Games like Brutal TD
If Brutal TD is your kind of game, the closest matches are DROPSOL, Shining Shattering Sky ~ Reverie of Breaking Unreality and TD Fade to Dark — 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 Brutal TD: Brutal TD is a minimalist retro-styled game that combines elements of tower defense games and classic space shooters. Brutal TD puts you in complete control of a single tower. You can choose what enemies to fire at, which enemies you prioritize, and how to spend your resources.
Players who liked Brutal TD also play
Steam players who put hours into Brutal TD 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.
DROPSOL
WHY THIS
Top pick for Brutal TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Brutal TD.
DROPSOL is a retro-style arcade game where, equipped only with a parasol that reduces your speed, you have to dodge obstacles and take special items to increase your chances of getting a big score.
Shining Shattering Sky ~ Reverie of Breaking Unreality
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Brutal TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Brutal TD.
What’s going on in Tomohiro Uchida and Hikari Aogami’s dreams?
TD Fade to Dark
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Brutal TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Brutal TD.
A dark Tower Defense and Survival hybrid where your only currency is time, and how you choose to use. Step into the dark forest, build your defenses during the day, explore, and during the night make every second count before the monsters find you.
Impact Trial: Hyperchaos
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Brutal TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Brutal TD.
Survive endless waves and let yourself be swept away by the chaos. Impact Trial: Hyperchaos is a fast-paced arcade bullet hell game with adaptive difficulty, where every second counts and only your reflexes decide how long you last. The longer you hold out, the harder it gets.
Towerix91
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Brutal TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Brutal TD.
Towerix91 is an incremental tower defense inspired by PC games of the late 80s and early 90s. Collect crystals, unlock dozens of upgrades in the tech tree, place towers on walls, upgrade them and use abilities. Repel waves of enemies while steadily strengthening your defenses.
Cornered
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Brutal TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Brutal TD.
Cornered is a stationary survival rogue-like with tower-defence DNA. Hold the centre, customise your aura, buy skills, and stack passives. After every boss, choose an enemy enhancement that makes future waves harder, then push past the Final Boss into Endless Mode.
Cave Of Treats
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Brutal TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with Brutal TD.
Live a spooky Halloween night as a skeleton dressed up as a mummy! Play a haunted old arcade game that, on Halloween night, can bring monsters out of the TV. Fight off waves of monsters trying to escape the game to steal all your candy!
VOID WARD
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Brutal TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and Casual with Brutal TD.
A minimalist roguelite tower defense with neon aesthetics. Defend your planet against infinite waves of geometric enemies. Buy 70 upgrades, activate abilities, chain combos and grow stronger between runs with permanent upgrades. Every attempt makes you stronger.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Brutal TD at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Brutal TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Brutal TD.
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?
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Brutal TD on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Brutal TD.
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.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Brutal TD on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Brutal TD.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Brutal TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Casual with Brutal TD.
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!
Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Brutal TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Brutal TD.
"Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!
Insaniquarium Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Brutal TD on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Brutal TD.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
Bejeweled® 3
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Brutal TD on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Brutal TD.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Brutal TD.
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 Brutal TD.
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 and Casual with Brutal TD.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
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 Brutal TD.
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.
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 Brutal TD.
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!
Grimm's Hollow
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Brutal TD.
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.
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More from Merriman Games
Other recommendable Steam games by Merriman Games, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Merri Puzzle
WHY THIS
Another title from Merriman Games, the studio behind Brutal TD. Shares Indie with Brutal TD.
Merri Puzzle is a physics based puzzle solving game, with a unique look and feel to it. The goal is simple, getting an object, often a ball to the end of a maze.
Physics Cake
WHY THIS
Another title from Merriman Games, the studio behind Brutal TD. Shares Indie and Casual with Brutal TD.
Physics Cake is a 2-D physics simulation game where you can draw containers, objects, or anything you want really and put whatever chosen physical object you want inside of it.
Big Jays Rattastic Adventure
WHY THIS
Another title from Merriman Games, the studio behind Brutal TD. Shares Casual with Brutal TD.
Big Jays Rattastic Adventure is a 3D mascot platformer game with tons of collectibles. Every level can be finished without collecting anything, but the more stuff you grab, the better grade you get at the end of each level. Unlock more levels and stuff by getting higher grades on previous levels.
Frequently asked about Brutal TD
- How much does Brutal TD cost?
- Brutal TD is listed on Steam at 1.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Brutal TD?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Brutal TD are DROPSOL, Shining Shattering Sky ~ Reverie of Breaking Unreality, TD Fade to Dark.
- Who developed Brutal TD?
- Brutal TD was developed by Merriman Games.
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