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Games like Wave Defense: Trappist

If Wave Defense: Trappist is your kind of game, the closest matches are AsteroidTD, SHOOPER NOVA and Taur — 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 Wave Defense: Trappist: Gear up and get going! Defend your outposts from waves of alien enemies with your mech. Build and upgrade your base, protecting the extraction of the mysterious planetary system’s rich resources!

2025ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDWindows · macOSby Neon Development
Wave Defense: Trappist — Steam game cover

Players who liked Wave Defense: Trappist also play

Steam players who put hours into Wave Defense: Trappist 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. AsteroidTD

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Wave Defense: Trappist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    Try to survive in infinite asteroid cloud as long as possible in reworked tower defence style. FInd your own playstyle and beat your own records or chillout with original ambient soundtracks. Build, explore, think - everything to create your own colony in this cold space.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. SHOOPER NOVA

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Wave Defense: Trappist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    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!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie2.72 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Taur

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Wave Defense: Trappist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?

    2020ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Beat Invaders

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Wave Defense: Trappist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    Beat Invaders is a Vertical Shoot 'Em Up Roguelite - Fight your way through enemy fleets, unlock skills, items, ships, and upgrade them in the next run. Enjoy the smooth neon visuals matching the pushing EDM soundtrack - The perfect game to unwind.

    2022ActionCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Mars or Die!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Wave Defense: Trappist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    Control two characters simultaneously! Survive, gather, collect upgrades, fight all sizes of one-eyed Martians, build defensible outposts and conquer Mars, in this glorious mix between roguelite and tower defense.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Wave Defense: Trappist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    Axon TD lets you expand the map boundaries themselves. A huge arsenal of towers and a wide variety of enemies clash in a battlefield that grows to your whims. Engage in single, cooperative, and roguelite gameplay.

    2024StrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Line Of Defense Tactics - Tactical Advantage

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Wave Defense: Trappist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    A real-time strategy combat game based on the world of the Line Of Defense. Command a team of four Galactic Command marines in highly classified missions in space and on planets.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Bad North: Jotunn Edition

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Wave Defense: Trappist fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.

    2018ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Wave Defense: Trappist at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Wave Defense: Trappist on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    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 ~50% under Wave Defense: Trappist on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    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. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~55% under Wave Defense: Trappist on Steam right now. Shares Action with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    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.

    2020Action4.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Cookie Clicker

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Wave Defense: Trappist on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    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 ↗
  5. WEBFISHING

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Wave Defense: Trappist on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Wave Defense: Trappist.

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

    2024IndieMassively MultiplayerCasual4.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~90% under Wave Defense: Trappist on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    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 ↗
  7. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Wave Defense: Trappist on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    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 ↗
  8. Buckshot Roulette

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Wave Defense: Trappist on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!

    2024ActionIndieSimulation2.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    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 ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wave Defense: Trappist.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Looker

    WHY THIS

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

    You wake up, alone, on a strangely familiar island full of puzzles that will frustrate and annoy you.

    2022IndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Star Fetchers

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wave Defense: Trappist.

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

    2020ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Plays great on Steam Deck

Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.

  1. SHOOPER NOVA

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    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!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie2.72 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Beat Invaders

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    Beat Invaders is a Vertical Shoot 'Em Up Roguelite - Fight your way through enemy fleets, unlock skills, items, ships, and upgrade them in the next run. Enjoy the smooth neon visuals matching the pushing EDM soundtrack - The perfect game to unwind.

    2022ActionCasual9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Bad North: Jotunn Edition

    WHY THIS

    Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Indie with Wave Defense: Trappist.

    Bad North is a charming but brutal real-time tactics roguelite. Defend your idyllic island kingdom against a horde of Viking invaders, as you lead the desperate exodus of your people. Command your loyal subjects to take full tactical advantage of the unique shape of each island.

    2018ActionIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Wave Defense: Trappist

How much does Wave Defense: Trappist cost?
Wave Defense: Trappist is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Wave Defense: Trappist?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Wave Defense: Trappist are AsteroidTD, SHOOPER NOVA, Taur.
Who developed Wave Defense: Trappist?
Wave Defense: Trappist was developed by Neon Development and published by Caketown Interactive.

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 Wave Defense: Trappist.

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