The Best Tower-defense Games

Update : Realm added at rank #1.
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Realm (2025)

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PC Windows Mac OS

Defend the last bastion of humanity with magic and strategy in this intense tower defense game.

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  • spectacle
  • mmo
  • tower-defense
  • multiplayer
  • 2d
  • trains
  • pixel
  • casual
  • logic
  • shooter
  • fight

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Drill Core (2025)

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Android PC Windows j Nintendo Switch

Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?


  • tower-defense
  • rogue-like
  • colony
  • city-building
  • scroller
  • base-building
  • strategy
  • exploration
  • resource-management
  • stylized
  • sandbox
  • simulation
  • management
  • space
  • building

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Block Fortress 2 (2025)

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IOS iPhone Android Mac OS PC Windows

Choose a planet, build your fortress, and prepare for war. Arm yourself with powerful weapons, deploy troops, and defend your stronghold against relentless attacks. In this action-packed block-builder, survival is earned, and only the strongest will remain.


  • tower-defense
  • first-person
  • base-building
  • sandbox
  • fps
  • shooter
  • tps
  • editor
  • level
  • war
  • action
  • strategy
  • survival
  • 3d
  • real-time-strategy

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Castle Of Alchemists (2025)

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PC Windows

Defend your castle in this fast-paced tower defense/action hybrid game with stunning pixel art graphics! Play as alchemically enhanced warrior Bellator, set traps, build towers, craft powerful weapons, and defend your home! The fate of the castle lies in your hands!

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  • tower-defense
  • top-down
  • steampunk
  • tactical
  • shoot-em-up
  • rpg
  • pixel
  • rogue-like
  • crafting
  • real-time
  • war
  • action
  • 2d
  • fantasy
  • shooter

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Gnomes DYSTOPIAN (2025)

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PC Windows

Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde

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  • dwarf
  • tower-defense
  • rogue-like
  • colony
  • economy
  • procedural
  • base-building
  • city-building
  • simulation
  • farming
  • turn-based
  • dark
  • replay-value
  • pixel
  • survival

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Fortitude Tower Defense (2025)

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PC Windows

A classic Tower Defense game with minor offensive tactics.

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  • tactical
  • tower-defense
  • real-time
  • isometric
  • strategy
  • magic
  • production
  • turn-based
  • medieval
  • 3d
  • pve
  • resource-management
  • war
  • resource
  • wave

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Nordhold (2025)

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Mac OS Linux PC Windows

Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?

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  • rogue-like
  • tower-defense
  • city-building
  • top-down
  • medieval
  • strategy
  • management
  • economy
  • procedural
  • tactical
  • resource-management
  • pve
  • base-building
  • choices
  • wave

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The Last Camp (2025)

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Xbox One PC Windows

This is a top-down survival-building game blending farming, tower defense, and micromanagement, requiring you to fend off zombie hordes, grow crops, and strategically deploy traps to defend your homestead.

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  • top-down
  • puzzle
  • zombies
  • survival
  • tower-defense
  • shooter
  • sandbox
  • building
  • grand
  • adventure
  • narration
  • puzzle-stuffed
  • stylized
  • base-building
  • pick-and-mix

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Doomsday Tower Defense (2025)

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Mac OS PC Windows

Challenging tower defense game with 20 levels. Can be completed under 2-3 hours. Kill zombies in a doomsday vibe. Discover your own strategy to beat the horde. No fluff, no story, no BS.


  • top-down
  • tower-defense
  • capitalism
  • shoot-em-up
  • shooter
  • building
  • zombies
  • cartoony
  • logic
  • real-time
  • dark
  • colourful
  • management
  • tactical
  • simulation

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Orcs Must Die: Deathtrap (2025)

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PC Windows j Playstation 5 Xbox One Xbox Series X Xbox Series X/s

Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap combines chaotic third-person combat with devious trap-laying strategy. Enjoy endless replayability as your War Mage grows stronger with every battle. Repel relentless orc hordes solo or with up to 4 players.

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  • tower-defense
  • rogue-like
  • cooperative
  • wave
  • defence
  • tps
  • tower
  • physics
  • shooter
  • third-person
  • strategy
  • hero
  • multiplayer

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