Games like FORTRESS DEFENDER
If FORTRESS DEFENDER is your kind of game, the closest matches are Gray Goo, Hot Guns: International Missions and Super Arcade Boy in Defender of Planet Earth — 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.
Get personalized picks →About FORTRESS DEFENDER: This game, "FORTRESS DEFENDER", is a side-scrolling power-up shooting game with an 80's flavor. Defeat the enemies that appear one after another, dodge their attacks, and aim for the boss that lurks in the depths of the stage. There are a total of eight stages with various tricks and bosses.
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Gray Goo
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Top pick for FORTRESS DEFENDER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
Gray goo is a short retro arcade shooter with lots of upgrades. This game is about destroying goo in space and saving the universe.
Hot Guns: International Missions
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for FORTRESS DEFENDER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
Your conventional methods of operation are "shoot first then shoot again!"
Super Arcade Boy in Defender of Planet Earth
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for FORTRESS DEFENDER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
A retro-style classic side-scrolling shoot ’em up. Fly Super Arcade Boy through 8 levels, blast enemy waves, grab power-ups, and take down bosses.
Freedom! Do or Die
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Ranked #4 for FORTRESS DEFENDER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
When terrorism threatens the world there is no need to send a bunch of iconic movie heroes back from the '80s. One under-funded over-powered mercenary is all that's needed to save the world in this epic run 'n' gun destruction-fest of a homage to Broforce!
Gundroid
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Ranked #5 for FORTRESS DEFENDER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
Protect the Earth from an alien invasion in this Run N’ Gun action spectacle. Take control of G.U.N.N.R. and battle your way through a blast from the pixelated past.
UKI-UKI-TENGOKU2
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Ranked #6 for FORTRESS DEFENDER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
Retro 2D side-scrolling shooter with pixel art. Control a penguin (Laser), a fish (Firebreath), and a human (Railgun) to achieve a high score!
PigShip and the Giant Wolf
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Ranked #7 for FORTRESS DEFENDER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
Pig Ship and the Giant Wolf is a classic Shoot'em Up with a 8btis monochrome aesthetic. Cross the 6 worlds full of enemies and defeat the Giant Wolf to save your brothers.
Absolute Blue
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Ranked #8 for FORTRESS DEFENDER fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
Sidescrolling Shoot’em’up that will transport you back into the 90s (and space).
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below FORTRESS DEFENDER at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
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Priced ~80% under FORTRESS DEFENDER on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under FORTRESS DEFENDER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~70% under FORTRESS DEFENDER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Blood and Bacon
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Priced ~80% under FORTRESS DEFENDER on Steam right now. Shares Action with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
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Priced ~50% under FORTRESS DEFENDER on Steam right now. Shares Action with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
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Priced ~80% under FORTRESS DEFENDER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under FORTRESS DEFENDER on Steam right now. Shares Action with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
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Priced ~60% under FORTRESS DEFENDER on Steam right now. Shares Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
STRAFTAT
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
A spooky, freeware RPG where you search the afterlife for your brother. Reap ghosts with your scythe, explore haunted caves, and eat ghostly treats on your journey through death.
The Expendabros
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
Iron Snout
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.
Star Fetchers
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.
Coloring Pixels
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with FORTRESS DEFENDER.
A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.
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Frequently asked about FORTRESS DEFENDER
- How much does FORTRESS DEFENDER cost?
- FORTRESS DEFENDER is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to FORTRESS DEFENDER?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside FORTRESS DEFENDER are Gray Goo, Hot Guns: International Missions, Super Arcade Boy in Defender of Planet Earth.
- Who developed FORTRESS DEFENDER?
- FORTRESS DEFENDER was developed by opmregisters.
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