Life & fun · alternatives · 2026
24 alternatives to Shapers: RandomDefense
A solo-developed random merge tower defense game.
Below are 24 products that do a similar job, ranked by how close each is in meaning and then by launch-day votes. Prices are shown for the 1 we have checked on their own sites, 1 of them free or with a free tier.
- 1IAI AI-coded a tower defense game and documented the whole processfree tier, from $4/mo▲319
I'm a software developer with 20+ years of experience but during this time I never programmed any games, but I really wanted to for the longest time. With the advent of AI coding agents I thought that this is the best time to try and so I've learned a bit of Phaser.js (a Javascript based game engine) and entered Beginner's Jam Summer 2025 - a game jam for beginners in the game dev industry that allows AI coding. After around 25-30 hours (working mainly after my full-time day job) I managed to submit the game I called "Tower of Time" (the theme of the jam was "Time Travel"). You can play it…
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Pokepath TD▲111Pokémon-inspired tower defense with long-term progression
Dec 2025 · pokepath.site · its alternatives →
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- 5TD
2025 · github.com · its alternatives →
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Tower Defense game with magic cards. PvP and PvE strategy
2022 · its alternatives →
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A simple and powerful randomizer for iOS devices
2018 · its alternatives →
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- 10MA
A few months ago (82 days to be exact!) I posted a link on HN to my game, Meatshields. A bunch of you commented and played my game and gave me some wonderful feedback. Over the last few months I've been playing with many of you and implementing the best of everybody's suggestions. So, thank you, HN for all your help! I feel this is an extreme overhaul I couldn't have done without your input. Since then, I have: Dramatically improved our hosting platform (So it HOPEFULLY won't go down this time (oops.)), Added two new units, Rebalanced all existing units, Added many more maps, Improved the…
2017 · its alternatives →
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Gaming, Codex, Web App, PWA
Jul 2026 · poketd.io · its alternatives →
- 14IS
I've built airdefense.dev, which is able to simulate all kinds of ballistic missiles, one-way-attack drones like Shaheds, and most of the commonly deploy anti-air defence systems. All of this inside the browser. I've now added a scenario of the current attacks in the Middle East by Iran. It was quite the challenge to optimize it enough to not completely kill a common laptop, although it still runs best on a bit beefier systems.
Mar 2026 · airdefense.dev · its alternatives →
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2019 · therandominion.com · its alternatives →
- 17NM
2014 · numbermarch.com · its alternatives →
- 18DC
Oct 2025 · clashle.app · its alternatives →
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Capture towers and outsmart AI with 5 unique personalities
Apr 2026 · puzzlica.com · its alternatives →
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arcade,geometric,spin,neon,defence,casual,game,action,ios
Apr 2026 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Tactical solitaire meets roguelike dungeon crawler.
Mar 2026 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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