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)21,07993.60%97.48%
- 2Thronefall23,67492.92%96.13%
- 3Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense17,19392.90%97.25%
- 4Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,81291.27%96.68%
- 5Stronghold HD (2012)10,44490.58%95.53%
- 6Bloons TD 511,97090.46%94.68%
- 7Dungeon Defenders18,99790.44%93.09%
- 8Orcs Must Die!8,52390.21%95.83%
- 9Rusted Warfare - RTS7,56990.10%96.30%
- 10Bad North: Jotunn Edition14,29890.07%93.26%
- 11Dome Keeper22,36390.01%92.35%
- 12Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense8,04989.96%95.60%
- 13Orcs Must Die! 219,63489.95%92.26%
- 14Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense10,89389.72%93.68%
- 15Defense Grid: The Awakening5,37489.15%96.11%
- 16Kingdom: Classic22,74589.02%90.64%
- 17Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,82788.98%96.37%
- 18Emberward3,84588.62%96.96%
- 19The Riftbreaker: Prologue4,13188.34%95.42%
- 20Ninja Kiwi Archive5,81588.33%93.34%
- 21GemCraft - Chasing Shadows4,40888.32%94.92%
- 22Progressbar953,66688.29%96.13%
- 23Wall World12,64688.28%90.56%
- 24Sanctum 214,39188.06%89.90%
- 25Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)3,51487.89%94.93%
- 26Bloons Monkey City6,78487.68%91.02%
- 27Marfusha:Sentinel Girls 3,20887.51%94.05%
- 28Infested Planet3,04887.32%93.60%
- 29Craft The World17,08787.30%88.41%
- 30Rock of Ages4,10087.30%92.10%
- 31Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense4,23287.17%91.33%
- 32Dungeon Warfare2,01887.16%95.84%
- 33X-Morph: Defense4,21387.16%91.31%
- 34Dig or Die4,28886.93%90.46%
- 35Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD11,78386.87%88.10%
- 36Element TD 2 - Tower Defense3,23486.56%90.11%
- 37Rise to Ruins7,75886.40%87.68%
- 38Sanctum3,36286.37%89.20%
- 39Ratropolis5,54386.28%87.84%
- 40Cluckmech Oasis3,62986.18%88.29%
- 41Atom Zombie Smasher2,10386.16%89.73%
- 42GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath2,87386.13%88.62%
- 43Warpips5,20686.00%87.13%
- 44Bloons Adventure Time TD4,79686.00%87.22%
- 45Cavalry Girls1,98886.00%88.93%
- 46Cliff Empire4,37585.98%87.29%
- 47Time Clickers5,12985.97%87.05%
- 48Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,37485.97%86.50%
- 49CastleStorm1,63385.96%89.34%
- 50Unholy Heights1,64985.95%89.21%
- 51Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,68985.89%86.93%
- 52Rock 'N' Roll Defense3,97185.89%87.11%
- 53Bardbarian1,51185.82%88.55%
- 54The Perfect Tower II4,44285.80%86.67%
- 55Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves1,94085.78%87.68%
- 56Grim Nights1,55185.76%88.01%
- 57Tower Tactics: Liberation1,25585.73%88.29%
- 58The Defender: Farm and Castle1,09585.73%89.32%
- 59Nordhold3,36785.73%86.66%
- 60DG2: Defense Grid 23,46185.72%86.62%
- 61Artisan TD2,52285.68%86.76%
- 62AI War 21,56285.68%87.39%
- 63Border Pioneer1,91485.60%86.57%
- 64Necrosmith5,35385.59%85.75%
- 65Over 9000 Zombies!1,52585.56%86.56%
- 66Super Sanctum TD1,58085.55%86.46%
- 67Tower Dominion5,54585.50%85.66%
- 68Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder3,68785.47%85.84%
- 69Frontline Crisis39785.43%87.91%
- 70Kingdom: New Lands12,38485.42%85.34%
- 71HoloParade1,15785.41%85.39%
- 72Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense79785.40%86.20%
- 73Space Run2,14585.39%85.27%
- 74Ultimate Zombie Defense4,79685.31%85.09%
- 753 Minute Heroes22385.30%83.86%
- 76Tower Escape41585.29%84.10%
- 77Heretic's Fork4,11685.27%84.91%
- 78Loopstructor38485.25%83.07%
- 79Tiny Tactics68485.16%82.60%
- 80Zombie Defense2,17385.16%83.99%
- 81Farm for your Life63985.15%82.32%
- 82Candy Disaster - Tower Defense33885.14%79.29%
- 83Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense37485.12%79.41%
- 84Deathtrap2,27485.12%83.82%
- 85Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD24185.07%73.86%
- 86Dungeon of the ENDLESS14,04985.06%85.27%
- 87Kitchen Crisis32385.03%75.54%
- 88AI War: Fleet Command1,61284.96%82.20%
- 89Rise of Legions1,61984.95%82.09%
- 90Operation: Polygon Storm29284.89%69.52%
- 91Planet TD27784.70%61.73%
- 92Warstone TD3,89184.57%82.42%
- 93Yet Another Zombie Defense HD3,68484.50%82.03%
- 94Decision: Red Daze90584.49%73.70%
- 95VERSUS SQUAD58384.42%78.39%
- 96Rogue Tower5,92384.36%82.58%
- 97Epic Auto Towers78984.28%70.85%
- 98Prime World: Defenders 22,18984.27%79.03%
- 99Dungeons 25,28484.25%82.06%
- 100Aegis Defenders1,83184.24%77.83%
