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Plants vs Zombies
Strategy
May 5, 2009
A game belonging to the popular tower defense genre. It's theme, however, is rather unusual, for the players' task is to protect their household against the attacking hordes of zombies. The game was developed by PopCap Games - a company popular for successful arcade-logic games, such as Peggle Deluxe or Bejeweled. In Plants vs Zombies, the levels are made of paths along which the zombies are coming. The player's task is to secure each of those paths. Interestingly, the player's fortification comprises of various plants and flowers growing outside of their house. Each kind of plant has a unique ability. These include things like production the in-game currency, attacking, slowing down the enemies, or exploding in front of them. Zombies are equally diversified - there are many types of attackers, differing in appearance, equipment, and armor. All the subtleties of gameplay are gradually revealed and explained to the players. The game stands out with its atmosphere of comedy, deprived of serious undertones and tension. This was achieved mainly by colorful visuals and a cheerful soundtrack.
Dungeon of The Endless
RPG
October 27, 2014
A science-fiction roguelike RPG with tower defense elements, developed by the independent studio Amplitude. The players take on the role of prisoners sent to the planet of Auriga to atone for their crimes. The ship ends up crashing, with the survivors ending up in an ancient underground complex they must escape.
Craft the World
Strategy
November 24, 2014
An independent sandbox strategy game with both RPG and tower defense elements, inspired by such productions as Terraria, Dwarf Fortress, and the iconic Dungeon Keeper. Craft the World has been developed by Dekovir Entertainment. In the game, the players get to control a group of Dwarves tasked with erecting and defending a stronghold. In order to do this, they have to look for resources, construct diverse buildings, and (when necessary) fight enemy factions. For their efforts, the players earn experience points, for which they can acquire new team members. The game takes place across randomly generated worlds, each one featuring different conditions. The Dwarves use a wide range of weapons and armors, which the players can create themselves using a relatively simple crafting system. The game delivers high resolution and 2D old-school visuals, somewhat resembling the aforementioned Terraria.
Orcs Must Die! 3
Action
July 14, 2020
Orcs Must Die! 3 is the third full-fledged version of the popular action game using elements of the tower defense genre. The player's task is to repel the attack of the orc hordes by means of various traps. Studio Robot Entertainment is responsible for the production.
Orcs Must Die! 2
Action
July 30, 2012
Continuation of a well-received action game with elements of the tower defense genre. The creators made sure that the most successful elements of the predecessor are properly polished and the game is enriched with additional content. One of the biggest novelties is the cooperation mode expected by fans.
Metal Slug Attack Reloaded
Action
June 18, 2024
A combination of an action game and a tower defense title, belonging to the popular 2D series. Metal Slug Attack Reloaded has us commanding units and attacking enemy installations with the hope of defeating General Morden. There are single and multiplayer modes available.
Dungeon Defenders
RPG
October 19, 2011
Dungeon Defenders is an action game with elements of cRPG and tower defense strategy, produced by independent developer studio Trendy Entertainment. The player directs the actions of one of the young heroes who foolishly woke up the primeval evil and brought danger to the inhabitants of the fantastic world of Etheria. The creators envisaged several variants of the game, including a mode of play in four-person cooperation.
Starship Troopers: Terran Command
Strategy
June 16, 2022
Starship Troopers: Terran Command is an RTS based on defensive model inspired by the popular They Are Billions. The player takes on the role of the leader of the title space soldiers, who are thrown onto a planet controlled by hordes of aliens from the insectoid Arachnid race.
Orcs Must Die!
Action
October 12, 2011
Orcs Must Die! Death of Orcs is a dynamic combination of arcade and RTS. Orcs Must Die! takes place in the land of fantasy, where the greatest threat to the inhabitants are the hordes of orcs. We play the role of an unlucky magician, who has to repel the invasion of green leather on an extremely important fortress. The game approaches the subject with a pinch of salt and its graphic design is maintained in a cartoon style.
Guns Up!
Strategy
February 5, 2018
A free-to-play strategy with tower defense elements taking place in an asynchronous turn-based system. In the game we take command over our own military base and army of soldiers, and our task is to find and destroy the enemy base in order to occupy new areas. During combat we can support our soldiers with mines, bombardments, mortars, smokescreens and combat gases.
Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance
Strategy
July 25, 2024
The fifth installment of the popular tower defense series from Ironhide studio. In Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance former enemies have now joined forces to go against a new larger threat and we can use their unique units. We are also allowed to have up to 2 heroes on the battlefield.
Kingdom Rush Vengeance
Strategy
October 15, 2020
The fourth entry in the series of tower defense strategy games Kingdom Rush. The players are taken to a fantasy realm filled with magic, monsters, and knights. This time the main protagonists are the dark armies of the powerful Vez’nan who seeks vengeance for the humiliating defeats of the past.
X-Morph: Defense
Action
August 30, 2017
Developed by an independent studio called Exor, X-Morph: Defense is an original twin-stick shooter with tower defense elements. The game shows an unpleasant vision of the future, in which the Earth has fallen victim to an alien invasion. Instead of defending the Blue Planet, the player assumes control over an Alien ship with an objective to face waves of human adversaries and defend enormous devices extracting resources and altering the Earth’s atmosphere. In X-Morph: Defense, the player observes the action from the top-down perspective, controls the aforementioned spacecraft, and erects defensive structures such as watchtowers - highly effective against particular adversaries. During the combat, the alien ship can assume four different forms, each one designed for dealing with a specific type of threats. To fight the enemies, the player can use the destroyable environment by e.g. collapsing a skyscraper to bar the way. The player can invade the Earth either alone or with another player in the cooperative mode.