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Games like Dark Gem Tower Defense

If Dark Gem Tower Defense is your kind of game, the closest matches are Stand Your Ground, Bestion and The Territory of Egg 2 — 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 Dark Gem Tower Defense: Atmospheric tower defense. How many waves can YOU defend? Basic tower defense in a fantasy setting with gems.

2024Strategy4.99 USDWindows · macOSby Lukas Haupt
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  1. Stand Your Ground

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Dark Gem Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    Defend attacks from enemies from all directions within a limited time. Only by making full use of the differences in each tower and choosing appropriate random rewards can you survive.

    2023StrategyEarly Access7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Bestion

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Dark Gem Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    Bestion is a game that combines Roguelike tower defense elements with automated factory construction. Players are required to construct their own factory on a planet and protect the kernel from monster attacks.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. The Territory of Egg 2

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Dark Gem Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    The Territory of Egg 2 is an unique tower defense indie game. Place Egg Towers, choose evolution branches, combine skills and build defenses. The souls of Heroic Eggs await your awakening! Explore and gather resources in the dark forest, unlock the technology tree, and defeat even stronger enemies!

    2024StrategyIndie0.74 USDSteam ↗
  4. Arms Evolution: ZOMBIE DESTROYER

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Dark Gem Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    "Arms Evolution: ZOMBIE DESTROYER" is a unique Roguelite tower defense game. You will slaughter thousands of zombies in the game and enhance your weapon towers through build character in the RPG way. and , the game also offers an idle mode, so you can enjoy building weapons anytime and anywhere.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Isle of Arrows

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Dark Gem Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    Isle of Arrows is a Puzzle Tower Defense game in which you build a fortress in the sky. Place towers, expand the isle, and build your own paths. Can you find the perfect spot for each tile to beat the RNG and defend against waves of invaders?

    2022StrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Last Stand: Defense

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Dark Gem Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    "Last Stand:Defense" is a tower defense-themed Rogue-like game. Players need to defend against waves of enemies by building bases, matching talents, and performing delicate operations during battles. Remember, every choice you make will affect the final outcome of the battle!

    2025ActionStrategy5.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Nordhold

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Dark Gem Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?

    2025StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Tower Dominion

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Dark Gem Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!

    2025Strategy17.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Dark Gem Tower Defense at current Steam store prices.

  1. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Dark Gem Tower Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    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 ↗
  2. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Dark Gem Tower Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    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.

    2010StrategyCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Dark Gem Tower Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    Dictators : No Peace Countryballs is a war simulation and dictator game. This is a fun,simple and some say a funny countryballs game. If you like simulation games, you will love playing Dictators : No Peace. Play as a dictator of your favourite country and colonize the world.

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Majesty Gold HD

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Dark Gem Tower Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    The High Definition edition of Majesty Gold contains main game, the Northern Expansion Pack as well as 2 new quests and several other graphics and gameplay updates.Majesty is a Real-time strategy game with indirect control – your heroes have a will of their own!

    2009StrategySimulation2.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Bomber Crew

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Dark Gem Tower Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    Chocks away! Bomber Crew is a strategic simulation game, where picking the right crew and keeping your bomber in tip top shape is the difference between completing your mission or losing it all! USAAF DLC NOW AVAILABLE! FLY THE ICONIC AMERICAN BOMBER!

    2017StrategySimulation2.39 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Turmoil

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~48% under Dark Gem Tower Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    Drill for oil like it's 1899! Turmoil offers players a visually charming, tongue-in-cheek take on the simulation genre inspired by the 19th century oil rush in North America.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation2.59 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sid Meier's Civilization® III Complete

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~80% under Dark Gem Tower Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    Sid Meier's Civilization III: Complete, the latest offering in the Sid Meier's Civilization III franchise, provides gaming fans with Sid Meier's Civilization III, the highly-addictive journey of discovery.

    2006Strategy0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Party Hard

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~60% under Dark Gem Tower Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

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

    Experience surreal environments and inexplicable characters as ENA in a new wild world.

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. Outpath: First Journey

    WHY THIS

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

    Outpath: First Journey is a prologue chapter of the main game, Outpath. An experimental clicker base building game. Craft, gather & manage resources, build your base and buy more islands to exploit and expand!

    2022IndieAdventureCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Lily's Well

    WHY THIS

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

    It is a rainy night in the Spring of 2005. Lily is left home alone after her Papa put her to bed. She is awoken by a cry for help outside her window. It is coming from the well. Help Lily gather rope to go down the well and save the poor soul trapped down there.

    2022IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Liquidators

    WHY THIS

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

    Chernobyl, USSR, 1986. Three nuclear plant workers go on a daring mission to prevent a radioactive fallout that would affect half of Europe. Every moment is permanent, and all is at stake.

    2020IndieAdventureSimulationFreeSteam ↗
  7. Shape of Dreams: Prologue

    WHY THIS

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

    《Shape of Dreams: Prologue》is a unique game that blends action roguelite with MOBA-style gameplay. Edit your character's Memories to create your own champion. Face all challenges alone or play with friends in up to 4-player co-op.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Chapter 1&2

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Dark Gem Tower Defense.

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world where the gods are real. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice you make has a price to pay and consequence to it. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2020StrategyIndieAdventureFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Dark Gem Tower Defense

How much does Dark Gem Tower Defense cost?
Dark Gem Tower Defense is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Dark Gem Tower Defense?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Dark Gem Tower Defense are Stand Your Ground, Bestion, The Territory of Egg 2.
Who developed Dark Gem Tower Defense?
Dark Gem Tower Defense was developed by Lukas Haupt.

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 Dark Gem Tower Defense.

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