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 Edition152,92496.94%97.70%
- 2Bloons TD 6388,21296.90%97.20%
- 3Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)20,90593.61%97.55%
- 4Mindustry26,85692.96%95.78%
- 5Thronefall23,07692.95%96.23%
- 6Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense16,58892.80%97.27%
- 7Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,45091.19%96.75%
- 8Stronghold HD (2012)10,32690.55%95.55%
- 9Dungeon Defenders18,86690.48%93.17%
- 10Bloons TD 511,86990.43%94.67%
- 11Orcs Must Die!8,45890.21%95.90%
- 12Dome Keeper21,20690.10%92.33%
- 13Rusted Warfare - RTS7,26090.01%96.36%
- 14Orcs Must Die! 219,56189.99%92.34%
- 15Bad North: Jotunn Edition13,84189.95%93.24%
- 16Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense10,63089.88%94.11%
- 17Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense7,81589.85%95.56%
- 18Kingdom Two Crowns38,49389.24%90.24%
- 19Defense Grid: The Awakening5,33789.12%96.10%
- 20Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,79888.97%96.42%
- 21The Riftbreaker23,92588.93%90.41%
- 22The Last Spell13,36688.86%91.46%
- 23Emberward3,70788.50%96.90%
- 24Wall World12,29188.45%90.94%
- 25Creeper World 44,66688.43%94.94%
- 26GemCraft - Chasing Shadows4,36988.29%94.92%
- 27Progressbar953,56188.21%96.12%
- 28Sanctum 214,37688.07%89.93%
- 29Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)3,49987.89%95.03%
- 30Marfusha:Sentinel Girls 3,15687.47%94.04%
- 31Infested Planet3,02987.30%93.60%
- 32Rock of Ages3,99987.29%92.05%
- 33Craft The World16,90887.27%88.38%
- 34X-Morph: Defense4,12487.15%91.42%
- 35Dungeon Warfare2,00287.13%95.80%
- 36Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD11,31886.94%88.31%
- 37Dig or Die4,27086.92%90.49%
- 38HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed4,37786.80%90.02%
- 39Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess2,46286.78%92.45%
- 40Element TD 2 - Tower Defense3,20486.56%90.20%
- 41Starship Troopers: Terran Command11,86686.44%87.33%
- 42Rise to Ruins7,74686.41%87.72%
- 43Sanctum3,34586.38%89.33%
- 44Ratropolis5,49986.34%88.05%
- 45Atom Zombie Smasher2,09386.13%89.68%
- 46Cluckmech Oasis3,50386.13%88.24%
- 47GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath2,84286.11%88.63%
- 48Warpips5,10186.03%87.30%
- 49Cliff Empire4,35285.98%87.34%
- 50Cavalry Girls1,95785.96%88.86%
- 51CastleStorm1,61785.94%89.30%
- 52Unholy Heights1,63585.93%89.24%
- 53Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense15,05885.93%86.29%
- 54Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,67885.90%86.98%
- 55Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,09185.87%86.35%
- 56Nordhold3,20485.83%87.20%
- 57Bardbarian1,51185.81%88.55%
- 58Grim Nights1,54285.73%87.94%
- 59Artisan TD2,42885.72%87.07%
- 60Tower Tactics: Liberation1,23785.71%88.28%
- 61AI War 21,54585.69%87.64%
- 62Rock 'N' Roll Defense3,78885.69%86.48%
- 63ShapeHero Factory98885.69%88.66%
- 64DG2: Defense Grid 23,40285.64%86.39%
- 65Orcs Must Die! 314,77585.63%85.79%
- 66Border Pioneer1,83385.62%86.85%
- 67Necrosmith5,31785.57%85.91%
- 68Over 9000 Zombies!1,53185.55%86.61%
- 69Super Sanctum TD1,57685.54%86.48%
- 70Tower Dominion5,06285.52%85.78%
- 71Kingdom: New Lands12,26185.49%85.56%
- 72Frontline Crisis38585.48%87.79%
- 73Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense75685.47%86.51%
- 74Diplomacy is Not an Option12,08785.44%85.48%
- 75Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder3,61385.42%85.50%
- 76Space Run2,13485.40%85.43%
- 77HoloParade1,15885.38%85.32%
- 783 Minute Heroes22185.35%83.71%
- 79Tower Escape40285.34%84.08%
- 80Dungeon of the ENDLESS14,00385.33%85.28%
- 81Loopstructor37885.33%83.60%
- 82Heretic's Fork4,04485.32%85.14%
- 83Ultimate Zombie Defense4,72285.27%85.01%
- 84Tiny Tactics67285.25%83.18%
- 85They Are Billions50,97185.22%85.18%
- 86Candy Disaster - Tower Defense33785.20%79.53%
- 87Farm for your Life63785.19%82.10%
- 88Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense35985.18%79.39%
