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Games like Relic Guardian - Tower Defense

If Relic Guardian - Tower Defense is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense, Monster Battle Quest and MoonBeam — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its deep tower customization, dense pop culture references and hero dancing slows enemies. 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 Relic Guardian - Tower Defense: "Relic Guardian" is a fantasy style strategy tower defense game. As the builder on the battlefield, summon a variety of defense towers and spells with reliable hero companions to complete this epic and guarding adventure!

2025StrategyIndieAdventureRPGCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableWindowsby Mystrigger
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Steam players who put hours into Relic Guardian - Tower Defense 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. Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    Top pick for Relic Guardian - Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!

    2014Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Monster Battle Quest

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Relic Guardian - Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    Recruit and evolve the perfect monster team to destroy opposing enemy. Defeat enemy monsters to earn gold, increase your strength, and dominate the monster world.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. MoonBeam

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Relic Guardian - Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    Here's a special forces team for you, they all have unique skills. Your task is to make the enemy die in a designated place. Get more energy.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    Ranked #4 for Relic Guardian - Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    While a formidable evil emerges, an unexpected alliance is taking shape! It will take the finest warriors of Linirea and the relentless Dark Army to stop it. Beware! Though they may journey side by side the ever-changing winds of fate could swiftly alter their course.

    2024StrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Defenders Glory

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Relic Guardian - Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    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.

    2021StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Pizzapocalypse 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Relic Guardian - Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Adventure with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    Use your pizza to bounce, swing and dash in this 3D platformer! Explore different countries, and put a stop to the greedy corporation selling Pizza-in-a-can!

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSteam ↗
  7. Mages Defense

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Relic Guardian - Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    In a fantastic and unique land, dark creatures seek to destroy the peace of the world and rule the earth. Help the Mages to defend the world against them building traps in their path and using magic in a colorful and happy environment

    2022ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. BARHEIM

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Relic Guardian - Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    BARHEIM is a single-player, 3D Time Management Tower Defense where players experience the chaos of mixing drinks and maintaining a bar while defending themselves from thirsty Vikings!

    2024StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Relic Guardian - Tower Defense at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Relic Guardian - Tower Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Relic Guardian - Tower Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    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 ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Relic Guardian - Tower Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Adventure with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Relic Guardian - Tower Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Relic Guardian - Tower Defense on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Relic Guardian - Tower Defense on Steam right now. Shares RPG with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Relic Guardian - Tower Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Relic Guardian - Tower Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie and RPG with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    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 ↗

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 Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    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. Shares Adventure with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    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 ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. 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 Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

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

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

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Relic Guardian - Tower Defense.

    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 ↗

Frequently asked about Relic Guardian - Tower Defense

Does Relic Guardian - Tower Defense run on Steam Deck?
Relic Guardian - Tower Defense is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Relic Guardian - Tower Defense cost?
Relic Guardian - Tower Defense is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Relic Guardian - Tower Defense?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Relic Guardian - Tower Defense are Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense, Monster Battle Quest, MoonBeam.
Who developed Relic Guardian - Tower Defense?
Relic Guardian - Tower Defense was developed by Mystrigger and published by Mystrigger, XD.

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