Best Tower Defense Games Ever Made
Tower Defense is a popular genre of strategy games where the player does not have the ability to control an army of units: they must defend a road (or roads) from approaching enemies by building towers. The towers shoot on their own, so the gamer only needs to plan their placement and type, which significantly affects the outcome of the mission.
Enemies also have their own characteristics to prepare for: some may fly, some ignore projectiles from certain towers, and some move faster than others. All of them have weapons, but it's important to place them correctly.
This list includes the best games in the Tower Defense genre, regardless of the year of release and gameplay features.
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op), Strategy
May 15, 2013
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
77/100
A first-person shooter with tower defense elements, Sanctum 2 centers on protecting oxygen-producing Cores from alien creatures on the planet LOEK III. During the...
Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op)
July 14, 2020
Players:
10/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Orcs Must Die! 3 is a continuation of the tactical action game with elements of “tower defense” and a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The new part of the...
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Construction
September 26, 2019
Players:
9.4/10
Steam:
94/100
Mindustry is a fun real-time strategy game with elements of the tower defense genre and a top-down view. In the game, you have to create complex conveyor chains to...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
December 16, 2010
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Dungeon Defenders is a dynamic cooperative action role-playing game with a third-person view and elements of the tower defense genre in a fantasy setting. You have...
Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
July 30, 2012
VGTimes:
8.0/10
Players:
8.3/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
83/100
Orcs Must Die! 2 is a continuation of the tactical action game with elements of “tower defense” and a third-person view in a fantasy setting. The story will begin...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
October 27, 2014
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
87/100
Metacritic:
79/100
A hardcore roguelike in which a group of prisoners suddenly become explorers of a hostile world. After a prison ship crashes on the mysterious planet Auriga, the...
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game
November 20, 2014
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
94/100
Kingdom Rush Origins is a great continuation of the tower defense game with beautiful hand-drawn graphics, which tells the story of the war of one kingdom with...
Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
October 5, 2011
VGTimes:
7.5/10
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
81/100
Orcs Must Die! — a dynamic action game with a third-person view and elements of tactical strategy in the “tower defense” genre. You have to play the role of a...
Action, Shooter, Indie, First-person view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade, Tactics, Third-person view
June 22, 2017
Players:
7/10
Steam:
91/100
Metacritic:
77/100
Co-op shooter with tower defense elements. In the game you have to fight for the future of plastic life. Together with three friends, you will go on an epic...
Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Top-down view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op)
April 15, 2011
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
90/100
Sanctum is a top-down tactical shooter with strategy elements in the tower defense genre in a sci-fi setting. As one of the first tower defense shooters in history...
Role-playing game, Online, Action, Strategy, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival
June 20, 2017
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
73/100
Dungeon Defenders 2 is a third-person role-playing game with a mixture of online play, action, strategy, hack-and-slash and free-to-play game from the masters at...
Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Action
September 23, 2014
Players:
6.9/10
Steam:
85/100
Metacritic:
79/100
Defense Grid 2 is a continuation of the exciting tactical strategy game in the tower defense genre with an isometric camera view. In the sequel, you will find an...
Action, Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
March 6, 2014
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Infested Planet is a top-down action game with a dash of strategy and an indie title from Rocket Bear Games. The game is published by Rocket Bear Games. Infested...
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction
December 8, 2008
Players:
8.4/10
Steam:
96/100
Metacritic:
82/100
Defense Grid: The Awakening is a fun tactical tower defense strategy game with an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting. In the game, you have to organize an...
