Best Value Tower Defense Games

The Tower Defense games that stretch a budget furthest: median reviewer playtime divided by current price. Pick your currency in the top bar to rank against your local prices.

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Median reviewer playtime divided by price. Reviewers tend to sink more hours in than the average owner, so treat this as an optimistic estimate. Free games are excluded because there's no price to divide by.
  1. 1Wall World14 h/$
  2. 2Rock 'N' Roll Defense12 h/$
  3. 3Dungeon of the ENDLESS11 h/$
  4. 4最后的仙门 The last Practice Sect10 h/$
  5. 5Orcs Must Die! 28.1 h/$
  6. 6The Riftbreaker7.0 h/$
  7. 7Orcs Must Die!6.2 h/$
  8. 8Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition6.2 h/$
  9. 9Mindustry5.7 h/$
  10. 10Bloons TD 64.8 h/$
  11. 11Rusted Warfare - RTS4.4 h/$
  12. 12Dome Keeper4.3 h/$
  13. 13METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED4.2 h/$
  14. 147 Days to Die4.2 h/$
  15. 15Tower Dominion4.2 h/$
  16. 16They Are Billions3.8 h/$
  17. 17GemCraft - Chasing Shadows3.6 h/$
  18. 18Warpips3.4 h/$
  19. 19X-Morph: Defense3.3 h/$
  20. 20Stronghold HD (2012)3.3 h/$
  21. 21Ship of Fools3.2 h/$
  22. 22Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)3.0 h/$
  23. 23Night of the Dead2.8 h/$
  24. 24Craft The World2.7 h/$
  25. 25Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense2.7 h/$
  26. 26Emberward2.6 h/$
  27. 27Diplomacy is Not an Option2.4 h/$
  28. 28Dungeon Defenders2.4 h/$
  29. 29The Front2.4 h/$
  30. 30Rogue Tower2.3 h/$
  31. 31Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense2.2 h/$
  32. 32Orcs Must Die! 32.2 h/$
  33. 33Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense2.2 h/$
  34. 34Progressbar952.0 h/$
  35. 35The Last Spell1.9 h/$
  36. 36DG2: Defense Grid 21.8 h/$
  37. 37Outpost: Infinity Siege1.8 h/$
  38. 38Castle Story1.8 h/$
  39. 39Cluckmech Oasis1.5 h/$
  40. 40Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense1.5 h/$
  41. 41Element TD 2 - Tower Defense1.5 h/$
  42. 42Bloons TD 51.5 h/$
  43. 43Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap1.3 h/$
  44. 44Creeper World 41.3 h/$
  45. 45Age of Darkness: Final Stand1.2 h/$
  46. 46Kingdom Two Crowns1.2 h/$
  47. 47Starship Troopers: Terran Command1.2 h/$
  48. 48Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense1.1 h/$
  49. 49Stronghold: Definitive Edition1.1 h/$
  50. 50Heretic's Fork1.0 h/$
  51. 51Border Pioneer1.0 h/$
  52. 52Artisan TD1.0 h/$
  53. 53Thronefall1.0 h/$
  54. 54Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD0.9 h/$
  55. 55Ultimate Zombie Defense0.8 h/$
  56. 56Bad North: Jotunn Edition0.7 h/$
  57. 57Kingdom: New Lands0.7 h/$
  58. 58Nordhold0.7 h/$
  59. 59Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville0.6 h/$
  60. 60Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess0.6 h/$
  61. 61Kingdom Eighties0.5 h/$
  62. 62Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder0.5 h/$
  63. 63Particula0.2 h/$

How the math works: we sample each game’s Steam reviewers, take the median of their total recorded playtime (lifetime hours, not hours at the time of review), and divide it by the game’s current price in your selected currency. Reviewers usually sink more hours in than the average owner, so the numbers run generous. Free games aren’t listed because there’s no price to divide by, and a game needs playtime data from at least 20 reviewers before it qualifies. All prices are Steam’s own regional prices, never exchange-rate conversions.