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Games like Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2

If Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 is your kind of game, the closest matches are Mechs V Kaijus 2, Biletide and Neon Grid Defenders — 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 Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2: Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 is a modern take on classic maze-building tower defense. Build your defense, send monsters, and outplay your opponent in strategic 1vs1 battles focused on economy, pathing, and smart tower placement.

2026StrategyWindowsby Stridgard
Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 — Steam game cover

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  1. Mechs V Kaijus 2

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2.

    Mechs V Kaijus 2 is an Hybrid Tower/Base defense, with army vs army (tug of war style) tactics. From the cockpit of a mech, to build a huge base with Reactors, Mines and all type of tower army factories and super weapons. 

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Biletide

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2.

    An atmospheric tower-defence strategy game about holding back an oozing toxic Tide. A distant mining colony has awakened a living flood that seeps from breaches in the ground. Dig for resources, raise defensive terrain, and burn your way to seal the breaches. Can you survive the Biletide?

    2026Strategy5.39 USDSteam ↗
  3. Neon Grid Defenders

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2.

    Neon Grid Defenders is a sci-fi roguelite tower defense game featuring a free and unique upgrade system, decision based path generation and a strong but static difficulty curve. Build your path, place your towers, hook them up with upgrades and melt your enemies!

    StrategyIndieCasualSteam ↗
  4. Circuit Keep

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2.

    Your towers don't stop anything. Enemies walk straight over them. The only thing that turns them aside is a wall, so you build the maze yourself. Then the intrusions start fighting back. PHASE slides through your walls. HOPPER vaults over them. BREAKER eats them. You built the maze. Now defend it.

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  5. Factorwave

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries.

    Fast-paced factory builder with combat and territorial logistics. Automate production, unlock powerful Sector Hub bonuses, defend your infrastructure, and expand across a hostile planet.

    2026IndieSimulationSteam ↗
  6. Built the End

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2.

    Harvest resources, build and upgrade towers, and defend your base against escalating waves of robotic enemies in this resource management focused tower defense. Use an arsenal of unique towers and their upgrades against the multitudes of different robots.

    2026StrategyIndie6.99 USDSteam ↗
  7. Axom: Conquest

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2.

    Build and defend your fortress while expanding out in this hold-out tower defense roguelite. Battle across a procedural alien homeworld, fight back corrupted terrain, discover hundreds of structures and upgrades as physics-driven swarms threaten to wipe out humanity.

    2026StrategyIndie8.99 USDSteam ↗
  8. Kill The Hero

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2.

    A Dungeon Builder, Autobattler and Deckbuilder in one. They call themselves “heroes”. You call them gold suppliers. Dig your domain, build deadly traps, place guards and play powerful cards as ever-stronger “heroes” invade your dungeon. Take their gold and build the World Domination Machine.

    StrategySteam ↗

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

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    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.

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

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

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  6. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy with Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2.

    Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but DICE! Deal with enemies by combining dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and discover the story behind Die in the Dungeon!

    2023StrategyIndieRPGFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
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    WHY THIS

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

    Epic Battle Fantasy 3 is a silly turn-based JRPG, full of useless NPCs, rabid cats, childish humor, unreasonably large weapons, anime boobs, and other nonsense. And it's totally free!

    2016IndieAdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Coloring Game 2

    WHY THIS

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

    Coloring Game 2 is a sequel of the existing color-by-number game which so many users have liked. The sequel features new options and images.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2

What games are most similar to Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 are Mechs V Kaijus 2, Biletide, Neon Grid Defenders.
Who developed Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2?
Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 was developed by Stridgard.

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