Games like Anomaly Defenders
If Anomaly Defenders is your kind of game, the closest matches are Anomaly 2, Anomaly: Warzone Earth and Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its atmospheric, challenging and contemplative. 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 Anomaly Defenders: Anomaly Defenders is the closing installment of the Anomaly series. The original incarnation of the Tower Offense sub-genre had players controlling humans fighting alien invaders. Now, the tables have turned. The human counterattack is underway and the alien homeworld is under threat.
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Anomaly 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Defenders.
Top pick for Anomaly Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds plenty of new features: unit morphing, over million tactical combinations, post-apo world and tower defense vs tower offense multiplayer mode.
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Defenders.
Second-strongest match for Anomaly Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!
Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Anomaly Defenders.
Third-strongest match for Anomaly Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign continues Steam's Anomaly Warzone Earth in an extra 15-level campaign. Originally released on mobile devices, the campaign is brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux exclusively in Anomaly Bundle. AWE Mobile Campaign turns tower defense on its head.
Anomaly Korea
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Defenders.
Ranked #4 for Anomaly Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Exclusively brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux in Anomaly Bundle, Anomaly Korea is an expansion campaign to Anomaly Warzone Earth. The alien robots are back and this time they’ve got Korea in their sights. It’s your job to lead a squad into fierce fire-fights and fend off the alien invasion.
Armoured Onslaught
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Anomaly Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Armoured Onslaught is a fast paced Top-Down Shooter and Tower Defence hybrid. You will need to make use of both strategy and skill as you fight your way through near endless hordes of deadly foes.
Infested Planet
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Anomaly Defenders.
Ranked #6 for Anomaly Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.
CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Defenders.
Ranked #7 for Anomaly Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
The replicator robots are back! It's 2528. The machines are increasingly infecting the planets with genetically modified monsters. Challenge them and try to stop the onslaught. Upgrade buildings and heroes, mine resources, discover technology and fight to save humanity!
SHOOPER NOVA
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Anomaly Defenders.
Ranked #8 for Anomaly Defenders fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Craft Your Ultimate Circular Fortress! Dive into SHOOPER NOVA, where you choose props and components to build a unique fortress. Unlock combos to shape your strategy and battle style. Become an unstoppable barrage machine and obliterate waves of enemies from all directions!
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Anomaly: Warzone Earth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Defenders.
Reviewers of Anomaly Defenders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!
Anomaly 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Defenders.
Reviewers of Anomaly Defenders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds plenty of new features: unit morphing, over million tactical combinations, post-apo world and tower defense vs tower offense multiplayer mode.
Anomaly
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Anomaly Defenders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Indie with Anomaly Defenders.
Anomaly is a horror game inspired by Scanner Somber, the Garry's Mod game mode LiDAR, LiDAR.EXE, and The Backrooms. Try to escape from the level that you are in by finding keys and the exit, while not being killed by the Anomaly!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Anomaly Defenders at current Steam store prices.
Garry's Mod
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Anomaly Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Anomaly Defenders.
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.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Anomaly Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Anomaly Defenders.
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!
Titanfall® 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~55% under Anomaly Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Action with Anomaly Defenders.
Respawn Entertainment gives you the most advanced titan technology in its new, single player campaign & multiplayer experience. Combine & conquer with new titans & pilots, deadlier weapons, & customization and progression systems that help you and your titan flow as one unstoppable killing force.
Cookie Clicker
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Anomaly Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anomaly Defenders.
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.
WEBFISHING
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Anomaly Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Anomaly Defenders.
WEBFISHING a multiplayer chatroom-focused fishing game! Relax and fish (on the web!)
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Anomaly Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Anomaly Defenders.
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?
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Anomaly Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
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.
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Anomaly Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Anomaly Defenders.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
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 Action and Indie with Anomaly Defenders.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
The Lab
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!
Epic Battle Fantasy 3
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Anomaly Defenders.
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 Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue allows you to experience the events taking place before the story campaign of the main game. Explore an entirely new world. Gather resources. Build up a base. Defend yourself from thousands of alien creatures.
SCP: Secret Laboratory
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Anomaly Defenders.
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
Splitgate
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Anomaly Defenders.
Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.
Limbus Company
WHY THIS
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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More from 11 bit studios
Other recommendable Steam games by 11 bit studios, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Frostpunk
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Defenders.
Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Anomaly Defenders. Shares Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
This War of Mine
WHY THIS
Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Anomaly Defenders. Shares Indie with Anomaly Defenders.
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
Frostpunk 2
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Anomaly Defenders.
Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Anomaly Defenders. Shares Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.
The Alters
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Defenders.
Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Anomaly Defenders.
Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Defenders.
Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Anomaly Defenders. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!
Anomaly 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Defenders.
Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Anomaly Defenders. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds plenty of new features: unit morphing, over million tactical combinations, post-apo world and tower defense vs tower offense multiplayer mode.
Anomaly Korea
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Anomaly Defenders.
Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Anomaly Defenders. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Exclusively brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux in Anomaly Bundle, Anomaly Korea is an expansion campaign to Anomaly Warzone Earth. The alien robots are back and this time they’ve got Korea in their sights. It’s your job to lead a squad into fierce fire-fights and fend off the alien invasion.
Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign
WHY THIS
Shares a contemplative mood with Anomaly Defenders.
Another title from 11 bit studios, the studio behind Anomaly Defenders. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign continues Steam's Anomaly Warzone Earth in an extra 15-level campaign. Originally released on mobile devices, the campaign is brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux exclusively in Anomaly Bundle. AWE Mobile Campaign turns tower defense on its head.
Frequently asked about Anomaly Defenders
- How much does Anomaly Defenders cost?
- Anomaly Defenders is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Anomaly Defenders?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Anomaly Defenders are Anomaly 2, Anomaly: Warzone Earth, Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign.
- Who developed Anomaly Defenders?
- Anomaly Defenders was developed by 11 bit studios.
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