Games like Sanctum 2
If Sanctum 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sanctum, SENTRY and Defender Of Falyndor — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its tactical positioning matters, writing quality is exceptional and challenging. 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 →Sanctum 2 is a 2013 tower defense game that combines first-person shooting with strategic base building. Players choose from four unique character classes and use character-customization options to tailor their abilities. The game features enemy-variety across its levels and requires players to carefully plan level-design with their defensive towers while engaging in fps-shooting combat. Reviewers describe the art-style as beautiful-and-warm, and players note that tactical-positioning-matters throughout each mission. The game supports online_coop multiplayer for up to four players working together to protect the Core from alien hordes. Sanctum 2 is verified on Steam Deck and currently priced at $14.99. It holds a 92% positive rating from over 4,300 Steam reviews.
About Sanctum 2: Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
Players who liked Sanctum 2 also play
Steam players who put hours into Sanctum 2 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.
Sanctum
WHY THIS
Shares tower defense and a challenging mood with Sanctum 2.
Top pick for Sanctum 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sanctum 2.
You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
SENTRY
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sanctum 2.
Second-strongest match for Sanctum 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sanctum 2.
SENTRY is an action-defense first person shooter where you defend your spaceship against invading aliens. Plot an escape route through hostile space and battle the enemy across your vessel with the support of traps, turrets and environmental destruction.
Defender Of Falyndor
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Sanctum 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sanctum 2.
Defender OF Falyndor is a First-Person Tower Defense game in Virtual Reality! Take control of your character, towers, and much more to protect Falyndor from waves of invasions to become the ultimate Defender of Falyndor!
X-Morph: Defense
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sanctum 2.
Ranked #4 for Sanctum 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sanctum 2.
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
Natural Selection 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sanctum 2.
Ranked #5 for Sanctum 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sanctum 2.
A fast paced multiplayer shooter that pits aliens against humans in a strategic and action-packed struggle for survival!
Out of Ammo
WHY THIS
Shares tower defense and an immersive mood with Sanctum 2.
Ranked #6 for Sanctum 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Sanctum 2.
Out of Ammo is an intense VR Tower Defense / FPS hybrid strategy game that will have you constructing defenses, calling in artillery, issuing orders, and taking direct control of your soldiers in order to survive a relentless enemy onslaught.
Earthfall
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sanctum 2.
Ranked #7 for Sanctum 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Sanctum 2.
NOW AVAILABLE! When the Earth falls to an extra-terrestrial invasion, humanity becomes an endangered species. Earthfall is a four-player cooperative shooter that challenges players to survive hordes of ruthless alien drones and their inscrutable masters.
Super Sanctum TD
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sanctum 2.
Ranked #8 for Sanctum 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sanctum 2.
Super Sanctum TD is a retro-styled Tower Defense game that focuses on strategy, customization and replayability. Build advanced mazes and construct powerful towers to prevent alien hordes from reaching the Core!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Sanctum 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Sanctum 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Sanctum 2.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~67% under Sanctum 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sanctum 2.
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!
R.E.P.O.
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Sanctum 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sanctum 2.
An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.
PEAK
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Sanctum 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Sanctum 2.
PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Sanctum 2 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Sanctum 2.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Sid Meier's Civilization® V
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Sanctum 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Sanctum 2.
Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!
Slay the Spire
WHY THIS
Priced ~58% under Sanctum 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sanctum 2.
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!
Inscryption
WHY THIS
Priced ~47% under Sanctum 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sanctum 2.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sanctum 2.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Sanctum 2.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sanctum 2.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sanctum 2.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Sanctum 2.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Sanctum 2.
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.
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More from Coffee Stain Studios
Other recommendable Steam games by Coffee Stain Studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Satisfactory
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with Sanctum 2.
Another title from Coffee Stain Studios, the studio behind Sanctum 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sanctum 2.
Satisfactory is a first-person open-world factory building game with a dash of exploration and combat. Play alone or with friends, explore an alien planet, create multi-story factories, and enter conveyor belt heaven!
Goat Simulator
WHY THIS
Another title from Coffee Stain Studios, the studio behind Sanctum 2. Shares Indie with Sanctum 2.
Goat Simulator is the latest in high-tech Goat Simulation technology.
Sanctum
WHY THIS
Shares tower defense and a challenging mood with Sanctum 2.
Another title from Coffee Stain Studios, the studio behind Sanctum 2. Shares Action and Strategy with Sanctum 2.
You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
Super Sanctum TD
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Sanctum 2.
Another title from Coffee Stain Studios, the studio behind Sanctum 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sanctum 2.
Super Sanctum TD is a retro-styled Tower Defense game that focuses on strategy, customization and replayability. Build advanced mazes and construct powerful towers to prevent alien hordes from reaching the Core!
Goat Simulator: Remastered
WHY THIS
Another title from Coffee Stain Studios, the studio behind Sanctum 2.
Goat Simulator Remastered is the latest in goat simulation technology. Your favorite chaotic sandbox is back and more beautiful than ever, with updated graphics, every DLC, and more bugs that you can shake a goat at. WASD to rewrite history.
Frequently asked about Sanctum 2
- Is Sanctum 2 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Sanctum 2 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 Sanctum 2 cost?
- Sanctum 2 is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Sanctum 2 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Sanctum 2 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Sanctum 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Sanctum 2 are Sanctum, SENTRY, Defender Of Falyndor.
- Who developed Sanctum 2?
- Sanctum 2 was developed by Coffee Stain Studios and published by Coffee Stain Publishing.
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