The Best Tower-defense Games for Linux - Page 2

Update : Nordhold added at rank #40.
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The Red (2023)

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Debt-ridden and desperate? Get out of the red and into The Red! Join the Red Horizons on Mars as an Extraction Security Associate and pay off your debts by defending your way to wealth in this ironic first-person/tower-defense/cosmic-horror adventure!


  • tower-defense
  • dark
  • first-person
  • shooter
  • action-adventure
  • humor
  • team-player
  • mmo
  • multiplayer
  • fps
  • 3d
  • parody
  • aliens
  • dystopian
  • real-time

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Monster Outbreak (2022)

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It's a Monster Outbreak! The King's dimensional orb malfunctioned, bringing hordes of dimensional monsters into the Kingdom. As Yulia, the last survivor of the Royal Guard, defend your staging ground against the monsters, upgrade your arsenal, and survive long enough to find the orb and destroy it.

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  • base-building
  • hack-and-slash
  • tower-defense
  • cooperative
  • split-screen
  • crafting
  • local
  • survival
  • multiplayer
  • building
  • controller-support
  • 2d
  • exploration
  • pixel
  • arcade

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Survivor Challenge TD (2025)

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Survivor Challenge TD - is a Tower Defense game where you manage a single tower and add upgrades to it. Buy abilities, enhance upgrades, and defeat the boss!

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  • time-management
  • tower-defense
  • bullet-hell
  • pve
  • rogue-like
  • magic
  • stylized
  • medieval
  • pvp
  • 3d
  • colourful
  • tactical
  • strategy

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Elemental Defender (2025)

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Elemental Defender is a tower defense game using card to power up your units. Build your deck and place powerful units to defend your base from passing enemies.

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  • tower-defense
  • strategy
  • 2d
  • deckbuilder
  • card
  • simulation
  • casual
  • wave
  • pulse-pounding
  • rock-solid

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Elemental War 2 (2022)

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Elemental War 2 offers you the popular tower defense feeling combined with innovative game mechanics - the ultimate mix for many hours of fun!

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  • tower-defense
  • steampunk
  • replay-value
  • strategy
  • top-down
  • medieval
  • procedural
  • real-time
  • 3d
  • magic
  • cooperative
  • fantasy
  • single-player

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Wake Cup (2025)

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Wake Cup is a coffee themed tower defense & clicker mash-up with rogue-lite meta progression. Shoot coffee to flocks of tired workers on a boring Monday morning to keep them energised. The economy must grow!

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  • tower-defense
  • clicker
  • capitalism
  • rogue-like
  • cartoony
  • economy
  • base-building
  • attack
  • score
  • 3d
  • cute
  • comedy
  • resource-management
  • colourful
  • strategy

17

Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD (2024)

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A roguelike tower defense where you control a single tower to fight against hordes of aliens coming from all directions. Pick your tower, equip up to 4 skills, and choose from a variety of traits and unique effect items to craft powerful builds that lead you to victory.


  • rogue-like
  • tower-defense
  • rogue-like-deckbuilder
  • deckbuilder
  • shoot-em-up
  • bullet-hell
  • top-down

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Creeping Dusk (2024)

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Creeping Dusk is a tower defense game. Build a town around an abandoned gold mine and defend against monsters that swarm the area. Fortify your defenses, and prepare for the increasingly challenging nights. Will you be able to protect your town from the encroaching darkness?

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  • tower-defense
  • base-building
  • rogue-like
  • building
  • strategy
  • resource-management
  • pve
  • isometric

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Rogue Star Rescue (2019)

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Xbox One Nintendo Switch Linux PC Windows Mac OS

Bullet Hell Insanity + Tower Defense Strategy. Rogue Star Rescue is a quirky new type of rogue-like shooter. Blast your way through diverse planets while rescuing your teammates and gathering traps for your defense strategy. Play solo or online to stop the Rogue Star before it annihilates everything!


  • bullet-hell
  • rogue-like
  • tower-defense
  • shooter
  • cooperative
  • explorer
  • top-down
  • multiple-endings
  • twin-stick
  • nonlinear
  • non-linear
  • dragon

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Cats on Duty (2024)

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Cats on Duty is a🐱 purr-fect blend of RTS, tower defense, game genres. Manage two game fields, upgrade adorable cat towers, and watch your fluffy warriors bravely defend against foes. 🐾

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  • tower-defense
  • voxel
  • cats
  • strategy
  • match-three
  • cooperative
  • real-time
  • deckbuilder
  • zombies
  • rambo
  • family-friendly
  • resource
  • pixel
  • battle-hardened
  • funny

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