Games like Hold The Line
by The Big Studio
Band of Defenders and John Carpenter's Toxic Commando play most like Hold The Line. Of the 16 closest games below, most share its tower defense, fps and shooter; 4 came out in the last year, 11 are free or under $10 and 6 have co-op. The best known is Left 4 Dead, with 58,275 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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Band of Defenders
Apr 5, 2018 · Alda Games
Both: FPS · Real Time Tactics · Tower Defense
A Co-Op FPS game with base building in a post-apocalyptic world. Craft weapons, build barricades and automated turrets, unlock new gear and items for visual customization and kill all savages and mutants trying to destroy the remnants of human civilization.
FPSWargameReal Time TacticsTower DefenseBase BuildingSandboxPvEReal-TimeBuildingShooter👍 313John Carpenter's Toxic Commando
Mar 12 · Saber Interactive
Both: Shooter · FPS · First-Person
Pick a character and team up with three friends ‘cause it’s time to save the world. Experience intense FPS action as you obliterate hordes of terrifying monsters! You may not be on the best team of mercenaries, but you are… a Toxic Commando!
ZombiesOnline Co-OpShooterFPSPvEActionAdventureLooter ShooterFirst-PersonAction-Adventure👍 6,302DEADLINE: LAST CHECKPOINT
5 days ago · Redcontroller Interactive
Both: FPS · Tower Defense · Shooter
Hold the gate against relentless zombie hordes in DEADLINE: LAST CHECKPOINT, a low-poly FPS with tower defense and permanent upgrades. Build your defenses, unlock powerful weapons, and call in air support across four campaign locations. Then test your limits in Endless mode.
FPSIncrementalTower DefensePvEShooterStrategy3DFirst-PersonBase BuildingStylizedLeft 4 Dead
Nov 17, 2008 · Valve
Both: FPS · Shooter
From Valve (the creators of Counter-Strike, Half-Life and more) comes Left 4 Dead, a co-op action horror game for the PC and Xbox 360 that casts up to four players in an epic struggle for survival against swarming zombie hordes and terrifying mutant monsters.
ZombiesCo-opMultiplayerFPSActionHorrorShooterOnline Co-OpSurvivalTeam-Based👍 58,275Sanctum 2
May 15, 2013 · Coffee Stain Studios
Both: Tower Defense · FPS · First-Person
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
Tower DefenseFPSCo-opStrategyActionSci-fiOnline Co-OpIndieMultiplayerFirst-Person👍 7,454Hold your houses
Jan 31, 2017 · WhackAKey Games
Both: Tower Defense · Shooter · Real Time Tactics
Have you ever been in a robbery and didn't have weapons to defend yourself and your house? Well now you can, with hold your houses you have a variety of weapons to use to help you defend yourself, your house and take on those unwanted robbers.
ActionStrategyTower DefenseShooterReal Time TacticsFPS3DFirst-PersonAtmosphericMilitaryOut of Ammo
Sep 14, 2016 · RocketWerkz
Both: Tower Defense · FPS · Real Time Tactics
Out of Ammo is an intense VR Tower Defense / FPS hybrid strategy game that will have you constructing defenses, calling in artillery, issuing orders, and taking direct control of your soldiers in order to survive a relentless enemy onslaught.
VRTower DefenseFPSStrategyReal Time TacticsBase BuildingShooterCo-opOnline Co-OpPvE👍 699Endless Horde
Apr 10, 2017 · Ominous Entertainment
Both: Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics
The horde is here to eat your brain and murder every single one of your scientists. Gather your forces, this is the last stand before we lose the facility! Place guards, close doors, and position traps. Survive as long as you can!
Tower DefenseZombiesSurvivalActionTacticalSingleplayerIndieGoreStrategyReal Time Tactics👍 171Alien Shooter TD
Jan 13, 2017 · Sigma Team Inc.
Both: Tower Defense · Shooter · Real Time Tactics
Innovative Tower Defense inspired by legendary Alien Shooter series! The game was created in keeping with the best traditions of Sigma`s games, no concessions of any kind - everything is just like in real life!
GoreTower DefenseStrategyActionShooterSci-fiSurvivalReal Time TacticsViolentAliens👍 677SENTRY
Mar 25, 2024 · Fireblade Software
Both: Tower Defense · FPS · First-Person
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👍 854From Them
May 30, 2024 · JJTheJetPlane27
Both: FPS · Tower Defense · First-Person
A short first person wave defense surrounding mutant creatures invading your town. Collect materials and fire power from the hardware and gun store, build traps to defend yourself, and survive 6 nights. Comes with Unreal Engine 5 project files.
HorrorActionFPSTower DefenseDarkAtmosphericFirst-PersonStylizedCombatFree to PlayAge of Darkness: Final Stand
Jan 15, 2025 · PlaySide
Both: Tower Defense
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
Tower DefenseAction RTSStrategyRTSBase BuildingPvEDark Fantasy3DFantasyStylized👍 9,497Yet Another Zombie Defense
Mar 28, 2014 · Awesome Games Studio
Both: Tower Defense · Shooter
Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.
ZombiesSurvivalMultiplayerCo-opTower DefenseActionIndieShooterStrategyOnline Co-Op👍 7,674Operation: Outbreak Idle
Sep 4 · DeadLogics
Both: Tower Defense · Shooter
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
Also worth a look
Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
GTFO
Dec 9, 2021 · 10 Chambers
Both: FPS · Shooter
GTFO is a hardcore cooperative horror shooter that throws you from gripping suspense to explosive action in a heartbeat. Stealth, strategy, and teamwork are necessary to survive in your deadly, underground prison. Work together or die together.
Online Co-OpHorrorFPSCo-opMultiplayerDifficultShooterSurvival HorrorActionStealth👍 46,240Outpost: Infinity Siege
Mar 26, 2024 · Team Ranger
Both: Tower Defense · FPS
Command Mobile Outpost and take XEN Firearm to venture deep into the Signet surveillance off-limit area. Collect unique Weapon Units. Amp up the firepower of the Outpost that fights with you. This is an FTD game - FPS, Tower Defense, Base Building and much more all at the same time.
Robots3DTower DefenseBase BuildingFPSResource ManagementCo-opSingleplayerPost-apocalypticSci-fi👍 11,642
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