Games like Bloons TD 5
If Bloons TD 5 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bloons TD 6, Bloons TD Battles and Cliff & Field Tower Defense — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its no microtransactions, nostalgic flash game roots and challenging. 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 →Bloons TD 5 is a tower defense game released in 2014 by Ninja Kiwi. The game features tower placement mechanics, bloon-specialization, local co-op play, event modes, medal challenges, and mastery mode. Players describe the experience as challenging, nostalgic, relaxing, and whimsical. Reviewers highlight the strategic monkey placement that matters and the variety of bloon types to pop as key hooks. Players appreciate the endless content with frequent updates and note the absence of microtransactions, with the title running at a massive length and holding a 95% positive rating from 7,361 Steam reviews. Playable on Steam Deck.
About Bloons TD 5: Five-star tower defense with unrivaled depth and replayability. The Bloons are back in full HD glory and this time they mean business! Build awesome towers, choose your favorite upgrades, hire new Special Agents, and pop every last invading Bloon in the most popular tower defense series in history.
Players who liked Bloons TD 5 also play
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Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Bloons TD 5.
Top pick for Bloons TD 5 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Bloons TD Battles
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Bloons TD 5 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 5, this all new Battles game is specially designed for multiplayer combat, featuring the ability to control bloons directly and send them charging past your opponent's defenses.
Cliff & Field Tower Defense
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Bloons TD 5.
Third-strongest match for Bloons TD 5 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
Use clever strategies and tricks to defend your new kingdom in this fast-paced, atmospheric and bullet-packed tower defense adventure.
Dungeon Defenders
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Bloons TD 5.
Ranked #4 for Bloons TD 5 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!
17.waves TD
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Bloons TD 5 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
17.waves is an online co-op tower defense game for up to four players. Strategize with your teammates to build, upgrade, and maintain your towers to defend your base from hordes of invading aliens.
Kitchen Chaos - Learn Game Development
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Bloons TD 5 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
NOTE: This is a learning project, learn how to build this game! - The customers are hungry, it's up to you to fill them up with all kinds of interesting interactions!
Q.U.I.R.K.™
WHY THIS
Ranked #7 for Bloons TD 5 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action with Bloons TD 5.
Q.U.I.R.K. is a multiplayer, cross-platform game for PC, macOS, and HTC Vive! Play Sportsball, our new fast-paced game-type, and build with an expanded collection of colorful blocks and props that will have your players bouncing higher, running faster, and having more fun than ever!
Tower Wars
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Bloons TD 5.
Ranked #8 for Bloons TD 5 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
Tower Wars combines elements of tower defense, RTS, and all-out multi-player mayhem to bring you a completely unique experience, delivered with a fun and funny not-so-old world style!
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Cursed Treasure 2
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Bloons TD 5.
Reviewers of Bloons TD 5 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
Why be good when you can be... bad? Cursed Treasure 2 is an addictive tower-defense game that puts the power of darkness at your fingertips. Build towers of powerful orcs, demons, and undead, and master powerful spells, to protect your precious hoard from all manner of no-good do-gooders.
Sentinel
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Bloons TD 5.
Reviewers of Bloons TD 5 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
Sentinel is an interactive audio tower defense game. It mixes strategic gameplay with a dynamic music system.
Rogue Tower
WHY THIS
Shares tower placement and a challenging mood with Bloons TD 5.
Reviewers of Bloons TD 5 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.
Sentinel 3: Homeworld
WHY THIS
Shares tower upgrades and a nostalgic mood with Bloons TD 5.
Reviewers of Bloons TD 5 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
The biggest installment of the award winning Sentinel sci-fi tower defense series now on PC!Take the fight to the alien homeworld and unleash a massive arsenal of weaponry. Get up close and personal on the battlefield in your power armor to execute devastating attacks and support your defenses! * An epic campaign across 20 levels.
Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
WHY THIS
Shares tower placement, tower upgrades and a challenging mood with Bloons TD 5.
Reviewers of Bloons TD 5 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
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!
The Thing: Tower Defense
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Bloons TD 5.
Reviewers of Bloons TD 5 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Action and Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
With over 50,000,000 plays over the previous parts, the Incursion series has enthralled and challenged many players over the years. Now you can save your world from darkness in new Incursion: The Thing. Bigger! Faster! Stronger!
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Bloons TD 5.
Reviewers of Bloons TD 5 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
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.
Fieldrunners
WHY THIS
Shares tower placement and a relaxing mood with Bloons TD 5.
Reviewers of Bloons TD 5 cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
Fieldrunners is now available on Steam! Download it now to play the hit tower defense game critics and fans have been raving about. Descend into the world of Fieldrunners, the most anticipated and visually stunning game in tower defense history!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Bloons TD 5 at current Steam store prices.
Vampire Survivors
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Bloons TD 5 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bloons TD 5.
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 Bloons TD 5 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bloons TD 5.
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 Bloons TD 5 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
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.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~90% under Bloons TD 5 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bloons TD 5.
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
Shares a nostalgic mood with Bloons TD 5.
Priced ~50% under Bloons TD 5 on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
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 Bloons TD 5 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bloons TD 5.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
Brotato
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Bloons TD 5 on Steam right now. Shares Action with Bloons TD 5.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
Your Only Move Is HUSTLE
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Bloons TD 5 on Steam right now. Shares Action and Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
Master your technique, execute flashy combos, and outsmart opponents across the world, frame-by-frame. Slow down the clock to fine-tune your fighting style in this innovative, turn-based combat simulator. Pulverize your friends and choreograph spectacular fight scenes. No training mode required.
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Doki Doki Literature Club!
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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.
Life is Strange - Episode 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bloons TD 5.
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.
Ultimate Custom Night
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bloons TD 5.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Bongo Cat
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
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?
The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.
Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!
Indigo Park: Chapter 1
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bloons TD 5.
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.
STRAFTAT
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Bloons TD 5.
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.
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More from Ninja Kiwi
Other recommendable Steam games by Ninja Kiwi, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.
Bloons TD 6
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Bloons TD 5.
Another title from Ninja Kiwi, the studio behind Bloons TD 5. Shares Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
Bloons TD Battles
WHY THIS
Another title from Ninja Kiwi, the studio behind Bloons TD 5. Shares Action and Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
Go head to head with other players in a Bloon-popping battle for victory. From the creators of best-selling Bloons TD 5, this all new Battles game is specially designed for multiplayer combat, featuring the ability to control bloons directly and send them charging past your opponent's defenses.
SAS: Zombie Assault 4
WHY THIS
Shares event modes and a nostalgic mood with Bloons TD 5.
Another title from Ninja Kiwi, the studio behind Bloons TD 5. Shares Action with Bloons TD 5.
Purge the undead! Intense action-shooter with deep rpg elements, including upgradeable guns and armor, unique class skills, and class special abilities. Entire game can be played single player or as a 4-player online co-op game, including PvP events like Last Man Standing.
Tower Keepers
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Bloons TD 5.
Another title from Ninja Kiwi, the studio behind Bloons TD 5.
Heroic strategy RPG with deep solo campaign and real-time head to head battles!
Bloons Adventure Time TD
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Bloons TD 5.
Another title from Ninja Kiwi, the studio behind Bloons TD 5. Shares Action and Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
Defend Ooo from the Bloon invasion in this epic tower defense crossover.
Countersnipe
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Bloons TD 5.
Another title from Ninja Kiwi, the studio behind Bloons TD 5. Shares Action with Bloons TD 5.
Multiplayer Seek and Snipe
Bloons Monkey City
WHY THIS
Shares a whimsical mood with Bloons TD 5.
Another title from Ninja Kiwi, the studio behind Bloons TD 5. Shares Action and Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
Create, upgrade, and customize your very own Bloons Monkey City in this groundbreaking blend of city building and tower defense awesomeness!
Ninja Kiwi Archive
WHY THIS
Shares a nostalgic mood with Bloons TD 5.
Another title from Ninja Kiwi, the studio behind Bloons TD 5. Shares Action and Strategy with Bloons TD 5.
Enjoy some of the best loved Flash games of the past in this awesome time capsule of over 60 Ninja Kiwi classics. Experience a piece of history and play the original Flash games that spawned the worldwide phenomenon of Bloons TD.
Frequently asked about Bloons TD 5
- Does Bloons TD 5 run on Steam Deck?
- Bloons TD 5 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 Bloons TD 5 cost?
- Bloons TD 5 is listed on Steam at 9.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Does Bloons TD 5 have multiplayer or co-op?
- Yes — Bloons TD 5 supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op).
- What games are most similar to Bloons TD 5?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Bloons TD 5 are Bloons TD 6, Bloons TD Battles, Cliff & Field Tower Defense.
- Who developed Bloons TD 5?
- Bloons TD 5 was developed by Ninja Kiwi.
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