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Games like Core Defense: Prelude

Games like Core Defense: Prelude

Games like Core Defense: Prelude

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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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    97%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    97% User Score Based on 2,360 reviews

    Emberward is a unique tower defense game that focuses on maze building and interesting tower mechanics. Construct mazes with blocks of different shapes and set up defense towers on them to withstand the onslaught of monsters! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Emberward.

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  4. 95%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, monetization
    95% User Score Based on 1,634 reviews

    Die in the Dungeon is a deck-building, turn-based roguelite where your deck is not made out of cards, but DICE! In Die in the Dungeon, each dice represents a different action, from basic ones like attacking or healing to boosting other dice or copying their abilities. Improve the quality of your dice, combine them and acquire powerful relics to defeat the monsters that dwell in the dungeon! Find… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Die in the Dungeon: Origins.

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  5. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    97% User Score Based on 15,544 reviews
    Critic Score 90%Based on 5 reviews

    A minimalist game about building and defending a little kingdom. Thronefall is a classic strategy game without unnecessary complexity, just some healthy hack-and-slay. Build up your base during the day, and defend it ‘til your last breath at night. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Thronefall.

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  6. 89%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    89% User Score Based on 716 reviews

    You are an archer who will protect the castle from the invasion of monsters. In the castle you can manage the resources, create space and harvest products. When you level up you will be able to learn new skills to fight with stronger enemies. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The Defender: Farm and Castle.

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    88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    88% User Score Based on 586 reviews

    Tower Factory is a game where you have to build a factory that allows you to create enough towers to defend yourself from enemies. You'll need to find and destroy the enemy castle before it becomes too powerful and its monsters overwhelm you! Features: Constantly build, expand, and upgrade your factory. Acquire resources to build more and better towers. Explore the map to locate the enemy castle, … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tower Factory.

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  10. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    91% User Score Based on 784 reviews

    Check the full game! Discover more games from Goblinz About the Game Legend of Keepers: Prologue is a free playable alpha demo of Legend of Keepers. It's a tactical dungeon management game where you play as the bad guys! You're the Boss of the Dungeons Defending Department and need to protect the company's treasures against pesky heroes! This version of the game contains around 1-2 hours of g… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legend of Keepers: Prologue.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, replayability
    90% User Score Based on 1,088 reviews

    Tangy TD: Hero Tower Defense, Class Based, Roguelite, Item CombiningStrategic tower defense where you play a witch, place class-based towers, equip them with items that grant powerful abilities, combine them, create unique builds & deal ridiculous amounts of damage! Customize your builds with a deep stat system and giant skill tree! Move around Towers, Fight Big Bosses! Spend Skillpoints earn… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tangy TD.

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  12. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    84% User Score Based on 2,345 reviews

    Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers You've never played blackjack with cards like these! Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers is a roguelike deckbuilder where you play blackjack using lots of cards with unique effects that you would never expect to see in a game of blackjack. This is the demo for the game, there are more opponents, floors, and of course cards coming soon! In the meantime, wishlist the game o… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers.

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  13. 75%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, music
    75% User Score Based on 241 reviews

    Stray Path is an adventure and strategy game combining FreeCell and roguelike card. There are different characters and venturing in a randomly generated world. Dragging cards like FreeCell, optimizing choices, selecting equipment & items, discovering the truth of a stray world! Choice matters (the most!) In this breath-taking adventure, you will encounter different kinds of enemies. Whether to b… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Stray Path.

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    80%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    80% User Score Based on 4,343 reviews

    Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock new towers and buildings, build up your defenses, upgrade your towers through card draws and cash, expand the path tactically to control how enemies move and defend your tower. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rogue Tower.

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    100%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:replayability, story
    100% User Score Based on 300 reviews

    Clockwork cleanup is a auto-battler game where your actions are dictated by tiles of various shapes placed in a grid. Defeat waves of enemies to save the factory! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Clockwork Cleanup.

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  17. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    90% User Score Based on 1,077 reviews

    Dice Gameplay Manipulate dice in fun and novel ways to control the fickle Mana Dice and bend their fate to your will. Reroll, duplicate, split, flip and enchant with special effects to take command of the Mana Dice's random nature, and use them to cast your mighty spells.But beware, the foul Voidwalkers are spreading their influence on the once peaceful inhabitants of the world and has made them r… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to SpellRogue.

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  18. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    91% User Score Based on 3,536 reviews

    The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to The King is Watching.

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    86%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, stability
    86% User Score Based on 354 reviews

    Forward is a card-based adventure game to slay as many monsters as you can. Release Date March 2019 Developer Christophe Coyard developed Forward. You can follow the developer on Twitter and check the developer's portfolio. Platform Web browser If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Forward.

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  21. 93%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, story
    93% User Score Based on 1,168 reviews

    Create an army and use spells while it fights for you. Mage & Monsters is a strategic battler, where you must choose wisely between upgrading the might of your army, or increasing the power of your spells. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Mage and Monsters.

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  23. 91%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, optimization
    91% User Score Based on 3,000 reviews

    Element TD 2 is the culmination of 15 years of multiplayer tower defense development, with the original mod having been downloaded over 5 million times across WarCraft 3, StarCraft 2 and Dota 2. With dozens of towers, alongside an array of maps to test your defenses, this is a feature-packed standalone sequel prepared to challenge tower defense players. Let Elements Collide With 6 elements that c… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Element TD 2.

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  25. 90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, stability
    90% User Score Based on 831 reviews

    Tower Tactics: Liberation fuses deck-building games and roguelikes to modernize the tower defense genre like never before - make your way through procedurally generated maps, collect valuable trinkets and manage your arsenal to defend yourself against the Salkoth! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Tower Tactics: Liberation.

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  28. 83%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:music, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    86% User Score Based on 2,230 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 2 reviews

    Roguelike Deckbuilder where you use your cards to construct a hellish tower capable of keeping the endless hordes of the underworld from escaping their torment. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Heretic's Fork.

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  30. 88%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, humor
    Most mentioned negative aspects:graphics, monetization
    88% User Score Based on 235 reviews

    Roguelite TD: all towers & enemies start the same, but you have 1 choice per wave affecting BOTH and stacking up for dramatic variance. Gradually salvage and make some choices permanent to build deeper strategies. Also a unique mazing challenge where wires and towers must be linked to a power source If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to FrankenStorm TD: Prologue.

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  31. 76%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
    76% User Score Based on 304 reviews

    The Battlefield Card Game with a roguish community. Come join us and immerse yourself in an alt history Steampunk universe where the impossible is possible. Choose the faction that complements your play style, build a devious deck & battle your opponent across the battlefield. + iOS & Android. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to MoW: Face Off M.

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  32. 78%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    78% User Score Based on 735 reviews

    Build an impenetrable fortress, tile by tile. Place buildings, build roads, and expand your isle to defend against waves of invaders in this roguelike fusion of tower defense and board game. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Isle of Arrows.

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  33. 71%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    72% User Score Based on 662 reviews
    Critic Score 70%Based on 5 reviews

    An RPG game with roguelike elements developed in the medieval fantasy world of Kingdom Rush.The Kingdom and the rest of the known world are now under the control of the dreadful Dark Army. However, a new threat bigger than the Dark Lord himself unites the heroes of the realm pushing the notions of good and evil aside.Fight on a turn-based grid moving around the combat area. Switch and match your h… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Legends of Kingdom Rush.

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  34. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:story, grinding
    87% User Score Based on 14,448 reviews
    Critic Score 60%Based on 1 reviews

    Peglin is a Pachinko Roguelike - Fight enemies by collecting special orbs and popping pegs to deal damage. Acquire special relics that radically change the game and ensure no two runs are the same. Aim carefully to survive in this unique turn-based RPG! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Peglin.

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  35. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    96% User Score Based on 4,770 reviews

    Bills Must Be Paid is an active incremental game about paying your bills by smashing piggy banks. Smash Piggy Banks Smashing costs stamina. When your hand is getting tired the run is over. Pay your bills Bills show up. If you ignore them, bankruptcy will be your destiny. Pay them off to unlock perks that help you pay back your bills even faster. Paying bills also gives you legacy points which you … If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Bills Must Be Paid.

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    90%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, music
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    90% User Score Based on 992 reviews

    Spell words, get upgrades, score points, and survive until the end. Every round is different. How far can you make it? If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Word Play.

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  38. 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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    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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  40. 69%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, replayability
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding
    69% User Score Based on 271 reviews

    Epic Auto Towers is a single-player turn-based strategy game combining elements of autobattler, deckbuilder and roguelike. Purchase uncommon and rare Towers and build the strongest combo to withstand the monster assault! Discover unusual Tower combinations as you come back for more. PICK YOUR STRATEGYIn Epic Auto Towers you buy, drag and drop your Towers on the field from the Tower Store. The fiel… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Epic Auto Towers.

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  41. 96%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:optimization, story
    96% User Score Based on 280 reviews

    Jump a rift, fight off monsters, and plunder their world. Rift Riff is a tower defense game noteworthy in two ways: it's particularly strategic and remarkably forgiving. StrategicAt the heart of the strategic layer of Rift Riff is a mix of choosing what towers you bring into each rift and being clever about the various monster behaviors. Monsters attack in waves, either going straight for your Ex… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Rift Riff.

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  42. 82%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:stability, grinding
    82% User Score Based on 1,469 reviews

    Dice & Fold is a game that combines the strategic depth of turn-based dungeon crawlers with the thrill of chance inherent in dice games. Players unfold cards to face the creature cards and try to beat the card and fold it. Reminiscent of classic table-top RPGs and Solitaire, the game adds a simple layer of strategy. SOLITAIRE WITH A DICE? The core mechanic of the game revolves around dice rolling… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Dice & Fold.

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  43. 94%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, character development
    94% User Score Based on 3,791 reviews

    Manage your team of adventurers as you raid the local dungeon for treasure! Upgrade your tavern, purchase sodas, and attract new party members. Gold, legendary items, and more await you! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Soda Dungeon.

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  44. 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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    92%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    92% User Score Based on 1,192 reviews

    A fusion of roguelikes and auto-battlers like never before seen. Recruit a party of mysterious heroes, navigate deadly lands, collect an arsenal of magical items, and vanquish a new evil threatening the realm! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Astronarch.

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  46. 84%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:monetization, grinding
    84% User Score Based on 3,644 reviews
    Critic Score 83%Based on 3 reviews

    Welcome, bold adventurer! Card Hunter is an online collectible card game which blends together card play, deck building, tactical combat and fantasy role-playing in a way you've never seen before. Grab your cards, miniatures, dice and snacks, then journey to a new world of adventure on the tabletop of your Game Master, Gary. If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Card Hunter.

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  47. 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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  48. 73%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:story, gameplay
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    73% User Score Based on 744 reviews

    Fight off hordes of monstrous mutants created from a strange cataclysmic event in the new tower defense game, Prime World: Defenders. Join a group of exile treasure hunters who have ventured into the capital of an ancient empire, vast with mystery and danger. Prime World: Defenders merges classic tower defense gameplay with collectible card mechanic. Your towers, your spells, your traps - all are… If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Prime World: Defenders.

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  49. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, story
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, optimization
    87% User Score Based on 564 reviews

    Poker Quest is an adventure game with a playing-cards gameplay style. Defeat the enemies by using your cards properly. More card games Play Uno Online to challenge others in a multiplayer setting. Release Date November 2019 Developer Thomas Wolfley (Playsaurus) made Poker Quest. Platforms Web browser Steam If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Poker Quest.

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  50. 87%Game Brain Score
    Most mentioned positive aspects:gameplay, graphics
    Most mentioned negative aspects:grinding, monetization
    90% User Score Based on 3,426 reviews
    Critic Score 75%Based on 1 reviews

    Warpips is the ultimate quick to learn but amazingly deep tug-of-war strategy game. Deploy the right composition of soldiers, tanks, helicopters and planes in this tight, streamlined strategy-focused war game. Compose the best army, research the right tech; overwhelm your enemy! If you enjoyed this game, see our list of games similar to Warpips.

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