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Games like Exo TD

If Exo TD is your kind of game, the closest matches are It's Not A Moon, Freaking Meatbags and Infested Planet — 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 Exo TD: Exo TD is a true 3D space Tower Defense. Invaders have scouted your planet as their next target, you must protect it by building destructive turrets, orbital defenses, shields, drones and more to defend against the incoming invasion force.

2018ActionStrategyIndieSimulationCasualEarly Access19.99 USDWindowsby Virtual Classic Studio
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Players who liked Exo TD also play

Steam players who put hours into Exo 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. It's Not A Moon

    WHY THIS

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

    Manage a space station, flying through a procedually generated universe, fight, build and survive in the coldness of space.

    2019ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Freaking Meatbags

    WHY THIS

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

    Land on a planet, pick up some rocks, leave before the solar system explodes. Oh, and don't die in the nightly robot attacks! Freaking Meatbags is a humorous real-time strategy game that's all about building a base, mixing meatbag DNA, then convincing those dolts to help you gather resources.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Infested Planet

    WHY THIS

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

    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.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal

    WHY THIS

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

    Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Particle Fleet: Emergence

    WHY THIS

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

    Build and design your own fleets and stand opposed to the Particulate in this physics/strategy/RTS/fleet hybrid. Build partially destructible and self repairing ships that interact with enemies less controlled by some scripted logic and more driven by a real time massive physics particle simulation.

    2016StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Battlevoid: Sector Siege

    WHY THIS

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

    Battlevoid: Sector Siege is an epic straight into action real-time space strategy game, in which the world has been built to deliver a lively battle field; and the action is never more than just seconds away at the start of every game.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. The Wall

    WHY THIS

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

    [Servers Temporarily Shut Down!] Build. Gather. Breach. The Wall is a never-before seen mix of genres, where dynamic maps, slick combat, base building, and economy management all come together.

    2018ActionStrategyIndieFreeSteam ↗
  8. Phoenix Hope

    WHY THIS

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

    Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

Games in the same vein priced at least 40% below Exo TD at current Steam store prices.

  1. Terraria

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Exo TD on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Exo TD.

    Dig, fight, explore, build! Nothing is impossible in this action-packed adventure game. Four Pack also available!

    2011ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. Garry's Mod

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under Exo TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie and Simulation with Exo TD.

    Garry's Mod is a physics sandbox. There aren't any predefined aims or goals. We give you the tools and leave you to play.

    2006IndieSimulationCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. Lethal Company

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Exo TD on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Exo TD.

    A co-op horror about scavenging at abandoned moons to sell scrap to the Company.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Left 4 Dead 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Exo TD on Steam right now. Shares Action with Exo TD.

    Set in the zombie apocalypse, Left 4 Dead 2 is a co-operative action horror FPS takes you and your friends through the cities, swamps and cemeteries of the Deep South, from Savannah to New Orleans across five expansive campaigns.

    2009Action9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. People Playground

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Exo TD on Steam right now. Shares Action and Indie with Exo TD.

    Shoot, stab, burn, poison, tear, vaporise, or crush ragdolls in a large open space.

    2019ActionIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Portal 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Exo TD on Steam right now. Shares Action with Exo TD.

    The "Perpetual Testing Initiative" has been expanded to allow you to design co-op puzzles for you and your friends!

    2011ActionAdventure9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Fallout: New Vegas

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Exo TD on Steam right now. Shares Action with Exo TD.

    Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!

    2010ActionRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Undertale

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under Exo TD on Steam right now. Shares Indie with Exo TD.

    UNDERTALE! The RPG game where you don't have to destroy anyone.

    2015IndieRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Free alternatives

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

  1. Life is Strange - Episode 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Episode 1 now FREE! Life is Strange is an award-winning and critically acclaimed episodic adventure game that allows the player to rewind time and affect the past, present and future.

    2015ActionAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

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

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

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

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Murder of Sonic the Hedgehog

    WHY THIS

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

    Sonic the Hedgehog...was murdered!? Get to the bottom of the mystery in this brand-new adventure!

    2023IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

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

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Sheepy: A Short Adventure

    WHY THIS

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

    A Short Handcrafted Pixel Art Platformer that follows Sheepy, an abandoned plushy brought to life. Sheepy: A Short Adventure is the first short game from MrSuicideSheep.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Our Life: Beginnings & Always

    WHY THIS

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

    A twenty-dollar bill, four summers, fifteen years, and a one of a kind life. Create an experience that’s all your own in this near-fully customizable visual novel where you grow from childhood to adulthood with the lonely boy next door.

    2020IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Exo TD

How much does Exo TD cost?
Exo TD is listed on Steam at 19.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to Exo TD?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Exo TD are It's Not A Moon, Freaking Meatbags, Infested Planet.
Who developed Exo TD?
Exo TD was developed by Virtual Classic Studio.

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 Exo TD.

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