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Games like 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival

If 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival is your kind of game, the closest matches are The Echoes of Mars, THE LAST DEFENSE! and Deadhold — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its achievements add replay value, balanced difficulty curve and retro aesthetics shine. 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 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival: Get ready for the ULTIMATE tower defense onslaught. Build, deploy, research and upgrade your defenses in this epic, old school RTS inspired sci-fi adventure.

2023ActionStrategyIndie4.79 USDDeck VerifiedWindowsby Refinery Games
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Players who liked 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival also play

Steam players who put hours into 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival 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. The Echoes of Mars

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    The Echoes of Mars is a voxel-style tower defence game. Defend your research base on Mars from ancient creatures by strategically placing towers and using advanced tech.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. THE LAST DEFENSE!

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    A classic tower defense game with ordinary graphics didn't fascinate you? Well, let's give a try and see how long you can defend! Show your commanding skills and prove no enemy can break your defense! Be a hero and save humanity with the LAST DEFENSE!

    2021StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Deadhold

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    Deadhold is a roguelite zombie survival/strategy game where your choices impact who lives and who dies. Rescue survivors, scavenge resources, fortify your base, and protect your community against stress, infection, and zombies! Can you find a sense of normalcy in this cruel new world?

    2026StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Space Tales

    WHY THIS

    Shares a retro mood with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    Ranked #4 for 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    Space Tales is a sci-fi RTS where you build fortified bases, manage resources, and command retro-futuristic armies. Adapt to deadly alien factions, capture giant bosses, and turn them into powerful allies as humanity fights to survive among the stars.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventure14.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Playground Mayhem

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    Defend your base solo or with friends against endless waves of foes using your weapons and turrets. Are you up for the challenge?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Taskforce: The Mutants of October Morgane

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    Taskforce is a tactical, turn based game in which you control a small group of elite soldiers in a series of sci-fi themed missions. Mission objectives might include rescuing hostages, blowing up targets, stealing documents or other military activities.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie15.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Colonization of the Moon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    Defend your homeland because of all the forces and do not let the enemy break through Prove that you can survive all the trials and save the moon !

    2018ActionIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Evolution of War

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    The Evolution of War game shows the evolution of warfare in 5 ages, starting with the age of dinosaurs, crusades, medieval, 21st century (present time) and futuristic (fiction).The game's main objective is to destroy the enemy base.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival

Surfaced from review text: when other players write 'if you liked X, try Y', we catch the name and resolve it back to a Steam game.

  1. DG2: Defense Grid 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    Reviewers of 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    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.

    2014StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Dungeon Warfare

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    Reviewers of 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    Dungeon Warfare is a challenging tower defense strategy game where you become a dungeon lord to defend your dungeons with deadliest of traps and insidious contraptions against greedy adventurers and wanna-be heroes.

    2015StrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    Reviewers of 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Bloons TD 6

    WHY THIS

    Shares a contemplative mood with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    Reviewers of 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.

    2018Strategy13.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. eleMENTAL

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    A cute and cozy puzzle game themed around the elements. Despite the easy-going art style, the game's puzzles can be quite challenging. Make your way through eleMENTAL by merging elements, discovering new interactions, and solving mind-bending puzzles.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    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 ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~69% under 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival on Steam right now. Shares Action with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    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.

    2016ActionAdventureCasual0.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival on Steam right now. Shares Action with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.

    2009Action2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~79% under 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival on Steam right now. Shares Action with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.

    2009Action2.49 USDSteam ↗
  8. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival on Steam right now. Shares Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. 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!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  6. Tails Noir: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    Tails Noir: Prologue is the first act of a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Princess Remedy in a World of Hurt

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival.

    Remedy, a recent graduate from the Saturnian healing school, must descend to Hurtland and use her powers to heal everyone from stray ducks to dark lords, and finally cure the ailing Prince Hingst. It's a short, whimsical adventure with plenty of heart(s).

    2016ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival

Is 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival verified for Steam Deck?
Yes — 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival 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 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival cost?
2112TD: Tower Defense Survival is listed on Steam at 4.79 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival are The Echoes of Mars, THE LAST DEFENSE!, Deadhold.
Who developed 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival?
2112TD: Tower Defense Survival was developed by Refinery Games.

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