Games like Idle Towers
If Idle Towers is your kind of game, the closest matches are Bulwark, The Unearthened - Complete Edition and Conan Unconquered — 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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Bulwark
WHY THIS
Top pick for Idle Towers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Towers.
Bulwark is a medieval-themed 2D pixel tower defense game with a dynamic block-based building system. Construct and fortify your castle, manage resources, and recruit troops to defend against waves of enemies. Build, strategize, and adapt in this unique blend of fortress construction and combat.
The Unearthened - Complete Edition
WHY THIS
Second-strongest match for Idle Towers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Idle Towers.
Build & defend a small remote mining base on Taichin XI from the alien hordes. Deploy defenses, upgrade your turrets and get ready for the nightfall. The Unearthened is a classic Idle Tower Defense game where you build towers and prepare for the invasion.
Conan Unconquered
WHY THIS
Third-strongest match for Idle Towers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Idle Towers.
From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian. Play solo or team up in multiplayer in Conan Unconquered’s action-packed co-op Mode where you build a shared stronghold and fend off the hordes together.
Gladiator Guild Manager
WHY THIS
Ranked #4 for Idle Towers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Towers.
A strategic autobattler sim where you build a team of gladiators, compete in arenas, plan fight tactics, and form alliances. Combine fighters, beasts, and mages, develop and equip them to optimize your well-oiled fighting machine, dominate the championships, and leave your mark on the world.
Lazy Galaxy 2
WHY THIS
Ranked #5 for Idle Towers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Towers.
Lazy Galaxy 2 is an idle/clicker game with base-building and RTS elements. Lead an evil (albeit lazy) alien race to conquer the universe! Expand your base, fight vicious foes, and conquer the galaxies. Acquire combat experience and convert into candy, the most precious alien resource!
Phoenix Hope
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Idle Towers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Towers.
Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.
Grim Nights
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Ranked #7 for Idle Towers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Towers.
Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.
They Are Billions
WHY THIS
Ranked #8 for Idle Towers fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Idle Towers.
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Idle Towers at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~88% under Idle Towers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idle Towers.
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?
Buckshot Roulette
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Idle Towers on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Towers.
Play Russian roulette with a 12-gauge shotgun. Four enter. One leaves. Roll the dice with your life. Good luck!
GRIS
WHY THIS
Priced ~53% under Idle Towers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idle Towers.
Gris is a hopeful young girl lost in her own world, dealing with a painful experience in her life. Her journey through sorrow is manifested in her dress, which grants new abilities to better navigate her faded reality.
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~75% under Idle Towers on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Towers.
You will answer a series of questions that will reveal truths from deep within. These questions may make you uncomfortable, but with great knowledge comes great sacrifice. Can you make it all the way through The Test, and if you do, are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk
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Priced ~81% under Idle Towers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idle Towers.
A short story about what sort of challenges everyday little things can be. Help the girl buy milk, be the first not to disappoint her.
Crypt of the NecroDancer
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Idle Towers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idle Towers.
Crypt of the NecroDancer is an award winning hardcore roguelike rhythm game. Move to the music and deliver beatdowns to the beat! Groove to the epic Danny Baranowsky soundtrack, or select songs from your own MP3 collection!
A Short Hike
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Priced ~50% under Idle Towers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idle Towers.
Hike, climb, and soar through the peaceful mountainside landscapes of Hawk Peak Provincial Park as you make your way to the summit.
Super Hexagon
WHY THIS
Priced ~63% under Idle Towers on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Idle Towers.
Super Hexagon is a minimal action game by Terry Cavanagh, with music by Chipzel.
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 Indie with Idle Towers.
Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!
Magic Archery
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Towers.
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.
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!
Landfall Archives
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Towers.
Break into the Landfall Archives to steal and play previously unreleased games, demos, interactive slide shows, and even an unreleased version of Totally Accurate Battle Simulator from 2017!
SuchArt: Creative Space
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Simulation with Idle Towers.
Paint on any surfaces with numerous tools in Creative Space — a free sandbox version of SuchArt: Genius Artist Simulator. Create masterpieces, complete commissions, and decorate your studio in the most advanced artist sim!
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Towers.
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.
Jigsaw Puzzle Dreams
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Idle Towers.
Beautiful Multiplayer Jigsaw Puzzle game where you can design the room you play in!
The Last Sovereign
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Idle Towers.
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.
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Frequently asked about Idle Towers
- Does Idle Towers run on Steam Deck?
- Idle Towers 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 Idle Towers cost?
- Idle Towers is listed on Steam at 7.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Idle Towers?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Idle Towers are Bulwark, The Unearthened - Complete Edition, Conan Unconquered.
- Who developed Idle Towers?
- Idle Towers was developed by MEDIUM QUALITY GAMES.
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