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Tile Tactics is a roguelike tower defense game where everything is a tile and you gamble for new tiles

By Liam Dawe, 4 days ago

I simply love how indie developers constantly come up with new weird and wonderful combinations. Tile Tactics looks like it will properly hook me in.

Wire up various modules to survive in Wireworks - a base-defense roguelike auto-battler

By Liam Dawe, 8 Jan 2026

Wireworks went straight into my wishlist, I couldn't click it fast enough. Love the idea with this base-defense roguelike auto-battler.

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NodalBastion is a delightful mixture of tower defense and incremental progression

By Liam Dawe, 21 Nov 2025

Taking inspiration from incremental games with a long progress tree to unlock, NodalBastion is a tower defense game that just keeps on going.

Aquatic tower defense Operation Octo moves release to September 10 due to Hollow Knight: Silksong

By Liam Dawe, 3 Sep 2025

Operation Octo from developer Klub Kofta Studio recently shifted the release date to September 10th, to give Hollow Knight: Silksong a little space.

Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road is easily going to be my next complete obsession

By Liam Dawe, 2 Sep 2025

Monsters are Coming! Rock & Road has just planted itself right at the top of my wishlist for the excellent combination of survivor-likes with tower defense.

SuperWEIRD is a co-op mixture of automation, tower defense and adventuring

By Liam Dawe, 11 Jul 2025

SuperWEIRD is the next planned game from developers Luden.io, merging together a few different genres into something thoroughly odd.

Operation Octo is an upcoming frantic aquatic Tower Defense with big boss fights

By Liam Dawe, 9 Jul 2025

Need a fresh Tower Defense game to try out? Here's another tip for you! Operation Octo arrives in September with a chance to try it early.

Rift Riff is a beautifully designed tower defense game about pumping juice

By Liam Dawe, 14 May 2025

Rift Riff is all about jumping through portals (okay Rifts, whatever) and extracting precious juice. Monsters don't like you doing that though but the juice must flow. It's out now with Native Linux support.

Don't sleep on Cataclismo, building up fortresses like LEGO to defend against hordes is great

By Liam Dawe, 7 May 2025

Cataclismo is a game where you design and build a fortress to face off against waves of enemy hordes. The LEGO-like building system is a lot of fun, really letting your creativity shine.

GNOMES is my new favourite tower defense game that blends in roguelike mechanics

By Liam Dawe, 14 Apr 2025

If you don't hear from me much over this week (or for the rest of this month), it's because I'm dedicating my time to playing GNOMES. A new tower defense roguelike hybrid from developer DYSTOPIAN with ever-expanding biomes to battle through.

Rogue Kingdoms blends tower defense with Vampire Survivors action and will have full Steam Deck support

By Liam Dawe, 31 Mar 2025

With an upgrade system that's a little inspired by the popularity of Vampire Survivors and all the games that followed, Rogue Kingdoms combines some interesting looking tower defense gameplay with direct hero control and roguelike elements.

Try the new demo and trailer for Rift Riff, a fast and "strategically tight" tower defense game

By Liam Dawe, 10 Feb 2025

If you love tower defense games, you're going to want to check out the new demo and trailer for the upcoming Rift Riff. A "strategically tight" game, the developer says.

Everwarder is a fresh tower defense roguelite hybrid about clearing the darkness

By Liam Dawe, 7 Feb 2025

Everwarder asks: how long will your light last? Not very long in some of my attempts. It's a fresh feeling spin that merges tower defense with a bit of roguelite action together, as you attempt to break through the darkness.

Chrysalis is a unique hybrid of tower defense and rogue-lite RPG action where you possess plants and creatures

By Liam Dawe, 12 Dec 2024

Chrysalis from developer Metamorph Games wins top marks for some originality here, and if you're a fan of cute tower defense games that mix in some exploration this is one for you.

Modding support returns to Dome Keeper in the latest update

By Liam Dawe, 29 Nov 2024

While the developers keep working away on multiplayer for Dome Keeper, you can now get back to filling your game up with mods as support has returned.

Melt Them All is a bit like a retro action rogue-lite Factorio with tower defense

By Liam Dawe, 17 Oct 2024

Stripping down automation sims to the basics, adding in some tower defense and a little rogue-lite action with retro visuals and you have Melt Them All.

The props fight back against the humans in Puropu Defense Squad

By Liam Dawe, 15 Oct 2024

PlayTogether Studio who made Run Prop, Run! and the Mad Experiments: Escape Room series have put up a demo and release date for Puropu Defense Squad. A mixture of a shooter and tower defense.

Dome Keeper hits 1 million players - multiplayer and modding support to come

By Liam Dawe, 27 Sep 2024

Dome Keeper is a real gem with a simple yet highly satisfying gameplay loop, and it seems it's done well for Bippinbits. Even though they're working on the incredible looking PVKK, they're not done with Dome Keeper just yet.

Terrorformer TD is a seriously good tower defense game where you shape the battlefield

By Liam Dawe, 10 Sep 2024

It's hard to pull me away from Bloons TD 6, but Terrorformer TD has managed to do it. A tower defense game where you constantly tweak the battlefield as time goes on.

Tower defense fans should try Nordhold: Origins, a free prologue for a much bigger upcoming game

By Liam Dawe, 2 Sep 2024

Currently reviewing well from users on Steam is Nordhold: Origins, a free tower defense game with high replayability where you build up a medieval Nordic village.

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