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Games like City Defense

If City Defense is your kind of game, the closest matches are Our War: The Strongest Shield, Permanence TD and Warnet — 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 City Defense: City Defense is a tower defense game. The enemies decided to blitzkrieg and a small town turned out to be the line of attack. Build automatic turrets to destroy enemy equipment, pump them, and earn money for the victory over each enemy, because only with a sly strategy and cold mind you can win this battle.

2018StrategyIndie3.99 USDWindowsby Studio48, Turykin Nikolay
City Defense — Steam game cover

Players who liked City Defense also play

Steam players who put hours into City Defense 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. Our War: The Strongest Shield

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for City Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with City Defense.

    A grand and intense tower defense science fiction game, where you only need to purchase once to enjoy all the content of the game.

    2024StrategySimulationCasual9.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. Permanence TD

    WHY THIS

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

    Tower defense that will make you think

    2022StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. Warnet

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for City Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy and Indie with City Defense.

    Outmaneuver, outbuild, outthink. In Warnet, the map is your ally and your enemy - master its properties, and you master victory.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  4. Void TD

    WHY THIS

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

    Build powerful defenses, collect loot, combine effects, and survive evolving waves from the void in a tower defense game driven by ARPG-inspired buildcrafting and persistent progression.

    ActionStrategyIndieSteam ↗
  5. Sunbreak War

    WHY THIS

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

    A light Rogue strategy game centered on building and defense. Build your territory, recruit soldiers to fend off enemies. 9 maps, 6 weapons (30 talents), 40 monsters, 30 units/buildings. Plan your pace, control soldiers, choose abilities—enjoy command and strategy.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Creeper World 4

    WHY THIS

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

    The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. ReEarth

    WHY THIS

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

    ReEarth is an exciting TD & (RTS) indie game. Here, you will play as humanity's last hope. You will fend off the oncoming swarms by continuously building your base and dispatching various types of units. Prepare for the challenge and save the future of humanity!

    2024StrategyIndieRPG7.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Geo-Political Simulator 5

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for City Defense fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Strategy with City Defense.

    The new 5th edition of the hyperrealistic global simulator game where you play as the Head of State or as the opposition or the president of a large multinational company, with a completely redesigned interface, a new ultra-detailed map, complete control of companies and new scenarios for 2024.

    2024StrategySimulation59.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Cheaper alternatives

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

  1. POSTAL 2

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under City Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie with City Defense.

    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?

    2012ActionIndieAdventure0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  2. The Test

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under City Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie with City Defense.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  3. Milk inside a bag of milk inside a bag of milk

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~63% under City Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie with City Defense.

    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.

    2020IndieAdventure1.49 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. shapez

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under City Defense on Steam right now. Shares Strategy and Indie with City Defense.

    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!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. The Test: Hypothesis Rising

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under City Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie with City Defense.

    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?

    2020IndieAdventureSimulation1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  6. The NOexistenceN of you AND me

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~50% under City Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie with City Defense.

    Use "game" as a medium to showcase the world of "you/girl". Explore the truth of "you/girl/world" through the form of a "visual novel".

    2024IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  7. Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under City Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie with City Defense.

    "Shower With Your Dad Simulator 2015: Do You Still Shower With Your Dad?" is a fast paced shower-simulation where you shower with your 8-bit dad.It's good, clean fun!

    2015ActionIndieSimulation0.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  8. Montaro

    WHY THIS

    Priced ~75% under City Defense on Steam right now. Shares Indie with City Defense.

    Montaro is a DOGE.

    2016IndieCasual0.99 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.

    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 Indie with City Defense.

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

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

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

    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 ↗
  4. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    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 ↗
  5. Awaria

    WHY THIS

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

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Iron Snout

    WHY THIS

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

    Iron Snout is a fast, colorful and brutal fighting game in which you will be helping a piglet fight for its life against hordes of wolves.

    2016ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Eternal Senia

    WHY THIS

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

    Thoughts and expectations ARPG

    2015ActionIndieRPGFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. The Lab

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it.

    Welcome to The Lab, a compilation of Valve’s room-scale VR experiments set in a pocket universe within Aperture Science. Fix a robot, defend a castle, adopt a mechanical dog, and more. Still not sold? It’s free!

    2016Free To PlayFreeSteam ↗

More from Studio48

Other recommendable Steam games by Studio48, ranked by review count so the studio's hits land first.

  1. Judas

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Studio48, the studio behind City Defense. Shares Indie with City Defense.

    Judas is an atmospheric psychological horror experience. Accidentally trapped in an apartment complex, you face dark paranormal events that push you to escape as fast as possible; yet, fleeing is not an option.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSteam ↗
  2. 15 seconds

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Studio48, the studio behind City Defense. Shares Indie with City Defense.

    15 Seconds is a 2d arcade in which you have to move forward, take down obstacles, avoid shots in the search for an exit, but remember that your time is limited. in no case do not touch anything, otherwise you will have to start all over again.

    2018ActionIndie0.99 USDSteam ↗
  3. One Way To Exit 2

    WHY THIS

    Another title from Studio48, the studio behind City Defense. Shares Indie with City Defense.

    Move forward or backward in search of an exit, but remember: if you start moving, you will not be able to stop.                           Take bonuses, destroy obstacles and bosses, but in no case touch them or the walls, otherwise you will have to start from the beginning.

    2021IndieCasual2.99 USDSteam ↗

Frequently asked about City Defense

How much does City Defense cost?
City Defense is listed on Steam at 3.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).
What games are most similar to City Defense?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside City Defense are Our War: The Strongest Shield, Permanence TD, Warnet.
Who developed City Defense?
City Defense was developed by Studio48, Turykin Nikolay and published by Studio48.

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 City Defense.

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