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Games like Guardian: Defense to Others

If Guardian: Defense to Others is your kind of game, the closest matches are Flip TD - Tower Defense, 转生魔塔 and Dungeon Exiles — 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 Guardian: Defense to Others: It's a single-tower defense game that subjugates monsters and clears rounds.

2024StrategyIndieRPGEarly Access2.99 USDWindowsby Overhaul
Guardian: Defense to Others — Steam game cover

Players who liked Guardian: Defense to Others also play

Steam players who put hours into Guardian: Defense to Others 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. Flip TD - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Guardian: Defense to Others fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    Flip Tower Defense on it's head in Flip TD. Flip your world upside down to defend with towers, upgrades, modifiers, powers, and more. Build custom worlds with the in-game world builder and share them online to compete for high scores in the community leaderboards.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 转生魔塔

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Guardian: Defense to Others fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    转生魔塔是一个集合了roguelike元素的三消割草游戏。勇者被魔王击败后,其灵魂转生成为了魔塔的一部分。利用三消击杀与各种魔塔技能,打败魔物。游戏内含有10+大关卡,多种难度挑战,150+魔塔技能与随机装备可供任意组合;70种带有各异技能的怪物,7种形态各异的BOSS挑战。

    2025StrategyAdventureRPG11.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Dungeon Exiles

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Guardian: Defense to Others fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    Conquer the darkness in Dungeon Exiles, an autobattler roguelike set in a dark fantasy world. Descend into the procedurally generated dungeon, level up, unlock synergies and acquire powerful items as you fight for survival and slay the bosses.

    2024StrategyIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Conquest Dark

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Guardian: Defense to Others fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Indie and RPG with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    Experience an ARPG's rapid ascension to power in minutes, packed with savage, survivors-like action and devastating sword & sorcery combat. Perfect your builds through Dark Ritual runs that will decide humanity's future as you battle endless hordes across haunting ruins and cursed kingdoms.

    2025ActionIndieRPG7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Into the Breach

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Guardian: Defense to Others fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Pixel Survivors : Roguelike

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Guardian: Defense to Others fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and RPG with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    A rogue-lite game where you must face hundreds of monsters with increasingly difficult bosses that strong enough to take you down. Choose your abilities, build your favorite combat style, become stronger and survive as long as you can!

    2023ActionStrategyAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Refence

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Guardian: Defense to Others fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    Refence is a roguelite based idle defense game, where you can choose heroes and their traits, upgrade your castle, and manage resources to fend off enemies from the Demon Realm who are trying to attack your castle.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Has-Been Heroes

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Guardian: Defense to Others fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    Has-Been Heroes is a challenging, lane-based roguelike game of strategy and action, featuring a band of heroes on a quest to escort the King's twin princesses to school!

    2017ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Guardian: Defense to Others at current Steam store prices.

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Guardian: Defense to Others on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    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. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Guardian: Defense to Others on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    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 ↗
  3. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Guardian: Defense to Others on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    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 ↗
  4. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Guardian: Defense to Others on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Guardian: Defense to Others on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Bejeweled® 3

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Guardian: Defense to Others on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    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 ↗
  7. Bit Blaster XL

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Guardian: Defense to Others on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    Bit Blaster XL is a fast-paced, retro arcade shoot 'em up (shmup) inspired by the classic quarter-munchers of the ‘80s. Easy to pick up, hard to put down, boost, dodge, shoot, and chase high scores in this addictive, old-school action game!

    2016ActionIndieCasual0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Dictators:No Peace Countryballs

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Guardian: Defense to Others on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    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 ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    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 ↗
  2. Grimm's Hollow

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    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 ↗
  3. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    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 ↗
  4. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    The introduction to a wild ride with gangsters and deep state conspiracy theories

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    Train a commoner to become the greatest archer in this short incremental game! Increase your stats, gather wealth from quests, buy upgrades, and infuse your arrows with magic.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and RPG with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. There Is No Game: Jam Edition 2015

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Guardian: Defense to Others.

    A little game that’s not a game, winner of an old game jam that nobody’s ever heard of. So DON'T INSTALL IT!

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Guardian: Defense to Others

How much does Guardian: Defense to Others cost?
Guardian: Defense to Others is listed on Steam at 2.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Guardian: Defense to Others?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Guardian: Defense to Others are Flip TD - Tower Defense, 转生魔塔, Dungeon Exiles.
Who developed Guardian: Defense to Others?
Guardian: Defense to Others was developed by Overhaul.

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 Guardian: Defense to Others.

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