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Tower defense incremental games

43 hand-tagged games, ranked by live Steam and Galaxy ratings.

  1. Desktop Defender cover art

    Desktop Defender

    A lone tower in the corner of your screen holds off waves while you work, dropping gear to equip and resetting runs for permanent ascension upgrades.

    92% steam
    90% idle
  2. The Perfect Tower II cover art

    The Perfect Tower II

    Tower defence as an idle engine, plus factories, mining and an in-game scripting language.

    87% steam
    60% idle
  3. Abyss Manager Idle cover art

    Abyss Manager Idle

    Assign characters to jobs, gather resources and dig deeper floors in an idle tower defense. About two hours to finish completely.

    95% steam
    has ending
  4. Zero Stress King: Idle Defense cover art

    Zero Stress King: Idle DefenseUpdated

    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% steam
    3.6★ galaxy
  5. Sir, We Have an Orc Problem cover art

    Sir, We Have an Orc Problem

    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
  6. All Aboard! The Train Defense Express cover art

    All Aboard! The Train Defense Express

    Defend a power generator from waves of orcs with a looping train, buying combat and gold-making carriages and merging three alike to level them.

    91% steam
  7. Outhold cover art

    OutholdUpdated

    A short tower defense run-based game where you spend collected resources in a large refundable skill tree between attempts.

    4.4★ galaxy
  8. Idle Hero TD - Tower Defense RPG cover art

    Idle Hero TD - Tower Defense RPGUpdated

    An endless tower defense where you recruit and place fantasy heroes against infinite waves, and they keep fighting and collecting rewards while the game is closed.

    82% steam
    75% idle
  9. World of Towers VS. Cubes cover art

    World of Towers VS. Cubes

    Build towers and walls against waves of cubes across five worlds, mining crystals and spending loot in talent and soul trees and a workshop.

    4.4★ galaxy
  10. Grow Defense cover art

    Grow Defense

    Level a castle's weapons and skills to hold back monsters across zones, chase rare drops from raid bosses and rebirth for permanent perks.

    77% steam
  11. Idle Monster TD: Evolved cover art

    Idle Monster TD: Evolved

    A reverse tower defense where you evolve over 150 monsters to hold a portal against endless human invaders, placing them to combine abilities.

    76% steam
    75% idle
  12. castle idler cover art

    castle idlerUpdated

    A tower defense incremental without waves, where you place and upgrade towers against slimes and unlock a prestige skill tree across harder levels.

    79% steam
    3.6★ galaxy
  13. Refence cover art

    RefenceDormant

    Defend a wall with chosen heroes in a roguelike idle defense, building up your castle, researching features and crafting relics.

    77% steam
    3.4★ galaxy
  14. Idle Monster TD cover art

    Idle Monster TD

    Place elemental monsters on the map to hold off endless robot waves, combining their abilities and upgrading stats between fights.

    72% steam
    70% idle
  15. Tiny Towers cover art

    Tiny TowersUpdated

    Defend a small fortress against waves of tiny monsters in an action-focused incremental.

    4.1★ galaxy
    25% idle
  16. Mindscape cover art

    Mindscape

    A breathing-themed tower defense: guard a Breath Center from incoming Thoughts by guiding them through Awareness into Clarity.

    3.6★ galaxy
  17. Crystal Clicker cover art

    Crystal ClickerUpdated

    Defend a central crystal from waves of enemies by clicking to repair and attack, buying upgrades between runs.

    25% idle
  18. Grid Forge TD cover art

    Grid Forge TDUpdated

    Tower defense where you lay tetromino pieces to shape the enemy path and mount towers on them.

    3.5★ galaxy
  19. Samawa Idle cover art

    Samawa Idle

    Pick and level towers against monster hordes, shaping runs with random gear, passives and a skill tree across two prestige layers.

    68% steam
    50% idle
  20. Summoners Greed: AFK TD Tower cover art

    Summoners Greed: AFK TD TowerUpdated

    Summon heroes, place them on a grid to hold off waves, and collect rewards that build up while the game is closed.

    75% idle
  21. The Tower - Idle Tower Defense cover art

    The Tower - Idle Tower DefenseUpdated

    Defend a single tower against waves, buy permanent upgrades and research while idle or active.

    50% idle
  22. Zombie Idle Defense cover art

    Zombie Idle DefenseUpdated

    Equip survivors with weapons and hold a defensive line against waves of zombies and bosses across post-apocalyptic levels.

  23. Dice vs Monsters: Roguelike TD cover art

    Dice vs Monsters: Roguelike TDUpdated

    A roguelike tower defense where each hero is a die, with dice rolls used to upgrade abilities against monster waves.

  24. Galaxy Defense: Fortress TD cover art

    Galaxy Defense: Fortress TDUpdated

    Build and combine turrets to protect Earth from aliens, picking roguelike upgrades mid-battle and powering up your character with chips.

  25. Boom Castle: Tower Defense TD cover art

    Boom Castle: Tower Defense TDUpdated

    Hold a castle against orcs, skeletons, and demons with towers and heroes in a roguelike defense that grows stronger each run.

  26. Slime Castle: Idle TD RTS Game cover art

    Slime Castle: Idle TD RTS GameUpdated

    Play as a slime defending a forest castle from human invaders, gathering gear and skills and returning stronger after each defeat.

  27. Idle Archer Tower Defense RPG cover art

    Idle Archer Tower Defense RPGUpdated

    Defend a tower as a lone archer against monster waves, collecting skill cards and spending gold on permanent upgrades after each loss.

  28. Idle Kingdom Defense cover art

    Idle Kingdom DefenseDormant

    Command heroes and archer corps in large castle-defense battles, with rewards stacking up while the game is closed.

    75% idle
  29. Medieval: Defense & Conquest cover art

    Medieval: Defense & ConquestDormant

    Build a crusader settlement's farms and trade, then spend the income on an army and walls to hold off waves of attackers.

  30. Rogue with the Dead: Idle RPG cover art

    Rogue with the Dead: Idle RPGUpdated

    March an army 300 miles to slay the Demon Lord; troops fight automatically, and each death resets your run but makes you stronger.

    has ending
    75% idle
  31. Mega Tower - Casual TD Game cover art

    Mega Tower - Casual TD GameUpdated

    Merge and modify towers in a sci-fi tower defense that fights on its own but lets you aim manually.

    50% idle
  32. Dead Spreading:Idle Game cover art

    Dead Spreading:Idle GameDormant

    Recruit soldiers and upgrade a base to hold off zombie waves while balancing defense and supply gathering.

  33. Eternal Cannon Idle Shooting cover art

    Eternal Cannon Idle ShootingDormant

    Defend a city with an upgradable cannon and walls, mixing tapping and upgrades where each level brings a new skill.

    50% idle
  34. Geometry Tower: Idle Defense cover art

    Geometry Tower: Idle DefenseUpdated

    Defend a single tower against endless waves, picking roguelike upgrades each run and researching permanent boosts.

  35. Kitty Keep™ cover art

    Kitty Keep™Updated

    Cat heroes defend a beach castle from sea creatures in an idle tower defense that runs on auto-battle.

  36. Tiny Warriors Rush - Idle TD cover art

    Tiny Warriors Rush - Idle TDUpdated

    Pick warriors and random upgrade cards in tower-versus-tower battles, then spend winnings to level your army.

  37. Combo Clash - Era Wars cover art

    Combo Clash - Era WarsUpdated

    Merge weapon blocks on a grid to power a hero against waves of enemies, advancing through eras from cavemen to future soldiers.

  38. Idle Defense: Dark Forest cover art

    Idle Defense: Dark ForestDormant

    Play a banished trainee wizard who deploys turrets to hold off monsters released from a shattered seal.

  39. Tower Defense: Lazy Apocalypse cover art

    Tower Defense: Lazy ApocalypseUpdated

    Play a monster-slaying streamer holding off zombie waves, upgrading weapons while your hero keeps fighting when you are away.

    75% idle
  40. Harvest King: Farm Defense TD cover art

    Harvest King: Farm Defense TDUpdated

    Merge vegetable defenders on rotating farm slots and manage water to fend off enemy waves, with resources building up while you are away.

    50% idle
  41. Merge Kingdoms - Tower Defense cover art

    Merge Kingdoms - Tower DefenseUpdated

    Merge and place towers against thousands of waves, unlocking prestige mode at wave 600 and a final boss at wave 1000.

    has ending
  42. A Dungeon Is You - Demo cover art

    A Dungeon Is You - DemoUpdated

    Reincarnated as a dungeon core, you lay out a maze of walls and floors, upgrade defenders and fit loot idols into a grid inventory.

    2.8★ galaxy
  43. Tower Ball - Incremental Tower Defense cover art

    Tower Ball - Incremental Tower DefenseDormant

    Place turrets that shoot down falling balls for cash, upgrade seven tower types, and prestige to restart stronger on harder levels.

    61% steam
    75% idle