The Best Tower-defense Games for Linux - Page 2

Update : Roman Conquest: Rise to Power added at rank #21.
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Monster Outbreak (2022)

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PC Windows Linux Mac OS Nintendo Switch

It's a Monster Outbreak! The King's dimensional orb malfunctioned, bringing hordes of dimensional monsters into the Kingdom. As Yulia, the last survivor of the Royal Guard, defend your staging ground against the monsters, upgrade your arsenal, and survive long enough to find the orb and destroy it.

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  • base-building
  • hack-and-slash
  • tower-defense
  • cooperative
  • split-screen
  • crafting
  • local
  • survival
  • multiplayer
  • building
  • controller-support
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • arcade

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Tiny Tactics (2022)

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Linux PC Windows

Tiny Tactics is a Tower Defense game with a heavy focus on mazing, with mechanics inspired by the Auto Chess genre.

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  • tower-defense
  • class
  • cartoony
  • mythology
  • top-down
  • 3d
  • colourful
  • fantasy
  • tactical
  • movement
  • strategy
  • building

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The Red (2023)

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early access IOS iPhone PC Windows Mac OS Linux steam amazon prime gaming

Debt-ridden and desperate? Get out of the red and into The Red! Join the Red Horizons on Mars as an Extraction Security Associate and pay off your debts by defending your way to wealth in this ironic first-person/tower-defense/cosmic-horror adventure!


  • tower-defense
  • dark
  • first-person
  • shooter
  • action-adventure
  • humor
  • team-player
  • mmo
  • multiplayer
  • fps
  • 3d
  • parody
  • aliens
  • dystopian
  • real-time

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Rogue Star Rescue (2019)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Linux PC Windows Mac OS

Bullet Hell Insanity + Tower Defense Strategy. Rogue Star Rescue is a quirky new type of rogue-like shooter. Blast your way through diverse planets while rescuing your teammates and gathering traps for your defense strategy. Play solo or online to stop the Rogue Star before it annihilates everything!


  • bullet-hell
  • rogue-like
  • tower-defense
  • shooter
  • cooperative
  • explorer
  • top-down
  • multiple-endings
  • twin-stick
  • nonlinear
  • non-linear
  • dragon

15

JARS (2021)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

JARS is a strategy game featuring puzzles and elements of tower defense. Join Victor in his spooky yet endearing world and prepare for a quest to uncover the secrets of his family’s basement. Will you save the world or get grounded by mother?


  • tower-defense
  • deckbuilder
  • 2d
  • horror
  • humor
  • puzzle
  • classic
  • dark
  • platform
  • hand-drawn
  • strategy
  • cartoony
  • vampire
  • point-and-click
  • real-time

16

Defense Zone 2 HD (2012)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Stunning detail of levels, in-depth gameplay, finely tuned balance of all levels and turrets. The new, engaging levels are even more stunning and impressive.

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  • tower-defense
  • strategy
  • tactical

17

HYPERCHARGE Unboxed (2020)

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Linux PC Windows Nintendo Switch

We made your childhood dream game! Grab a friend and protect the Hypercore. Hypercharge is a solo and co-op wave-based first/third-person shooter with a small twist: you're an action figure! Explore. Defend. Survive.


  • local
  • 4-player
  • tutorial
  • cooperative
  • parkour
  • pve
  • first-person
  • tps
  • tower-defense
  • split-screen
  • pvp
  • character
  • shooter
  • third-person
  • fps

18

Dungeon Warfare (2016)

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Nintendo Switch Android PC Windows Mac OS Linux

Dungeon Warfare is a challenging tower defense strategy game where you become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wanna-be heroes.


  • tower-defense
  • dungeon
  • strategy
  • pixel

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Kingdom: New Lands (2016)

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Android Linux Mac OS PC Windows Xbox One IOS iPhone

Experience the mystery and challenge of managing a kingdom in Kingdom: New Lands. Explore new lands, build your kingdom, and defeat greedy creatures while discovering the secrets of this minimalist strategy game. With stunning visuals, simple controls, and a haunting soundtrack, Kingdom: New Lands will keep you hooked for hours as you learn and grow your empire.


What we like:
  • Innovative gameplay mechanics
  • Expanding game world
  • Addictive gameplay
  • Beautiful visual style
  • Rewarding learning curve
What could be improved:
  • Lack of control over characters
  • Limited diversification of gameplay loop
  • No clear instruction

  • pixel
  • tower-defense
  • colony
  • medieval
  • rogue-like
  • strategy
  • simulation
  • scroller
  • base-building
  • survival
  • building
  • 2d
  • resource-management
  • side-scrolling
  • defence

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Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense (2016)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone

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!

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  • tower-defense
  • strategy

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