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Best Tower Defense Games

Top 50 of 169 qualifying games — tagged Tower Defense (community voting), 1,000+ reviews · ranked by Wilson lower bound on Steam review score · review data as of 2026-05-20.

1 Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition (2009) Tower Defense · Zombies · Strategy · 2M–5M owners · $4.99 97.6%139,925 reviews 2 Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) (2013) Military · City Builder · Real Time Tactics · 1M–2M owners · $9.99 97.7%19,811 reviews 3 Bloons TD 6 (2018) Tower Defense · Strategy · Multiplayer · 2M–5M owners · $13.99 97.3%353,960 reviews 4 Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense (2014) Tower Defense · Strategy · Singleplayer · 1M–2M owners · $9.99 97.3%14,832 reviews 5 Emberward (2024) Early Access · Tower Defense · Strategy · 100K–200K owners · $14.99 97.2%2,685 reviews 6 Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense (2016) Tower Defense · Strategy · 2D · 500K–1M owners · $9.99 96.8%9,408 reviews 7 Thronefall (2024) Tower Defense · Strategy · City Builder · 500K–1M owners · $12.99 96.6%20,544 reviews 8 Rusted Warfare - RTS (2017) RTS · Strategy · Base-Building · 200K–500K owners · $4.99 96.7%6,241 reviews 9 Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal (2014) Tower Defense · Strategy · Indie · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 96.6%4,647 reviews 10 Defense Grid: The Awakening (2008) Tower Defense · Strategy · Sci-fi · 500K–1M owners · $9.99 96.2%5,142 reviews 11 Mindustry (2019) Base-Building · Resource Management · Tower Defense · 1M–2M owners · $9.99 95.8%22,266 reviews 12 Orcs Must Die! (2011) Tower Defense · Action · Strategy · 1M–2M owners · $9.99 95.9%8,189 reviews 13 Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense (2018) Tower Defense · Strategy · 2D · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 95.9%7,084 reviews 14 Progressbar95 (2020) Casual · Arcade · Experimental · 200K–500K owners · $4.99 96.1%2,955 reviews 15 Stronghold HD (2012) (2013) Real Time Tactics · City Builder · Colony Sim · 200K–500K owners · $5.99 95.6%9,897 reviews 16 The Riftbreaker: Prologue (2020) Base-Building · Strategy · Hack and Slash · 200K–500K owners · Free 95.5%4,100 reviews 17 Dungeon Warfare (2015) Tower Defense · Strategy · Indie · 100K–200K owners · $9.99 95.7%1,916 reviews 18 GemCraft - Chasing Shadows (2015) Tower Defense · Strategy · Indie · 200K–500K owners · $9.99 95.2%4,136 reviews 19 Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition) (2012) Tower Defense · Female Protagonist · Tactical RPG · 500K–1M owners · $14.99 95.3%3,460 reviews 20 Creeper World 4 (2020) Tower Defense · Wargame · Real Time Tactics · 200K–500K owners · $24.99 95.2%4,365 reviews 21 Minimalist Tower Defense (2024) Tower Defense · Strategy · Real Time Tactics · 50K–100K owners · $4.99 95.6%1,311 reviews 22 Bloons TD 5 (2014) Tower Defense · Strategy · Co-op · 200K–500K owners · $9.99 94.6%11,545 reviews 23 Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense (2020) Tower Defense · Strategy · Singleplayer · 500K–1M owners · $19.99 94.4%9,793 reviews 24 Ninja Kiwi Archive (2020) Casual · Arcade · Strategy · 500K–1M owners · Free 93.9%5,439 reviews 25 Dungeon Defenders (2011) Multiplayer · Online Co-Op · Tower Defense · 2M–5M owners · $14.99 93.1%18,060 reviews 26 Bad North: Jotunn Edition (2018) Wargame · Vikings · Tower Defense · 500K–1M owners · $14.99 93.2%12,198 reviews 27 Infested Planet (2014) Strategy · Tower Defense · Action · 200K–500K owners · $14.99 93.6%2,957 reviews 28 Orcs Must Die! 2 (2012) Tower Defense · Co-op · Action · 2M–5M owners · $14.99 92.9%19,288 reviews 29 Vectorio - Early Access (2021) Base-Building · Tower Defense · Survival · 100K–200K owners · Free 93.4%1,468 reviews 30 Dome Keeper (2022) Singleplayer · Post-apocalyptic · Rogue-like · 2M–5M owners · $17.99 92.2%16,212 reviews 31 Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess (2024) Action · Strategy · Tower Defense · 100K–200K owners · $39.99 92.7%2,052 reviews 32 The Last Spell (2023) Strategy · Singleplayer · Turn-Based Strategy · 500K–1M owners · $24.99 91.8%11,496 reviews 33 Particle Fleet: Emergence (2016) Strategy · Indie · Simulation · 50K–100K owners · $14.99 92.5%1,223 reviews 34 Rock of Ages (2011) Comedy · Strategy · Indie · 200K–500K owners · $2.99 91.8%3,784 reviews 35 X-Morph: Defense (2017) Tower Defense · Strategy · Action · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 91.7%3,823 reviews 36 Wall World (2023) Rogue-lite · Mining · Pixel Graphics · 500K–1M owners · $6.99 91.3%10,001 reviews 37 Bloons Monkey City (2020) Free to Play · Strategy · Action · 200K–500K owners · Free 91.2%6,222 reviews 38 Bloons TD Battles (2016) Free to Play · Tower Defense · Multiplayer · 1M–2M owners · Free 90.8%29,096 reviews 39 Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense (2021) Level Editor · Tower Defense · Building · 50K–100K owners · Free 91.3%3,674 reviews 40 Kingdom: Classic (2015) Free to Play · Strategy · Singleplayer · 2M–5M owners · Free 90.7%22,088 reviews 41 Octogeddon (2018) Action · Action Roguelike · Shoot 'Em Up · 100K–200K owners · $8.88 91.8%1,141 reviews 42 The Riftbreaker (2021) Base-Building · Tower Defense · Survival · 1M–2M owners · $29.99 90.2%18,005 reviews 43 Dig or Die (2018) Survival · Open World Survival Craft · Sandbox · 200K–500K owners · $11.99 90.6%4,194 reviews 44 HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed (2020) Co-op Campaign · Action-Adventure · Third-Person Shooter · 500K–1M owners · $24.99 90.4%4,284 reviews 45 Sanctum 2 (2013) Tower Defense · FPS · Co-op · 2M–5M owners · $14.99 90.0%14,291 reviews 46 Minion Masters (2019) PvE · Trading Card Game · Stylized · 500K–1M owners · Free 89.5%64,905 reviews 47 Topple Tactics (2023) Physics · Comedy · Colorful · 50K–100K owners · $3.49 90.5%1,394 reviews 48 Dungeon Warfare 2 (2018) Strategy · Indie · Tower Defense · 100K–200K owners · $14.99 90.5%1,067 reviews 49 Nordhold (2025) Rogue-lite · Tower Defense · City Builder · 200K–500K owners · $19.99 89.9%2,140 reviews 50 7 Days to Die (2024) Survival · Zombies · Multiplayer · 10M–20M owners · $44.99 88.6%370,046 reviews