Choose Hold your houses
Choose Hold your houses if it's currently about 75% cheaper on the Steam Store. Hold your houses launched in 2017.
Hold your houses vs Northend Tower Defense
Hold your houses and Northend Tower Defense both land in Action, Strategy on Steam, which is why they keep getting compared. The comparison below is built from each game's Steam metadata — release year, genres, categories, Steam Deck status, price, and review score — refreshed daily by imho.run's scraper. Headline differences: Both share Action, Strategy on Steam. Hold your houses (2017) is 7 years older than Northend Tower Defense (2024). Northend Tower Defense scores higher on Steam reviews (64.4% positive) than Hold your houses (20.6% positive). No login or purchase needed — scroll for the full table, the verdict FAQ, and links to ranked similar games for both titles.
Which should you pick?
Choose Northend Tower Defense
Choose Northend Tower Defense if you want an Indie and Simulation game with Steam Leaderboards. On Steam, it's the newer release (2024) and ships with the modern feature baseline. Northend Tower Defense launched in 2024.
Both Hold your houses and Northend Tower Defense sit in Action and Strategy on Steam, so either pick lands in the same broad neighborhood. Use the side-by-side table for the feature view, or follow the "Games like" links below to see ranked alternatives for either title.
Side-by-side comparison
 Hold your houses |  Northend Tower Defense | |
|---|---|---|
| Released | 2017 | 2024 |
| Genres | Action, Strategy | Action, Strategy, Indie, Simulation |
| Platforms | Windows | Windows |
| Steam Deck | Unrated | Deck Playable |
| Price | 0.99 USD | 3.99 USD |
| Steam reviews | 20.6% positive (34 reviews) | 64.4% positive (292 reviews) |
| Multiplayer | Single-player only | Single-player only |
| Developers | WhackAKey Games | Northend Games |
Side by side
- Both share Action, Strategy on Steam.
- Hold your houses (2017) is 7 years older than Northend Tower Defense (2024).
- Northend Tower Defense scores higher on Steam reviews (64.4% positive) than Hold your houses (20.6% positive).
- Hold your houses is currently ~75% cheaper on Steam than Northend Tower Defense (0.99 USD vs. 3.99 USD).
- Northend Tower Defense is Deck Playable on Steam Deck; Hold your houses has no Deck rating yet.
Hold your houses vs Northend Tower Defense — FAQ
- Should I play Hold your houses or Northend Tower Defense first?
- If you want chronology, Hold your houses (2017) came out before Northend Tower Defense (2024). If neither is a sequel to the other, order doesn't really matter — start with whichever fits your current mood, since both share enough on Steam to make either a reasonable opener.
- Are Hold your houses and Northend Tower Defense similar?
- They overlap on Action, Strategy on Steam, so the catalogue groups them together — but "similar" depends on the specific mechanics. Use the genre + category rows above to decide whether the overlap matches what drew you to the one you've already played.