Games like Defense of the Dauntless
If Defense of the Dauntless is your kind of game, the closest matches are Archipelago, The Territory of Egg 2 and Stronghold Defenders — 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.
Get personalized picks →About Defense of the Dauntless: Fend off endless hordes of enemies in this roguelite tower defense. Build your own path to maximize carnage. Unleash devastating hero abilities to turn the tide of battle. Upgrade your arsenal with dozens of new towers and heroes to keep your castle from oblivion. Survive and become dauntless.
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Archipelago
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Top pick for Defense of the Dauntless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
Archipelago is a roguelike tower defense game about defending randomly generated islands. Setup your defenses, manage your income, and find powerful charms to repel the enemy. Archipelago introduces tension and strategy to the tower defense genre.
The Territory of Egg 2
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Second-strongest match for Defense of the Dauntless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
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!
Stronghold Defenders
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Third-strongest match for Defense of the Dauntless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
Gather and manage resources, defend your stronghold, explore and expand your kingdom and fight back against corruption.
Tower of Grimoiria
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Ranked #4 for Defense of the Dauntless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
Tower of Grimoiria is a unique blend of tower defense and first-person magic casting with roguelike elements. Defend your wizard tower against hordes of fantastical creatures by strategically placing magical turrets and unleashing powerful spells.
Rogue Station Defense
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Ranked #5 for Defense of the Dauntless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
A rogue-like sci-fi Tower Defense strategy game with infinite replayability!
Nordhold
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Ranked #6 for Defense of the Dauntless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
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?
Desktop Dungeons: Rewind
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Ranked #7 for Defense of the Dauntless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
Desktop Dungeons: Rewind bestows bites of tactical roguelike action, which will quickly fester into a deep, lingering, and strategic obsession. Bargain with gods, equip your spoon and pick your battles, before retreating into the healing darkness. But beware… there are still many monsters to face!
Tower Dominion
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Ranked #8 for Defense of the Dauntless fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
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!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Defense of the Dauntless at current Steam store prices.
Nodebuster
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Priced ~63% under Defense of the Dauntless on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
Nodebuster is a short, experimental incremental game about busting nodes and destroying reality.
shapez
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Priced ~88% under Defense of the Dauntless on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
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!
Tower Wizard
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Priced ~63% under Defense of the Dauntless on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
Bejeweled® 3
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Priced ~88% under Defense of the Dauntless on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
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.
Dictators:No Peace Countryballs
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Priced ~88% under Defense of the Dauntless on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
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.
Hexcells Plus
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Priced ~63% under Defense of the Dauntless on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
Hexcells Plus is an ambient logic puzzle game for PC, Mac and Linux.
Lords of the Realm II
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Priced ~63% under Defense of the Dauntless on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
The great Lords of England have their eyes on the the English throne! Muster an army and overrun your enemies' castles in this classic, nail-biting strategy game that blends turn-based and real-time gameplay.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Magic Archery
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Eternal Senia
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Thoughts and expectations ARPG
Die in the Dungeon: Origins
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!
The Last Sovereign
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Defense of the Dauntless.
Explore a world torn between armies of lust and purity in which everything is more complex than it seems, deciding the fate of nations through might, politics, and finance. Every decision matters in an intricate saga that tracks thousands of variables.
Shape of Dreams: Prologue
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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.
Limbus Company
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Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.
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Frequently asked about Defense of the Dauntless
- How much does Defense of the Dauntless cost?
- Defense of the Dauntless is listed on Steam at 8.00 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Defense of the Dauntless?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Defense of the Dauntless are Archipelago, The Territory of Egg 2, Stronghold Defenders.
- Who developed Defense of the Dauntless?
- Defense of the Dauntless was developed by THREESIDED POLYGON.
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