Games like Cornered
by Oddment Labs
Ghosts Keep Out and Megabonk play most like Cornered. Of the 17 closest games below, most share its tower defense and roguelike; 4 came out in the last year, 12 are free or under $10 and 1 has co-op. The best known is Megabonk, with 100,529 Steam reviews.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
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Ghosts Keep Out
Jun 17 · Only Fun Games
Both: Tower Defense · Bullet Hell · Roguelike
Defend your base in this Roguelite survival shooter TD! Mix random skills + evolve gems to craft your Build. 5-min fast rounds, intense zombie & ghost hordes. Triple progression: Spirits, guns, heroes. Easy to learn, hard to put down. Low barrier, high ceiling. Every run is fresh!
CasualStrategyTower DefensePost-apocalypticBullet HellRoguelike2DZombiesRogueliteSingleplayer👍 130Megabonk
Sep 18, 2025 · vedinad
Both: Roguelike · Bullet Hell · Survival
Smash your way through endless waves of enemies and grow absurdly powerful! Grab loot, level up, unlock characters and upgrade to create unique and crazy builds as you fend off hordes of creatures!
Bullet HeavenAction RoguelikeRoguelikeRogueliteIndieBullet HellSurvivalLootActionSingleplayer👍 100,529STAND: Survive, Team-up, And Never Die
Jan 24, 2025 · Citron Games
Both: Bullet Hell · Tower Defense · Survival
Team up with survivors, customize your character, and combine over 70 weapons and items to defend your central tower against endless waves of enemies. Choose your skills, craft insane synergies, and unleash chaos in intense bullet-hell combat.
Outbreak SimBullet HellTower DefenseSurvivalPvERoguelikeCharacter CustomizationStrategy2DIsometricIsle of Arrows
Sep 8, 2022 · Gridpop
Both: Tower Defense · Roguelike · Minimalist
Isle of Arrows is a Puzzle Tower Defense game in which you build a fortress in the sky. Place towers, expand the isle, and build your own paths. Can you find the perfect spot for each tile to beat the RNG and defend against waves of invaders?
Tower DefenseRoguelikePuzzleBoard GameStrategyMinimalistChoices MatterRogueliteProcedural GenerationColorful👍 940Dome Keeper
Sep 27, 2022 · Bippinbits
Both: Roguelike · Tower Defense
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
SingleplayerPost-apocalypticRoguelikeActionSci-fiCombatResource ManagementTower DefensePixel GraphicsAtmospheric👍 19,020SENTRY
Mar 25, 2024 · Fireblade Software
Both: Tower Defense · Survival
SENTRY is an action-defense first person shooter where you defend your spaceship against invading aliens. Plot an escape route through hostile space and battle the enemy across your vessel with the support of traps, turrets and environmental destruction.
Tower DefenseStrategyFPSSci-fiSurvivalActionColorfulStylized3DFirst-Person👍 854Cluckmech Oasis
May 9, 2024 · BlackLight
Both: Roguelike · Tower Defense
Cluckmech Oasis, a top-down shooting Roguelike tower defense game. Play as the Warcluck and lead your team of animal heroes in a fight for survival. Collect, build and upgrade defenses, and engage in intense battle against waves of plant enemies.
StrategyRoguelikeTower DefensePixel GraphicsTop-Down ShooterCuteRogueliteBuildingActionShooter👍 3,081Outhold
Dec 12, 2025 · Tellus Games
Both: Tower Defense · Minimalist
Outhold is a short, strategic incremental game that blends tower defense with a deep meta-progression. Experiment with builds and find overpowered synergies to defend the dwindling fires of Outhold.
IncrementalTower DefenseStrategyMinimalistManagementRelaxingCasualArcadeShooterCombat👍 1,821Fortress Fury
Jan 21 · Kervado
Both: Tower Defense · Bullet Hell
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-DownCuteColorfulMagicRogue Tower
Jan 28, 2022 · Die of Death Games
Both: Tower Defense · Roguelike · Minimalist
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.
Tower DefenseStrategyRoguelikeCasualProcedural Generation3DMinimalistBase BuildingRogueliteSingleplayer👍 5,776Utopia Must Fall
Sep 9, 2024 · Pixeljam
Both: Tower Defense · Bullet Hell
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.
Early AccessArcadeCasualRogueliteTower DefenseAction RoguelikeBullet HellDark ComedyActionShoot 'Em Up👍 1,278Outpost
May 1, 2020 · Open Mid Interactive
Both: Tower Defense · Survival · Roguelike
Outpost brings the perfect mix between survival and roguelite gameplay. Start the game in a randomly generated environment and try to adapt, and make it through as many nights as possible. How long can you survive?
Free to PlayIndieStrategyTower DefenseSurvivalRoguelikeSingleplayerRogueliteCasualTop-DownInfectonator: Survivors
Aug 8, 2016 · Toge Productions
Both: Survival · Tower Defense
"Infectonator : Survivors" is a Randomized Permadeath Survival Simulator that combines RTS, Tower Defense, Roguelike, and Management-Simulation gameplay. The goal is to lead a group of survivors in a struggle to stay alive and find rescue in a zombie apocalyptic world.
ZombiesStrategySurvivalIndiePixel GraphicsSimulationTower DefenseRPGActionAdventure👍 1,000Paper Planet
Aug 21, 2023 · Doodlegames
Both: Tower Defense · Bullet Hell · Roguelike
Paper Planet is a planet-defender, arcade roguelike with a doodley, Flash-inspired artstyle. Battle through waves of unique enemies and bosses. Combine items with strange and wacky effects for insanely overpowered runs. Play with 1-4 players, for some chaotic co-op fun!
Action RoguelikeTower DefenseBullet HellLocal Co-OpArcadeRoguelikeShoot 'Em UpHand-drawnBullet HeavenCartoony👍 380Beach Defense: Zombie Invasion
Jun 11 · Only Fun Games
Both: Tower Defense · Bullet Hell · Roguelike
Command soldiers, survive zombie waves! A light strategy game mixing turn-based & real-time strategy, bullet hell, and backpack-like mechanics. Fit troops into limited backpack slots, build max firepower, challenge difficulty levels, and defend the last beach. Perfect for tower defense & fans.
CasualStrategyTower DefenseBullet HellRoguelikeSingleplayer2DRogueliteCuteCartoon👍 200Road Defense: Outsiders
May 28, 2023 · Minicactus Games
Both: Tower Defense · Bullet Hell
Protect vehicles on the road and survive! Road Defense: Outsiders is a game that combines elements of the 'roguelike' and 'tower defense' genres. Upgrade the towers and your own skills to be able to annihilate all the life around you!
Action RoguelikeCasualPixel GraphicsTop-Down ShooterActionIsometricRogueliteTower DefenseBullet HellSingleplayer👍 162Block Tower TD
Jun 9, 2023 · MyDreamForever, Tazdraperm
Both: Tower Defense · Roguelike · Minimalist
Block Tower TD is a roguelike tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Build a world out of blocks, choose random upgrades to make every run unique.
StrategyTower DefenseCity BuilderSandboxRoguelikeRoguelite2DFantasyIsometricMinimalist
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Vampire Survivors
Oct 20, 2022 · poncle
Both: Bullet Hell · Roguelike
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
Action RoguelikeBullet HellVampiresRoguelitePixel Graphics2DIndieSingleplayerCasualRoguelike👍 251,906
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