Games like Sanctum

The closest matches to Sanctum: Sanctum 2, Super Sanctum TD, Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense, SENTRY, and Defense Grid: The Awakening. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Sanctum is your kind of game, the closest matches are Sanctum 2, Super Sanctum TD and Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as challenging, contemplative and intense, and single out its checkpoint saves and co op multiplayer. 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.

Sanctum is a 2011 hybrid title combining tower defense strategy with first-person shooter action. Players construct mazes and place defensive towers across tile-based maps before taking up weapons themselves to eliminate waves of enemies checkpoint by checkpoint. The game supports online co-op for up to four players. Reviewers highlight that the first-person tower defense hybrid feels fresh, while players describe the tile placement as mattering more than in most tower defense games and note that the weapons feel satisfying to use. Players also describe the overall experience as both challenging and intense, with some noting a retro quality to its design. At $9.99, the game holds a 91% positive rating from over 1,300 Steam reviews and is marked as playable on Steam Deck.

About Sanctum: You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.