Best Rated Tower Defense Games Under $40
The best rated Tower Defense games on Steam for games under $40. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.
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Our score adjusts Steam's raw rating for sample size. The fewer reviews a game has, the more its score gets pulled toward the site-wide average, so a tiny game can't fluke its way to #1.
- 1Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition155,91196.95%97.70%
- 2Bloons TD 6395,07596.89%97.18%
- 3Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,07993.60%97.48%
- 4Mindustry28,10992.99%95.72%
- 5Thronefall23,67492.92%96.13%
- 6Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense17,19392.90%97.25%
- 7Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,81291.27%96.68%
- 8Stronghold HD (2012)10,44490.58%95.53%
- 9Bloons TD 511,97090.46%94.68%
- 10Dungeon Defenders18,99790.44%93.09%
- 11Orcs Must Die!8,52390.21%95.83%
- 12Rusted Warfare - RTS7,56990.10%96.30%
- 13Bad North: Jotunn Edition14,29890.07%93.26%
- 14Dome Keeper22,36390.01%92.35%
- 15Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense8,04989.96%95.60%
- 16Orcs Must Die! 219,63489.95%92.26%
- 17Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense10,89389.72%93.68%
- 18Bloons TD Battles29,31489.31%90.67%
- 19Kingdom Two Crowns39,74489.21%90.17%
- 20Defense Grid: The Awakening5,37489.15%96.11%
- 21Kingdom: Classic22,74589.02%90.64%
- 22Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,82788.98%96.37%
- 23The Riftbreaker24,86888.93%90.35%
- 24Minion Masters65,28688.86%89.39%
- 25Emberward3,84588.62%96.96%
- 26The Last Spell13,70588.61%91.40%
- 27Creeper World 44,72888.46%94.92%
- 28The Riftbreaker: Prologue4,13188.34%95.42%
- 29Ninja Kiwi Archive5,81588.33%93.34%
- 30GemCraft - Chasing Shadows4,40888.32%94.92%
- 31Progressbar953,66688.29%96.13%
- 32Wall World12,64688.28%90.56%
- 33Sanctum 214,39188.06%89.90%
- 34Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)3,51487.89%94.93%
- 35Bloons Monkey City6,78487.68%91.02%
- 36Marfusha:Sentinel Girls 3,20887.51%94.05%
- 37Infested Planet3,04887.32%93.60%
- 38Craft The World17,08787.30%88.41%
- 39Rock of Ages4,10087.30%92.10%
- 40Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense4,23287.17%91.33%
- 41Dungeon Warfare2,01887.16%95.84%
- 42X-Morph: Defense4,21387.16%91.31%
- 43Dig or Die4,28886.93%90.46%
- 44Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD11,78386.87%88.10%
- 45Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess2,54486.84%92.45%
- 46HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed4,39186.83%90.07%
- 47Element TD 2 - Tower Defense3,23486.56%90.11%
- 48Starship Troopers: Terran Command12,02786.47%87.35%
- 49Rise to Ruins7,75886.40%87.68%
- 50Sanctum3,36286.37%89.20%
- 51Ratropolis5,54386.28%87.84%
- 52Cluckmech Oasis3,62986.18%88.29%
- 53Atom Zombie Smasher2,10386.16%89.73%
- 54GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath2,87386.13%88.62%
- 55Warpips5,20686.00%87.13%
- 56Bloons Adventure Time TD4,79686.00%87.22%
- 57Cavalry Girls1,98886.00%88.93%
- 58Cliff Empire4,37585.98%87.29%
- 59Time Clickers5,12985.97%87.05%
- 60Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,37485.97%86.50%
- 61CastleStorm1,63385.96%89.34%
- 62Unholy Heights1,64985.95%89.21%
- 63Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense15,30385.90%86.27%
- 64Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,68985.89%86.93%
- 65Rock 'N' Roll Defense3,97185.89%87.11%
- 66Bardbarian1,51185.82%88.55%
- 67The Perfect Tower II4,44285.80%86.67%
- 68Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves1,94085.78%87.68%
- 69Grim Nights1,55185.76%88.01%
- 70Tower Tactics: Liberation1,25585.73%88.29%
- 71The Defender: Farm and Castle1,09585.73%89.32%
- 72Nordhold3,36785.73%86.66%
- 73DG2: Defense Grid 23,46185.72%86.62%
- 74Artisan TD2,52285.68%86.76%
- 75Orcs Must Die! 314,90985.68%85.86%
- 76AI War 21,56285.68%87.39%
- 77ShapeHero Factory1,01485.64%88.66%
- 78Border Pioneer1,91485.60%86.57%
- 79Necrosmith5,35385.59%85.75%
- 80Over 9000 Zombies!1,52585.56%86.56%
- 81Super Sanctum TD1,58085.55%86.46%
- 82Diplomacy is Not an Option12,64185.51%85.59%
- 83Tower Dominion5,54585.50%85.66%
- 84Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder3,68785.47%85.84%
- 85Frontline Crisis39785.43%87.91%
- 86Kingdom: New Lands12,38485.42%85.34%
- 87HoloParade1,15785.41%85.39%
- 88Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense79785.40%86.20%
- 89Space Run2,14585.39%85.27%
- 90Ultimate Zombie Defense4,79685.31%85.09%
- 913 Minute Heroes22385.30%83.86%
- 92Tower Escape41585.29%84.10%
- 93Heretic's Fork4,11685.27%84.91%
- 94Loopstructor38485.25%83.07%
- 95They Are Billions51,43985.16%85.13%
- 96Tiny Tactics68485.16%82.60%
- 97Zombie Defense2,17385.16%83.99%
- 98Farm for your Life63985.15%82.32%
- 99Candy Disaster - Tower Defense33885.14%79.29%
- 100Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense37485.12%79.41%
