Tower Defense (Tower Defense) for Linux — top best games in the Tower Defense (Tower Defense) genre

Kingdom Rush - a game in the Tower Defense (Tower Defense) genre

Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Tactics

Game released: Linux → 6 January 2014

Players: 8.3/10

Steam: 96/100

Metacritic: 89/100

Kingdom Rush is a real-time strategy game with fantasy elements and a top-down view. In this game you have to fight enemies with the help of your towers and protect...

Sanctum 2

Action, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op), Strategy

Game released: Linux → 15 May 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...

Kingdom: Two Crowns

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), City Building, Construction

Game released: Linux → 11 December 2018

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 85/100

Kingdom: Two Crowns is a continuation of the pixel management strategy with a side view in a fantasy setting, where the main emphasis is on cooperative play. You...

Dungeon Warfare

Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Old school

Game released: Linux → 4 November 2015

Steam: 95/100

A strategy game in the tower defense genre, where the role of the dungeon defender is assigned not to towers, but to numerous deadly traps. Spikes, rotating blades...

Mindustry

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Construction

Game released: Linux → 26 September 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...

Anomaly 2

Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction, Isometric, Online, Post-apocalyptic

Game released: Linux → 15 May 2013

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 78/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly 2 is a fantastic arcade action game with elements of tower defense and real-time strategy. Years after the 2018 invasion of Earth, the planet is overrun by...

Kingdom: New Lands

Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Exploration

Game released: Linux → 9 August 2016

Players: 8.1/10

Steam: 84/100

Kingdom: New Lands is a side-view pixel management strategy set in a fantasy setting. You will become the ruler of your own kingdom and face various tasks, which...

Defense Zone 3

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Action, In real time, Top-down view, Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 December 2016

Players: 9.3/10

Steam: 79/100

Defense Zone 3 Ultra HD is an indie tower defense strategy game with a top-down view in real time. This is a sequel to the famous Defense Zone strategy, only now...

HexDefense

Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Tactics, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 20 July 2024

Steam: 62/100

A roguelike in the tower defense genre, focused on continuous battles with almost no pauses. The main task is to defend the city from an endless onslaught of...

Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Free game, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game, Construction

Game released: Linux → 30 April 2021

Steam: 87/100

A minimalist strategy in the genre of "tower defense," where protecting the base from endless waves of enemies combines with technology development, resource...

Nordhold

Roguelike, Strategy, Business / Management, Top-down view, Casual game, Procedural generation, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 25 March 2025

Steam: 85/100

The player controls the medieval Scandinavian village and protects it from the waves of opponents. 8 species of defense towers help to cope with all types of...

Kingdom Rush Origins

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 18 October 2018

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...

Dungeon Defenders

Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 26 March 2013

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...

Kingdom Eighties

Strategy, Side view, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Exploration, City Building

Game released: Linux → 26 June 2023

Players: 8.7/10

Steam: 77/100

Metacritic: 81/100

A new part of the Kingdom microstrategy series. The main character is trying to protect his family and the city from attacks by mysterious monsters. Neighboring...

OTTTD

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie

Game released: Linux → 6 August 2014

Steam: 79/100

OTTTD is an isometric strategy game with elements of a tactical game from developers from SMG Studio. The main publisher of the game is SMG Studio. In some circles...

Anomaly: Warzone Earth

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 7 February 2013

Players: 5.7/10

Steam: 84/100

Metacritic: 79/100

Anomaly: Warzone Earth — This is a strategy with an unconventional approach. The player controls units that move along a pre-marked route. The goal is to kill...

Guardians of Holme

Strategy, Top-down view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Adventure

Game released: Linux → 14 December 2023

Steam: 72/100

In the distant past, demons were banished to the outskirts of civilization. Time passed, and one day the dormant demons suddenly appeared again and headed towards...

IDUN

Isometric, Strategy, In real time, Space, Science fiction, Procedural generation, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 21 January 2025

Players: 7.6/10

Steam: 77/100

A sci-fi game set on the planet Idun. The gamer extracts resources and builds defensive towers to resist hordes of monsters. At the same time, you can move...

Anomaly Defenders

Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Action

Game released: Linux → 29 May 2014

Steam: 75/100

Metacritic: 70/100

A futuristic tower defense game in the Anomaly series, where aliens repel a human counterattack and protect their homeworld. Unlike earlier entries, attacking...

Defense Grid 2

Strategy, In real time, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Action

Game released: Linux → 23 September 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...

Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal

Strategy, Simulation, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 27 March 2014

Players: 7/10

Steam: 96/100

This strategy simulation centers on defending a base from a fluid-like substance that spreads across deformable terrain. Rather than sending discrete units with...

Oil Rush

Strategy, Warships / Submarines, In real time, Third-person view, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Post-apocalyptic, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 23 March 2012

Steam: 58/100

Metacritic: 67/100

Oil Rush is a third-person strategy game with a touch of warship simulator from the developers from the UNIGINE Corp. studio. The game is published by UNIGINE...

Rogue Star Rescue

Action, Shooter, Futurism (Future), Top-down view, Online, Cooperative (co-op), Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy

Game released: Linux → 4 February 2021

Steam: 91/100

Rogue Star Rescue is a fast-paced, cooperative top-down roguelike shooter with tower defense elements set in a sci-fi setting. A massive Rogue Star formed from...

Lumencraft

Tactics, Roguelike, Top-down view, Shooter, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Action, Strategy, Sandbox

Game released: Linux → 28 February 2023

Players: 6.4/10

Steam: 75/100

The events of the game take place back in 2221. More than two centuries ago, the surface of the planet became uninhabitable. The remnants of humanity are struggling...

Digital Defender ORC

Role-playing game, Strategy, Top-down view, Indie, Free game, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 2 February 2026

Steam: 100/100

A free tactical game in the "tower defense" format with role-playing elements set in a cyberpunk future, where the player defends monsters from digital assassins...

Defense Zone

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Indie

Game released: Linux → 14 July 2014

Players: 8.4/10

Steam: 81/100

Defense Zone is an exciting tactical strategy game in the "tower defense" genre with a top-down view. During the game, you need to protect your towers from huge...

Dungeon Defenders Eternity

Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op)

Game released: Linux → 22 July 2014

Players: 10/10

Steam: 48/100

A fantasy action RPG with tower-defense elements, Dungeon Defenders Eternity follows a team of heroes defending Etheria from the army of the Old Ones. Players...

Antivirus Girl

Action, Strategy, Casual game, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Anime / Manga, Science fiction, Top-down view, Shooter, Arcade

Game released: Linux → 1 July 2026

Steam: 89/100

The game combines elements of "tower defense" and dynamic shooting, allowing not only to build defenses but also to directly control the main character. As an agent...

Atom Zombie Smasher

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Zombies, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Procedural generation

Game released: Linux → 15 March 2011

Players: 9/10

Steam: 89/100

Metacritic: 75/100

Harvest: Massive Encounter

Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Futurism (Future), Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 23 January 2009

Steam: 78/100

Harvest: Massive Encounter is a strategy game with an isometric view from developers from Oxeye Game Studio. The main publisher of the game is Oxeye Game...

Dwerve

Fantasy / Medieval, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Top-down view, Indie, Adventure, Role-playing game, Tactics, In real time, Dungeons

Game released: Linux → 31 May 2022

Players: 10/10

Steam: 70/100

Dwerve is a top-down action RPG with tower defense elements in a fantasy setting. In the game, you will try on the role of a craftsman dwarf who goes to a ruined...

Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)

Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Strategy, Role-playing game

Game released: Linux → 14 February 2013

Steam: 95/100

A tactical role-playing game with tower-defense elements, Defender's Quest centers on real-time battles in which individual heroes take the place of defensive...

Excubitor

Arcade, Action, Shooter, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 26 May 2016

Steam: 40/100

Excubitor is an arcade game with action, shooter and strategy elements from the Tesseract Interactive studio. The game is published by Kasedo Games. Overall, the...

Zombo Buster Rising

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Free game, Side view, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 2 October 2016

Players: 5.5/10

Steam: 92/100

A 2D action game with tower-defense elements, in which the player fights off zombies by shooting at them from a terrace. Two AI-controlled characters assist in...

Spacejacked

Arcade, Action, Strategy, Indie, Tactics, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 26 February 2016

Players: 6.5/10

Steam: 100/100

Spacejacked is an exciting arcade game with strategy elements in the tower defense genre with a side view. In the role of space engineer Dave Paprovsky, you have to...

Anomaly: Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2013

Steam: 79/100

Anomaly: Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign is a continuation of the top-down strategy game in the sci-fi setting of Anomaly: Warzone Earth, which adds 15 new missions...

Cubemen 2

Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Indie, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 8 April 2013

Steam: 70/100

Metacritic: 63/100

Anomaly Korea

Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Game released: Linux → 6 November 2013

Players: 4/10

Steam: 74/100

Metacritic: 86/100

A real-time strategy game with a top-down view, Anomaly Korea follows a human squad fighting an invasion by alien robots in Korea. The expansion campaign to Anomaly...

McDROID

Action, Strategy, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Combat robots

Game released: Linux → 5 September 2014

Players: 7.5/10

Steam: 74/100

This science-fiction game blends arcade action, real-time strategy and tower defense. The modular robot McDROID must protect its shuttle and crops from mutants, and...

Warstone TD

Strategy, In real time, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game

Game released: Linux → 23 May 2018

Steam: 86/100

A fantasy strategy game in the "tower defense" genre, combining the classic formula of defending against waves of enemies with a large-scale kingdom development...

Tower Defense (Tower Defense)

Best Games in the Tower Defense (Tower Defense) genre for Linux (Game released)