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Games like Journey TD

If Journey TD is your kind of game, the closest matches are Tide of the Depths, Shrouded Siege and Pretty girls don't want you to die — 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 Journey TD: Classic tower defense meets roguelite: draft elements, combine from 167 towers, and forge your perfect build with items, runes, and a massive skill tree. Control the paths your enemies take, survive procedurally generated maps and grow stronger with every run.

2026StrategyIndieWindowsby Christian Forner
Journey TD — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Journey TD 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. Tide of the Depths

    WHY THIS

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

    Build a team of mighty sea creatures in a lane-based tower defense where the battlefield reshapes your strategy. Harness environmental powers, trigger elemental chain reactions, and adapt your defenders to stop the corruption.

    2027StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  2. Shrouded Siege

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Journey TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Journey TD.

    Design dastardly mazes in this co-op roguelike tower defense set in Irish mythology. Combine divine boons to make unstoppable towers and sculpt the terrain to make the ultimate death traps for your enemies.

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  3. Pretty girls don't want you to die

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Journey TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with Journey TD.

    "Pretty Girls Don't Want You to Die" is a strategic tower defense game with a strategy board game style. In the game, you continuously recruit pretty girl warriors, establish defensive positions by leveraging advantageous terrain, and defeat waves of enemies.

    2026StrategySteam ↗
  4. Lucky Again

    WHY THIS

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

    Face down swarms of enemies using cards with diverse abilities. Evolve your own unique deck to overcome the trials ahead, and become a quick-witted hero who can conquer any crisis. You will be joined by loyal companions OR charismatic fairies who aren't afraid to use you for their own ends.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  5. Slotbound

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Journey TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Journey TD.

    A roguelike auto-battler defense where luck meets strategy. Spin a 3x3 slot machine to summon units and grow your army by absorbing others. Use Items and Cores to manipulate the odds and survive challenging judgement waves and boss waves. Every spin and every choice counts.

    2026StrategyIndieEarly AccessSteam ↗
  6. MageGuard Tower

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Journey TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Journey TD.

    MageGuard Tower is a roguelike tower defense game where thousands of physics-driven monsters surge toward your crystal. Build, unlock, and adapt across procedurally generated maps in a relentless struggle for survival.

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  7. Atlanta TD

    WHY THIS

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

    Call upon the Gods of Olympus to defend Atlanta from Ares’ invading hordes in this roguelite tower defense epic. Battle across procedurally generated realms, unlock powerful upgrades, and shape the fate of a new Pantheon!

    StrategyIndieSteam ↗
  8. Hundred Battle

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Journey TD fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Journey TD.

    Grow like a roguelike, draft your party like an auto-battler, command like an RTS — a semi-auto-battler roguelike of a hundred battles.

    2026StrategyIndieSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Magic Archery

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  2. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeSteam ↗
  3. Landfall Archives

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Journey TD.

    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!

    2023ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  4. 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 ↗
  5. Die in the Dungeon: Origins

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Journey TD.

    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 ↗
  6. Epic Battle Fantasy 3

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  7. The Riftbreaker: Prologue

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Journey TD.

    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.

    2020ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Last Sovereign

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Strategy and Indie with Journey TD.

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventureFreeDeck VerifiedSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Journey TD

What games are most similar to Journey TD?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Journey TD are Tide of the Depths, Shrouded Siege, Pretty girls don't want you to die.
Who developed Journey TD?
Journey TD was developed by Christian Forner and published by Studio F.

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 Journey TD.

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