Best Tower Defense Games on Steam
Games about placing defenses to stop waves of enemies along routes.
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1Bloons TD 6 - 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.
Dec 17, 2018
In this game, you can…
- watch a necromancer tower raise zombie bloons that march backward and pop the bloons behind them.
- drag a helicopter around mid-wave, lock it in place, or set it to patrol between two points.
- spend three days building money, then drop a single Paragon tower that melts everything it touches.
- hit round 100 and get a free insta-monkey you can save for any future run.
- take a sniper tower and upgrade it into a rapid-fire machine-gun monster that plays nothing like the starter version.
- play co-op where the screen splits into sections and each player controls their own slice of the map.
- fight timed boss events where a single boss bloon becomes the whole match's win-or-lose objective.
- push into extreme late-game until the map is so packed with maxed-out towers and effects you can barely find your cursor.
2Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition - Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
May 5, 2009
In this game, you can…
- play a mode where you control the zombies, choose your horde, and break through cardboard plants to eat the brains.
- create your own custom zombie and sometimes see it wandering around in the actual attacking hordes.
- beat the final boss, then watch the zombies you fought all game perform a full ending music video together.
- plant sunflowers to generate sun, then spend it to build a defensive lineup before the next wave reaches your house.
- fight on lawns that turn into night fog, pool lanes, and a rooftop, forcing you to rethink where every plant goes.
- drop a cherry bomb to instantly erase a packed lane and flip a losing wave into a win.
- replay the whole campaign with the full plant roster, but have three of your plant picks randomly chosen for you.
- smash open vases to reveal hidden plants and zombies, then rebuild your defense on the fly based on what you found.
3Kingdom Two Crowns - Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
Dec 11, 2018
In this game, you can…
- prepare an assault force, enter a portal, and set off a bomb that destroys the cliff portal and permanently changes the island.
- swap to a different monarch mid-run by paying coins at a stained-glass building, and each one has a unique power.
- turn into a swarm of bats and zip across the land at high speed.
- create a duplicate of yourself a short distance ahead, then stack it with a mount ability for a doubled combo.
- freeze a whole wave of enemies in front of you for a few seconds, buying time to escape or let your archers clean up.
- build the boat once, then hop in and travel between islands while keeping much of your progress.
- upgrade peasants into organized squads with squires and knights, then send them out to clash with portal enemies instead of just defending walls.
- ride an undead steed that summons barriers to block enemy advance, or use a giant beetle mount that lays traps.
4Bloons TD Battles - Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 6, this all new Battles game is specially designed for multiplayer combat, featuring the ability to control bloons directly and send them charging past your opponent's defenses.
Apr 20, 2016
In this game, you can…
- send bloons straight into another player's maze while you defend your own.
- risk your medallions in a winner-takes-all match and walk away with the whole pot.
- build an income engine over time, then cash it in to launch a massive rush that can end the match immediately.
- sell towers mid-fight, rebuild a new defense, and time your next send to hit the exact moment they're weakest.
- drop a giant MOAB on someone who's never seen one and watch their defense collapse on contact.
- punish greedy builds by suddenly sending a blimp they didn't prepare for, and break through before they can adapt.
- pick your tower loadout before the match, then solve the whole duel around those three choices as your opponent tries to counter-send.
5Mindustry - An open-ended factory management game with RTS and tower defense elements.
Sep 26, 2019
In this game, you can…
- capture a sector, log off, and come back to find it producing resources or getting attacked without you.
- send resources across the planet with launch pads to keep distant battlefronts supplied.
- write logic scripts that control your factory and even command units with custom behaviors.
- pause, queue an entire base redesign, then unpause and watch it build itself.
- build artillery far away, then stack mines, knockback, water, oil, and fire to stop enemies from ever reaching you.
- construct your own units, assemble an army, and send it to capture territory or smash enemy bases.
- survive hundreds of enemy waves until a couple artillery shots are deleting thousands at once.
- make entire new planets and campaigns with mods, then playtest your own tech trees and enemies.
6The Riftbreaker - The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
Oct 14, 2021
In this game, you can…
- survive late-game assaults that can fill the screen with thousands of enemies, including elite-style variants and Omega-class creatures.
- teleport between multiple biome maps, keep persistent bases in each one, and feed everything into a shared resource pool.
- manufacture ammo at your base and have it automatically feed back into your weapons while you keep roaming.
- scout an alien planet on foot while your base runs, grabbing resource patches and research unlocks between ARPG-style fights.
- hit a horde warning and instantly pivot from exploring to holding the line behind walls, turrets, and barriers as enemies converge.
- unlock research by killing enough of a specific monster, so hunting local wildlife directly opens new tech options.
- drop mines, spikes, drones, and elemental weapons in a fight, then swap to building radar, power satellites, and outposts right after.
- max out research and fire late-game weapons like giant missiles that can travel across a huge chunk of the map.
7Thronefall - A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
Oct 11, 2024
In this game, you can…
- turn windmills into booby traps so when enemies smash them, they detonate and blow up the crowd around your walls
- plan your town in daylight with no timer, then defend it through night waves until sunrise locks in a checkpoint
- pick a weapon that auto-triggers near enemies, then fire its separate active ability on a recharge when the night gets ugly
- sprint your king around the battlefield, cutting down enemies yourself while your towers and troops keep fighting
- grab squads mid-fight and reposition them on the fly—push guards into the thickest wave, pull archers off useless targets
- choose perks that deliberately crank up difficulty for better scores, then decide whether to chase extra income or fortify before the next night
- build for totally different win styles in the same run—tower-heavy defense, a commanded army, or a king who does most of the killing
8Kingdom: Classic - Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Oct 21, 2015
In this game, you can…
- keep a patch of grass and the right trees standing so rabbits spawn there, then fund your kingdom by hunting them.
- recruit people at wilderness camps, but erase a camp forever if you cut down its last nearby tree.
- destroy a portal, trigger an instant counterattack wave, and scramble to rebuild your defense before it hits.
- ride a horse through a shifting realm and toss coins to turn vagrants into loyal subjects.
- build walls in the wrong place and accidentally cut off your own farms, grass growth, and future recruiting spots.
- push your luck with horse stamina—get caught slowing down at dusk while monsters close in.
- survive a red-moon night, then immediately start planning how to take the fight to the enemy portals.
- pay to commission knights, raise a flag at the edge of your walls, and send a squad to attack a demon portal.
9Dome Keeper - Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Sep 27, 2022
In this game, you can…
- jump into a giant laser to personally shoot down an alien assault, then use the short break to repair and dive back underground.
- drop a bomb to blow open huge sections of rock, then use probes, lifts, teleports, or a mining helper creature to keep the haul moving.
- play co-op where one person digs for resources while the other stays topside, holding the line and choosing which monsters to kill first.
- dash underground to carve tunnels for minutes, then sprint back to the dome before the next wave hits.
- dig deep enough to find a buried relic, haul it back home, and end the run by bringing it to your dome.
- uncover secret rooms and strange hidden locations while tunneling through a new, procedural underground every run.
- switch your entire defense style by using a sword-and-shield dome, firing the sword out at distant enemies while keeping the dome safe.
- toggle enemies off entirely for a run that's just drilling and exploring the underground.
10Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) - The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
Oct 21, 2013
In this game, you can…
- catapult cows over the walls, spread plague inside the castle, and watch the defenders collapse from disease.
- set spike pits, moats, drawbridges, boiling oil, and pitch traps so your defenses kill attackers without leaving the walls.
- use a map builder to create custom levels, then replay them endlessly or share them for multiplayer matches.
- build a castle for hours, raise an army, then unleash a full siege that tears through an enemy stronghold.
- send assassins over the back walls while macemen rush the gate, turning one siege into a timed two-front trap.
- fight sieges with hundreds of units on screen at once, with archers, knights, and catapults all colliding around one castle.
- torch a battlefield with fire throwers and fire ballistae until buildings ignite and entire sections of a siege turn into burn zones.
- start with a fast mercenary rush, hit an enemy before their castle is finished, and decide the match in the opening minutes.
