Games like Poly TD
If Poly TD is your kind of game, the closest matches are DRONES, Packed Lair and Stop the Crawl — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its chill, contemplative and lighthearted. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Poly TD: Classic Warcraft III TD customs meet roguelike strategy. Summon and merge units to evolve them into legendary figures like Joan of Arc, Guan Yu, and Lovecraft—Legendary heroes from across time and space await! Prove your ultimate synergy against endless waves of enemies.
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Steam players who put hours into Poly TD 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.
DRONES
WHY THIS
Top pick for Poly TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Poly TD.
DRONES is a run-based autobattler deckbuilder. Choose the enemies you want to engage, discard the ones you don't. Unlock and guide autonomous drones, and acquire components, munitions, hacks, and modulators to stop planetary invasions in daily seeded runs.
Packed Lair
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Poly TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Poly TD.
You are an evil lord with a hero problem and not nearly enough floor space. Draft buildings, pack them into your cramped lair, toil to earn money to expand, create powerful monster synergies, and send your chaotic army of minions to repel wave after wave of heroic do-gooder pests.
StrategySteam ↗Stop the Crawl
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Poly TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Poly TD.
Stop the Crawl is a roguelike autobattler where you assemble a deck of monsters to defeat the invading heroes. Discover which monsters work well together, strengthen them with items, and create an unstoppable team.
Endless Tower Survivors
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Poly TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Poly TD.
Endless Tower Survivors is a roguelite tower defense survival game where a single tower fights against endless hordes of enemies. Combine weapons and upgrades to create unlimited power tower and survive as long as possible.
Pretty girls don't want you to die
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Poly TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Poly TD.
"Pretty Girls Don't Want You to Die" is a strategic tower defense game with a strategy board game style. In the game, you continuously recruit pretty girl warriors, establish defensive positions by leveraging advantageous terrain, and defeat waves of enemies.
Zombie Tower Survivor
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Poly TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Poly TD.
Survive the zombie apocalypse in this top-down, tower-defense game with survivor-like elements. Customize your magic tower with talents and upgrades to defend it against zombie waves. Can you keep your tower alive?
ELARIENNE
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Poly TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Poly TD.
ELARIENNE is a defense game built on meticulous calculation and hardcore strategy. A single stroke of luck may shift the tide, but it is the carefully constructed strategy that ultimately decides the battle. Withstand relentless waves and protect the heart of the world of ELARIENNE.
Deadhold
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Poly TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Poly TD.
Deadhold is a roguelite zombie survival/strategy game where your choices impact who lives and who dies. Rescue survivors, scavenge resources, fortify your base, and protect your community against stress, infection, and zombies! Can you find a sense of normalcy in this cruel new world?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Poly TD at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Poly TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Poly 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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Poly TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Poly TD.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Poly TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Poly TD.
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.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Poly TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Poly TD.
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?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
WHY THIS
Priced ~81% under Poly TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Poly TD.
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.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Poly TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Poly TD.
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!
A Short Hike
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Poly TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Poly TD.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Poly TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Poly TD.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Poly TD.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Poly 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.
The Looker
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Poly TD.
You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.
Travellin Cats in Paris
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Poly TD.
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!
Virtual Cottage
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Poly TD.
Virtual Cottage gives you a comfy place to rest and be productive without any distractions. Open the game, set yourself a goal and enjoy the atmosphere.
Iron Snout
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Poly TD.
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.
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Poly TD.
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.
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Frequently asked about Poly TD
- Does Poly TD run on Steam Deck?
- Poly 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 Poly TD cost?
- Poly TD is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Poly TD?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Poly TD are DRONES, Packed Lair, Stop the Crawl.
- Who developed Poly TD?
- Poly TD was developed by Naroot.
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