Games like GemCraft - Chasing Shadows
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An epic, challenging tower defense game with an emphasis on strategy and replayability. Summon gems of immense magical potency and harness their unique abilities against a seemingly endless horde of monsters. The archdemon seeks to swallow the world, and you must journey to stand against her.
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$2.50OmniSeed
Jul 13 · Velest
Both: Tower Defense · Tactical · Top-Down
Play as a kind-hearted god in a tiny world. Grow thriving forests, inspire mortals to stand strong, and unleash nature's fury to shield them from evil. One small miracle at a time.
RogueliteTower DefenseGod GameDeckbuildingCard BattlerTacticalPixel Graphics2DTop-DownSingleplayer
FreeFortress Fury
Jan 21 · Kervado
Both: Tower Defense · Top-Down
Fortress Fury is a survivor multiplayer tower defense roguelite. Endless hordes of enemies want to crush your tower! Buy weapons and upgrades to craft an array of overpowering builds. Will you be able to survive all waves and be the last tower?
StrategyActionTower DefenseBullet HellRoguelite2DTop-DownCuteColorfulMagic
$9.99Runeomicon
5 days ago · TLR Games
Both: Tower Defense · Difficult
Perform a dark ritual with your own hands under relentless pressure. Draw runes in real time, defend the ritual from enemies trying to stop it, and upgrade your skills to unleash devastating magic. Summon ancient eldritch gods in this dark fantasy game driven by skill, strategy and constant tension.
Tower DefenseResource ManagementReal Time TacticsStrategyPixel GraphicsSide Scroller2DActionDifficultDark Fantasy
-25%$11.24There Is mORE
4 days ago · ByteBeyond
Both: Tower Defense
Mine by day, defend by night. Master 25+ spells, sell rare ores for gear upgrades, and grow stronger each run in this procedurally generated roguelite tower defense. Enjoy full controller and Steam Deck support.
RogueliteTower DefenseAction RoguelikeMiningSurvivalProcedural GenerationExplorationMagicBase Building2D
-20%$15.99Rubinite
Jul 22 · Cup Dog Games, GameWorks Ventures
Both: Difficult · Top-Down
Rubinite is an extremely challenging boss rush action game. in a dark fairy tale world, use Ruby's crimson eyes to expose the weak points of the Bloodstained monsters, then strike and shatter them. Carve a road home through the ruined Scarlet Kingdom and face the Witch who took it all.
DifficultPixel GraphicsBoss RushSouls-likeFemale ProtagonistIndie2DAction RPGTop-DownAction👍 3,626
-15%$4.24Demonic Defense
4 days ago · xHo
Both: Tower Defense
Guard your campfire through the night and feed your rivals' rifts with monsters. A multiplayer tower-defense survival hybrid where deck building, base building, and dueling economies decide who survives and who freezes.
Early AccessCard BattlerTower DefenseReal Time TacticsAction RoguelikeTrading Card GamePvEPvPStrategyTutorial
$4.99Kingdom Contracts Tower Defense Incremental
Aug 14 · Day 1 to 100
Both: Tower Defense
You are the Kingdom’s Commander. Choose new contracts strategically. Use towers but save your gold. Use 12 powerful God/saint spells. Finish Contracts quickly. Stack gold and reputation rapidly. Choose and upgrade 36 perks blessed by 12 Gods/saints. Become the Legend of the Kingdoms.
Tower DefenseMinimalistStrategyRogueliteRelaxingSingleplayerAtmosphericCasualIndie3D
FreeThe Perfect Tower II
Nov 30 · Fire Sword Studios
Both: Tower Defense
The Perfect Tower II is a mix between an incremental and a tower defense game. Build a town, manage resources and explore a variety of mini-games and tons of upgrades. Fully automate your game and watch numbers going up!
Tower DefenseIdlerStrategyAutomationResource ManagementActionMinigamesVoxelBase BuildingIncremental
-15%$8.49Crown Siege
3 days ago · JOrbits Games
Both: Tower Defense
A short incremental siege game centered around growing and strengthening an army to defend your kingdom. Seize the crown from an endless wave of enemies for your best chance at survival!
IncrementalAuto BattlerTower DefenseCasualIdlerActionHack and SlashMedievalSimulationStrategy
$3.99Last Hope: Zombie Autobattler
Jul 27 · Hands-Off Games
Both: Tower Defense
Build your towers and let them do the killing! Connect 12 unique towers through the Reactor to discover 144 devastating synergies. Kill endless zombie hordes, mutate them for bigger rewards, and push your build to the limit in a chaotic bullet hell.
Tower DefenseIdlerZombiesBullet HeavenRogueliteRoguelikeResource ManagementSurvivalPost-apocalypticStrategy
-15%$1.69Card Shelter Defence
4 days ago · NeographGamer
Both: Tower Defense
Recruit cards, assign them to shelters, and stop incoming waves in a strategic tower defense game. Combine three cards to strengthen your forces, manage limited resources, and adapt to each scenario.
StrategyTower Defense2DSingleplayerCard BattlerFamily FriendlyResource ManagementIndie
-40%$14.99Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
Oct 9 · Ocean Drive Studio, Inc.
Both: Top-Down
Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.
Turn-Based TacticsRogueliteTurn-Based StrategyTactical RPGJRPGRoguelikeStrategyTurn-Based CombatTop-DownGrid-Based Movement👍 1,299
$14.99Eslabong
Aug 24 · shirowita
Both: Tactical · Fantasy
Arena combat meets mercenary club management. Recruit from a dynamic market, build your squad, and compete season after season in leagues and cups.
Early AccessAuto BattlerStrategyManagementRPGTacticalCombatCharacter CustomizationFantasyMedieval👍 1,118
$4.99Operation: Outbreak Idle
Sep 4 · DeadLogics
Both: Tower Defense
Command automated military defenses, upgrade your fortress, and survive massive zombie waves in this action-packed idle defense game. Build powerful defenses, unlock upgrades, and hold the line against endless undead hordes.
Tower DefenseZombiesStrategySingleplayerCasualSurvivalShoot 'Em UpIncrementalShooter3D
$14.99Treasure 'n Trio
Oct 9 · TNT
Both: Top-Down · Fantasy
Team up with a brute-force warrior, a nimble and wily thief, and a cowardly wizard with teleportation magic. Use all three characters with different abilities at the right time to solve puzzles and collect treasures!
SingleplayerSokobanPuzzleGrid-Based MovementStrategy2DTop-DownPixel GraphicsFantasyIndie👍 242
$13.99Sol Cesto
Apr 10 · Tambouille, Géraud Zucchini, Chariospirale
Both: Tactical · Fantasy
Sol Cesto is a tactical and frantic roguelite where mastering your luck is key. Choose a hero, upgrade them using cursed teeth and magical items, and descend to the bottom of an ever-changing dungeon. In this dark world, every action has consequences…
Dungeon CrawlerRoguelikeTacticalPuzzleAtmosphericFantasyGamblingProcedural GenerationMysteryTurn-Based👍 4,849
$1.00Dealer's Dice
Sep 7 · OFFMOON Inc.
Both: Tower Defense
Trapped in the twisted game room of a mysterious entity, Dealer's Dice is a high-stakes roguelike dice-defense game. Collect powerful dice, manage your betting table, and gamble against relentless waves of invaders. Push your luck, test your greed, and survive.
Tower DefenseIncrementalCasualDiceRoguelikeRogueliteStrategyChoices MatterIndieArcade
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$6.99Claws of Power
Aug 21 · 蒜苗
Both: Tower Defense
Claws of Power is a cute, real-time card battle game. With a variety of unique and adorable cat cards, each one could be your key to victory. Strategize by building different decks and using items to overcome challenges and claim the throne as the ultimate cat leader.
Tower DefenseCard BattlerHand-drawnCatsReal Time TacticsCuteCasualCard Game2DRelaxing👍 170
$19.99Fogpiercer
Jul 17 · Mad Cookies Studio
Both: Difficult
Fight through the fog in this sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder where clever positioning, explosive chain-reactions, and the environment itself can make the difference between life and death.
StrategyRoguelikeCard GameDeckbuildingRoguelike DeckbuilderTurn-Based CombatCard BattlerRogueliteDifficult2D👍 614
$39.99Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era
Apr 30 · Unfrozen
Both: Tactical
Heroes of Might and Magic: Olden Era is the official prequel hailing back to the origins of the genre-defining, critically acclaimed series of turn-based strategy games. Raise grand armies and wield devastating spells to overcome your foes in both solo and multiplayer.
StrategyRPGTurn-Based StrategyMultiplayerGrand StrategySimulation4XTacticalTurn-Based TacticsWar👍 19,290
-20%$3.99Died in the Tower Again
3 days ago · BANANAK
Both: Top-Down
Climb a tower that never lets you leave. Move — your spells fire themselves. Combine 8 elements into automatic synergies, awaken them twice, and gamble on relics that break the rules. Die, bank your gold, climb again. 100 floors, 35 relics, 14 artifacts, and a leaderboard that remembers.
Bullet HeavenAction RoguelikeRoguelikeRogueliteBullet HellPixel GraphicsSingleplayer2DTop-DownAction
$19.99The Front
Oct 30 · Samar Studio
Both: Tower Defense
The Front is a survival open-world crafting sandbox game. You are a resistance fighter sent back in time to stop the rise of a tyrannical empire. Collect resources, craft tech, build shelters, and fight monsters to accomplish your mission.
Open World Survival CraftMultiplayerSurvivalCraftingBase BuildingBuildingOpen WorldTower DefenseSandboxShooter👍 9,553
$19.99Super Fantasy Kingdom
Oct 24 · Super Fantasy Games
Both: Fantasy
Rebuild your kingdom and explore a vibrant fantasy world in this roguelite city builder. Defeat hordes of monsters with a unique team of defenders as you harvest, build, mine, cook, brew, and grow. But if your defenses should fail, be prepared to watch it all burn!
StrategyRoguelikeRogueliteFantasyRPGCard GameDeckbuildingRoguelike DeckbuilderTurn-Based CombatCard Battler👍 5,630
$14.99Territory: Farming and Warfare
Feb 4 · Wit Studio
From a small village of a dozen people to a small kingdom of thousands of people. Arrange for residents to work, gathering, fishing and hunting, farming and mining, processing and manufacturing. Trade, accumulate supplies, increase your strength, and fight evil forces and monsters.
SingleplayerSimulationBase BuildingCity BuilderStrategySandboxAutomationPixel GraphicsResource ManagementBuilding👍 738
$1.99Critter Chaos TD
Oct 31 · Chaos Creations
Both: Tower Defense
Critter Chaos TD is a fast, frantic and chaotic Tower Defence game in which you must rid the world of the evil Critters. Build stations and guns to fortify your defences and prevent the various types of Critters from reaching your base.
StrategyAction RTSWargameTower DefenseRTSEarly AccessCasualActionIndieBase Building
-25%$9.74Dead Weight
Jul 16 · Klukva Games
Both: Tactical
Face the Ancient Gods! Set the sails of your flying pirate ship and embark on a roguelite adventure in the steampunk world of Dead Weight. Explore floating islands in search of loot. Choose a class and enjoy turn-based tactical combat on tiny battlefields where every step matters.
Turn-Based CombatStrategyRPGReplay ValuePixel GraphicsTurn-BasedTurn-Based StrategyTacticalRoguelikeAdventure👍 583
-30%$8.39Creator Chronicles
7 days ago · Origin Studio
Both: Top-Down
A game within a game. In this entirely new kind of simulation RPG, become a guild master, develop your town, recruit guild members, and conquer dungeons. Every decision you make becomes your own chronicle.
City BuilderManagementCRPGPixel GraphicsTop-DownMultiple EndingsBuildingEconomyCraftingRPG👍 501
$12.99The Spell Brigade
Apr 29 · Bolt Blaster Games
Survivors-like with ONLINE CO-OP for 1-4 players. Team up with your wizard friends to slay hordes of dark creatures. Complete team-based objectives, unlock new upgrades and create overpowered spell synergies. Friend nor foe is safe in this friendly fire bullet hell!
Bullet HeavenOnline Co-OpRogueliteBullet HellCo-opAction RoguelikeRoguelikeMagicMultiplayerAction👍 14,750
-15%$3.39Tower Realm
Aug 11 · Charge Piggy Studio , Kitchen Group
Tower Realm is a high-strategy Magic Tower RPG collection with fixed maps and stats, auto turn-based battles, and precise resource-route planning. Clear hardcore with no supplies, or use the Green Key to lower difficulty. Earn clear points to unlock custom challenges.
AdventureStrategyRPGPuzzleJRPGBoard Game2D PlatformerTurn-Based TacticsDungeon Crawler2D👍 110
$10.99Sineus Arena Survivors
Jun 22 · Sineus Games
Both: Tower Defense
Fight hordes and defend your Stronghold in a bullet heaven survivor-like with co-op and tower defense. Gain power-ups every level, collect random artifacts from chests and grow stronger to survive, defeat the boss and claim a top spot on the Sineus Arena leaderboards!
Bullet HeavenAction RoguelikeRoguelikeOnline Co-OpCo-opBullet HellLootTower DefenseScore AttackIndie👍 1,163
-10%$7.19Bot slash Bot
3 days ago · Traveller's Box
Both: Difficult · Top-Down
You click - You dash - You slash. Bot slash Bot is a fast-paced, top-down Hack n‘ Slash in which you control a rogue robot slashing & dashing through your former co-machines holding you captive! It's all about speed. Time is running out.
Fast-PacedHack and SlashArcadeIndieDifficultTop-DownPost-apocalypticCombatTime AttackSwordplay
$2.99Neophyte
May 15 · Regal Pigeon
A mini topdown action roguelike with chaotic spell-slinging hack-n-slash combat. Collect spells, choose perks and discover powerful synergies to become an unstoppable monster-slaying wizard.
Action RoguelikeActionArcadeRogueliteMagicRoguelikeSingleplayer2DIndiePixel Graphics👍 660



