Games like DG2: Defense Grid 2
If DG2: Defense Grid 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Red Solstice, Orbital Clash and Worbital — 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 →DG2: Defense Grid 2 is a strategy game released in 2014 that tasks players with defending installations against alien waves across space-themed maps. The game features procedurally generated waves and user-generated content, providing long sessions that players describe as challenging and immersive. Tactical positioning matters throughout the experience, with the alien destruction animation impressing reviewers according to player feedback. The title supports both single-player and online co-op play, and runs verified on Steam Deck. Currently priced at $9.99 USD, it holds an 86% positive rating from 1787 Steam reviews.
About DG2: Defense Grid 2: Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.
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The Red Solstice
WHY THIS
Shares an immersive mood with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
Top pick for DG2: Defense Grid 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
2280 A.D. The last few survivors of a ruined Earth seek a new home: Mars, a planet whose inhabitants didn't take too kindly to outsiders. The Red Solstice is a tense, tactical, squad-based action game. Fight to survive with up to 8 players in co-op, or lead your own squad in single-player mode.
Orbital Clash
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for DG2: Defense Grid 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
Turn-based space battle tactical/strategic game
Worbital
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for DG2: Defense Grid 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
With the shifting gravity on your side, aim your cannons, blast your enemies and enjoy the fireworks. Worbital is a real-time strategic artillery game in space, peppered with a heavy dose of cosmic chaos. The goal: be the last civilization standing!
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for DG2: Defense Grid 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time strategy classic, Halo Wars, updated to run natively on PC. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition includes improved graphics, new achievements and all of the DLC created for the landmark real-time strategy game.
CHAOTIC ERA
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for DG2: Defense Grid 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
AT THE LIMITS OF EARTH, AT THE EXTREMITY OF HEAVEN. A REAL-TIME STRATEGY NIGHTMARE.
Dome Keeper
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for DG2: Defense Grid 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Defense Grid: The Awakening
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
Ranked #7 for DG2: Defense Grid 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.
X-Morph: Defense
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
Ranked #8 for DG2: Defense Grid 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 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.
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below DG2: Defense Grid 2 at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under DG2: Defense Grid 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 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 ~50% under DG2: Defense Grid 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 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!
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under DG2: Defense Grid 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under DG2: Defense Grid 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under DG2: Defense Grid 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under DG2: Defense Grid 2 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
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.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under DG2: Defense Grid 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under DG2: Defense Grid 2 on Steam right now. Shares Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
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.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 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?
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 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.
The Expendabros
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Z.A.T.O. // I Love the World and Everything In It
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
USSR, 1986. A girl goes missing in the closed city of Vorkuta-5, yet not a soul seems to be concerned. Uncover the mystery behind her disappearance and transmit your signal to the universe.
Cube Escape: Paradox
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
The tenth Cube Escape follows the story of detective Dale Vandermeer who finds himself trapped in two different universes and needs to escape. Cube Escape: Paradox will be released together with the accompanying Paradox: A Rusty Lake Film.
Samsara Room
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
You woke up in a mysterious room you have never seen before. Can you find another way out? Samsara Room is a remake of the praised predecessor of the Rusty Lake & Cube Escape series.
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
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More from Hidden Path Entertainment
Other recommendable Steam games by Hidden Path Entertainment, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Age of Empires II (Retired)
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
Another title from Hidden Path Entertainment, the studio behind DG2: Defense Grid 2. Shares Strategy with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
Age of Empires II has been re-imagined in high definition. With the release of Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition, this product will not be updated further.
Defense Grid: The Awakening
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
Another title from Hidden Path Entertainment, the studio behind DG2: Defense Grid 2. Shares Strategy and Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.
Defense Grid 2: Steam Special Edition Upgrade
WHY THIS
Another title from Hidden Path Entertainment, the studio behind DG2: Defense Grid 2.
The Steam Special Edition includes additional content by expanding on both the in-game and behind-the-scenes stories of Defense Grid 2, offering a visual novel experience that extends the campaign's narrative as well as art, soundtrack and making of insights.
Plays great on Steam Deck
Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Worbital
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy and Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
With the shifting gravity on your side, aim your cannons, blast your enemies and enjoy the fireworks. Worbital is a real-time strategic artillery game in space, peppered with a heavy dose of cosmic chaos. The goal: be the last civilization standing!
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Strategy with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
Halo Wars: Definitive Edition is an enhanced version of the real-time strategy classic, Halo Wars, updated to run natively on PC. Halo Wars: Definitive Edition includes improved graphics, new achievements and all of the DLC created for the landmark real-time strategy game.
Dome Keeper
WHY THIS
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Indie with DG2: Defense Grid 2.
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
Frequently asked about DG2: Defense Grid 2
- Is DG2: Defense Grid 2 verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — DG2: Defense Grid 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 DG2: Defense Grid 2 cost?
- DG2: Defense Grid 2 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does DG2: Defense Grid 2 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — DG2: Defense Grid 2 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online PvP, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to DG2: Defense Grid 2?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside DG2: Defense Grid 2 are The Red Solstice, Orbital Clash, Worbital.
- Who developed DG2: Defense Grid 2?
- DG2: Defense Grid 2 was developed by Hidden Path Entertainment.
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