Hidden Gem Tower Defense Games
Highly rated Tower Defense games that never got big: under $20, fewer than 25,000 reviews. The review cap filters out everything you've already heard of.
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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.
- 1Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,10893.72%97.48%
- 2Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense17,23093.04%97.25%
- 3Thronefall23,72392.88%96.13%
- 4Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,83491.44%96.68%
- 5Stronghold HD (2012)10,44590.76%95.53%
- 6Bloons TD 511,97790.63%94.68%
- 7Dungeon Defenders19,00490.57%93.09%
- 8Orcs Must Die!8,52690.41%95.84%
- 9Rusted Warfare - RTS7,59790.33%96.33%
- 10Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense8,06690.16%95.59%
- 11Dome Keeper22,47190.14%92.35%
- 12Bad North: Jotunn Edition14,33989.94%93.26%
- 13Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense10,91189.88%93.65%
- 14Orcs Must Die! 219,63789.85%92.23%
- 15Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,82989.23%96.38%
- 16Defense Grid: The Awakening5,37589.00%96.09%
- 17Kingdom: Classic22,75488.98%90.64%
- 18Emberward4,14088.86%96.93%
- 19The Last Spell13,74888.78%91.40%
- 20Ninja Kiwi Archive5,82588.55%93.30%
- 21Sanctum 214,38988.21%89.90%
- 22Wall World12,70788.19%90.56%
- 23The Riftbreaker: Prologue4,13088.18%95.45%
- 24GemCraft - Chasing Shadows4,41388.16%94.90%
- 25Progressbar953,67488.12%96.14%
- 26Marfusha:Sentinel Girls 3,21487.77%93.96%
- 27Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)3,51587.72%94.94%
- 28Bloons Monkey City6,79687.55%91.04%
- 29Craft The World17,10087.43%88.40%
- 30Rock of Ages4,10487.19%92.08%
- 31Dig or Die4,29087.18%90.47%
- 32Infested Planet3,04887.15%93.60%
- 33Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense4,24587.00%91.28%
- 34X-Morph: Defense4,24386.99%91.26%
- 35Dungeon Warfare2,02386.97%95.80%
- 36Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD11,81886.77%88.12%
- 37Rise to Ruins7,76286.60%87.67%
- 38Ratropolis5,54486.53%87.88%
- 39Element TD 2 - Tower Defense3,23486.38%90.11%
- 40Cliff Empire4,37986.24%87.30%
- 41Sanctum3,36386.19%89.21%
- 42Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,69386.14%86.92%
- 43Tower Tactics: Liberation1,25786.06%88.31%
- 44Cluckmech Oasis3,63686.01%88.28%
- 45Atom Zombie Smasher2,10785.98%89.75%
- 46GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath2,87685.95%88.63%
- 47Border Pioneer1,92385.90%86.53%
- 48Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,38785.87%86.53%
- 49Bloons Adventure Time TD4,79485.85%87.23%
- 50Warpips5,21485.84%87.11%
- 51Time Clickers5,13085.82%87.08%
- 52Cavalry Girls1,99185.81%88.95%
- 53CastleStorm1,63385.77%89.34%
- 54Unholy Heights1,65285.75%89.16%
- 55HoloParade1,15685.73%85.29%
- 56Rock 'N' Roll Defense3,96985.72%87.07%
- 57Bardbarian1,51185.62%88.55%
- 58The Perfect Tower II4,46185.62%86.59%
- 59Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves1,93985.59%87.67%
- 60Tiny Tactics68685.58%82.65%
- 61Farm for your Life63985.57%82.32%
- 62Grim Nights1,55285.56%88.02%
- 63DG2: Defense Grid 23,46485.56%86.63%
- 64Nordhold3,38685.53%86.56%
- 65Heretic's Fork4,12085.52%84.90%
- 66Artisan TD2,52785.50%86.78%
- 67AI War 21,56385.46%87.27%
- 68Kitchen Crisis32385.46%75.54%
- 69The Defender: Farm and Castle1,09585.38%89.32%
- 70Necrosmith5,36685.38%85.74%
- 71Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder3,69585.38%85.90%
- 72VERSUS SQUAD58385.37%78.39%
- 73Over 9000 Zombies!1,52385.36%86.54%
- 74Super Sanctum TD1,58185.36%86.46%
- 75Tower Dominion5,59385.34%85.62%
- 76Frontline Crisis39785.29%87.91%
- 77Kingdom: New Lands12,39985.26%85.32%
- 78Dungeon of the ENDLESS14,05985.22%85.25%
- 79Space Run2,15185.20%85.26%
- 80Ultimate Zombie Defense4,80185.16%85.11%
- 81Tower Escape41585.14%84.10%
- 82Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense79985.05%86.23%
- 83Zombie Defense2,17684.96%83.96%
- 843 Minute Heroes22384.93%83.86%
- 85Deathtrap2,27984.93%83.81%
- 86Loopstructor38484.88%83.07%
- 87AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.77%82.25%
- 88Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense37584.75%79.47%
- 89Rise of Legions1,62084.74%82.04%
- 90Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD24184.69%73.86%
- 91Rogue Tower5,92884.58%82.57%
- 92Operation: Polygon Storm29284.51%69.52%
- 93Warstone TD3,89284.41%82.43%
- 94Yet Another Zombie Defense HD3,71084.33%82.05%
- 95Planet TD27784.33%61.73%
- 96Overdungeon3,10684.29%79.52%
- 97Decision: Red Daze90584.23%73.70%
- 98Touhou Big Big Battle4,03784.16%80.16%
- 99Epic Auto Towers78984.13%70.85%
- 100Dungeons 25,28684.10%82.07%
