Best Rated Tower Defense Games Under $40
The best rated Tower Defense games on Steam for games under $40. Scores are weighted by review volume, so small-sample flukes stay off the list.
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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.
- 1Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition154,82996.92%97.69%
- 2Bloons TD 6392,70196.88%97.19%
- 3Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)21,01293.46%97.52%
- 4Mindustry27,75292.86%95.72%
- 5Thronefall23,42692.80%96.16%
- 6Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense16,95492.69%97.27%
- 7Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,63591.02%96.74%
- 8Stronghold HD (2012)10,41390.35%95.54%
- 9Dungeon Defenders18,96490.27%93.09%
- 10Bloons TD 511,93890.23%94.66%
- 11Orcs Must Die!8,50289.96%95.86%
- 12Dome Keeper22,04989.95%92.34%
- 13Rusted Warfare - RTS7,47989.82%96.35%
- 14Orcs Must Die! 219,60789.81%92.29%
- 15Bad North: Jotunn Edition14,12889.71%93.26%
- 16Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense7,95789.68%95.64%
- 17Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense10,80389.58%93.87%
- 18Bloons TD Battles29,30389.21%90.67%
- 19Kingdom Two Crowns39,27989.14%90.21%
- 20Kingdom: Classic22,67788.88%90.62%
- 21Defense Grid: The Awakening5,36588.82%96.07%
- 22Minion Masters65,29188.82%89.41%
- 23The Riftbreaker24,58088.79%90.35%
- 24The Last Spell13,56788.67%91.42%
- 25Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,81888.66%96.37%
- 26Emberward3,79888.24%96.95%
- 27Creeper World 44,70888.14%94.92%
- 28Wall World12,56888.13%90.67%
- 29Ninja Kiwi Archive5,79488.02%93.34%
- 30The Riftbreaker: Prologue4,12688.01%95.47%
- 31GemCraft - Chasing Shadows4,38987.98%94.90%
- 32Progressbar953,62087.91%96.13%
- 33Sanctum 214,38987.88%89.92%
- 34Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)3,50887.55%95.01%
- 35Bloons Monkey City6,74887.39%91.02%
- 36Marfusha:Sentinel Girls 3,19287.14%94.05%
- 37Craft The World17,03087.11%88.39%
- 38Rock of Ages4,05786.99%92.04%
- 39Infested Planet3,03786.95%93.58%
- 40X-Morph: Defense4,15786.86%91.48%
- 41Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense4,19786.83%91.33%
- 42Dungeon Warfare2,01086.76%95.82%
- 43Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD11,59986.71%88.23%
- 44Dig or Die4,28286.60%90.47%
- 45HYPERCHARGE: Unboxed4,38786.49%90.04%
- 46Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess2,51186.45%92.47%
- 47Starship Troopers: Terran Command11,97286.22%87.30%
- 48Element TD 2 - Tower Defense3,22786.20%90.11%
- 49Rise to Ruins7,75686.15%87.71%
- 50Ratropolis5,50686.06%88.10%
- 51Sanctum3,35386.03%89.26%
- 52Cluckmech Oasis3,59585.82%88.26%
- 53Atom Zombie Smasher2,10385.77%89.73%
- 54GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath2,86285.75%88.57%
- 55Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense15,21885.74%86.26%
- 56Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,29985.70%86.45%
- 57Warpips5,16885.70%87.17%
- 58Cliff Empire4,36685.67%87.36%
- 59Time Clickers5,12785.67%87.09%
- 60Bloons Adventure Time TD4,76085.66%87.18%
- 61Cavalry Girls1,97685.60%88.92%
- 62Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,68685.58%86.94%
- 63CastleStorm1,62785.56%89.37%
- 64Unholy Heights1,64385.55%89.29%
- 65Rock 'N' Roll Defense3,93385.52%86.98%
- 66Orcs Must Die! 314,85585.46%85.82%
- 67The Perfect Tower II4,39985.46%86.63%
- 68Bardbarian1,51185.42%88.62%
- 69Nordhold3,31585.41%86.85%
- 70Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves1,93885.38%87.67%
- 71The Defender: Farm and Castle1,09585.37%89.32%
- 72Grim Nights1,54785.35%87.98%
- 73DG2: Defense Grid 23,43685.34%86.53%
- 74Artisan TD2,49485.32%86.85%
- 75Diplomacy is Not an Option12,45385.32%85.63%
- 76Tower Tactics: Liberation1,24885.30%88.22%
- 77AI War 21,55485.29%87.52%
- 78Kingdom: New Lands12,33085.23%85.47%
- 79Border Pioneer1,88985.22%86.71%
- 80Tower Dominion5,41885.17%85.60%
- 81Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder3,66885.16%85.77%
- 82Over 9000 Zombies!1,52985.15%86.53%
- 83ShapeHero Factory1,00685.15%88.67%
- 84Super Sanctum TD1,57885.14%86.44%
- 85Dungeon of the ENDLESS14,03785.14%85.27%
- 86They Are Billions51,28485.10%85.13%
- 87Necrosmith5,34285.09%85.85%
- 88Loopstructor38385.09%83.03%
- 89Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense77285.03%86.27%
- 90Space Run2,14085.02%85.37%
- 91Ultimate Zombie Defense4,76284.99%85.11%
- 92HoloParade1,15984.98%85.33%
- 93Heretic's Fork4,09784.96%85.01%
- 94Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense37084.95%79.19%
- 95Frontline Crisis39384.79%87.53%
- 96Farm for your Life63884.78%82.29%
- 97Zombie Defense2,17184.77%84.02%
- 983 Minute Heroes22284.77%83.78%
- 99Tower Escape40884.76%84.07%
- 100Deathtrap2,26784.75%83.90%
