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Games like Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD

If Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD is your kind of game, the closest matches are Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense, Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense and Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its challenging, competitive and intense. 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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Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD is a tower defense game released in 2024 by Ironhide Game Studio. The game builds on the franchise's established formula with a dual-hero system that enables character synergies, alongside tower customization and loadout options. Micro-management and difficulty scaling provide ongoing challenges as players progress through character-progression and meta-progression systems. The whimsical fantasy setting maintains the cartoon art style familiar to series fans, with hidden Easter eggs referencing popular culture noted by reviewers. Players describe the experience as challenging, nostalgic, and competitive, with the dual-hero mechanics providing fresh strategic options. The game is priced at $12.99 USD and is playable on Steam Deck, holding an 85% positive rating from over 1,800 Steam reviews.

About Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD: While a formidable evil emerges, an unexpected alliance is taking shape! It will take the finest warriors of Linirea and the relentless Dark Army to stop it. Beware! Though they may journey side by side the ever-changing winds of fate could swiftly alter their course.

2024StrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableWindows · macOSby Ironhide Game Studio
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  1. Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense and a nostalgic mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Top pick for Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    It's payback time! Lead your mighty dark army and make the Kingdom tremble with every step. Build powerful towers, choose your arsenal for destruction, and find the deadliest combination - train legendary heroes and lead them to victory!

    2020Strategy7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Second-strongest match for Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!

    2014Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Third-strongest match for Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.

    2018StrategyIndie8.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Ranked #4 for Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Command your troops through an epic (mis)adventure as you defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and ghastly denizens of the underworld -all with flashy new towers, levels, heroes, and more goodies to help you crush your foes in this Fantasy Action Tower Defense game!

    2016Strategy5.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Castle Master TD

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Fortify, Strategize, and Conquer in our dynamic tower defense game. As master of your own castle, you’ll build powerful structures, plan strategic defences, and engage in epic battles against relentless enemies. Each choice you make shapes your kingdom’s destiny.

    2023StrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Knights vs Nature

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Guide your knightly army to reclaim a world overthrown by nature's beasts, well-fed and oversized, they are determined to stay in control! Build powerful towers and unleash destructive spells to destroy every last one!

    2022ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Lord Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Lord Clicker combines Clicker and Tower Defense in one game. Click to accumulate gold coins and make your choice: buy populace to generate wealth on your behalf, or hire men to defend your village.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Puropu Defense Squad

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense, wave based survival, arcade style and a whimsical mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Ranked #8 for Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Defend your world as sentient Props in Puropu Defense Squad! Build, upgrade, and evolve your heroes to crush waves of filthy humans worldwide. Dive into a unique mix of third-person action and tower defense—solo or with friends—in an endlessly replayable co-op campaign!

    2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Reviewers mention these as similar to Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD

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. GemCraft - Legacy Collection

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Experience the original three GemCraft games in one collection. GemCraft 1, GemCraft 0, and GemCraft Labyrinth! Forge and combine magical gems, build deadly defenses, and survive relentless waves in one of the most beloved Flash-era tower defense series!

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  2. Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Reviewers of Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Command your troops through an epic (mis)adventure as you defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and ghastly denizens of the underworld -all with flashy new towers, levels, heroes, and more goodies to help you crush your foes in this Fantasy Action Tower Defense game!

    2016Strategy5.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Reviewers of Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Reviewers of Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.

    2018StrategyIndie8.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense and a nostalgic mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Reviewers of Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    It's payback time! Lead your mighty dark army and make the Kingdom tremble with every step. Build powerful towers, choose your arsenal for destruction, and find the deadliest combination - train legendary heroes and lead them to victory!

    2020Strategy7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. Tower of Madness

    WHY THIS

    Reviewers of Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    A cowboy named John is compelled by an insidious voice in his head to ascend an inverted floating tower. Encounter atmospheric horror, defy gravity, and make impossible choices in this third-person psychological horror game inspired by Stephen King's The Dark Tower.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Orcs Must Die!

    WHY THIS

    Shares loadout customization and a challenging mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Reviewers of Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.

    2011ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. DG2: Defense Grid 2

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Reviewers of Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    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 ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Vampire Survivors

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!

    2022ActionIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~42% under Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~52% under Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    An idle game about making cookies! Originally released in 2013 on the web, and actively developed since then. This is the official version for Steam.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~62% under Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~92% under Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    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 ↗
  8. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Shares a nostalgic mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Priced ~62% under Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

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 with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    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.

    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. Helltaker

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Helltaker is a short game about sharply dressed demon girls.

    2020IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  5. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    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 ↗
  6. ENA: Dream BBQ

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

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

    2025IndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    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 ↗

More from Ironhide Game Studio

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

  1. Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Another title from Ironhide Game Studio, the studio behind Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD. Shares Strategy with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!

    2014Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Another title from Ironhide Game Studio, the studio behind Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD. Shares Strategy with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Command your troops through an epic (mis)adventure as you defend exotic lands from dragons, man-eating plants, and ghastly denizens of the underworld -all with flashy new towers, levels, heroes, and more goodies to help you crush your foes in this Fantasy Action Tower Defense game!

    2016Strategy5.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares tower defense and a nostalgic mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Another title from Ironhide Game Studio, the studio behind Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD. Shares Strategy with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    It's payback time! Lead your mighty dark army and make the Kingdom tremble with every step. Build powerful towers, choose your arsenal for destruction, and find the deadliest combination - train legendary heroes and lead them to victory!

    2020Strategy7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  4. Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Shares a whimsical mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Another title from Ironhide Game Studio, the studio behind Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Command your elven army and defend mystical lands from sea serpents, evil sorcerers, and wave after wave of gnoll tribesman, all with the help of brand-spankin’ new towers, heroes, and spells to fend off every last baddie.

    2018StrategyIndie8.24 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Iron Marines

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Ironhide Game Studio, the studio behind Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Real-time strategy battles in amazing sci-fi worlds! Command brave soldiers, mighty mechas and powerful aliens to face the greatest challenges in hostile alien worlds. The galaxy needs you!

    2019ActionStrategyIndie7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Legends of Kingdom Rush

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Another title from Ironhide Game Studio, the studio behind Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    RPG turn-based combat game with deep tactics and bad jokes! Do you have what it takes to save the kingdom?

    2022StrategyIndieRPG5.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Iron Marines Invasion

    WHY THIS

    Shares a challenging mood with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Another title from Ironhide Game Studio, the studio behind Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

    Prepare to take off, soldier! The galaxy needs your strategy! Prove your RTS expertise, explore an entire galaxy and defend it from a threatening invasion.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD

Does Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD run on Steam Deck?
Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.
How much does Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD cost?
Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD is listed on Steam at 12.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD are Kingdom Rush Vengeance - Tower Defense, Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense, Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense.
Who developed Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD?
Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD was developed by Ironhide Game Studio.

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 Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD.

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