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.
- 1Bloons TD 6397,62696.96%97.18%
- 2Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition156,13896.94%97.69%
- 3Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,10893.72%97.48%
- 4Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense17,23093.04%97.25%
- 5Mindustry28,19592.97%95.73%
- 6Thronefall23,72392.88%96.13%
- 7Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,83491.44%96.68%
- 8Stronghold HD (2012)10,44590.76%95.53%
- 9Bloons TD 511,97790.63%94.68%
- 10Dungeon Defenders19,00490.57%93.09%
- 11Orcs Must Die!8,52690.41%95.84%
- 12Rusted Warfare - RTS7,59790.33%96.33%
- 13Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense8,06690.16%95.59%
- 14Dome Keeper22,47190.14%92.35%
- 15Bad North: Jotunn Edition14,33989.94%93.26%
- 16Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense10,91189.88%93.65%
- 17Orcs Must Die! 219,63789.85%92.23%
- 18Bloons TD Battles29,31889.27%90.67%
- 19Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,82989.23%96.38%
- 20Kingdom Two Crowns39,84989.18%90.18%
- 21Defense Grid: The Awakening5,37589.00%96.09%
- 22Kingdom: Classic22,75488.98%90.64%
- 23The Riftbreaker24,95788.87%90.34%
- 24Emberward4,14088.86%96.93%
- 25Minion Masters65,29288.83%89.39%
- 26The Last Spell13,74888.78%91.40%
- 27Ninja Kiwi Archive5,82588.55%93.30%
- 28Creeper World 44,73188.31%94.93%
- 29Sanctum 214,38988.21%89.90%
- 30Wall World12,70788.19%90.56%
- 31The Riftbreaker: Prologue4,13088.18%95.45%
- 32GemCraft - Chasing Shadows4,41388.16%94.90%
- 33Progressbar953,67488.12%96.14%
- 34Marfusha:Sentinel Girls 3,21487.77%93.96%
- 35Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)3,51587.72%94.94%
- 36Bloons Monkey City6,79687.55%91.04%
- 37Craft The World17,10087.43%88.40%
- 38Rock of Ages4,10487.19%92.08%
- 39Dig or Die4,29087.18%90.47%
- 40Infested Planet3,04887.15%93.60%
- 41Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense4,24587.00%91.28%
- 42X-Morph: Defense4,24386.99%91.26%
- 43Dungeon Warfare2,02386.97%95.80%
- 44Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD11,81886.77%88.12%
- 45HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed4,39286.66%90.03%
- 46Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess2,55586.65%92.41%
- 47Starship Troopers: Terran Command12,03986.64%87.35%
- 48Rise to Ruins7,76286.60%87.67%
- 49Ratropolis5,54486.53%87.88%
- 50Element TD 2 - Tower Defense3,23486.38%90.11%
- 51Cliff Empire4,37986.24%87.30%
- 52Sanctum3,36386.19%89.21%
- 53Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,69386.14%86.92%
- 54Tower Tactics: Liberation1,25786.06%88.31%
- 55Cluckmech Oasis3,63686.01%88.28%
- 56Atom Zombie Smasher2,10785.98%89.75%
- 57GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath2,87685.95%88.63%
- 58Border Pioneer1,92385.90%86.53%
- 59Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,38785.87%86.53%
- 60Bloons Adventure Time TD4,79485.85%87.23%
- 61Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense15,31185.84%86.28%
- 62Warpips5,21485.84%87.11%
- 63Time Clickers5,13085.82%87.08%
- 64Orcs Must Die! 314,92185.82%85.85%
- 65Cavalry Girls1,99185.81%88.95%
- 66CastleStorm1,63385.77%89.34%
- 67Unholy Heights1,65285.75%89.16%
- 68HoloParade1,15685.73%85.29%
- 69Rock 'N' Roll Defense3,96985.72%87.07%
- 70Bardbarian1,51185.62%88.55%
- 71The Perfect Tower II4,46185.62%86.59%
- 72Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves1,93985.59%87.67%
- 73Tiny Tactics68685.58%82.65%
- 74Farm for your Life63985.57%82.32%
- 75Grim Nights1,55285.56%88.02%
- 76DG2: Defense Grid 23,46485.56%86.63%
- 77Nordhold3,38685.53%86.56%
- 78Heretic's Fork4,12085.52%84.90%
- 79Artisan TD2,52785.50%86.78%
- 80AI War 21,56385.46%87.27%
- 81Kitchen Crisis32385.46%75.54%
- 82Diplomacy is Not an Option12,69585.39%85.55%
- 83The Defender: Farm and Castle1,09585.38%89.32%
- 84Necrosmith5,36685.38%85.74%
- 85Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder3,69585.38%85.90%
- 86VERSUS SQUAD58385.37%78.39%
- 87Over 9000 Zombies!1,52385.36%86.54%
- 88Super Sanctum TD1,58185.36%86.46%
- 89Tower Dominion5,59385.34%85.62%
- 90ShapeHero Factory1,01585.29%88.67%
- 91Frontline Crisis39785.29%87.91%
- 92Kingdom: New Lands12,39985.26%85.32%
- 93Dungeon of the ENDLESS14,05985.22%85.25%
- 94Space Run2,15185.20%85.26%
- 95Ultimate Zombie Defense4,80185.16%85.11%
- 96Tower Escape41585.14%84.10%
- 97They Are Billions51,47385.13%85.12%
- 98Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense79985.05%86.23%
- 99Zombie Defense2,17684.96%83.96%
- 1003 Minute Heroes22384.93%83.86%
