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Games like Cthulhu tower

If Cthulhu tower is your kind of game, the closest matches are Last Train Home, Terrafort and Brickwork - Tower Defense — 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.

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About Cthulhu tower: Cthulhu Tower is a dark twist on classical tower defense genre where you try to protect your eldrich world from cruel crowds of humans!

2024ActionAdventure7.99 USDWindowsby Marginalact
Cthulhu tower — Steam game cover

Players who liked Cthulhu tower also play

Steam players who put hours into Cthulhu tower 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. Last Train Home

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Cthulhu tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    The Great War is over - the fight continues. Command a legion of soldiers, desperately trying to make their way home amidst the chaos of civil war. Lead them through the unforgiving wilderness onboard an armored train. Manage your crew and resources and try to survive.

    2023Strategy39.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Terrafort

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Cthulhu tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Cthulhu tower.

    A procedurally generated sandbox survival game with RTS elements.

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Brickwork - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Cthulhu tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Build your battlefield, brick by brick. Snap together towers, shape the path, and hold the line against waves of rogue toys. Every run reshuffles the board with procedurally generated layouts and new choices at every turn. Your world, your rules, your build.

    StrategySteam ↗
  4. Runeomicon: Training Room

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Cthulhu tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cthulhu tower.

    Practice rune drawing outside the ritual. Runeomicon: Training Room lets you train across multiple difficulty levels and sharpen your skills without the threat of failure. Learn the patterns, build muscle memory, and prepare yourself for the relentless pressure of the full ritual in Runeomicon.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  5. TriviOwl

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Cthulhu tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cthulhu tower.

    Answer correctly to gain power—get it wrong, and you’ll empower the enemy. TriviOwl is a quiz-based tower defense game where you lay out the path and use your general knowledge to stop ridiculous hordes determined to devour the Trivia Tree.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Runeomicon

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Cthulhu tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cthulhu tower.

    Perform a dark ritual with your own hands under relentless pressure. Draw runes in real time, defend the ritual from enemies trying to stop it, and upgrade your skills to unleash devastating magic. Summon ancient eldritch gods in this dark fantasy game driven by skill, strategy and constant tension.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. Legendary Hoplite

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Cthulhu tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Adventure with Cthulhu tower.

    A combination of Action RPG and Tower Defense: slay monsters, find weapons, upgrade your armies, defend your base… Prevent humanity from extinction at the hands of monsters from Greek mythology and ancient tribes. Don't let them cross the gate, commander!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Alien Shooter TD

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Cthulhu tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Cthulhu tower.

    Innovative Tower Defense inspired by legendary Alien Shooter series! The game was created in keeping with the best traditions of Sigma`s games, no concessions of any kind - everything is just like in real life!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Cthulhu tower at current Steam store prices.

  1. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~44% under Cthulhu tower on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cthulhu tower.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Cthulhu tower on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Cthulhu tower.

    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 ↗
  3. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Cthulhu tower on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cthulhu tower.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. GRIS

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Cthulhu tower on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Cthulhu tower.

    Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.

    2018IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Cthulhu tower on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Cthulhu tower.

    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 ↗
  6. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~81% under Cthulhu tower on Steam right now. Shares Adventure with Cthulhu tower.

    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 ↗
  7. Blood and Bacon

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~88% under Cthulhu tower on Steam right now. Shares Action and Adventure with Cthulhu tower.

    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 ↗
  8. Crypt of the NecroDancer

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under Cthulhu tower on Steam right now. Shares Action with Cthulhu tower.

    Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!

    2015ActionIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Cthulhu tower.

    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 ↗
  2. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Cthulhu tower.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Cthulhu tower.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Cthulhu tower.

    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 ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Cthulhu tower.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Adventure with Cthulhu tower.

    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.

    2019IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Adventure with Cthulhu tower.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Cthulhu tower.

    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 ↗

More from Marginalact

Other recommendable Steam games by Marginalact, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Marginal act

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Marginalact, the studio behind Cthulhu tower. Shares Adventure with Cthulhu tower.

    The greate waves destroyed everything in the city, but the mysterious mechanism stopped the time in the game district. For all outside residents, the events within the segment stopped, but for the inhabitants of the district the time continues to go.

    2018IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Bloody trains

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Marginalact, the studio behind Cthulhu tower. Shares Action with Cthulhu tower.

    Sitcom train conductor blowing heads simulator

    2019ActionIndieSimulation1.89 USDSteam ↗
  3. Why pizza?

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Marginalact, the studio behind Cthulhu tower. Shares Action with Cthulhu tower.

    Baba is you meet Getting over it to deliver the best pizza and try not to get bankrupt!

    2021Action1.89 USDSteam ↗
  4. Cthulhu pub

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Marginalact, the studio behind Cthulhu tower. Shares Adventure with Cthulhu tower.

    In Cthulhu pub, you can build your own pub or restaurant. Create cute characters, creepy monsters and establish a small cute pub or make a large castle with monsters, humans, and ancient Gods.

    2022IndieAdventure9.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. KOBOLOK

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Marginalact, the studio behind Cthulhu tower. Shares Adventure with Cthulhu tower.

    KOBOLOK is an ethnic PS1 style horror game based on an Eastern European fairytale about round bread "Kolobok" aka "O Koblížkovi" aka "Pannkauken".

    2021Adventure0.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Bakeborough

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Marginalact, the studio behind Cthulhu tower.

    In Bakeborough, a Bakery RPG, you can take out your eye to see less.

    2023IndieRPG0.71 USDSteam ↗
  7. Frogvival

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Marginalact, the studio behind Cthulhu tower.

    Frogvival is a survival game in which you eat an animal - you add its DNA to you!

    2023Strategy12.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Where is Drake?

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Marginalact, the studio behind Cthulhu tower. Shares Adventure with Cthulhu tower.

    Your new favourite horror game where you need to find Drake the pirate among other imposters

    2024Adventure9.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Cthulhu tower

How much does Cthulhu tower cost?
Cthulhu tower is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Cthulhu tower?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Cthulhu tower are Last Train Home, Terrafort, Brickwork - Tower Defense.
Who developed Cthulhu tower?
Cthulhu tower was developed by Marginalact.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Cthulhu tower.

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