Games like Spoids
If Spoids is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sanctum 2, 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival and Anomaly: Warzone Earth — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers single out its cheap price point, customizable turret targeting rules and atmospheric. 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.
Get personalized picks →About Spoids: Spoids is a challenging throwback to the original brand of tower defense games. Command the Remote Defense Space Station and respond to distress calls of those who are being attacked by the invaders. Travel from planet to planet using your powerful arsenal to hold back the Spoids.
Players who liked Spoids also play
Steam players who put hours into Spoids 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.
Sanctum 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Spoids.
Top pick for Spoids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Spoids.
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Spoids.
Second-strongest match for Spoids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Spoids.
Get ready for the ULTIMATE tower defense onslaught. Build, deploy, research and upgrade your defenses in this epic, old school RTS inspired sci-fi adventure.
Anomaly: Warzone Earth
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spoids.
Third-strongest match for Spoids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Spoids.
Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!
Infested Planet
WHY THIS
Shares a tense mood with Spoids.
Ranked #4 for Spoids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Spoids.
Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.
Defense Grid: The Awakening
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Spoids.
Ranked #5 for Spoids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spoids.
Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.
Mars or Die!
WHY THIS
Ranked #6 for Spoids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Spoids.
Control two characters simultaneously! Survive, gather, collect upgrades, fight all sizes of one-eyed Martians, build defensible outposts and conquer Mars, in this glorious mix between roguelite and tower defense.
Iron Brigade
WHY THIS
Shares an atmospheric mood with Spoids.
Ranked #7 for Spoids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Spoids.
Join The Mobile Trench Brigade and protect humanity from the evil Monovision menace!
SHOOPER NOVA
WHY THIS
Shares endless mode with Spoids.
Ranked #8 for Spoids fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Strategy with Spoids.
Craft Your Ultimate Circular Fortress! Dive into SHOOPER NOVA, where you choose props and components to build a unique fortress. Unlock combos to shape your strategy and battle style. Become an unstoppable barrage machine and obliterate waves of enemies from all directions!
Cheaper alternatives
Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Spoids at current Steam store prices.
POSTAL 2
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Spoids on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Spoids.
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 Spoids on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spoids.
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 Spoids on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spoids.
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 Spoids on Steam right now. Shares Action with Spoids.
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.
STAR WARS™ Republic Commando™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Spoids on Steam right now. Shares Action with Spoids.
You are the leader of an elite squad of Republic Commandos, your mission is to infiltrate, dominate, and ultimately, annihilate the enemy. Your squad will follow your orders and your lead, working together as a team - instinctively, intelligently, instantly. You are their leader. They are your weapon.
shapez
WHY THIS
Priced ~80% under Spoids on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with Spoids.
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!
STAR WARS™ Jedi Knight - Jedi Academy™
WHY THIS
Priced ~50% under Spoids on Steam right now. Shares Action with Spoids.
Forge your weapon and follow the path of the Jedi Jedi Knight: Jedi Academy is the latest installment of the highly acclaimed Jedi Knight series. Take on the role of a new student eager to learn the ways of the Force from Jedi Master Luke Skywalker.
The Test: Hypothesis Rising
WHY THIS
Priced ~60% under Spoids on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Spoids.
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.
The Riftbreaker: Prologue
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Spoids.
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.
SCP: Secret Laboratory
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Spoids.
Deep within a secure underground facility, a sudden containment breach allows many of the secured anomalies to escape from their chambers. Assist the Foundation in re-securing the facility, help the Insurgency in their goal to capture it, or wreak havoc as an SCP in a frantic bid to escape.
Splitgate
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Spoids.
Splitgate is a free-to-play, fast-paced multiplayer shooter that features player-controlled portals. This sci-fi shooter takes the FPS genre to a new dimension with its portal mechanics, delivering high-flying, multi-dimensional combat.
Bloons TD Battles 2
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Spoids.
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 Action and Strategy with Spoids.
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.
Endless Sky
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Spoids.
Endless Sky is a 2D space trading and combat game inspired by the classic Escape Velocity series. Work your way up from a relatively wimpy shuttle, cargo ship, or fighter, to a highly upgraded and customized flagship or to a massive fleet of warships or freighters.
Yet Another Zombie Defense
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Spoids.
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.
AirMech
WHY THIS
Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Strategy with Spoids.
AirMech® Strike is a fast paced Action-RTS game that can be played solo, coop, or competitively online. Earn Kudos and Experience in battle and unlock a wide collection of AirMechs and Units while you practice the perfect strategy to emerge victorious!
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Valve-Verified or Playable picks from the similar pool — ready to go on Deck out of the box.
Sanctum 2
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Spoids.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Spoids.
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
WHY THIS
Shares a challenging mood with Spoids.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Spoids.
Get ready for the ULTIMATE tower defense onslaught. Build, deploy, research and upgrade your defenses in this epic, old school RTS inspired sci-fi adventure.
SHOOPER NOVA
WHY THIS
Shares endless mode with Spoids.
Deck Verified — runs on Steam Deck out of the box. Shares Action and Strategy with Spoids.
Craft Your Ultimate Circular Fortress! Dive into SHOOPER NOVA, where you choose props and components to build a unique fortress. Unlock combos to shape your strategy and battle style. Become an unstoppable barrage machine and obliterate waves of enemies from all directions!
Frequently asked about Spoids
- How much does Spoids cost?
- Spoids is listed on Steam at 4.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
- What games are most similar to Spoids?
- Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Spoids are Sanctum 2, 2112TD: Tower Defense Survival, Anomaly: Warzone Earth.
- Who developed Spoids?
- Spoids was developed by AirWave Games and published by BindleBot.
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