Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Years
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Statuses
Best Games in the Tower Defense (Tower Defense) genre for PC
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), City Building, Construction
Game released: PC → 11 December 2018
Players:
8.2/10
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...
Action, Shooter, Third-person view, Roguelike, Science fiction, Cooperative (co-op), Survival, Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Early Access: PC → 2 November 2026; Game in development: PC → 2027
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
90/100
Team action with elements of construction, where landing on hostile planets turns into a struggle for resources and survival. The squad explores...
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op), Strategy
Game released: PC → 29 August 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...
Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), City Building, Construction
Early Access: PC → 2 August 2023; Game released: PC → 11 October 2024
Players:
7.6/10
Steam:
95/100
A game with minimalistic graphics, in which the gamer builds the defense of a settlement during the day and defends against enemy attacks at night...
Action, Business / Management, Indie, Tactics, Roguelike, Science fiction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Comedy, Space, Strategy, City Building
Game released: PC → 4 November 2026
Steam:
73/100
The protagonist is an artificial intelligence seeking revenge on the aliens for destroying Earth. Piloting a spaceship, repelling alien attacks, and...
Action, Strategy, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Crafting, Survival, Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: PC → 14 October 2021
Players:
9.1/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The Riftbreaker is a sci-fi action game with real-time strategy elements. You will take on the role of Captain Ashley Novak — Riftbreaker, an...
Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Sandbox, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, City Building, Comedy, Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction
Early Access: PC → 28 April 2025; Game released: PC → 19 April 2026
Steam:
82/100
A voxel sandbox where players build huge castles in a war-torn ancient world and defend them from hordes of enemies that threaten the entire kingdom...
Arcade, Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: PC → 18 October 2011
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...
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Indie, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Construction
Game released: PC → 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...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Side view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Exploration
Game released: PC → 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...
Strategy, Puzzle, Turn-based, Tactics, Roguelike, Match-3 (Three in a row), Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: PC → 23 April 2026
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
85/100
A pixel game where the gamer manages a court and battles opponents. The gameplay consists of several stages. In the first, you need to create matches...
Slasher, Third-person view, Medieval era, Cooperative (co-op), Adventure, Action, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: PC → 19 July 2024
Steam:
92/100
Metacritic:
83/100
The game tells the story of a simple mortal man, Kami, who confronts the spirit kingdom. The villagers fight to cleanse the holy mountain they live...
Action, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Simulation, Online, Horror, Zombies, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Early Access: PC → 28 August 2020; Game released: PC → 31 May 2024
Players:
7.4/10
Steam:
76/100
The main character, Lucy, finds herself on an isolated island after a failed experiment, and now she has to fight for her life. Players build...
Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Tactics
Game released: PC → 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...
Strategy, In real time, Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Medieval era, Construction, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game in development: PC → 2027
Anticipation Rating:
10/10
A classic strategy game set in the Game of Thrones universe, where you can conquer the Seven Kingdoms alone or with your treacherous friends...
Shooter, Online, Top-down view, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Construction, Zombies, Strategy
Game released: PC → 26 August 2017
Steam:
82/100
Metacritic:
45/100
Yet Another Zombie Defense HD is a top-down cooperative zombie shooter for multiple players. Every night you have to defend yourself from hordes of...
Role-playing game, Action, Strategy, Adventure, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Fantasy, Medieval era, Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: PC → 11 June 2020
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...
Strategy, In real time, Business / Management, Isometric, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Medieval era, Historical, Zombies
Early Access: PC → 9 February 2022; Game released: PC → 4 October 2024
Players:
7.7/10
Steam:
84/100
Metacritic:
80/100
The game combines city building, real-time strategy and castle defense mechanics, turning each battle into a large-scale challenge. The main...
Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC → 23 July 2021
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...
Strategy, Simulation, Top-down view, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Construction, Crafting
Early Access: PC → 5 November 2024; Game released: PC → 17 September 2025
Steam:
88/100
The game takes place in a magic book, where the gamer creates heroes to fight monsters. You will have to develop a factory that produces fighters, as...
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Isometric, Indie, Tactics, Fantasy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Early Access: PC → 7 October 2021; Game released: PC → 15 January 2025
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
75/100
Metacritic:
74/100
A real-time strategy game set in a dark fantasy setting, where darkness becomes the main enemy of humanity. No one knows for sure what it is - the...
Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Roguelike
Game released: PC → 16 November 2018
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
94/100
Metacritic:
73/100
Bad North is a minimalist real-time strategy game with tower defense elements and an isometric camera view. You have to defend your island against...
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game
Game released: PC → 18 October 2018
Players:
7.8/10
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...
Role-playing game, Online, Action, Strategy, Hack and slash, Third-person view, Futurism (Future), Free game, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival
Game released: PC → 20 June 2017
Players:
8.7/10
Steam:
73/100
This cooperative action strategy game with role-playing elements takes place in Etheria, where an army of the Old Ones is attacking. Players defend...
Action, Shooter, Strategy, Online, First-person view, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Zombies
Early Access: PC → 4 November 2025; Game in development: PC → 2027
Steam:
40/100
An asymmetrical 4v1 survival game that combines shooter mechanics, strategy, and horror. Two forces clash in a destructible voxel world: a group of...
Action, Third-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Cooperative (co-op), Arcade, Indie, Survival, Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Zombies
Early Access: PC → 7 May 2025; Game released: PC → 12 June 2026
Steam:
69/100
A cooperative action game where survival involves traveling on a giant tracked vehicle. The world is full of dangers: zombies attack a mobile home...