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Abaddon: Retribution
Xbox 360Released2010 6.5/10Abaddon: Retribution starts from a satisfyingly direct place: you pilot Tara Cole’s support fighter around the vulnerable Abaddon, shooting down incoming enemies before they can overwhelm…Read more -
Ancient Amuletor VR
PlayStation 4Released2017 6.5/10Ancient Amuletor VR starts with a satisfyingly direct fantasy-VR hook: you stand between magical creatures and the objective they want to destroy, then pick a class…Read more -
Ancient Islands
Nintendo SwitchReleased2022 7.3/10Ancient Islands starts with the familiar promise of defending a settlement from incoming enemies, then quickly asks you to think like a quartermaster, architect, and battlefield…Read more -
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
PlayStation 3 · WindowsReleased2011 7.5/10Anomaly: Warzone Earth flips tower defense on its head: instead of placing guns and waiting, you guide a convoy through alien-held city streets while hostile defenses…Read more -
Atom Zombie Smasher
WindowsReleased2011 7.7/10Atom Zombie Smasher turns a zombie outbreak into a tense evacuation puzzle. In the opening rounds, the important lesson is that you are not a heroic…Read more -
Attack of the Creeps
WindowsReleased2007Dive into the heart-pounding strategic action of Attack of the Creeps, the ultimate tower defense challenge where wave after wave of relentless monsters charge across your…Read more -
Brütal Legend
Macintosh · PlayStation 3Released2013 7.5/10Eddie Riggs is the ultimate roadie-turned-metal hero: when a backstage accident drenches his belt buckle in blood, he’s catapulted into a monstrous age ruled by the…Read more -
Crystal Defenders
PlayStation 3 · PSPReleased2009 7.1/10Crystal Defenders invites you to step into the world of legendary Final Fantasy job classes as you defend a winding path from relentless foes. Command Soldiers,…Read more -
Defenders of Ardania
PlayStation 3 · WindowsReleased2012 6.2/10Defenders of Ardania starts like familiar fantasy tower defense: enemies march in waves, you spend resources on towers, and a threatened kingdom needs saving. The hook…Read more -
Defenders of the Mystic Garden
PSPReleased2012 5.5/10Defenders of the Mystic Garden starts with a wonderfully odd little hook: you are protecting backyard strawberries with gnomes while bugs and animals march down garden…Read more -
Defense Grid: The Awakening
Macintosh · WindowsReleased2008 7.9/10After a thousand years of peace, humanity’s defenses are tested once again as a ruthless alien armada descends on Earth. In “Defense Grid: The Awakening,” you…Read more -
Desktop Tower Defense
Nintendo DSReleased2009Desktop Tower Defense transforms your workspace into a high-stakes battlefield where strategy rules supreme. Set against a realistic wood-grain desk backdrop complete with scattered coins and…Read more -
Dungeon Defenders
PlayStation 3 · WindowsReleased2011 7.7/10Dungeon Defenders grabs you by making tower defense feel wonderfully hands-on. You spend the quiet moments throwing up defenses, then jump into an over-the-shoulder brawl when…Read more -
Elemental War II
PlayStation 4Released2022 6.8/10Elemental War II starts with a clean tower-defense hook: monsters are spilling out of a faulty summoned portal, and your answer is to build a defensive…Read more -
Fieldrunners
Macintosh · Nintendo DSiReleased2012 8.1/10Defend your territory in Fieldrunners, the addictive tower-defense experience that puts you in control of every turret, flamethrower and rocket launcher on the battlefield. As waves…Read more -
Iron Brigade
Xbox 360Released2011 7.2/10Iron Brigade grabs you with a smart mash-up: you stomp around in a customizable Mobile Trench while trying to keep a defensive line from collapsing under…Read more -
Kingdom Rush
Nintendo Switch · WindowsReleased2014 8.1/10Kingdom Rush grabs you because its first battles are so easy to read: enemies march along fixed roads, you spend gold on a handful of tower…Read more -
Lesson Learned
Xbox OneReleased2024 6.5/10Lesson Learned starts with a wonderfully goofy hook: Frank is trapped in a dream that throws cavemen, French soldiers, medieval knights, and demons into the path…Read more -
Lock’s Quest
Nintendo DSReleased2008 8/10Embark on an epic real-time strategy adventure with Lock’s Quest, where you play as Lock, a young Archineer—part architect, part engineer—whose peaceful village is overrun by…Read more -
Master of Defense
WindowsReleased2006Step into the realm of Master of Defense, a vivid 3D strategy experience that challenges you to guard a besieged kingdom against waves of malevolent invaders.…Read more -
Ninjatown
Nintendo DSReleased2008 7.8/10Dive into Ninjatown, a charming, family-friendly tower defense adventure on Nintendo DS brought to life with the whimsical Shawnimals art of ex-EGM editor Shawn Smith. Defend…Read more -
Orcs Must Die!
Windows · Xbox 360Released2011 8/10Orcs Must Die! hooks you by letting you do more than watch a defense plan work. You lay down spikes, arrow traps, and spring traps between…Read more -
Plants vs. Zombies
Macintosh · Nintendo DSReleased2009 8.5/10Plants vs. Zombies transforms your suburban front yard into a hilarious battlefield where plants become your last line of defense against waves of brain-craving zombies. Deploy…Read more -
Power of Defense
WindowsReleased2010 6.5/10Power of Defense starts with a cheerfully scrappy premise: oil-smelling robots break through from a platform between parallel universes, and you answer by building robots of…Read more
