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)20,90593.61%97.55%
- 2Thronefall23,07692.95%96.23%
- 3Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense16,58892.80%97.27%
- 4Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,45091.19%96.75%
- 5Stronghold HD (2012)10,32690.55%95.55%
- 6Dungeon Defenders18,86690.48%93.17%
- 7Bloons TD 511,86990.43%94.67%
- 8Orcs Must Die!8,45890.21%95.90%
- 9Dome Keeper21,20690.10%92.33%
- 10Rusted Warfare - RTS7,26090.01%96.36%
- 11Orcs Must Die! 219,56189.99%92.34%
- 12Bad North: Jotunn Edition13,84189.95%93.24%
- 13Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense10,63089.88%94.11%
- 14Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense7,81589.85%95.56%
- 15Defense Grid: The Awakening5,33789.12%96.10%
- 16Kingdom: Classic22,61489.05%90.67%
- 17Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,79888.97%96.42%
- 18The Riftbreaker23,92588.93%90.41%
- 19Emberward3,70788.50%96.90%
- 20Wall World12,29188.45%90.94%
- 21The Riftbreaker: Prologue4,12288.32%95.44%
- 22Ninja Kiwi Archive5,77188.32%93.40%
- 23GemCraft - Chasing Shadows4,36988.29%94.92%
- 24Progressbar953,56188.21%96.12%
- 25Sanctum 214,37688.07%89.93%
- 26Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)3,49987.89%95.03%
- 27Bloons Monkey City6,67987.68%91.11%
- 28Marfusha:Sentinel Girls 3,15687.47%94.04%
- 29Infested Planet3,02987.30%93.60%
- 30Rock of Ages3,99987.29%92.05%
- 31Craft The World16,90887.27%88.38%
- 32X-Morph: Defense4,12487.15%91.42%
- 33Dungeon Warfare2,00287.13%95.80%
- 34Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense4,13687.08%91.18%
- 35Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD11,31886.94%88.31%
- 36Dig or Die4,27086.92%90.49%
- 37Element TD 2 - Tower Defense3,20486.56%90.20%
- 38Rise to Ruins7,74686.41%87.72%
- 39Sanctum3,34586.38%89.33%
- 40Ratropolis5,49986.34%88.05%
- 41Atom Zombie Smasher2,09386.13%89.68%
- 42Cluckmech Oasis3,50386.13%88.24%
- 43GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath2,84286.11%88.63%
- 44Warpips5,10186.03%87.30%
- 45Bloons Adventure Time TD4,70586.00%87.29%
- 46Cliff Empire4,35285.98%87.34%
- 47Cavalry Girls1,95785.96%88.86%
- 48Time Clickers5,11885.95%87.05%
- 49CastleStorm1,61785.94%89.30%
- 50Unholy Heights1,63585.93%89.24%
- 51Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,67885.90%86.98%
- 52The Defender: Farm and Castle1,09585.88%89.32%
- 53Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,09185.87%86.35%
- 54Nordhold3,20485.83%87.20%
- 55The Perfect Tower II4,33485.82%86.80%
- 56Bardbarian1,51185.81%88.55%
- 57Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves1,93785.76%87.66%
- 58Grim Nights1,54285.73%87.94%
- 59Artisan TD2,42885.72%87.07%
- 60Tower Tactics: Liberation1,23785.71%88.28%
- 61AI War 21,54585.69%87.64%
- 62Rock 'N' Roll Defense3,78885.69%86.48%
- 63DG2: Defense Grid 23,40285.64%86.39%
- 64Orcs Must Die! 314,77585.63%85.79%
- 65Border Pioneer1,83385.62%86.85%
- 66Necrosmith5,31785.57%85.91%
- 67Over 9000 Zombies!1,53185.55%86.61%
- 68Super Sanctum TD1,57685.54%86.48%
- 69Tower Dominion5,06285.52%85.78%
- 70Kingdom: New Lands12,26185.49%85.56%
- 71Frontline Crisis38585.48%87.79%
- 72Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense75685.47%86.51%
- 73Diplomacy is Not an Option12,08785.44%85.48%
- 74Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder3,61385.42%85.50%
- 75Space Run2,13485.40%85.43%
- 76HoloParade1,15885.38%85.32%
- 773 Minute Heroes22185.35%83.71%
- 78Tower Escape40285.34%84.08%
- 79Dungeon of the ENDLESS14,00385.33%85.28%
- 80Loopstructor37885.33%83.60%
- 81Heretic's Fork4,04485.32%85.14%
- 82Ultimate Zombie Defense4,72285.27%85.01%
- 83Tiny Tactics67285.25%83.18%
- 84Candy Disaster - Tower Defense33785.20%79.53%
- 85Farm for your Life63785.19%82.10%
- 86Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense35985.18%79.39%
- 87Zombie Defense2,17085.15%84.06%
- 88Deathtrap2,25885.13%83.97%
- 89Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD22785.11%72.69%
- 90Kitchen Crisis32185.08%75.39%
- 91Yet Another Zombie Defense HD3,03485.02%83.82%
- 92VERSUS SQUAD58085.02%78.62%
- 93Operation: Polygon Storm28984.97%70.24%
- 94AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.95%82.18%
- 95Rise of Legions1,61884.93%82.08%
- 96Planet TD27684.76%61.96%
- 97Warstone TD3,88384.56%82.41%
- 98Decision: Red Daze88384.53%73.50%
- 99Taur2,09384.44%79.89%
- 100Rogue Tower5,88384.36%82.61%
