.6h≥1hr: 95%
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.
- #39 Dungeon of the ENDLESS™68% matchVery Positive85% of 13,956 reviews2014Developer: AMPLITUDE StudiosPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 3.1hMean: 10.6h≥1hr: 73%
Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ is a Rogue-Like Dungeon-Defense game, in which the player and their team of heroes must protect the generator of their crashed ship while exploring an ever-expanding dungeon, all while facing waves of monsters and special events as they try to find their way out...
- #40 The Riftbreaker67% matchVery Positive90% of 23,181 reviews2021Developer: EXOR StudiosPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 8.0hMean: 22.6h≥1hr: 88%
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.
- #41 Dungeon Warfare 268% matchVery Positive90% of 1,138 reviews2018Developer: ValsarPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 5.2hMean: 15.3h≥1hr: 93%
Become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with the deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wannabe heroes.
- #42 Prime World: Defenders 268% matchMostly Positive79% of 2,171 reviews2018Developer: NivalPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 2.1hMean: 28.1h≥1hr: 65%
Defenders 2, - an exciting hybrid of Tower Defense and CCG, - is now available on Steam! Challenge endless hordes of monsters: build an impassable defense on their path and protect your mines. Collect all the unique towers and prove that even a tornado is not an obstacle for you.
- #43 Dungeon Defenders II67% matchMostly Positive77% of 22,057 reviews2017Developer: Chromatic GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 3.9hMean: 21.5h≥1hr: 75%
Dungeon Defenders II is a cooperative Action Tower Defense game packed with roleplaying elements like loot, leveling, and pets.
- #44 Evil Defenders68% matchVery Positive82% of 395 reviews2015Developer: CP DecisionPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.8hMean: 11.8h≥1hr: 94%
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.
- #45 Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense67% matchVery Positive94% of 10,436 reviews2020Developer: Ironhide Game StudioPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 8.9hMean: 18.5h≥1hr: 89%
It's payback time! Lead your mighty dark army and make the Kingdom tremble with every step. Build powerful towers, choose your arsenal for destruction, and find the deadliest combination - train legendary heroes and lead them to victory!
- #46 Mechs V Kaijus - Tower Defense67% matchVery Positive84% of 529 reviews2022Developer: Doble Punch GamesPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 6.8hMean: 13.2h≥1hr: 83%
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.
- #47 垃圾桶军团66% matchOverwhelmingly Positive97% of 1,706 reviews2024Developer: 房子猫Platforms: Windows
The pioneers have been salivating at your trash can for a long time! They have formed a garbage can army and are preparing to launch an attack on your home! Reasonably use your characters to resist the repeated attacks of the Garbage Can Legion! Or...... Join the Garbage Can Legion!
- #48 Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™66% matchMostly Positive71% of 18,433 reviews2020Developer: PopCapPublisher: Electronic ArtsPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 4.5hMean: 27.3h≥1hr: 82%
Kick some grass in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville, the wackiest shooter yet!
- #49 Prime World: Defenders67% matchMostly Positive76% of 1,050 reviews2013Developer: NivalPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 4.0hMean: 9.2h≥1hr: 95%
Fight off hordes of monstrous mutants created from a strange cataclysmic event in the new tower defense game, Prime World: Defenders. Join a group of exile treasure hunters who have ventured into the capital of an ancient empire, vast with mystery and danger.
- #50 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense65% matchOverwhelmingly Positive96% of 7,641 reviews2018Developer: Ironhide Game StudioPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 9.0hMean: 19.4h≥1hr: 92%
Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.
- #51 Revenge of the Titans66% matchVery Positive82% of 1,250 reviews2011Developer: PuppygamesPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 2.1hMean: 4.4h≥1hr: 82%
The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!
- #52 Defense Grid 2: Steam Special Edition Upgrade67% matchMostly Negative24% of 25 reviews2014Developer: Hidden Path EntertainmentPlatforms: WindowsMedian: 0mMean: 24m≥1hr: 5%
The Steam Special Edition includes additional content by expanding on both the in-game and behind-the-scenes stories of Defense Grid 2, offering a visual novel experience that extends the campaign's narrative as well as art, soundtrack and making of insights.
- #53 Anomaly Defenders66% matchMostly Positive77% of 676 reviews2014Developer: 11 bit studiosPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 3.2hMean: 5.7h≥1hr: 89%
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.
- #54 Fieldrunners66% matchMixed66% of 343 reviews2012Developer: Subatomic Studios LLCPlatforms: Windows, MacMedian: 54mMean: 10.8h≥1hr: 48%
Fieldrunners is now available on Steam! Download it now to play the hit tower defense game critics and fans have been raving about. Descend into the world of Fieldrunners, the most anticipated and visually stunning game in tower defense history!
- #55 Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess64% matchVery Positive92% of 2,370 reviews2024Developer: CAPCOM Co., Ltd.Platforms: WindowsMedian: 8.1hMean: 13.7h≥1hr: 89%
A new tale of the Kami awaits... Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is a unique Japanese-inspired, single player Kagura Action Strategy game.
- #56 Cubemen66% matchMostly Positive71% of 511 reviews2012Developer: 3 SprocketsPublisher: 3 SprocketsPlatforms: Windows, Mac, LinuxMedian: 36mMean: 3.6h≥1hr: 35%
Just Updated! Version 1.1 now has 6 New online Mayhem levels, Character Customization, 35 Defense levels, 25 Skirmish levels, and more!
