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Games like Chicken Defender

If Chicken Defender is your kind of game, the closest matches are Beat the Heat, Save The Village - Tower Defense and Circuit Maze — 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 Chicken Defender: Test your skills in this 2.5D, low-poly tower defense game. Your objective is to protect a chicken coop from the attacks of the cunning foxes using different items and power-ups. The possibility of modifying your approach before each wave leads to the existence of multiple winning strategies.

2021StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDWindowsby Andrei Cibotariu, Andrei Airinei
Chicken Defender — Steam game cover

Players who liked Chicken Defender also play

Steam players who put hours into Chicken Defender 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. Beat the Heat

    WHY THIS

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

    Manage a living ecosystem built from hex‑based tiles. Explore, collect, prevent, and adapt each turn as your decisions ripple across different interconnected biomes. Keeping the whole system in balance is the key to survival.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Save The Village - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

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

    Save The Village is a medieval tower defense game where you strategically protect villages from waves of skeletons, goblins, and fearsome bosses. Build powerful towers and use magical abilities to fend off the invading forces!

    2025StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Circuit Maze

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Chicken Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Casual with Chicken Defender.

    Tower defense without combat. Circuit Maze is a puzzle game where you need to build the longest possible maze with the resources you are given.

    2025StrategyCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Cascade Cafe

    WHY THIS

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

    Cascade Cafe is a strategy board game where you battle for board control. Score points by linking bridges of tiles together: tiles with the same number or a sequence of numbers, and tiles which form a loop. Use abilities to affect the board, or items to aid you in your pursuit of points!

    2021StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. World Tree Defender - Seedlings of Yggdrasil

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Chicken Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chicken Defender.

    A tower defense on hex grids. Read the enemy mix, place towers that counter their traits, and haul splinters back to the World Tree to power your next run. Push corruption higher for tougher mutations and richer loot. 3 biomes, map editor, endless build combos.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  6. The Territory of Egg

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Chicken Defender fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Chicken Defender.

    The Territory of Egg is a unique twist on tower defense game. You need to build defense lines with egg warriors to protect the Holy Egg, the core of all eggs. Remember to upgrade your Tech Tree with the resources you've collected and unlock more skills to fight against the evil monsters.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie0.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Agro Tycoon

    WHY THIS

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

    In this management simulator with a charming isometric pixel art aesthetic, you are not just a farmer, but the CEO of your own operation. Start with a modest plot of land, invest your initial capital wisely, and transform a small plantation into a true agribusiness powerhouse.

    2027StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  8. The Rabbit Haul

    WHY THIS

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

    Nurture your farm by day and defend your haul of crops from the thieving Trash Panda Posse at night. This farming and tower defense roguelite challenges you to grow powerful and symbiotic defenses to battle tough critters and rebuild your hometown one haul at a time!

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. UBERMOSH

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Chicken Defender on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chicken Defender.

    UBERMOSH is an arcade game about cutting bullets with a sword, in a gun-filled cyberpunk mosh pit.

    2015ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Miss Neko

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Chicken Defender on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Chicken Defender.

    Together the full picture of all the lovely beast ladies with your own hands, play Yakyuken with them, collect their portraits. Hope you have a relaxing and enjoyable game time:)

    2019ActionCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. QUICKERFLAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Chicken Defender on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Chicken Defender.

    QUICKERFLAK is an experimental fast-paced time-attack top-down combat retro-hardcore minigame, that can be finished in a minute.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Save Jesus

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Chicken Defender on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Chicken Defender.

    Someone is trying to murder Jesus. Disguised as Caesar with the Roman Empire by his side, an evil impostor from the future has set hundreds of deadly traps. Redirect the traps, kill the Romans and protect Jesus!

    2016IndieCasual0.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Barro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Chicken Defender on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Chicken Defender.

    Choose your little car and race!

    2018IndieCasualRacing0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Gachi Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Chicken Defender on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chicken Defender.

    Gachi Heroes is a game about the dark fantasies. That's amazing an endlass journey in which you will know yourself with your favorite gachimuchi characters. How deep would you go?

    2018ActionIndieAdventure0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Trip to Vinelands

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Chicken Defender on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chicken Defender.

    Trip to Vinelands is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame.

    2016ActionIndie0.49 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. TTV2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~51% under Chicken Defender on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Chicken Defender.

    TTV2 is an arcade retro hardcore maze wanderer minigame, sequel to Trip to Vinelands.

    2017ActionIndie0.49 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Chicken Defender.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Chicken Defender.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  6. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Chicken Defender.

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Chicken Defender.

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  8. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Chicken Defender.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Chicken Defender

How much does Chicken Defender cost?
Chicken Defender is listed on Steam at 0.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Chicken Defender?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Chicken Defender are Beat the Heat, Save The Village - Tower Defense, Circuit Maze.
Who developed Chicken Defender?
Chicken Defender was developed by Andrei Cibotariu, Andrei Airinei and published by Andrei Cibotariu.

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 Chicken Defender.

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