Best Tower Defense Games on Steam

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Dungeon Defenders Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!

Price -80% 2.95€
Rating 9.1
Release 18 Oct 2011
Orcs Must Die! Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.

Price -91% 0.77€
Rating 9.3
Release 11 Oct 2011
Rock of Ages A rock-solid combination of rock-rolling action, deep strategy, and captivating art and music from different ages of history, this is a game of crush or be crushed!

Price 9.99€
Rating 8.8
Release 07 Sep 2011
Alien Hallway Players measure stamina with a never-ending stream of green creatures within the borders of a special military mission.

Price -91% 0.49€
Rating 6.2
Release 19 Aug 2011
Dwarfs!? Dig! Dig! Dig! Manage the small underground Dwarf base and make it as rich as possible before they meet their inevitable doom. Purchase before May 11th and save!

Price -97% 0.27€
Rating 7.4
Release 04 May 2011
Sanctum You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.

Price -82% 1.81€
Rating 8.6
Release 15 Apr 2011
Anomaly: Warzone Earth Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!

Price -96% 0.48€
Rating 8.4
Release 08 Apr 2011
Revenge of the Titans The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!

Price -62% 5.65€
Rating 7.8
Release 16 Mar 2011
Atom Zombie Smasher The zombie apocalypse is upon us and it's up to you to evacuate everyone before they fall prey to the undead. Conduct massive rescue operations with a helping hand from snipers, artillery crews, orbital bombardments, and more.

Price -50% 4.99€
Rating 8.6
Release 14 Mar 2011
Monday Night Combat Monday Night Combat is a class-based, third-person shooter… and the most popular lethal sport of the future!

Price -53% 2.14€
Rating 7.6
Release 24 Jan 2011
Swords and Soldiers HD Rewrite history as you take control of the brutal Vikings, the devious Aztecs or the crafty Chinese in their global quest to win the favour of the Gods! Swords & Soldiers is a side-scrolling strategy game that lets you control an entire army and lets you wield devastating magical abilities.

Price -73% 1.35€
Rating 7.5
Release 02 Dec 2010
Gratuitous Space Battles The first ever auto-battler game, from way back in 2009Who needs backstory? Who needs resource-gathering? Diplomacy is so last year. Gratuitous Space Battles cuts right to the chase of sci-fi strategy games, and deals with large, completely unjustified space battles between huge opposing space fleets.

Price 14.79€
Rating 6.9
Release 16 Nov 2009
AI War: Fleet Command "You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...

Price -96% 0.45€
Rating 7.9
Release 21 Oct 2009
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

Price 4.99€
Rating 9.6
Release 05 May 2009
Defense Grid: The Awakening Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.

Price 7.99€
Rating 9.3
Release 08 Dec 2008
Iron Grip: Warlord Iron Grip: Warlord invigorates tower defense with first-person shooter elements to give a new twist to the genre.It puts you in the heat of the battle, fighting off hordes of AI-controlled invaders. Play alone or with friends, in a diverse and challenging struggle to save all of Atelia.

Price 35.88€
Rating 8.0
Release 05 Dec 2008
Multiwinia Multiwinia is a fast-paced, retro-inspired RTS that blends arcade action with strategic depth. Command armies of Multiwinians in multiplayer battles across vibrant, nostalgic environments. With simple controls and dynamic gameplay, it offers endless fun and challenge for players of all skill levels.

Price -81% 2.29€
Rating 7.7
Release 19 Sep 2008

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