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Games like Defenders Glory

If Defenders Glory is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Towering Dungeon, Island Crusaders and Battle Hunters — 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 Defenders Glory: Defenders Glory is a Fantasy Tower Defense game with simple but deep gameplay elements: Simple mechanics that allow for near-infinite ways to be applied, allowing it to be suitable to anyone, beginners can just sit down and play, while Veterans can constantly improve themselves and their tactics.

2021StrategyIndieRPGCasual9.99 USDWindowsby Derek Eduardo Gonçalves
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  1. The Towering Dungeon

    WHY THIS

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

    Journey through colossal dungeon floors, gather powerful heroes to defend your castle, and discover legendary treasures and ancient artifacts. In the Towering Dungeon, Tower Defense meets RPG adventure. Explore, summon defenses, customize your heroes, and overcome deadly dangers during your ascent!

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Island Crusaders

    WHY THIS

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

    Island Crusaders is a cute yet brutal tactical RTS game. Defend your home against swarms of enemies as your picturesque island gets stained by the blood of your enemies. Unlock new and unique units, strategically place and move them, and defeat the impending army.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Battle Hunters

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Defenders Glory fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defenders Glory.

    BATTLE HUNTERS is a classic-style RPG adventure with an original, tactical real-time combat system and 28 unique heroes to discover and recruit - all with unique abilities and powerful special moves. Over 15 hours of gameplay, across 5 regions of the kingdom, with a huge array of enemies to battle.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. King Towers

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to King Towers, a challenging Retro Flash Tower Defence. Protect your life, gold and mana from fast and very ugly villagers, knights, evil witches and cows armed to their teeth!

    2024StrategyIndieRPG2.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Defense Tower Simulator

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to Tower Defense Simulator and prepare yourself to protect your kingdom from different monsters! Join this game and prepare to many exciting missions with this great game!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Botanical TD

    WHY THIS

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

    Defend against evil snails with a variety of plants in this Tower Defense while YOU have to make constant decisions how your enemies get stronger.

    2022StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin

    WHY THIS

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

    Rise above the Mirk and protect your ship from dangers unknown in the latest entry in the classic Defender’s Quest tower defense series!

    2025StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Ajax’s Trial

    WHY THIS

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

    Legendary Hoplite: Ajax's Trial is the prologue version of Legendary Hoplite, a game that combines Tower Defense and Action RPG genres. In this game, you'll need to build fortifications, upgrade your army, and create your own unique strategy to fight off hordes of monsters across 7 levels.

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Defenders Glory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Defenders Glory.

    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 Defenders Glory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Defenders Glory.

    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. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Defenders Glory on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defenders Glory.

    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 ↗
  4. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Defenders Glory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Defenders Glory.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Defenders Glory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Defenders Glory.

    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 ↗
  6. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Defenders Glory on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Defenders Glory.

    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 ↗
  7. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Defenders Glory on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Defenders Glory.

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

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Brotato

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Defenders Glory on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Defenders Glory.

    Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.

    2023ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

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

    Find 100 cats hidden in Paris, France in this cute hand-drawn hidden object game by Travellin Cats - the original viral hidden cat game creator!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Defenders Glory.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

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

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  6. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Defenders Glory.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. An Arcade Full of Cats

    WHY THIS

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

    Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 100 Asian Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defenders Glory.

    🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️‍♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️‍♂️🐈✅

    2023ActionSportsStrategyFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Defenders Glory

How much does Defenders Glory cost?
Defenders Glory is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Defenders Glory?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Defenders Glory are The Towering Dungeon, Island Crusaders, Battle Hunters.
Who developed Defenders Glory?
Defenders Glory was developed by Derek Eduardo Gonçalves and published by Loris Studio.

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