The Best Tower-defense Games

Update : Utopia Must Fall added at rank #1.
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Utopia Must Fall (2024)

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early access Mac OS PC Windows

Defend humanity's last surviving metropolis from mysterious alien machinations in this challenging base-defense arcade shooter. Featuring rapid upgrade progression, procedurally generated attack waves, dark humor and laser-sharp aesthetics.

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  • dark
  • arcade
  • rogue-like
  • shoot-em-up
  • base-building
  • humor
  • tower-defense
  • bullet-hell
  • procedural
  • perma-death
  • comedy
  • abstract
  • sci-fi
  • minimalist
  • shooter

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Operation: Polygon Storm (2024)

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Playstation 5 Playstation 4 Xbox Series X Xbox One Nintendo Switch PC Windows

A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory!


  • auto-battler
  • strategy
  • tower-defense
  • real-time
  • resource-management
  • physics
  • military
  • war
  • wargame
  • destruction
  • artillery
  • base-building
  • tactical
  • gore
  • resource

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Bad Mechanic (2024)

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PC Windows

Bad Mechanic is a whimsical tower-defense bullet-hell roguelike. Plan (and improvise) your defenses against a swarm of mini middle managers. Dodge your own towers’ attacks as you collect loot. Build a unique arsenal of towers and items in each run that will kill you in spectacular fashion.

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  • tower-defense
  • bullet-hell
  • perma-death
  • rogue-like
  • procedural
  • resource-management
  • building
  • real-time
  • top-down
  • colourful
  • tactical
  • pixel
  • zombies
  • bullet
  • strategy

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Cataclismo (2024)

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early access PC Windows

Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.


  • real-time
  • city-building
  • colony
  • strategy
  • grand-strategy
  • moddable
  • 4x
  • resource-management
  • base-building
  • tower-defense
  • economy
  • building
  • simulation
  • sandbox
  • historical

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Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess - Demo (2024)

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PC Windows

A new tale of the Kami awaits... Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is a unique Japanese-inspired, single player Kagura Action Strategy game.


  • boss-fight
  • tower-defense
  • strategy
  • boss
  • action
  • hack-and-slash
  • combat
  • dance
  • battle
  • demons
  • mythology
  • real-time
  • fight
  • tactical
  • resource

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Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (2024)

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PC Windows Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5

A new tale of the Kami awaits... Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess is a unique Japanese-inspired, single player Kagura Action Strategy game.


  • tower-defense
  • strategy
  • boss-fight
  • boss
  • action
  • hack-and-slash
  • dance
  • mythology
  • battle
  • combat
  • fight
  • demons
  • tactical
  • real-time
  • lore

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Tower Defense: Last Castle (2024)

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PC Windows

In the depths of an ancient forest, your castle the last human stronghold stands as the final bastion against a monstrous horde. Strategize your defense by employing soldiers, traps, towers, and even the monsters themselves.

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  • wargame
  • tower-defense
  • 2.5d
  • base-building
  • fantasy

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Thunder Age (2024)

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PC Windows

In the flooded future world, mankind has built floating islands where electricity is harnessed during the raging thunderstorms. This unstable energy is crucial for survival, but also poses the greatest risk in this Tower Defense game.

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  • hex
  • tower-defense
  • science
  • real-time
  • post-apocalyptic
  • minimalist
  • tactical
  • grid
  • strategy
  • dark
  • 3d
  • base-building

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Tower Defense: Infinite War (2024)

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In the far future, people build a base on a strange planet they don't know about to protect their limited resources. Protect your base from the incessant invasion of extraterrestrial beings!


  • tower-defense
  • logic
  • survival
  • third-person
  • management
  • fps
  • sci-fi
  • colourful
  • turn-based
  • exploration
  • combat
  • pixel
  • old-school
  • first-person
  • atmospheric

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Roman Conquest: Rise to Power (2024)

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Linux Mac OS PC Windows

Roman Conquest: Rise to Power is a turn-based strategy game in which the player can feel like a great commander of the Roman Empire. Lead a legion and go with your army to recapture the occupied lands.

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  • top-down
  • rome
  • tower-defense
  • wargame
  • historical
  • 3d
  • building
  • simulation
  • economy
  • strategy
  • medieval
  • war
  • shooter

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