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Games like Buster's TD

If Buster's TD is your kind of game, the closest matches are I Come In Peace, Sadness Of Valor and Son of a Gun — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Buster's TD: A fun physics-based tower defense game where you build your own base and maze. Featuring a very cute dog named Buster and his evil twin named busteR.

2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDWindowsby Otis Anderson
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Players who liked Buster's TD also play

Steam players who put hours into Buster's TD also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. I Come In Peace

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Buster's TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Buster's TD.

    Don't panic! survive this bullet hell action! As a goofy pacifist alien that crashed on Earth, use your defense abilities to evade paranoid humans whose deadly attacks on you cause destruction and mayhem. Navigate the chaos, collect your spaceship parts, and run the hell out of this planet!

    2025ActionIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Sadness Of Valor

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Buster's TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Buster's TD.

    Build, manage, fight in a post apocalyptic RTS game

    2022ActionStrategy5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Son of a Gun

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Buster's TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Buster's TD.

    A retro-inspired, action packed, twin-stick shooter full of bullets, blood and explosions. Collect and manage your guns to exterminate jungle zombies, swarming bugs, heavy robots, slimy monsters and even space ghosts.

    2024Action9.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Bad Government

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Buster's TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buster's TD.

    Manage your resources and navigate the shifting sentiment of the population in this decision-based resource management game. Gain power to unlock more individuals, adding complexity as you progress. How long can you maintain balance?

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. X-Morph: Defense

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Buster's TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Buster's TD.

    Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. World Warfare & Economics

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Buster's TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Buster's TD.

    Take control of any nation and shape its future. Manage resources, trade, and taxes, engage in real-time warfare, navigate global diplomacy, and react to dynamic world events. Build a thriving economy, forge alliances, and command armies in a constantly evolving world!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie29.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Wooden Battles

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Buster's TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Buster's TD.

    Build a wooden fort, place your units, watch the mayhem!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Thunder Wolves

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Buster's TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Buster's TD.

    When this “wolf pack” strikes, you hear the thunder roll. The Thunder Wolves attack from the air. They are mercenaries, and the best helicopter pilots in the world. Every one of them is ready for action at all times—and ready to fight evil, wherever it lurks.

    2013ActionIndieCasual1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Buster's TD at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Buster's TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Buster's TD.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Buster's TD on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Buster's TD.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Buster's TD on Steam right now. Shares Action with Buster's TD.

    Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. How to Fish

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Buster's TD on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Buster's TD.

    A 1-4 player physics based fishing simulator. While drinking and boating you suddenly crash into a small island. To work your way back home you have to learn How to Fish.

    2026ActionIndieSimulation4.95 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Buster's TD on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Buster's TD.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Buster's TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Buster's TD.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Buster's TD on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Buster's TD.

    Live a week in the life of "The POSTAL Dude"; a hapless everyman just trying to check off some chores. Buying milk, returning an overdue library book, getting Gary Coleman's autograph, what could possibly go wrong?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Buster's TD on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Buster's TD.

    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.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Buster's TD.

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Buster's TD.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Buster's TD.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. OnlyCans: Thirst Date

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Buster's TD.

    Feel The Fizz Inside You™ with the brand new Shize™ Collection!

    2021IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Buster's TD.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  6. I MAED A GAM3 W1TH Z0MB1ES 1N IT!!!1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Buster's TD.

    A top down twin stick zombie slaying shooter that you are sure to play again and again!

    2021ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Buster's TD.

    The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. erdetspill

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Buster's TD.

    Bestefar vil ha 2 is. Du må skaffe de. Det viser seg å være mer komplisert enn du trodde. Et absurd førstepersons-eventyrspill der du navigerer norsk byråkrati, snakker med rare folk og løser meningsløse oppdrag - i en liten norsk bygd.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Buster's TD

How much does Buster's TD cost?
Buster's TD is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Buster's TD?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Buster's TD are I Come In Peace, Sadness Of Valor, Son of a Gun.
Who developed Buster's TD?
Buster's TD was developed by Otis Anderson and published by Robot Future.

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