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Games like Tempest Tower

If Tempest Tower is your kind of game, the closest matches are Minion Slayer, Halloween Defense and Ad Astra: Sci-Fi Tower Defense — 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 Tempest Tower: Tempest Tower is an action packed tower defense platformer where you must brawl with incoming hordes of Creepers while herding the local critters to safety. Build, fight, upgrade, overcome.

2025ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDWindowsby Half Past Yellow
Tempest Tower — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Tempest Tower 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. Minion Slayer

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Tempest Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tempest Tower.

    Prevent the invasion of the minions that stimulate the desire for challenge and prove that you are a slayer physically and mentally.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Halloween Defense

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Tempest Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tempest Tower.

    The top of strategy battle game! Build villages and train units to defeat ghouls

    2023ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Ad Astra: Sci-Fi Tower Defense

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Tempest Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tempest Tower.

    Lose yourself in an indie solo-dev. treasure that harkens back to arcade classics! All while thumping along to killer retro-inspired beats by Ovani sound. Embark on an epic tower defense adventure against awe-inspiring machine monstrosities, made by a devoted gamer for devoted gamers.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  4. Skel Dungeon: Heroes Must Die!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Tempest Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tempest Tower.

    Skel Dungeon is a real-time strategy defense game. Become a small skeleton and defeat the heroes invading your dungeon. Set up and upgrade trap rooms, expand your dungeon, and strengthen your skeleton to stand against increasingly powerful heroes.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDSteam ↗
  5. Guard the Tower!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Tempest Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Tempest Tower.

    A tower defense game filled with 12 varied levels across 7 biomes and 14 unique monsters with 3 increasingly harder difficulties to challenge even the most experienced of tower defense gamers lurking in their strongholds.

    2024StrategyAdventureEarly Access9.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Goblins!

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Tempest Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tempest Tower.

    Build defenses and use your trusty catapult to stop the goblin horde from stealing your treasure.

    2021ActionStrategy0.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Laser Defense Extreme

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Tempest Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tempest Tower.

    Laser Defense Extreme is a Tower Defense Game, with a Killstreak System. Place your "Towers" strategically and eliminate the incoming enemies.

    2024StrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Bacteria Wars

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Tempest Tower fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Tempest Tower.

    A real-time strategy game in which you fight to secure the victory of your Bacteria over the Cell Defense Force and other enemy Bacteria in a world where your units are your only resource, and where your mobile base will not be enough to keep you alive.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Tempest Tower at current Steam store prices.

  1. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~67% under Tempest Tower on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Tempest Tower.

    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 ~67% under Tempest Tower on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tempest Tower.

    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. R.E.P.O.

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~53% under Tempest Tower on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tempest Tower.

    An online co-op horror game with up to 6 players. Locate valuable, fully physics-based objects and handle them with care as you retrieve and extract to satisfy your creator's desires.

    2025ActionEarly Access6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. PEAK

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Tempest Tower on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Tempest Tower.

    PEAK is a co-op climbing game where the slightest mistake can spell your doom. Either solo or as a group of lost nature scouts, your only hope of rescue from a mysterious island is to scale the mountain at its center. Do you have what it takes to reach the PEAK?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Titanfall® 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~70% under Tempest Tower on Steam right now. Shares Action with Tempest Tower.

    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 ↗
  6. Sid Meier's Civilization® V

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Tempest Tower on Steam right now. Shares Strategy with Tempest Tower.

    Create, discover, and download new player-created maps, scenarios, interfaces, and more!

    2010Strategy7.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Slay the Spire

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~58% under Tempest Tower on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tempest Tower.

    We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Inscryption

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~47% under Tempest Tower on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tempest Tower.

    Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Tempest Tower.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  2. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tempest Tower.

    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?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tempest Tower.

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. 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 Tempest Tower.

    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 ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Tempest Tower.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tempest Tower.

    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!

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Virtual Cottage

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Tempest Tower.

    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.

    2020IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Expendabros

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Tempest Tower.

    The Expendabros have assembled and set their sights on the forces of ruthless arms dealer Conrad Stonebanks in the forests of Eastern Europe.

    2014ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Tempest Tower

How much does Tempest Tower cost?
Tempest Tower is listed on Steam at 14.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Tempest Tower?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tempest Tower are Minion Slayer, Halloween Defense, Ad Astra: Sci-Fi Tower Defense.
Who developed Tempest Tower?
Tempest Tower was developed by Half Past Yellow and published by Half Past Yellow, CC_Games.

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 Tempest Tower.

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