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Games like TD Worlds

If TD Worlds is your kind of game, the closest matches are Lord Of Island, Necronator: Dead Wrong and Stand Your Ground — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its meta progression feels rewarding, chill and contemplative. 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 TD Worlds: TD Worlds is a dynamic, highly strategical game that challenges your skill. Build an impenetrable defense and get ready to plunge into a new, unknown world to uncover its secrets. Use Twitch integration and play with your viewers.

2022StrategyIndie10.99 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby NewOldMax
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Steam players who put hours into TD Worlds 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. Lord Of Island

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for TD Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with TD Worlds.

    Defend your islands with real-time strategy and tactics! Lead as a Lord, build armies from diverse races, and defeat invading enemies. In a minimalist world, utilize each island’s unique design to rewrite the fate of your people and the destiny of your lands.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Necronator: Dead Wrong

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with TD Worlds.

    Second-strongest match for TD Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with TD Worlds.

    Necronator: Dead Wrong is a deck-building roguelike with an RTS twist. Build a powerful deck. Collect and deploy undead units and raise a unique army. Master each commander’s playstyle and conquer the world. Change the game with rule-bending relics. Unlock new decks and do it all again.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Stand Your Ground

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for TD Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with TD Worlds.

    Defend attacks from enemies from all directions within a limited time. Only by making full use of the differences in each tower and choosing appropriate random rewards can you survive.

    2023StrategyEarly Access7.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Exone Rift

    WHY THIS

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

    Take direct control of your hero on a hostile planet. Build your base, gather resources, expand your territory your way, and survive against the planet’s deadly wildlife.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bad North: Jotunn Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for TD Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with TD Worlds.

    Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.

    2018ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Stronghold: Definitive Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with TD Worlds.

    Ranked #6 for TD Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with TD Worlds.

    Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

    2023StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Neon Ascending

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with TD Worlds.

    Ranked #7 for TD Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with TD Worlds.

    Grid management roguelike tower defense that emphasizes mechanics and features dazzling visual effects. Don't overthink it, just stack and play! Enhancement modules boost your attributes, affix modules change the mechanics, and more... all within the grid. Time to create a new and improved build!

    2025StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. rymdkapsel

    WHY THIS

    Shares a chill mood with TD Worlds.

    Ranked #8 for TD Worlds fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with TD Worlds.

    Build a space station. Command the tiny crew. Explore the galaxy. A meditative space strategy game.

    2014StrategyIndie7.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under TD Worlds on Steam right now. Shares Indie with TD Worlds.

    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 ~55% under TD Worlds on Steam right now. Shares Indie with TD Worlds.

    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. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~43% under TD Worlds on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with TD Worlds.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under TD Worlds on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with TD Worlds.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under TD Worlds on Steam right now. Shares Indie with TD Worlds.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~91% under TD Worlds on Steam right now. Shares Indie with TD Worlds.

    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 ↗
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under TD Worlds on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with TD Worlds.

    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 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~73% under TD Worlds on Steam right now. Shares Indie with TD Worlds.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It

    WHY THIS

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

    USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.

    2025IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Higurashi When They Cry Hou - Ch.1 Onikakushi

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Higurashi When They Cry is a sound novel. The music, backgrounds and characters work together to create a world that is the stage of a novel for the user to read. They laugh and cry and get angry. The user takes the point of view of the protagonist to experience the story.

    2015AdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Cube Escape: Paradox

    WHY THIS

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

    The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.

    2018IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Samsara Room

    WHY THIS

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

    You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. The Children of Clay

    WHY THIS

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

    The Children of Clay is a short stop motion archeology horror game, where you have to study an ancient artefact and discover its dark secret.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about TD Worlds

Is TD Worlds verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — TD Worlds is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
How much does TD Worlds cost?
TD Worlds is listed on Steam at 10.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to TD Worlds?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside TD Worlds are Lord Of Island, Necronator: Dead Wrong, Stand Your Ground.
Who developed TD Worlds?
TD Worlds was developed by NewOldMax.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on TD Worlds.

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