The Best Tower-defense Games for Mac OS

Update 28 August 2025: Realm added at rank #8.

Here are our 10 Best Tower-defense Games for Mac OS, position 31 to 40:

Doomsday Tower Defense
Survivor Challenge TD
Elemental Defender
I Am The Registered Environmental Engineer
ea Refactor
Ratropolis
Elemental War 2
Bloons Adventure Time TD
Rogue Star Rescue
Neural Shock

Hide early access

Doomsday Tower Defense (2025)

View Similar Games

Review score

Mac OS PC Windows

Challenging tower defense game with 20 levels. Can be completed under 2-3 hours. Kill zombies in a doomsday vibe. Discover your own strategy to beat the horde. No fluff, no story, no BS.

Buy

top-down
tower-defense
capitalism
shoot-em-up
shooter
building
zombies
cartoony
logic
real-time
dark
colourful
management
tactical
simulation

Survivor Challenge TD (2025)

View Similar Games

Review score

early access Mac OS Linux PC Windows

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!

Buy

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

Elemental Defender (2025)

View Similar Games

Review score

Linux Mac OS PC Windows

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.

Buy

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

I Am The Registered Environmental Engineer (2024)

View Similar Games

Review score

Screenshot of I Am The Registered Environmental Engineer

Mac OS PC Windows

This world is plagued by pollution, and as an engineer, you need to plan waste routes, gather, sort, and transport it to safe areas. Use powerful equipment to finally clean it up and restore cleanliness to the world.

Buy

tower-defense
building
turn-based
rogue-like
strategy
cartoony
drama
top-down
base-building
nature
rpg
2d

ea Refactor (2022)

View Similar Games

Review score

PC Windows Mac OS

Refactor is a hard-core tower defense game that combines modular building, route planning, and element composition.

Buy

rogue-like
tower-defense
voxel
turn-based
building
resource-management
strategy
space
pixel
futuristic
sci-fi
top-down
tactical

Ratropolis (2019)

View Similar Games

Review score

Mac OS PC Windows IOS iPhone Android

Ratropolis is a unique real-time strategy and deckbuilding game that challenges you to lead and protect your rat outpost from predators and monsters. With over 500 cards to collect, there's always something new to try. The customizable difficulty levels and multiple leaders add to the replayability factor. Ratropolis is a must-try for fans of strategy and deckbuilding games.

Buy

What we like:

Unique real-time strategy deck building gameplay
Multiple playable decks with different cards and characters
Customizable difficulty with pollution levels
Engaging and addictive gameplay loop
Well drawn card art

What could be improved:

Lack of active pause and game speed control
Poor UI and documentation
Balance issues and limited end game strategies
Frustrating micromanagement of unit placement
Overwhelming amount of mechanics to manage

card
tower-defense
city-building
deckbuilder
real-time
strategy
deck
economy
wave
military
battler

Elemental War 2 (2022)

View Similar Games

Review score

Xbox One Xbox Series X Playstation 5 Playstation 4 stadia Linux Mac OS PC Windows Nintendo Switch

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

Buy

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

Bloons Adventure Time TD (2018)

View Similar Games

Review score

Mac OS PC Windows Android IOS iPhone

Defend Ooo from the Bloon invasion in this epic tower defense crossover.

Buy

tower-defense
crossover
strategy

Rogue Star Rescue (2019)

View Similar Games

Review score

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!

Buy Buy

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

Neural Shock (2024)

View Similar Games

Review score

Linux Mac OS PC Windows

In Neural Shock, you must cleanse the world of horrid and bloodthirsty creatures by utilizing turrets, traps, wits and weapons. Choose from different class choices with unique playstyles and over 20+ different turrets and traps in this unique sci-fi Tower Defense / Action RPG.

Buy