Games like Midnight Gunwatch
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Yet Another Zombie Defense and Armed to the Gears play most like Midnight Gunwatch. Of the 16 closest games below, most share its tower defense, shooter and top-down shooter; 3 came out in the last year, 15 are free or under $10 and 5 have co-op. The best known is Yet Another Zombie Defense, with 7,674 Steam reviews.
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Yet 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👍 7,674Armed to the Gears
Apr 8, 2020 · WS Software
Both: Top-Down Shooter · Tower Defense · Shooter
Control a fully armed Mech and fight through cyberpunk cities, military bases and industrial ruins. Capture and defend territories, build turrets and structures, and wage war against powerful enemies!
Top-Down ShooterTower DefenseRTSShooterTop-DownCyberpunkMechsPost-apocalypticBase BuildingIsometric👍 178Zombie Builder Defense
Nov 2, 2018 · Noham Games
Both: Tower Defense · Top-Down Shooter
Top down, action packed, multiplayer, zombie shooter. Build your base with friends and see how long you can survive the endless horde of zombies. Level up with friends, or alone, how you die is up to you.
ActionZombiesOnline Co-OpBase BuildingSurvivalTower DefenseTop-Down ShooterMultiplayerCo-opViolent👍 285Ultimate Zombie Defense
Dec 8, 2020 · Terror Dog Studio
Both: Tower Defense · Top-Down Shooter
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👍 1,408STILLTRACE
Sep 15 · AdroVGames
Both: Tower Defense · Shooter · Top-Down Shooter
A night survival horror where your flashlight is your best weapon. Scavenge by day, defend the beacon by night and survive 14 days — alone or with a friend in the new online co-op.
AdventureActionTower DefenseShooter2D PlatformerTop-Down Shooter2DTop-DownAtmosphericSurvivalNecrosmith
Jul 13, 2022 · Alawar
Both: 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👍 4,896Sky Fleet
Dec 17, 2021 · Enno Games
Both: Tower Defense · Top-Down Shooter · Shooter
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-DownStrategyBand of Defenders
Apr 5, 2018 · Alda Games
Both: Tower Defense · PvE · Shooter
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👍 313Last Hope - Tower Defense
Apr 13, 2016 · JE Software
Both: Tower Defense · 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👍 356DEADLINE: LAST CHECKPOINT
5 days ago · Redcontroller Interactive
Both: Tower Defense · PvE · 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 BuildingStylizedVERSUS SQUAD
Oct 26, 2016 · DiezelPower
Both: Tower Defense · Top-Down Shooter · 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👍 527Lumencraft
Feb 28, 2023 · 2Dynamic Games
Both: Tower Defense · Shooter · Top-Down Shooter
Lumencraft is a unique combination of a top-down, rogue-like shooter and base building with tower defense elements. Dig and light up dark halls of a fully destructible environment on procedurally generated maps and campaign levels to find precious Lumen - humanity's only chance for survival.
ActionStrategyAction RoguelikeSandboxTower DefenseShooterAction RPGExplorationTop-Down ShooterTwin Stick Shooter👍 1,088Garden of the Dead
5 days ago · Lungu Daniel
Both: Tower Defense · PvE · Top-Down
A tower-defense with the roles reversed, where you play the Supreme Rotten and command an army of 14 Rottens to defend your house from endless waves of mutant, vengeful plants.
StrategyTower DefenseCasualPvE2DTop-DownPost-apocalypticActionIndieZombiesOver 9000 Zombies!
Feb 25, 2015 · Loren Lemcke
Both: Tower Defense · Top-Down
Over 9000 Zombies! is top-down arcade action blown out of all reasonable proportions. An endless horde of zombies is coming your way, how long can you survive?
Action RoguelikeZombiesMultiplayerTwin Stick ShooterCo-opTower DefenseTop-DownPixel GraphicsRoguelikeSurvival👍 1,208Planetary Defense: An Orbital Turret Defense System
Aug 11, 2022 · SODEC Games
Both: Tower Defense · Top-Down Shooter · Shooter
2D space shooter and turret defense come together to create the Planetary Defense System this world needs! Shoot down asteroids and aliens and survive the bosses in this arcade like game featuring customizable satellites, projectiles, and upgradable Cannon and Planet Shield systems.
ActionTower DefenseTop-Down ShooterSpaceShooterStrategyPixel Graphics2DHand-drawnTop-Down
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Share some of the same DNA, but further from the original.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
May 5, 2009 · PopCap Games, Inc.
Both: Tower Defense
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👍 143,747Outhold
Dec 12, 2025 · Tellus Games
Both: Tower Defense · Arcade · Shooter
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👍 1,821
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