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Looking for games like Barely Outnumbered? Here are top tactical management recommendations with a science fiction focus, selected from player-similarity data — start with Loop Defense: Acquisition Protocol, Astro Company or Bubblecore: Survivors.

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  1. The peaceful takeover protocol is now active. The official report calls this a low-risk operation. The core device is charging, counterattack forces are closing in from every entrance, and the budget office still wants to know why you need another turret. Loop Defense is a single-player sci-fi tower defense game. Choose operations across a star map, build a defense for each site, and keep the co… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Loop Defense: Acquisition Protocol.

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  2. An endless tower defense where you build the path, shape your defenses, and break the game with powerful synergies. Astro Company is an endless low-poly tower defense roguelike where you defend a central Core against relentless waves of asteroids, ships, and bosses. But the enemies don't come with a predefined route. Before the battle begins, you create their path to the Core yourself. Make… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astro Company.

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  3. Every bubble holds a reward—and a new threat.Bubblecore: Survivors is an endless single-player tower defense roguelite where you decide when the next attack begins. A mysterious world of resource-filled bubbles surrounds the Citadel. Pop one to instantly claim wood, stone, food, ether, or another valuable reward. But beware: every bubble also releases a group of monsters that immediately advances… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bubblecore: Survivors.

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  4. Build your defenses. Hold the line.Red Conflict 2044 is a sci-fi survival RTS combining base building and tower defense. Defend your territory against escalating waves of genetically engineered Soviet super soldiers in an alternate 2044. Draw fortifications for drone swarms to construct. Combine defenses against ground and air attacks, and unleash chain explosions that tear through enemy formatio… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Red Conflict 2044.

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  5. Build by Day. Survive by Night.Awakening of Darkness is a 2D top-down survival strategy game that combines city building, tower defense, and roguelike elements into a tense and immersive experience. During the day, gather resources, build your village, and prepare your defenses. When night falls, waves of terrifying creatures rise from the darkness — and only your planning will keep you alive. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Awakening of Darkness: Build, Survive and Defend.

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  6. Skyward Bastion is a tower defense roguelite set on floating islands. Build and upgrade your defenses, survive endless waves of enemies, and explore procedurally expanding maps under a living day-night cycle. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Skyward Bastion.

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  7. Build a stained-glass war-flower. Break its rules. See how far it grows.PRISMBLOOM is an automatic-combat roguelite engine-builder about assembling a six-weapon crystalline Crown in the middle of a hostile garden. Enemies advance along six curling paths. Your Crown chooses its targets and fires automatically. You decide what weapons it grows, which colors they carry, how their effects connect, an… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to PRISMBLOOM.

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  8. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    74% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    An active skill-based siege defense game. Prepare your aim and quickly assess the coming onslaught. Survive a large-scale assault on your home as you build outward to strengthen your arsenal. Engage epic hordes. Encircle powerful upgrade runes. Enhance your weapons. Siege the day. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Siegecaster.

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  9. CLUSTER - Roguelike Tower Defense Defend your tower with strategy, not spam. In CLUSTER, you build your own upgrade system between waves using rotatable cluster cards. Colors, connectors, and positioning determine how powerful your tower becomes. CLUSTER is a tactical roguelike tower defense game built around a single central tower facing increasingly dangerous enemy waves. But the real battle… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Cluster - Roguelike Tower Defense.

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  10. Defend. Survive. Compete.The Demon King's army is invading the galaxy, but simply surviving isn't enough. In Glowbot Tower Defense, you'll build powerful defensive networks of glowing robotic defenders, battle endless waves of monsters, and compete against players around the world for leaderboard supremacy. Every map features global Steam leaderboards that track your highest wave survived, turnin… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Glowbot Tower Defense.

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  11. 68%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:optimization, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 34 reviews

    Recursive is a recursive incremental game about helping your kingdom survive by building yourself into something unstoppable. You start by clicking enemies for XP, then you turn that into upgrades that unlock more systems, more currencies, and more ways to scale. Unlock towns with their own minigames and progression, route their output back into your build, and keep feeding everything into your k… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Recursive.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 2,634 reviews

    Your empire faces relentless invasions from the savage Artronids, threatening its very existence. As Commander, you are the last line of defense against the deadly enemy onslaught. In this endlessly replayable experience, every battle presents fresh challenges with unpredictable outcomes. Take control of the battlefield by shaping the very ground your enemies march on. Expand and modify terrai… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tower Dominion.

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  13. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    74% User Score Based on 462 reviews

    Live real time battle, micromanagement and survive the battle with your army of your chosen, Live with mayhem and explosions. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Northend Tower Defense.

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  14. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    70% User Score Based on 543 reviews

    In Epic Monster TD - RPG Tower Defense, uncover a fantastical world of powerful elemental monsters and high-tech military robots! Command a team of monsters to defend the homeland from the invading robot armies If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Idle Monster TD.

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    76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    83% User Score Based on 1,472 reviews
    Critic Score 55%Based on 3 reviews

    Space Run is a PC game that mixes strategy and space ship construction in real time, borrowing certain mechanics from the “tower defense” system with numerous twists and hyper dynamic gameplay. Space Run is a nod to ‘80s science fiction and pays homage to many of its tropes and references. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Run.

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  17. Emberwall is a top-down roguelite tower defense game focused on path-building, resource management, and powerful tower combinations. Enemies march south from the darkness toward your castle—but their route is yours to reshape. Place tetromino-shaped wall pieces to redirect enemy waves, split their forces between equal paths, and create strong positions for your defenses. If you completely surroun… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Emberwall.

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  18. Descend deeper into an underground world, discover abandoned alien stations and use them to craft powerful upgrades. Every time you start a station, it attracts enemy waves, so going in unprepared is almost a guaranteed failure – turrets, drones, mines and traps become your main weapons and tools for controlling the battlefield. The world is split into several zones, from the relatively safe su… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hold & Advance.

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  19. END OF WAR: Global Front The machines have taken over. As humanity's last line of defense, build powerful defenses, protect your fusion reactor, and survive endless waves of machine attacks—alone or in online co-op. But every battle is part of something bigger. Every victory and defeat contributes to THE GREAT WAR, a persistent global conflict where players fight to reclaim six continents. The ev… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to End of War: Global Front.

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  20. A WAR YOU FIGHT AND COMMAND Phosphor Command puts you in charge of a company in a world consumed by war. Take contracts from brokers to fund your operation and your forward operating base. You have one task: survival. You'll deploy squads on tactical operations, research and upgrade technology and aspects of your FOB, run an economy that's always one bad cycle from collapse, and hold back an e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Phosphor Command.

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  21. 70%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, graphics
    100% User Score Based on 21 reviews

    OverviewDawnhold is a top-down action base-defense game about protecting the Sunstone, the last source of light in a world overrun by the Hollowborn. Gather resources, build walls and towers, fight enemy waves, and push outward from your base to assault Hollowborn strongholds. Each mission starts fresh, challenging you to balance building, gathering, combat, upgrades, and boss fights before the p… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dawnhold.

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  22. 33%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization
    46% User Score Based on 24 reviews

    Join our discord I made this version for galaxy.click, it had to be single threaded so the performance is a little worse and I had to change the physics engine which might introduce bugs.I would recommend playing the steam version or this version: https://louidev.itch.io/pachincro This is a demo for the upcoming release, full release expected in Late February  Any purchases will be provid… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pachincro.

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  23. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    83% User Score Based on 113 reviews

    castle idler is a short, relaxing idle tower defense game with no waves. idly upgrade towers, collect coins, and unlock a vast skill tree to defend your castle from a slime invasion. wishlist on steam join our discord! deploy a variety of towers along winding paths and continuously upgrade themprogress through increasingly difficult levels with trickier paths and tougher enemiesexplore the pres… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to castle idler.

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    91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 301 reviews

    A combination RTS and base builder with a brand new kind of enemy, the Calyx are a group of powerful plant-aliens that, left unchecked, quickly spread to control swathes of the map. As the only remaining occupant of an Avaris Corporation deep-space mining vessel, you’ve arrived in orbit around a barren-looking planet. While you’re trying to get over being frozen for more than a century, you’re … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Calyx.

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  25. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    79% User Score Based on 152 reviews

    BUILD BY DAY, SURVIVE BY NIGHT Use the daylight hours to expand your city, manage your resources carefully and fortify your defenses. When night falls, the rules change. Relentless waves of zombies advance with the sole purpose of destroying all you've built. Each night brings larger, more dangerous hordes, making preparation your only hope. In the darkness, nothing can be trusted. A NEW CHALLENGE… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to City Defense Z.

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  26. 97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    97% User Score Based on 67 reviews

    Mine. Maze. Merge. Survive. Dig for powerful gems, merge them into game-breaking towers, and pick roguelike perks to build wild synergies in this vibrant 2D pixel art roguelike tower defense. Do not let enemies drag your miner to the lava! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gem Miner TD.

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  27. 57%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    57% User Score Based on 60 reviews

    Desperate Place is a strategy tower defense game in which you need to play as the crew that was suddenly awakened early, and in the case of a colonial starship that suffered damage, come to an unknown planet to collect resources, repair the starship and defeat the alien monsters that suddenly appeared to escape from this desperate Place. On this unknown planet, you will need to use your limited s… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Desperate Place.

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  28. 37%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, story
    37% User Score Based on 252 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Band of Defenders.

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    78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    78% User Score Based on 2,144 reviews

    Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the Tauron droids' homeworld against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Taur.

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  30. You are outnumbered. Demons pour into the arena without end. Your only job: survive. But survival becomes domination. Knightmare is an auto-attack survival roguelike where the challenge is not aiming or twitch reflexes. Your weapons attack automatically. You focus on movement, survival, and build decisions. The real game happens on the upgrade screen, where every choice shapes your run and opens… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knightmared.

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  31. Rogue Blaster is a shooting game that adds a twist to the FPS genre by adapting some rogue-lite aspects. The planet you crash-landed on is teeming with monsters! Use different equipment and items to survive the attacks until your ship is ready to leave.Just Keep Shooting!Wield up to 6 types of guns that attack at once, and fight back the endless waves of enemies with your myriad of shots. Weapons … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rogue Blaster.

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  32. ONE TRAIN. ONE STOLEN TIMETABLE. AN ARMY AT YOUR BACK. Steel. Steam. Sorcery. Boiler & Blood is a tactical real-time-with-pause roguelite about building a dieselpunk armored train, commanding its crew, and fighting through hostile territory before a relentless army catches you. You have thirteen days to reach the enemy command train. Every mile burns coal. Every detour gives the army time to… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Boiler & Blood.

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  33. YOU'RE OUTNUMBERED. OUTSMART THEM. Fighting hundreds of zombies head-on is a good way to run out of bullets. In Respect the Horde, survival is about using the horde's predictable behavior against it. Build barriers to redirect its path, lure zombies where you want them, and funnel entire crowds into barbed wire, fire and deadly traps. The bigger the horde, the more important your plan becomes. … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Respect The Horde.

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  34. A Firefight at the Edge of Your Screen Park Sidebar Starship at the edge of your screen. It finds targets, opens fire, and turns enemy waves into stardust while you work. Want In? The Controls Are Yours Auto-fire is not auto-win: move with WASD or arrow keys; press Space to dash through bullets or escape a boss's fire. Spend stardust to unlock Autopilot for movement; touch the controls and it yiel… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Sidebar Starship.

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  35. Kingdom TD: Draft Your Demise turns the tower-defense economy inside out. Before every wave, choose the enemies you will face. Safer cards keep the road manageable. Greedier picks bring tougher creatures and deadlier combinations—but pay the gold your defenses need to grow. Every wave is a decision. Every decision is one you’ll have to survive. Build each incoming wave from enemy cards w… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kingdom TD: Draft Your Demise.

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  36. Idle Deathworks is an idle tower defense roguelite where the enemies trying to kill you are also the engine of your economy. Summon monsters to generate resources. Use their remains to expand the path, construct towers, and strengthen your defenses. The more pressure you create, the faster you can grow—but one greedy decision can end your run. THE HORDE IS YOUR INCOMEEnemies do not simply arrive… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Idle Deathworks.

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  37. COMMAND THE ULTIMATE DEEP SPACE FORTRESS! Embark on a perilous journey into the dark abyss of outer space. In this endless sci-fi tower defense game, you are the Commander of a high-tech starship cruising through hostile galaxies. Cosmic monstrosities and alien hordes are closing in from the void, drawn to your ship's energy core. You and your elite crew are the final line of defense between surv… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to We Grow Together.

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  38. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization
    100% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    Welcome to Shape TogetherShape Together blends factory-building with wave combat: lay mines, belts, and machines, automate shapes, and funnel your production to break the enemy heart. Build smart, adapt to new rules—and play solo or with friends on Steam. Build mines on ore, connect conveyor belts, and use splitters and teleport belts so your shapes always get where they need to go. Shape machine… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Shape Together.

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  39. WEIRD HILL IS UNDER SIEGEWhat started as whispers and strange incidents has turned into a full-scale outbreak. Waves of infected are closing in, and the town’s survival now depends on you. In The Hidden Evils Club, you defend a cursed town by building towers, managing resources, and making strategic decisions under pressure. Every street, every district, and every wave pushes your limits a little… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Hidden Evils Club.

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  40. Build the fleet. Take the shot. Armada Ascendant is a top-down fleet-tactics game built around direct, physical gunnery. Pull back from a ship, judge the power and angle, then release. Rounds leave the weapon dead-straight and only begin to drift after their accurate range, making close fire a test of aim and long fire a calculated risk.Every ship is your design Choose a hull, fit its real sockets… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Armada Ascendant.

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  41. 58%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story
    82% User Score Based on 22 reviews

    Build a flying fortress and defend it from every direction.HEXSTORM: Tears of Arcadia is a tactical tower defense with a roguelite structure where you command the flying fortress Arcadia and build a unified combat network of turrets, support modules, and resource collectors around it. This is not a tower defense about fixed paths and passive waiting. The battlefield evolves with you. Enemies atta… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to HEXSTORM: Tears of Arcadia.

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  42. 86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    86% User Score Based on 865 reviews

    Welcome to Drill Core, where corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining! By day, lead an elite crew of miners, carriers, and guards as they carve a path through hostile alien worlds. Build advanced facilities, upgrade deadly turrets, and prepare for relentless nightly assaults from alien lifeforms. Will you chase maximum efficiency at any cost, or play it safe and fight to survive? Drill Core i… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Drill Core.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    86% User Score Based on 1,486 reviews

    Build a city and defend it in this Tower Defense game blending Roguelite mechanics with turn-based building Strategy. Choose your hero, utilize synergistic tower upgrades, and face epic battles in procedurally generated landscapes. Nordhold is a tower defense game for strategy enthusiasts who crave high replayability through endless combinations. Build and manage a cozy medieval Nordic village wh… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Nordhold.

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    85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    85% User Score Based on 800 reviews

    Sentry is an action-defense first person shooter where you defend your spaceship against a relentless alien threat. Use traps, turrets and environmental destruction to repel invading hordes and engage the enemy in fast-paced FPS action across a dynamic singleplayer or co-op campaign. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SENTRY.

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  45. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 403 reviews
    Critic Score 62%Based on 1 reviews

    Mech Armada provides a fresh combination of turn-based tactics, deckbuilding and rogue-likes. You are in command of a team of custom-built Mechs. Push your strategic skills to the limit as you save what's left of the Earth from the Swarm. You'll need to plan carefully if you want to overpower the invading Swarm in a series of small tactical battles. Upgrade and build your deck of available Mechs,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mech Armada.

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    50%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, gameplay
    52% User Score Based on 46 reviews

    Defense Task Force is an infinite waves tower defense game for PC. The game that will appeal to gamers of all skill levels. Staged on a lifeless planet, with a breathable atmosphere called Delta Atheni, your role as commander is to defend the platform that's built to harvest energy and power Earth. You can defend by strategically building fortification towers, and attacking a large wave of continu… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Defense Task Force.

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  47. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    83% User Score Based on 861 reviews

    Super Sanctum TD is a retro-styled Tower Defense game that focuses on strategy, customization and replayability. Build advanced mazes and construct powerful towers to prevent alien hordes from reaching the Core! When the aliens swarm your maze and everything seems lost, use active abilities like Air Strike and Freeze to tilt the battlefield to your advantage. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Super Sanctum TD.

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  48. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    85% User Score Based on 9,352 reviews

    Dungeon of the Endless is a roguelike-like tower defense game. The player takes the role of survivors in a prison spaceship after its escape pods crash landed on a planet on their way to the Auriga system, which they were supposed to colonize as slaves. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeon of the Endless.

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    64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    63% User Score Based on 729 reviews
    Critic Score 67%Based on 6 reviews

    Space Run Galaxy is the sequel to Space Run, the game from one-man studio Passtech, which seduced hundreds of thousands of players with its dynamic and original game play. By twisting the tower-defense game style, Space Run offered an addictive real-time spaceship construction strategy experience. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Space Run Galaxy.

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