Games Like Defense Grid: The Awakening

Defense Grid: The Awakening

Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.

★ ANOMALY: WARZONE EARTH ★ INFESTED PLANET ★ ANOMALY KOREA ★ TAUR ★ REVENGE OF THE TITANS ★ CARNAGE OFFERING TOWER DEFENSE ★ SPACE RUN ★ UNSTOPPABLE GORG ★ DG2: DEFENSE GRID 2 ★ ANOMALY 2 ★ SUPER SANCTUM TD ★ FREAKING MEATBAGS ★ WE ♥ IT 
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Anomaly: Warzone Earth

87% 👍 OF 4.7K
About This Game

Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Lead the Convoy
  • …Plot City Routes
  • …Support Units Mid-Battle
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Infested Planet

94% 👍 OF 3.0K
About This Game

Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Command Five Marines
  • …Capture Alien Outposts
  • …Destroy Swarm Hives
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Anomaly Korea

79% 👍 OF 801
About This Game

Exclusively brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux in Anomaly Bundle, Anomaly Korea is an expansion campaign to Anomaly Warzone Earth. The alien robots are back and this time they’ve got Korea in their sights. It’s your job to lead a squad into fierce fire-fights and fend off the alien invasion.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Attack Alien Towers
  • …Plot Convoy Routes
  • …Time Combat Powers
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Taur

80% 👍 OF 2.1K
About This Game

Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Aim the Prime Cannon
  • …Build Droid Defenses
  • …Deploy Aircraft Squadrons
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CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense

91% 👍 OF 335
About This Game

The replicator robots are back! It's 2528. The machines are increasingly infecting the planets with genetically modified monsters. Challenge them and try to stop the onslaught. Upgrade buildings and heroes, mine resources, discover technology and fight to save humanity!

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Space Run

85% 👍 OF 2.2K
About This Game

Space Run is a «real-time spaceship construction strategy game». Space Run takes the well-known Tower Defense-style gameplay and twists it, challenging you to manage and protect a spaceship and its cargo against the hazards of deep space!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Build Midflight Defenses
  • …Race Cargo Deliveries
  • …Trade Engines for Firepower
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DG2: Defense Grid 2

87% 👍 OF 3.5K
About This Game

Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Shape Alien Paths
  • …Upgrade Tower Effects
  • …Defend Power Cores
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Anomaly 2

79% 👍 OF 1.1K
About This Game

Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds plenty of new features: unit morphing, over million tactical combinations, post-apo world and tower defense vs tower offense multiplayer mode.

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Guide Convoys Past Towers
  • …Morph Combat Vehicles
  • …Support Troops Mid-Battle
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Super Sanctum TD

86% 👍 OF 1.6K
About This Game

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!

Player reviews say you can…

  • …Shape Alien Routes
  • …Choose Tower Loadouts
  • …Freeze Incoming Waves
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Freaking Meatbags

86% 👍 OF 173
About This Game

Land on a planet, pick up some rocks, leave before the solar system explodes. Oh, and don't die in the nightly robot attacks! Freaking Meatbags is a humorous real-time strategy game that's all about building a base, mixing meatbag DNA, then convincing those dolts to help you gather resources.