Tower Defense

The King is Watching Review: A Ludum Dare Game That Grew Up (Unlike Most)

7.3

/10

The King is Watching

I've played approximately 847 tower defense games that all blur together into one gray mass of arrow towers and wave counters. Then this Ludum Dare experiment showed up and made me actually think about worker placement for once.

Feb 11, 2026

/10

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action-rpg

roguelike

Reynard

Hyper Fox Studios wants me to believe they've cracked the tower defense/action RPG hybrid formula. I've seen this attempted seventeen times in the last two years. Let's see if Reynard earns its Zelda namedrops or if I'm about to write yet another 'nice try' eulogy.

Feb 1, 2026

Alien Overrun Review: A Tower Defense Game That Thinks It's an RTS (Spoiler: It's Not Fooling Anyone)

5.2

/10

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rts

strategy

Alien Overrun

Look, I've played tower defense games since before half of you were born, and Alien Overrun wants me to believe it's bringing something new to the table by slapping 'light RTS' on the description. Let me tell you what I found when I reluctantly gave it a shot.

Jan 27, 2026

Minecraft VS Zombies 2 Review: A Fan Game Mashup That's Either Genius or a Cry for Help

5.4

/10

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fan-game

minecraft

Minecraft VS Zombies 2

Someone combined Plants vs Zombies, Minecraft, AND Touhou Project into one tower defense game. I've been reviewing games for 15 years and I don't know whether to be impressed or concerned. Spoiler: I played it anyway, and now I have opinions.

Jan 4, 2026

Luckitown Review: Sokpop Made Me Care About Dice Again (I'm As Shocked As You Are)

7.2

/10

tower-defense

dice

strategy

Luckitown

I've played enough tower defense games to know they're all the same recycled garbage with different skins. Then Sokpop threw dice at the genre and somehow made me think about farm placement for twenty minutes straight.

Dec 27, 2025

Mechs V Kaijus Review: A Tower Defense That Finally Remembers 'Defense' Should Be Difficult

6.7

/10

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action

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Mechs V Kaijus (Demo 1.3)

I booted up Mechs V Kaijus expecting another paint-by-numbers tower defense clone. Instead, I got my teeth kicked in on 'Easy' mode and somehow kept coming back for more punishment.

Dec 26, 2025

Kinetic Interceptive Defense Review: A Tower Defense Game That Makes You Do Cardio

6.1

/10

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strategy

action

Kinetic Interceptive Defense

Finally, someone had the audacity to ask 'what if tower defense was exhausting?' Hell Yea Games delivers a frantic twist on the genre that had me questioning every placement decision I've ever made — and whether my mouse could survive the experience.

Dec 25, 2025

Outhold Review: A Tower Defense Game That Actually Respects the Grind (Shocking, I Know)

6.7

/10

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incremental

strategy

Outhold

I've played enough itch.io tower defense games to fill a landfill, so when Outhold promised 'deep meta-progression' and 'overpowered synergies,' I rolled my eyes so hard I saw my own brain. Then I played it for five hours straight and forgot to eat lunch.

Dec 23, 2025

King's Path Review: A Free Tower Defense That Actually Understands Synergy (I'm As Shocked As You Are)

7.7

/10

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synergy-mechanics

free-to-play

King's Path

I downloaded this expecting another derivative tower defense clone to bore me for 20 minutes. Three hours later, I'm still here optimizing item builds and hating myself for admitting a free itch.io game got its hooks in me.

Dec 23, 2025

TowerBag Review: One Tower, One Skull, One Chance to Not Bore Me to Death

/10

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minimalist

pixel-art

TowerBag

I've played tower defense games since before some developers were born, and TowerBag thinks it can revolutionize the genre by giving me ONE tower. ONE. Let me tell you how that worked out.

Dec 23, 2025

Utopia Must Fall Review: A Tower Defense Game That Actually Woke Me Up

7.4

/10

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arcade

bullet-hell

Utopia Must Fall

Pixeljam made a tower defense game that doesn't bore me to tears. I'm as shocked as you are. This vector-styled bullet hell actually respects the 'arcade' part of 'arcade tower defense.'

Dec 23, 2025

Scavenger of Dunomini Review: The Match-3 Game That Finally Made Me Think

7.5

/10

match-3

tower-defense

pixel-art

Scavenger of Dunomini

PUNKCAKE Délicieux somehow convinced me to care about defending garbage by frankensteining match-3 with tower defense and actually making it work. I'm as surprised as you are.

Dec 23, 2025

WitchCraft TD Review: A PICO-8 Tower Defense That Actually Made Me Miss My Bedtime

7.3

/10

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pixel-art

WitchCraft TD

I've played tower defense games since Warcraft 3 custom maps were the only thing worth launching Battle.net for. WitchCraft TD gets it—the random summoning, the desperate merging, the merchant screwing you over. It's brutally honest about being hard, and I respect that.

Dec 23, 2025

Nodes of Nebula Review: A Mobile Tower Defense That Actually Respects the 'Rogue' in Roguelike

6.7

/10

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roguelike

mobile

Nodes of Nebula

I downloaded this expecting another cash-grab tower defense with seventeen pop-up ads before wave 3. What I got was a surprisingly competent roguelike that understands progression better than most $30 Steam games. I'm as shocked as you are.

Dec 23, 2025

/10

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strategy

Inside Job

FeatureKreep made a reverse tower defense for a game jam and somehow it's better than half the 'full releases' I've suffered through this year. I'm not saying I'm impressed, but I played it twice, which is more than I can say for most indie tower defense clones.

Dec 23, 2025

Spacethumper 2 Review: A Free Tower Defense That's... Actually Pretty Competent? (With Caveats)

6.5

/10

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base-building

furry

Spacethumper 2

I clicked on this expecting another janky itch.io tower defense clone. What I got was a surprisingly functional base defense game that happens to cater to a very specific audience. Your mileage will absolutely vary.

Dec 23, 2025

Rise to Ruins Review: A Village Sim That Actually Wants You to Fail (And I Respect That)

7.4

/10

village-simulator

tower-defense

roguelike

Rise to Ruins

I've played more village sims than I care to admit, and most of them hold your hand like you're five. Rise to Ruins? It laughs at your failures, watches your villagers starve, and somehow makes you come back for more.

Dec 22, 2025

4.2

/10

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prototype

strategy

Forest Defense

Mort-on made a tower defense prototype with 10 levels and random maps. I've played this exact game approximately 4,000 times since 2005, except those versions had animations.

Dec 20, 2025

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Tower Defense

The King is Watching

Reynard

Alien Overrun

Minecraft VS Zombies 2

Luckitown

Mechs V Kaijus (Demo 1.3)

Kinetic Interceptive Defense

Outhold

King's Path

TowerBag

Utopia Must Fall

Scavenger of Dunomini

WitchCraft TD

Nodes of Nebula

Inside Job

Spacethumper 2

Rise to Ruins

Forest Defense

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Tower Defense

The King is Watching

Reynard

Alien Overrun

Minecraft VS Zombies 2

Luckitown

Mechs V Kaijus (Demo 1.3)

Kinetic Interceptive Defense

Outhold

King's Path

TowerBag

Utopia Must Fall

Scavenger of Dunomini

WitchCraft TD

Nodes of Nebula

Inside Job

Spacethumper 2

Rise to Ruins

Forest Defense

Tower Defense

The King is Watching

Reynard

Alien Overrun

Minecraft VS Zombies 2

Luckitown

Mechs V Kaijus (Demo 1.3)

Kinetic Interceptive Defense

Outhold

King's Path

TowerBag

Utopia Must Fall

Scavenger of Dunomini

WitchCraft TD

Nodes of Nebula

Inside Job

Spacethumper 2

Rise to Ruins

Forest Defense

Tower Defense

The King is Watching

Reynard

Alien Overrun

Minecraft VS Zombies 2

Luckitown

Mechs V Kaijus (Demo 1.3)

Kinetic Interceptive Defense

Outhold

King's Path

TowerBag

Utopia Must Fall

Scavenger of Dunomini

WitchCraft TD

Nodes of Nebula

Inside Job

Spacethumper 2

Rise to Ruins

Forest Defense