Hidden Gem Tower Defense Games Under $20
Highly rated Tower Defense games on Steam for games under $20, capped at 25,000 reviews. The 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)21,01293.46%97.52%
- 2Thronefall23,42692.80%96.16%
- 3Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense16,95492.69%97.27%
- 4Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense10,63591.02%96.74%
- 5Stronghold HD (2012)10,41390.35%95.54%
- 6Dungeon Defenders18,96490.27%93.09%
- 7Bloons TD 511,93890.23%94.66%
- 8Orcs Must Die!8,50289.96%95.86%
- 9Dome Keeper22,04989.95%92.34%
- 10Rusted Warfare - RTS7,47989.82%96.35%
- 11Orcs Must Die! 219,60789.81%92.29%
- 12Bad North: Jotunn Edition14,12889.71%93.26%
- 13Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense7,95789.68%95.64%
- 14Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense10,80389.58%93.87%
- 15Kingdom: Classic22,67788.88%90.62%
- 16Defense Grid: The Awakening5,36588.82%96.07%
- 17Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal4,81888.66%96.37%
- 18Emberward3,79888.24%96.95%
- 19Wall World12,56888.13%90.67%
- 20Ninja Kiwi Archive5,79488.02%93.34%
- 21The Riftbreaker: Prologue4,12688.01%95.47%
- 22GemCraft - Chasing Shadows4,38987.98%94.90%
- 23Progressbar953,62087.91%96.13%
- 24Sanctum 214,38987.88%89.92%
- 25Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten (DX edition)3,50887.55%95.01%
- 26Bloons Monkey City6,74887.39%91.02%
- 27Marfusha:Sentinel Girls 3,19287.14%94.05%
- 28Craft The World17,03087.11%88.39%
- 29Rock of Ages4,05786.99%92.04%
- 30Infested Planet3,03786.95%93.58%
- 31X-Morph: Defense4,15786.86%91.48%
- 32Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense4,19786.83%91.33%
- 33Dungeon Warfare2,01086.76%95.82%
- 34Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD11,59986.71%88.23%
- 35Dig or Die4,28286.60%90.47%
- 36Element TD 2 - Tower Defense3,22786.20%90.11%
- 37Rise to Ruins7,75686.15%87.71%
- 38Ratropolis5,50686.06%88.10%
- 39Sanctum3,35386.03%89.26%
- 40Cluckmech Oasis3,59585.82%88.26%
- 41Atom Zombie Smasher2,10385.77%89.73%
- 42GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath2,86285.75%88.57%
- 43Stronghold: Definitive Edition10,29985.70%86.45%
- 44Warpips5,16885.70%87.17%
- 45Cliff Empire4,36685.67%87.36%
- 46Time Clickers5,12785.67%87.09%
- 47Bloons Adventure Time TD4,76085.66%87.18%
- 48Cavalry Girls1,97685.60%88.92%
- 49Anomaly: Warzone Earth4,68685.58%86.94%
- 50CastleStorm1,62785.56%89.37%
- 51Unholy Heights1,64385.55%89.29%
- 52Rock 'N' Roll Defense3,93385.52%86.98%
- 53The Perfect Tower II4,39985.46%86.63%
- 54Bardbarian1,51185.42%88.62%
- 55Nordhold3,31585.41%86.85%
- 56Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves1,93885.38%87.67%
- 57The Defender: Farm and Castle1,09585.37%89.32%
- 58Grim Nights1,54785.35%87.98%
- 59DG2: Defense Grid 23,43685.34%86.53%
- 60Artisan TD2,49485.32%86.85%
- 61Tower Tactics: Liberation1,24885.30%88.22%
- 62AI War 21,55485.29%87.52%
- 63Kingdom: New Lands12,33085.23%85.47%
- 64Border Pioneer1,88985.22%86.71%
- 65Tower Dominion5,41885.17%85.60%
- 66Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder3,66885.16%85.77%
- 67Over 9000 Zombies!1,52985.15%86.53%
- 68Super Sanctum TD1,57885.14%86.44%
- 69Dungeon of the ENDLESS14,03785.14%85.27%
- 70Necrosmith5,34285.09%85.85%
- 71Loopstructor38385.09%83.03%
- 72Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense77285.03%86.27%
- 73Space Run2,14085.02%85.37%
- 74Ultimate Zombie Defense4,76284.99%85.11%
- 75HoloParade1,15984.98%85.33%
- 76Heretic's Fork4,09784.96%85.01%
- 77Cursed Treasure 2 Ultimate Edition - Tower Defense37084.95%79.19%
- 78Frontline Crisis39384.79%87.53%
- 79Farm for your Life63884.78%82.29%
- 80Zombie Defense2,17184.77%84.02%
- 813 Minute Heroes22284.77%83.78%
- 82Tower Escape40884.76%84.07%
- 83Deathtrap2,26784.75%83.90%
- 84Tiny Tactics67884.69%83.19%
- 85Kitchen Crisis32184.65%75.70%
- 86Candy Disaster - Tower Defense33884.61%79.29%
- 87AI War: Fleet Command1,61184.56%82.18%
- 88Rise of Legions1,62084.54%82.10%
- 89Planet TD27584.54%61.82%
- 90Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD23884.54%73.95%
- 91VERSUS SQUAD58484.34%78.42%
- 92Operation: Polygon Storm29284.25%69.52%
- 93Warstone TD3,88684.23%82.40%
- 94Yet Another Zombie Defense HD3,53984.19%82.09%
- 95Epic Auto Towers78584.09%70.45%
- 96Rogue Tower5,91584.06%82.59%
- 97Samawa Idle61484.06%65.96%
- 98Resist the succubus—The end of the female Knight1,42583.95%75.44%
- 99Dungeons 25,27483.93%82.01%
- 100Prime World: Defenders 22,18683.88%79.05%
