The Best Tower-defense Games

Update 4 October 2024: Diplomacy is Not an Option added at rank #34.

Here are our 10 Best Tower-defense Games:

Kingdom Rush
Kingdom Rush Origins
Bloons TD 6
Bloons TD 5
Creeper World 4
Kingdom Rush- Tower Defense TD
Mindustry
Dungeon Warfare 2
Cataclismo
Thronefall

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Kingdom Rush (2011)

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Kingdom Rush is a tower defense game that will capture your attention with its stunning graphics and exciting gameplay. Defend your kingdom from hordes of orcs, trolls, and wizards. Use towers, spells, and heroes at your command to customize your strategy and battle legendary monsters. With 61 different enemies, challenging levels, and addictive gameplay, Kingdom Rush is a must-play game for strategy enthusiasts.

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What we like:

Engaging gameplay mechanics
Brilliant pop culture references and Easter eggs
Classic tower defense done right
Captivating micromanagement aspect

What could be improved:

No speed-up button
No new content or updates
Can be frustratingly difficult at times

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strategy

Kingdom Rush Origins (2014)

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The third installment in the popular tower defense series Kingdom Rush.

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Bloons TD 6 (2011)

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The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

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cooperative
strategy
family-friendly

Bloons TD 5 (2011)

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Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability. The Bloons are back in full HD glory and this time they mean business! Build awesome towers, choose your favorite upgrades, hire new Special Agents, and pop every last invading Bloon in the most popular tower defense series in history.

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cooperative
family-friendly

Creeper World 4 (2020)

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PC Windows

The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.

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real-time
strategy
wargame
grand-strategy
space
tactical
building
editor
level
top-down
simulation
3d
war
physics

Kingdom Rush- Tower Defense TD (2014)

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Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!

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cartoony
strategy

Mindustry (2017)

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- Minor bugfixes. - Minor fixes to bug fixes. - Major bugfixes to bugfix the bugfix for bug fixing. - Bug fixes for bugfixing the bug fixing bug.

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base-building
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cooperative
factory-building
resource-management
cross-platform
sandbox
multiplayer
strategy
building
real-time
management
team
mech

Dungeon Warfare 2 (2018)

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Become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with the deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wannabe heroes.

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dungeon
strategy

Cataclismo (2024)

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early access PC Windows

Design and build fortresses brick by brick to stand against endless hordes of Horrors in this real-time strategy game with resource management, siege defense, and exploration. Lead from the ramparts, push back the darkness, and hold fast against the creatures of the Mist.

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