Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Years
Platforms
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Statuses
Best Games in the Tower Defense (Tower Defense) genre for PC
Strategy, Grand strategy, Construction, In real time, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, Simulation, City Building
Early Access: PC → 22 July 2024; Game released: PC → 20 March 2025
Players:
8/10
Steam:
88/100
Metacritic:
82/100
A base-building strategy game in which the player constructs fortresses to face countless waves of enemies. The game has several modes such as a...
Strategy, Simulation, Business / Management, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Science fiction, City Building, Survival, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game in development: PC → 11 November 2026
Anticipation Rating:
6.7/10
Real-time strategy with survival mechanics and tower defense. The action takes place in a sci-fi world, offering a new perspective on exploring the...
Action, Strategy, In real time, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: PC → 11 October 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...
Role-playing game, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Cooperative (co-op), Online, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Early Access: PC → 21 February 2020; Game released: PC → 28 May 2020
Players:
7.2/10
Steam:
68/100
Metacritic:
74/100
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened is a cooperative action role-playing game with a third-person view and tower defense elements in a fantasy setting. The...
Arcade, Strategy, In real time, Indie, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction, Isometric, Online, Post-apocalyptic
Game released: PC → 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...
Shooter, Third-person view, Action, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op), Fantasy, Roguelike, Comedy
Game released: PC → 28 January 2025
VGTimes:
7.0/10
Steam:
73/100
Metacritic:
69/100
A cooperative action roguelike for four people in the series about killing cartoon orcs Orcs Must Die! You can now defend the castle as one of the...
Action, Role-playing game, Roguelike, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Futurism (Future), Isometric, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Dungeons
Game released: PC → 19 October 2023
Players:
8.5/10
Steam:
63/100
Metacritic:
75/100
Endless Dungeon is a tactical action game with roguelike elements and an isometric camera view in a sci-fi setting, set in the brutal Endless...
Action, Shooter, Isometric, Top-down view, Indie, Roguelike, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Zombies
Game released: PC → 18 August 2022
Players:
5.5/10
Steam:
81/100
Slaycation Paradise is a post-apocalyptic isometric shooter with tower defense elements. The game tells the story of a family who was offered an...
Action, Strategy, Third-person view, Fantasy / Medieval, Tactics, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: PC → 30 July 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...
Strategy, Isometric, In real time, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Business / Management, Fantasy / Medieval, Free game, City Building
Game released: PC → 1 May 2025
Steam:
91/100
Free prequel to Diplomacy is Not an Option. The plot tells about a filibuster named Duncan Iron Forehead, who fights for the independence of...
Action, Shooter, Strategy, First-person view, Top-down view, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Cooperative (co-op)
Game released: PC → 15 April 2011
Players:
7.8/10
Steam:
90/100
Metacritic:
70/100
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...
Strategy, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Fantasy, In real time, Top-down view, Old school, Roguelike
Game released: PC → 27 March 2024
Players:
10/10
Steam:
77/100
The main character is a necromancer who finds himself in an unknown world with his cat. The character creates monsters from various corpses and...
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Free game, Tactics, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Casual game, Construction
Game released: PC → 30 April 2021
Steam:
88/100
A minimalist strategy in the genre of "tower defense," where protecting the base from endless waves of enemies combines with technology development...
Action, Shooter, First-person view, Post-apocalyptic, Tactics, Roguelike, Cooperative (co-op), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Survival, Zombies
Game in development: PC → 2027
Cooperative action with elements of survival, extraction, and dungeon exploration. The game combines dynamic shootouts with resource gathering and...
Strategy, In real time, Top-down view, Futurism (Future), Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Science fiction
Game released: PC → 28 July 2009
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...
Strategy, In real time, Isometric, Fantasy / Medieval, Indie, Steampunk, Tower Defense (Tower Defense)
Game released: PC → 5 June 2013
Players:
10/10
Steam:
78/100
Metacritic:
58/100
Prime World: Defenders is a fantasy strategy game in the "tower defense" genre with elements of a collectible card game set in the Prime World...
Indie, Strategy, Tactics, Top-down view, In real time, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), Business / Management, Medieval era
Game released: PC → 23 August 2019
Players:
10/10
Steam:
89/100
Death Crown is a minimalist top-down real-time strategy game where you take on the role of the real Death. You will have to command legions of the...
Strategy, Tactics, Isometric, Turn-based, Fantasy, Role-playing game, Board / Group Game, Tower Defense (Tower Defense), City Building
Game released: PC → 26 October 2021
Steam:
73/100
The player places towers to save the kingdom from hordes of enemies. It is important to carefully select places for construction and improve towers...
