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Games like Compile & Defend

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  1. 74%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, story
    74% User Score Based on 113 reviews

    They... Are Coming... Like a Tide... ... Now... ...GameplayGather resources and establish your defenses before darkness falls, Then... Face countless enemies in their masses.Diverse Range of Defense Towers Classic Tower Defense GameplayExperience the thrill of strategic placement and upgrading to thwart the enemy's advance. Epic Scale with Thousands of EnemiesBrace yourself for massive battles aga… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Minimalist Tower Defense.

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  2. Get ready to defend your territory in this epic adventure!Face relentless waves of enemies as you explore and conquer four unique maps, each unlocked as you progress through the game. Every battle tests your strategy: you start with 20 life points and must survive until you defeat the four bosses of each map… or fall trying. Regardless of the outcome, you'll always be rewarded with gold coins,… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Knights & Towers.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    90% User Score Based on 539 reviews

    AI COMBAT ARENA - Assemble your robot squad, construct their AI and send them in the battle arena to see your strategy play out. Iterate, improve and repeat until you outsmart all your opponents and friends online. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Gladiabots.

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  4. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, atmosphere
    76% User Score Based on 84 reviews

    A new take on Tower Defense Combining mechanics from the beloved tower defense genre with auto battlers such as Autochess and Dota Underlords, this game features exciting gameplay, new challenges and great replay-value! Enemies and Bosses Defend your kingdom from hordes of monsters! Factions Each tower belongs to a faction, build multiple of the same faction to gain powerful buffs! Upgrade Towe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Broken Banners.

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  5. Write real code in a Python-like language to control one machine that copies itself. Then watch a thousand copies of your program eat a world. A single-player programming incremental game about self-replicating machines. You are handed one machine on a dead rock and a text editor. The machine can move, dig, sense the ground under it and read the colony's energy. Around lesson four it learns to do… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FORK BOMB: A Programming Game.

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  6. Most tower defense games ask you to place a tower and watch. Lords of Yeet! hands you a cursor and says "good luck." Your mouse is the weapon. Grab an enemy mid-march, haul it into the air, and Yeet! it into the air, into an enemy, behind it, or just straight down hard enough that gravity finishes the job. Turns out most things don't survive being thrown. It's not subtle. It's extrem… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lords of Yeet!.

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  7. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 696 reviews

    Tiny Tactics is a Tower Defense game with a heavy focus on mazing, with mechanics inspired by the Auto Chess genre. Tiny Tactics is a love letter to those of us who enjoy focusing on mazing in a Tower Defense. You will be considering your enemy's path at all times while you try to upgrade your units by combining duplicates, getting the perfect class combinations, and placing the right units with … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tiny Tactics.

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  8. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    61% User Score Based on 190 reviews

    ‘Alien Marauder’ is a real-time strategy game with survival and confrontation theme.In this game, you will be the leader to a treacherous alien planet, get all kinds of supplies to build your outpost, and deploy troops to resist the incoming vexans strategically! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Alien Marauder.

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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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  10. 38%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, atmosphere
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, music
    35% User Score Based on 115 reviews
    Critic Score 55%Based on 1 reviews

    Defense Technica is the next evolution in hardcore tower defense strategy games. Protect the core from an onslaught of unrelenting biomechanical terrors with a powerful range of tower defense units – each with their own upgradable features and methods of attacks. Engage the opposition in a variety of maps and prepare to rapidly shift tactics as weather, enemy paths, and even the terrain itself phy… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Defense Technica.

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  11. An incremental tower defense game where the enemy isn't just a wave, but a large-scale, dynamic physics-based simulation. Defend yourself from a relentless onslaught of insects with an arsenal of turrets, squads of soldiers, traps and walls. Shape the battlefield, control the advance of the swarm, and upgrade your defenses to survive. A Physics-Driven SwarmThe bugs aren’t just following waypoints… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Swarmbreaker.

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  12. PewPew TD is a tower defense game with a roguelite structure around it. A run takes you through four acts on a branching map, each act ends in a boss, and the horde spends the whole run adapting to the way you play. Between runs you unlock new content and try again.Merging towers Three copies of the same tower can merge into a starred form, and each tower has two starred paths that play very diffe… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Pew Pew TD.

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  13. Immerse yourself in the classic tower defense gameplay with a delightful blend of strategy and action! Manage turret upgrades, turret placement, coins, and interactables in the midst of the frenzy. Tailor your towers to your liking, exploring different combos to discover your preferred playstyle. Unlock new maps and towers as you progress, enhancing your arsenal and diversifying … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Loinkham TD.

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  15. 64%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, replayability
    64% User Score Based on 78 reviews

    Place Towers, Defeat Enemies, Stack Upgrades Strategically place your towers to fend off massive waves of thousands of enemies at once. Every defeated enemy grants resources you can use to endlessly upgrade your towers—more damage, faster shots, greater range. The pressure increases with every wave! Energy & Production Towers need power to fire—generate it using massive solar fields and d… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to This Isn't Just Tower Defense.

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  16. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    92% User Score Based on 283 reviews

    Welcome to the world’s weirdest factory. You don’t swing swords or cast spells, instead you build tiny heroes out of shapes, and hope for the best as they come up against endless swarms of increasingly brutal enemies. All in a day’s work! *BUILD IT WEIRED. BUILD IT STRONG. •Drop shapes onto conveyor belts to craft self-operation heroes. •Want a soldier? Try a circle and a triangle. •Want a tank? … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to ShapeHero Factory.

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  17. 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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  18. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    87% User Score Based on 1,311 reviews

    “Screeps” is a wordplay for “scripts” and “creeps.” It is an MMO RTS game for programmers in an open persistent shared world. Each player uses JavaScript (or compilers of other languages into JavaScript) to write AI of his or her colony of units (“creeps”) which live and operate in real time even while the player is offline. The game world is generated procedurally and consists of rooms. Players c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Screeps: World.

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  19. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    88% User Score Based on 1,354 reviews

    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. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Infinitode 2: Infinite Tower Defense.

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  20. 79%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, optimization
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, graphics
    79% User Score Based on 346 reviews
    Critic Score 80%Based on 1 reviews

    Create, automate and defend an impenetrable base. Assemble and command a Bot army to combat an entire Piratebot invasion. Build, program and battle your way through five different zones. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Autonauts vs Piratebots.

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  21. TOWER DEFENSE REDEFINEDDimensional rifts are tearing reality apart. Build, defend, and transcend across procedurally-themed worlds where every wave hits harder than the last — and every dimension cycle ramps the stakes. ⚔ THREE WAYS TO PLAYRANKED 1v1 — Versus Mode Same seed, same enemies, same starting gold. Whoever survives longer wins. Climb 19 tiers from 'Riftborn' to 'Dimension Sovereign' … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dimension Defenders.

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  22. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    71% User Score Based on 1,164 reviews

    EverSiege: Untold Ages is a "hero-driven" strategy rogue-lite where you don't just survive the siege, you break it. Build devastating combinations by fusing powerful Wargears with Elemental Essences, while summoning elite troops to overwhelm the Evil Master's hordes. Roam a procedurally generated kingdom, shifting with each run, to gather and grow unique powers as you rebuild the city's might upon… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to EverSiege: Untold Ages.

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  23. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story
    85% User Score Based on 170 reviews

    Repel the Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game set on an alien world. As a Commander of a mining expedition gone awry, you must defend against relentless waves of inter-dimensional creatures emerging from mysterious rifts. Progress your expedition, survey further into the unknown and track down the source of the rifts. Key Features Survey the UnknownEvery other day, survey the unknown to ex… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Repel the Rifts.

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  24. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    89% User Score Based on 154 reviews

    A roguelike royalelike about warriors from across space and time, fighting to claim a wish from the Star of Aestheta. Strategize your tactics, enhance your troops, and outwit your opponents to rise to the top! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Aestheta.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    86% User Score Based on 891 reviews

    Outhold is a tower defense game with incremental-style meta-progression. It's intended to be a short and compact experience, offering around 4-5 hours of gameplay across 10 levels, with some additional endgame content for those who like min/maxing builds. Addictive game loopStart a run, see how far you get. Use your collected resources to buy upgrades and try again. Become powerful enough to obl… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Outhold.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, grinding
    80% User Score Based on 575 reviews

    A Roguelite tower defense game where you can shape the terrain yourself. Build roads and rivers, construct defense towers and economic buildings, recruit units, learn spells, and defeat various enemies from land, water and air. Hundreds of unique talents and combinations await you to dig out! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Hexguardian.

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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, grinding
    92% User Score Based on 207 reviews

    Are you prepared for a thrilling toy army tower defense adventure? Welcome The Toy Shire! Battle diverse foes in various locations, defend your family, and repel foes from your area. Save the world by strengthening your defense with toy towers! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Toy Shire.

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    89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability
    89% User Score Based on 93 reviews

    Siegebreaker is an epic adventure through over two dozen hand-crafted levels in a world of magic and chaos. Defend, adapt, and conquer to defeat the fallen gods and restore order to the realm. TRAVEL A NEW PATH Discover over 40 unique upgrades and enhancements, and combine them to create novel builds and strategies. BUILD UNIQUE TOWERS Upgrade your towers to significantly alter their behavior and … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Siegebreaker.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    87% User Score Based on 1,142 reviews

    Buggos is an RTS Auto Battler where you direct a bug swarm to conquer the planet from the dirty resident humans! You unlock evolution points when defeating the humans in battle allowing you to customize your bug swarm. You are the bad guys! You are the evil bugs! You are here for blood! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Buggos.

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  31. 62%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, grinding
    100% User Score Based on 13 reviews

    They are coming. An endless wave of machines is advancing, and your base is the last line of defense. In Built the End, you must construct and adapt your defenses to survive increasingly dangerous robotic assaults in this fast-evolving take on the tower defense genre. Build and position a wide range of towers, each designed for a specific role. Some deliver heavy damage, others slow or disrupt e… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Built the End.

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  32. Defend your king. Break theirs. Next Level: Tower Defense is a competitive, race-based tower defense game built for fast decisions, sharp economy play, and multiplayer chaos. Pick a faction, place your units, manage gold and lumber, and survive wave after wave — while sending creeps down your opponents' lanes to finish the job.Classic TD depth, modern PvP Each match alternates between a build phas… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Next Level: Tower Defense.

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  33. Defend and enjoy the vibes You are part of the bridge head deployment on a hostile planet. Build an overcharged tower defense line around the Volta core. Place classic tower defense staple towers as well as state of the art audio-reactive (a.k.a Vibe) towers and ride escalating waves, synergies, and thunderous Volta Shock payoffs. Build Your Defense Choose from electric Bolt Spires, slowing F… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tower Vibes.

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  34. Don't Mind the Robots is a strategic tower defense game where your greatest weapon isn't firepower—it's planning. A rogue AI has taken control of everyday and industrial machines, turning them into a coordinated force that advances with precision. To survive, you must do more than defend; you must outthink a constantly adapting system. Build intricate mazes, manipulate enemy pathing, and turn ro… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Don't Mind the Robots.

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    87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    87% User Score Based on 370 reviews

    Legionbound is a retro party-based RPG where fights play out in modern autobattler style, where the choices you make when selecting your heroes makes the difference between huge runs and getting wiped. Recruit a ridiculous number of heroes, stack synergies, and see if your legion holds together when the enemies pour in wave after wave. Build up your party to up to 50 heroes at the same time. A far… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legionbound.

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  36. 85%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    85% User Score Based on 304 reviews

    Forge invincible defenses with lethal traps and devious machines, and crush relentless waves of adventurers in the ultimate tower defense showdown! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeon Warfare 3.

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  38. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    88% User Score Based on 33 reviews

    The Rats are invading the forest, and you are the SPIRIT OF VENGEANCE! Your objective is simple: EXPLORE the valley, EXPLOIT its resources, EXPAND your village, and EXTERMINATE the endless horde of Rats! You are a powerful Spirit of Vengeance, capable of cutting down thousands of Rats with your magical powers. But you cannot do this alone: you will need to harvest resources to construct build… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Kill A Million Rats.

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  39. 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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  40. 61%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, replayability
    61% User Score Based on 100 reviews

    A fastpaced, military tug-of-war game with minimal micromanagement. Choose and deploy from a mix of specialized military units to overwhelm the enemy. Experiment with a huge variety of unit compositions, synergies, abilities, and upgrades to lead your army to victory! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Operation: Polygon Storm.

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  41. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:humor, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, optimization
    78% User Score Based on 49 reviews

    Follow UsJoin our Discord Server to bring your feedback! About the GameConnect catapult freely and lay tracks to plan your multiple defense lines, activate elemental field domain, and damage and interfere with enemies. But note that this is the last line of defense of the homeland, and swear to guard the base until the last drop of blood! You need to design tracks and allocate vehi… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Loopstructor.

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  42. 92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, optimization
    92% User Score Based on 456 reviews

    Axon TD infuses a new layer of strategy into Mazing Tower Defenses. Typically, you build towers on the path to obstruct enemies and make the path longer. But what if you could take control of the map layout itself and expand things directly? In Axon TD, you're given a brush, and the map is your canvas! A Shifting BattlefieldThe name of the game is map manipulation. Place down tiles to make longer … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense.

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  43. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    75% User Score Based on 644 reviews

    Lumencraft is a top-down view action shooter with tower defence elements. Emerge into the fully destructible environment where light and shadow play key roles. Build your base, dig some tunnels... If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Lumencraft.

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  44. 72%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, gameplay
    72% User Score Based on 192 reviews

    All hands on deck! Pirate armada dead ahead! Take part in an uncompromising struggle repelling freebooters' assaults. Watch out, the enemy may catch the tide for ruining your fortress. Build towers, collect crystals, upgrade spells and believe in your victory! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Fort Defense.

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  45. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    95% User Score Based on 3,588 reviews

    Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Infested Planet.

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  49. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    96% User Score Based on 4,674 reviews

    The latest installment of the GemCraft series is a unique tower defense game, where, instead of towers, gems are the main weapon to fight endless hordes of monsters. Place your gems in towers, traps, or amplifiers, replace and switch them as you wish. Even combine them to create more powerful gems with powerful abilities, drop them as gem bombs or activate powerful buildings, the possibilities ar… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to GemCraft - Chasing Shadows.

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  50. 67%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:gameplay, story
    67% User Score Based on 82 reviews

    The castle needs a hero – hordes of trolls are surrounding it! Build towers, save money, learn spells - don't let the enemy in! Follow the exciting story of the dwarven kingdom's eternal struggle against the troll hordes, who want only to crush the dwarves and claim their territory. Unique units, a wide range of structures, spells, gold and various resources make this game that you will return to … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Royal Defense.

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