Games like Refence
Refence. These games share the most with it, and each one says why.

Sir, We Have an Orc Problem
Also tower defense, roguelite
A short tower defense against orc armies in the tens of thousands, where every run, won or lost, feeds a big tree of turret upgrades.
86% steam
OutholdUpdated
Also tower defense, roguelite
A short tower defense run-based game where you spend collected resources in a large refundable skill tree between attempts.
4.4★ galaxy
Bounty Below
Also crafting, roguelite
Recruited units mine ore for you to smith into gear, while you can dive into a twin-stick roguelike dungeon for extra ore. Includes an upgrade tree and prestige.
80% steam70% idle
Samawa Idle
Also tower defense, roguelite
Pick and level towers against monster hordes, shaping runs with random gear, passives and a skill tree across two prestige layers.
68% steam50% idle
再刷一把 PlayAgain
Also crafting, roguelite
Climb a tower, grind for randomized gear and runewords, and build a team from 70+ characters and captured pets. Chinese-language store text.
66% steam
Dice vs Monsters: Roguelike TDUpdated
Also tower defense, roguelite
A roguelike tower defense where each hero is a die, with dice rolls used to upgrade abilities against monster waves.

Galaxy Defense: Fortress TDUpdated
Also tower defense, roguelite
Build and combine turrets to protect Earth from aliens, picking roguelike upgrades mid-battle and powering up your character with chips.

Boom Castle: Tower Defense TDUpdated
Also tower defense, roguelite
Hold a castle against orcs, skeletons, and demons with towers and heroes in a roguelike defense that grows stronger each run.

Rogue with the Dead: Idle RPGUpdated
Also roguelite, tower defense
March an army 300 miles to slay the Demon Lord; troops fight automatically, and each death resets your run but makes you stronger.
has ending75% idle
Geometry Tower: Idle DefenseUpdated
Also tower defense, roguelite
Defend a single tower against endless waves, picking roguelike upgrades each run and researching permanent boosts.

Tiny Warriors Rush - Idle TDUpdated
Also tower defense, roguelite
Pick warriors and random upgrade cards in tower-versus-tower battles, then spend winnings to level your army.

Rock BottomUpdated
Also roguelite
Swing a pickaxe through generated caves, smelt ore into bars and buy permanent skill tree upgrades to push through eight themed depths.
94% steam
NodebusterComplete
Also roguelite
Sweep your cursor over nodes, spend the bits on a huge upgrade web, go again. A tight, active, few-hour hit.
97% steam3–6h ending10% idle
Zero Stress King: Idle DefenseUpdated
Also tower defense
A tower defense where you cannot lose: enemies charge your walls and fall into lava, and you spend the payout on defenders and a map-shaped skill tree.
87% steam3.6★ galaxy
Leaf Blower Revolution
Also crafting
Blow leaves. Blow more leaves. Somehow blow leaves across multiple dimensions with a crafting system.
94% steam55% idle
IDLE_DIRECTIVEUpdated
Also crafting
Manage a limited grid inventory of producers and automation items while scavenging a dying world, trading with survivors, and resetting for augments.
86% steam
Antivirus PROTOCOLDormant
Also roguelite
Destroy viruses to collect code fragments, spend them in an upgrade tree for new weapons and powers, and beat each level's boss to advance.
87% steam
Pacifish
Also crafting
Fish six areas, fight back against what you disturb, hatch and eat fish for stats, and craft poles, playable idly or actively for speed.
84% steam50% idle
Outpath: First Journey
Also crafting
A free prologue to a first-person clicker where you gather, craft and automate a base, buying new islands, in either an active or idle style.
96% steam50% idle
Soda Dungeon 2
Also crafting
Staff a tavern with adventurers who crawl a dungeon for you, upgrade the whole town, and script their battle behavior with custom AI.
94% steam
Void Miner – Incremental Asteroids Roguelite
Also roguelite
Pilot a ship and an automated tower through asteroid fields, shooting rocks for resources that feed an upgrade tree between runs.
83% steam
Outpath
Also crafting
A first-person clicker base builder: gather by hand, then automate production and buy more islands to expand.
94% steam50% idle
Chef Knight
Also roguelite
Fight through dungeons for monster ingredients, cook them into dishes to sell to adventurers, and upgrade combat and cooking between runs.
95% steam
Lootun
Also crafting
Send up to three adventurers into dungeons while you salvage, craft and enchant their loot, choosing from four classes with ascendancies.
94% steam50% idle