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24 alternatives to Tower defence: Back to the roots
Classic tower defense where you create a maze of towers
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. Tower defence: Back to the roots launched in 2023; newer entries below may have overtaken it.
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An Online Tower Defense game with RPG elements.
2016 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Your job is to stop the incoming enemies from getting past your defenses. Unlike other tower defense games, you must position your towers using CSS!
2016 · flexboxdefense.com · its alternatives →
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Sleep Attack▲67Tower Defense - you control the layout of the battlefield
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Hero Defense▲67Tower defense game with mobile towers/ heroes!
2016 · hero-defense.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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Fantasy tower defense game with inovating gameplay.
2021 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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A hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense genres.
2015 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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A blend between a tower defense and shooter-platformer game
2016 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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Defenders 2▲67Sequel to award winning Tower Defense game of the year.
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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Wabbit Wars▲55Help the Wabbits in this mobile tower defense game
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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For all fans of tank and defense games. Protect your base.
2016 · teengames.mobi · its alternatives →
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Defend your kingdom against the waves of the attacker
2019 · play.google.com · its alternatives →
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Tower Crush▲57Build 1 tower, up to 6 floors, and fight fantastic battles
2016 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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I AI-coded a tower defense game and documented the whole processfree tier, from $4/mo▲319I'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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A unique tower defense with collectible card games
2017 · apps.apple.com · its alternatives →
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A maze building tower defence game with resource management
2023 · kickstarter.com · its alternatives →
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Tower defense meets Gauntlet-era graphics
2015 · store.steampowered.com · its alternatives →
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A Tower Defense game about Strategy, not Gems
2023 · hauntedtower.com · its alternatives →
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