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Games like Obelisk Guardians

If Obelisk Guardians is your kind of game, the closest matches are Afterglow Fortress, Little Kingdom RTS and Timber Wars — 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 Obelisk Guardians: This is a building tower defense game with RPG elements to hunt down the demon guard altar.

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Obelisk Guardians — Steam game cover

Players who liked Obelisk Guardians also play

Steam players who put hours into Obelisk Guardians 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. Afterglow Fortress

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Obelisk Guardians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Obelisk Guardians.

    A cute hand-drawn 2D medieval RTS game. Gather resources, build your base, develop by day, and defend against monster hordes at night to protect your realm.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSteam ↗
  2. Little Kingdom RTS

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Obelisk Guardians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Obelisk Guardians.

    Little Kingdom RTS is an indie real-time strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Gather resources, build settlements, raise walls, and grow your small kingdom. Command an army of knights, archers, and mages to fight off rival kingdoms, orcs, and undead.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie1.24 USDSteam ↗
  3. Timber Wars

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Obelisk Guardians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Obelisk Guardians.

    In Timber Wars, protect sacred trees from relentless lumberjacks and machines. Summon and upgrade guardian trees with points earned over time or by defeating enemies. Strategically place and strengthen your guardians to defend the forest for as long as you can in this intense top-down strategy game.

    2025ActionStrategyRPG12.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. ZeroSpace

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Obelisk Guardians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Obelisk Guardians.

    ZeroSpace is a hybrid sci-fi RTS / RPG game that allows you to play as the commander of The Protectorate, a galactic force dedicated to securing humanity’s place in the galaxy. The Orion sector is locked in a vicious power struggle between many alien factions, ready to fight to the death.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie35.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Throneguard: Last Stand

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Obelisk Guardians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Obelisk Guardians.

    Become the last guardian of the kingdom and defend the throne! Fight on the front lines with your sword, build barricades and towers between waves, and upgrade your hero. Throneguard: Last Stand is a 3D medieval action tower defense game.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. Valdrax Beyond the Rift

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Obelisk Guardians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Obelisk Guardians.

    Build a kingdom from nothing, forge your armies, and breach the rifts between worlds. Face endless enemies, recruit legendary creatures, and prepare for the ultimate battle against the Demon Lord. Every map is different. Every death is permanent.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation12.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Battle Charge

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Obelisk Guardians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Obelisk Guardians.

    Lead a hero and a small army in cinematic ~50v50 medieval skirmishes. Command the shield wall to push or hold, set traps and ambushes, then charge the line and defend what you take. Third-person tactical action-RPG with AI companions, in a fictional Viking–knight world. Co-op still in development.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. Crystania Wars 2

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Obelisk Guardians fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Obelisk Guardians.

    A brand new tactical tower defense game series! Unique roguelike and Unique survival gameplay !

    2023ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Obelisk Guardians.

    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.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. 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 Obelisk Guardians.

    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 ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Obelisk Guardians.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Obelisk Guardians.

    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. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Obelisk Guardians.

    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.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. NGU IDLE

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Adventure with Obelisk Guardians.

    NGU Idle is a Free To Play Idle game that's full of weird humor, tons of upgrades and hundreds of hours of content! Try out NGU Idle today and experience the joy of Numbers Going Up!

    2019IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Obelisk Guardians.

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

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. 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 Obelisk Guardians.

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Obelisk Guardians

What games are most similar to Obelisk Guardians?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Obelisk Guardians are Afterglow Fortress, Little Kingdom RTS, Timber Wars.
Who developed Obelisk Guardians?
Obelisk Guardians was developed by OnionGame.

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