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Games like Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense

If Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sir, We Have an Orc Problem, D for Defender and Dice Factory — 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 Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense: A roguelite incremental tower defense where expansion is survival. Execute Command Cards from your expanding deck, build towers, and create land tile by tile to defend the last Node in your dimensional bubble. Grow strong enough to find your kin in the void… and merge into higher dimensions.

StrategyWindowsby Retromagine
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  1. Sir, We Have an Orc Problem

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense.

    Sir, We Have an Orc Problem is an incremental-style tower defense game where you face an overwhelming number of orcs. Greet them with even more bullets, bombs and lasers!

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. D for Defender

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense.

    A Tower Defense with no respite, no waves, no end. Facing monsters that learn from your placements and adapt in real time to every one of your weaknesses, build and upgrade your defenses freely to create the perfect trap.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Dice Factory

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense.

    Dice Factory is a Dice-Powered City Builder where every throw shapes your kingdom. Every die can become a building, resource or unit. Grow intricate production chains, recruit powerful armies, and defend your Castle against waves of enemies and epic bosses!

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Fellwood

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense.

    Build a wild fantasy lumber empire that bombards a forest across the valley with axes, ballistas, cannons, and magic. Harvest flying logs, stack absurd upgrades, and automate your way to unstoppable woodcutting power.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie6.29 USDSteam ↗
  5. Botfestation

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense.

    Humanity built a limitless vending machine. Dr. Bio sent his techno-insect army to destroy it. Defend the prototypes in your exoskeleton bot, deploy towers in 1-4 player co-op, and save humanity’s future of free snacks, peace, and suspiciously convenient prosperity.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  6. My Snake Likes Apples

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense.

    A short, minimalist incremental game about raising a foolish snake and helping it go the distance.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  7. Rogue Cube Defense

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense.

    Rogue Cube Defense is a minimalist roguelite tower defense game with procedurally generated path that you gradually build up. Each run is different as the upgrades you get from leveling up are random. Pick your towers loadout and come up with the best strategy to beat the hordes of enemies.

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  8. pachinko streetscape

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense.

    achinko Streetscape is a fast-paced, incremental roguelike where you customize the board! Place bumpers, launch diverse marbles, and buy relics to alter game mechanics. Master physics, aim carefully, and chain reactions to beat high scores. Every run offers new builds and fresh strategies!

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗

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  1. Travellin Cats in Paris

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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 ↗
  2. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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.

    2024IndieSimulationRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Coloring Pixels

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A relaxing coloring by numbers game. Enjoy completing a variety of images with differing themes, complexity, and sizes.

    2018IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗
  4. Disfigure

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Disfigure is a grim-dark action rogue-like where you battle relentless hordes of monsters lurking in the shadows. Unlock powerful weapons, craft god-like builds with hundreds of upgrades, slay colossal bosses, and push your limits in intense 20–30 minute survival runs!

    2023ActionIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. An Arcade Full of Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Journey through gaming history's time and space, while searching for adorable feline companions in 'An Arcade Full of Cats,' the ultimate pet'em up hidden object game.

    2023IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. 100 Asian Cats

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense.

    🏮🐈 100 Asian Cats - Join the cutest adventure in the Asia! 😻 🌸 Explore the charming hand-drawn artwork of Asian temples 🏯 as you embark on a quest to find 100 adorable cats hidden throughout the game. 🕵️‍♂️❌ Can you find them all? 🕵️‍♂️🐈✅

    2023ActionSportsStrategyFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. SuchArt: Creative Space

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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!

    2021ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Moonring

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    A dark-fantasy, turn-based, retro-fusion of classic turn-based RPGs and roguelikes, all presented with a unique neon aesthetic.

    2023RPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

More from Retromagine

Other recommendable Steam games by Retromagine, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. IGNOBLE

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Retromagine, the studio behind Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense. Shares Strategy with Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense.

    Destroy enemies and harvest blood, bones, and marrow to grow stronger, unlock forbidden skills, and wipe out the Ignoble tyrants who dare threaten your master.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie5.94 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Botfestation

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Retromagine, the studio behind Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense. Shares Strategy with Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense.

    Humanity built a limitless vending machine. Dr. Bio sent his techno-insect army to destroy it. Defend the prototypes in your exoskeleton bot, deploy towers in 1-4 player co-op, and save humanity’s future of free snacks, peace, and suspiciously convenient prosperity.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. False Echo

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Retromagine, the studio behind Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense.

    False Echo is a narrative cryptography thriller set in the darkest depths of the Atlantic, aboard a secret military submarine. Operate the Obscura machine, decode messages, and decide what gets through in a regime where even the smallest mistake means a huge death toll.

    IndieAdventureSimulationSteam ↗
  4. Gospel Drift

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Retromagine, the studio behind Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense.

    Let grandma take the wheel! Kick Satans whiny little ass and collect the souls of the damned to buy upgrades and slam the hordes that stand in your way...literally.

  5. Squomb

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Retromagine, the studio behind Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense.

    Too close. Too late. You drop a bomb. Boom. You die. They die. Good. Respawn as your squomb and dive back in. 1–4 players. PvP or Co-op. Fast, explosive 1-bit madness inspired by Bomberman.

    ActionCasualSteam ↗
  6. Armored Train Warfare

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Retromagine, the studio behind Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense. Shares Strategy with Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense.

    Operate a heavily armed armored train in a brutal warzone. Man turrets, manage ammunition, repair damage, upgrade your locomotive, and repel relentless enemy attacks while keeping your train moving through hostile territory.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. Starlight Cove

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Retromagine, the studio behind Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense.

    Make some lemonade and set sail in this cozy fishing incremental game. Catch weird fish across colorful locations, upgrade your gear, rebuild Starlight Cove back to its former glory, and defeat the evil shark that stole your grandfather's greatest treasure years ago.

    IndieSimulationCasualSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense

What games are most similar to Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense are Sir, We Have an Orc Problem, D for Defender, Dice Factory.
Who developed Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense?
Exponent: The Scaling Tower Defense was developed by Retromagine.

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