Games like Garden of the Dead
by Lungu Daniel
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition and Minimalist Tower Defense play most like Garden of the Dead. Of the 16 closest games below, most share its tower defense, top-down and zombies; 4 came out in the last year, 15 are free or under $10 and 3 have co-op. The best known is Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, with 143,747 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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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
May 5, 2009 · PopCap Games, Inc.
Both: Tower Defense · Zombies
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
Tower DefenseZombiesStrategySingleplayerCasualClassicGreat Soundtrack2DComedyFamily Friendly👍 143,747Yet Another Zombie Defense
Mar 28, 2014 · Awesome Games Studio
Both: Zombies · Tower Defense
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👍 7,674Last Hope - Tower Defense
Apr 13, 2016 · JE Software
Both: Tower Defense · Zombies · Top-Down
Zombie Tower Defense: Join the ongoing war, in an open world, against the undead zombie horde. Choose between multiple powerful heroes all with unique epic gear and skills! With the wide variety of towers you can create your own perfect strategy.
Tower DefenseZombiesStrategyIndieAdventureTop-DownFemale Protagonist👍 356Ultimate Zombie Defense
Dec 8, 2020 · Terror Dog Studio
Both: Zombies · Tower Defense
Team up or face it alone in this top down zombie slaying defense adventure! Featuring up to 4 player online co-op, cleanse the infected wave by wave and upgrade your base with traps & defenses to build the Ultimate Zombie Defense. Can YOU stop them?
ActionCasualZombiesOnline Co-OpTower DefenseTop-Down ShooterCo-opGoreSurvivalMultiplayer👍 1,408Necrosmith
Jul 13, 2022 · Alawar
Both: Zombies · Tower Defense · Top-Down
A necromancer simulator. Assemble the dead using different body parts while upgrading your tower, combine the abilities of the different fantastic races to fight your way through the hordes of enemies and overrun the ’chosen ones’. To tell the truth, the dead are pretty, uhm, dumb.
ZombiesAction RoguelikeTower DefenseRogueliteBullet HellStrategyTop-DownRoguelike2DPixel Graphics👍 4,896Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense
May 6, 2021 · Prineside
Both: Tower Defense · PvE · Top-Down
Infinitode 2 - a strategy in the Tower Defense genre, in which the player will have to build towers to protect his base from endless waves of enemies. The game features huge maps, lots of towers, resource miners, upgrade tree and map editor.
Level EditorTower DefenseBuildingReal Time TacticsPvEStrategyTop-DownFree to Play2DCyberpunk👍 778Ghosts Keep Out
Jun 17 · Only Fun Games
Both: Tower Defense · Post-apocalyptic · Zombies
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👍 130Broken Universe - Tower Defense
Feb 4, 2023 · Jinthree Studio
Both: Tower Defense · PvE
Get ready to rethink all your defense strategies! Build barricades to stop monsters, or lure them into a maze and attack. A variety of stages that change each time depending on how you play them.
StrategyTower DefenseIndie2DCasualBuildingSurvivalSpacePvEBase Building👍 2892112TD: Tower Defense Survival
Jan 19, 2023 · Refinery Games
Both: Tower Defense · Top-Down
Get ready for the ULTIMATE tower defense onslaught. Build, deploy, research and upgrade your defenses in this epic, old school RTS inspired sci-fi adventure.
Tower DefenseStrategySingleplayerSci-fiSurvivalActionTacticalTop-DownIsometric2D👍 432VERSUS SQUAD
Oct 26, 2016 · DiezelPower
Both: Zombies · Tower Defense · Top-Down
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
ActionGoreIndieZombiesSurvivalTower DefenseCo-opTop-Down ShooterTwin Stick ShooterTop-Down👍 527Sky Fleet
Dec 17, 2021 · Enno Games
Both: Tower Defense · PvE · Top-Down
Sky Fleet is an online co-op action RTS. Work together to build a base and defend it from attacking drones. Mine resources to upgrade your ship and destroy the drone's base.
Tower DefenseTop-Down ShooterShooterBase BuildingAction RTSCity BuilderPvEPvPTop-DownStrategyGrim Nights
Oct 12, 2018 · Edym Pixels
Both: Tower Defense · Zombies
Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.
StrategyTower DefenseBase BuildingSurvival2DSide ScrollerZombiesRTSManagementBuilding👍 1,504Last Bastion Protocol
Sep 9 · mr_pancake
Both: Tower Defense · PvE
Defend the last evacuation corridors in a tactical tower defense game. Build and upgrade specialized towers, counter varied machine threats, and withstand HECATE's forces across the campaign, Siege, Skirmish, and Endless modes.
StrategyTower DefensePvEIndieAbstractDystopian Level EditorAtmosphericSingleplayerCasual
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Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense
Oct 1, 2021 · AutoAttack Games
Both: Tower Defense · PvE
An infinitely replayable multiplayer and single-player tower defense. Defend against waves of enemies and destroy the enemy's king before they destroy yours. Legion TD 2 is a one-of-a-kind game of tactics, teamwork, and prediction. Party as 1-8 players.
Tower DefenseMultiplayerAuto BattlerStrategyPvPReplay ValueCompetitiveOnline Co-OpCo-opPvE👍 12,618GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath
Jan 10, 2020 · Game in a Bottle
Both: Tower Defense · Top-Down
The epic tower defense dark fantasy journey continues! Create powerful gems with various abilities and take on the battle against an endlessly flowing army of monsters, and face the growing darkness as you fight your way back towards the Spiritforge.
Tower DefenseDifficultRTSStrategy2DTop-DownActionHand-drawnFantasyMedieval👍 2,694
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