Games like Evil Defenders
Below are 20 hand-picked alternatives to Evil Defenders for fans of strategy, indie, casual, ranked by imho.run's hybrid recommender. Each pick is scored on three signals: collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries (which players who logged hours in Evil Defenders also play), content overlap on genres, categories, and storefront tags, and review-mined "vibe" embeddings that catch tonal similarity even when the genre label differs. Sections below cover closest matches, reviewer cross-mentions, cheaper alternatives, free-to-play picks. No login required — these picks work anchor-only.
Get personalized picks →About Evil Defenders: Evil Defenders is a fun, frenetic defense game: build and upgrade your towers, сast spells to repel enemy forces, use special landmarks and defend the Lands of Evil from invaders! Feel free to play the game in many different ways through unique tower upgrades, a deep skill tree and 100 in-game achievements.
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Tower Dwellers
WHY THIS
Shares a funny mood with Evil Defenders.
Reviewers of Evil Defenders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Evil Defenders.
Tower Dwellers is a unit crafting tower defence that features lots of micromanagement and keeps the player engaged in the battle throughout the entire game.
Cursed Treasure 2
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Evil Defenders.
Reviewers of Evil Defenders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Indie with Evil Defenders.
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.
Beautiful Mystic Defenders
WHY THIS
Shares tower upgrades and an atmospheric mood with Evil Defenders.
Reviewers of Evil Defenders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Strategy and Casual with Evil Defenders.
Beautiful Mystic Defenders is a tactical tower defense, romantic visual novel game where you are the savior of the mystic realm's incredibly gorgeous ladies. Build towers wisely, level up heroines, obtain upgrades, defeat hordes of monsters and immerse in a stimulating harem love story!
Kingdom Run VR
WHY THIS
Reviewers of Evil Defenders cross-mention this title as a similar play. Shares Indie with Evil Defenders.
Kingdom Run VR is an action-packed fitness game; explore trapped tombs, avoid dangers, collect gems and eliminate enemies!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Evil Defenders at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Evil Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Evil 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?
The Test
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Evil Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Evil Defenders.
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
WHY THIS
Priced ~70% under Evil Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Evil Defenders.
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.
Blood and Bacon
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Evil Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Evil Defenders.
This Co-op Shooter , has Day and Night levels, multiple maps, players will take on 25 enemy types and numerous bosses, like Gargantuan Monsters and Minibosses every 10 days as you explore, shoot and run for your life against the onslaught of porcine monstrosities.
Placid Plastic Duck Simulator
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Evil Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Evil Defenders.
The ultimate high-tech rubber duck simulation, Placid Plastic Duck brings you dangerous levels of relaxation. With chill music, dreamy 3D graphics, and many different happy ducks, your only priority is to float around. Zero Ducks given.
Peggle Deluxe
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Evil Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Casual with Evil Defenders.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Evil Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Evil Defenders.
shapez is an easy-going, minimalistic factory building game about the automation of shapes through extraction and satisfying production lines. Adapt to increasingly complex shapes and grow your factory across an infinitely expanding map. Your only limitation is your creativity!
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Evil Defenders on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Evil Defenders.
The second chapter in The Test trilogy. Answer a series of in-depth questions to reveal hidden truths about yourself and unlock secrets to discover how your life can change drastically with just a few, slight modifications. ...But are you sure you want the answers you seek?
Free alternatives
Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.
Bloons TD Battles 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Evil Defenders.
From the creators of Bloons TD6... Bloons TD Battles 2 is a brand new installment of the top-rated head-to-head tower defense game. Gather your Hero, choose your team of powerful Monkey Towers, and prepare to battle one on one against other players and relentless waves of Bloons!
Bloons TD Battles
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Evil Defenders.
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.
Kingdom: Classic
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Evil Defenders.
Kingdom is a 2D sidescrolling strategy/resource management hybrid with a minimalist feel wrapped in a beautiful, modern pixel art aesthetic.
Yet Another Zombie Defense
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Evil Defenders.
Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.
Time Clickers
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie and Casual with Evil Defenders.
Time Clickers is what's called an 'incremental game'. There's always a fun upgrade to look forward to, and the numbers keep getting bigger! Hire a team to fight for you, even when you're offline!
Zombie Defense
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Evil Defenders.
A modern hybrid of the classic RTS and modern Tower Defense. Recruit soldiers, place them on slots and let them shoot incoming waves of zombies by their own. Order supplies, throw grenades, order airstrikes and many more... Perfect mix of strategy, tactics and micromanagement.
One Troll Army
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Evil Defenders.
Play as a giant troll in One Troll Army - a defense game about building forts, upgrading your troll, and fighting off waves of enemies. Play Against The Twitch Chat!
Age of Defense: Prehistory
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Evil Defenders.
The most addicting tower defense game, packed with monsters and tough defenders, all of which fit perfectly into the cartoonish environment. Prehistory is a prologue for the main story Age of Defense.
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Frequently asked about Evil Defenders
- Is Evil Defenders verified for Steam Deck?
- Yes — Evil Defenders is Steam Deck Verified, meaning Valve has confirmed it runs well on the Deck with full controller, text legibility, and default configuration support.
- How much does Evil Defenders cost?
- Evil Defenders is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- Who developed Evil Defenders?
- Evil Defenders was developed by CP Decision.
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