# Games like Bloons TD 5

> The closest matches to Bloons TD 5: Bloons TD 6, Bloons TD Battles, Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense, Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, and Dungeon Defenders. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

## Similar games, ranked

The full ranked list, 24 games, best match first (the HTML page shows the top 8 as cards).

1. [Bloons TD 6](https://imho.run/games/960090/bloons-td-6) — Also Tower Defense, like Bloons TD 5. 224,729 Steam reviews, 97% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/960090/)
2. [Bloons TD Battles](https://imho.run/games/444640/bloons-td-battles) — A frequent pick in Bloons TD 5 players' libraries, and another Action. 21,230 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/444640/)
3. [Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense](https://imho.run/games/458710/kingdom-rush-frontiers-tower-defense) — Shares tower placement and tower upgrades with Bloons TD 5. 2,446 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/458710/)
4. [Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition](https://imho.run/games/3590/plants-vs-zombies-goty-edition) — A frequent pick in Bloons TD 5 players' libraries, and another Strategy. 41,655 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3590/)
5. [Dungeon Defenders](https://imho.run/games/65800/dungeon-defenders) — A frequent pick in Bloons TD 5 players' libraries, and another RPG. 8,635 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/65800/)
6. [Bloons Adventure Time TD](https://imho.run/games/979060/bloons-adventure-time-td) — Also Tower Defense, like Bloons TD 5. 2,797 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/979060/)
7. [Super Sanctum TD](https://imho.run/games/235250/super-sanctum-td) — Shares tower placement and tower upgrades with Bloons TD 5. 620 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/235250/)
8. [Bish Bash Bots](https://imho.run/games/1424860/bish-bash-bots) — Shares tower placement with Bloons TD 5. 81 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1424860/)
9. [Cluckmech Oasis](https://imho.run/games/2453360/cluckmech-oasis) — Shares co op play with Bloons TD 5. 101 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2453360/)
10. [Bloons Monkey City](https://imho.run/games/1252780/bloons-monkey-city) — Also Tower Defense, like Bloons TD 5. 5,275 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1252780/)
11. [Revenge of the Titans](https://imho.run/games/93200/revenge-of-the-titans) — Also Tower Defense, like Bloons TD 5. 452 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/93200/)
12. [Tidalis](https://imho.run/games/40420/tidalis) — Same relaxing mood as Bloons TD 5. 80 Steam reviews, 69% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/40420/)
13. [The Adventure Pals](https://imho.run/games/396710/the-adventure-pals) — Shares co op play with Bloons TD 5. 652 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/396710/)
14. [Rock of Ages](https://imho.run/games/22230/rock-of-ages) — Also Tower Defense, like Bloons TD 5. 1,789 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/22230/)
15. [Game Dev Tycoon](https://imho.run/games/239820/game-dev-tycoon) — Same nostalgic mood as Bloons TD 5. 22,051 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/239820/)
16. [PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate](https://imho.run/games/243780/pixeljunk-monsters-ultimate) — Also Tower Defense, like Bloons TD 5. 491 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/243780/)
17. [Orcs Must Die! 2](https://imho.run/games/201790/orcs-must-die-2) — Also Tower Defense, like Bloons TD 5. 6,027 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/201790/)
18. [Iron Brigade](https://imho.run/games/115120/iron-brigade) — Also Tower Defense, like Bloons TD 5. 688 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/115120/)
19. [Tower Wars](https://imho.run/games/214360/tower-wars) — Also Tower Defense, like Bloons TD 5. 733 Steam reviews, 68% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/214360/)
20. [Zuma's Revenge!](https://imho.run/games/3620/zuma-s-revenge) — Same nostalgic mood as Bloons TD 5. 1,429 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3620/)
21. [Planet Coaster](https://imho.run/games/493340/planet-coaster) — Same whimsical mood as Bloons TD 5. 31,038 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/493340/)
22. [OTTTD](https://imho.run/games/312630/otttd) — Shares tower placement with Bloons TD 5. 127 Steam reviews, 79% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/312630/)
23. [ Fieldrunners 2](https://imho.run/games/215710/fieldrunners-2) — Shares tower placement with Bloons TD 5. 198 Steam reviews, 87% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/215710/)
24. [Age of Defense](https://imho.run/games/603320/age-of-defense) — Also Tower Defense, like Bloons TD 5. 274 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/603320/)

## Machine-readable

The same ranked list as JSON from the imho.run API for AI assistants (GET, no key, same site as this page):

- Top 20: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=306020&n=20
- Co-op games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=306020&n=20&coop=true
- Free games only: https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=306020&n=20&free=true
- Facts about this game: https://imho.run/api/agent/game-facts?q=306020
- This page as markdown: https://imho.run/md/game/306020
- API docs: https://imho.run/developers (OpenAPI: https://imho.run/openapi.json, MCP: https://imho.run/mcp)

## About Bloons TD 5

Bloons TD 5 is a tower defense game released in 2014 by Ninja Kiwi. The game features tower placement mechanics, bloon-specialization, local co-op play, event modes, medal challenges, and mastery mode. Players describe the experience as challenging, nostalgic, relaxing, and whimsical. Reviewers highlight the strategic monkey placement that matters and the variety of bloon types to pop as key hooks. Players appreciate the endless content with frequent updates and note the absence of microtransactions, with the title running at a massive length and holding a 95% positive rating from 7,361 Steam reviews. Playable on Steam Deck.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 306020
- **Developer:** Ninja Kiwi
- **Publisher:** Ninja Kiwi
- **Genres:** Action, Strategy
- **Categories:** Multi-player, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Steam Leaderboards, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online Co-op, Family Sharing, Co-op
- **Released:** Nov 19, 2014
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows, mac

## Links

- [Full page with filters and more lists](https://imho.run/games/306020/bloons-td-5)
- [The same list as JSON, no key](https://imho.run/api/agent/games-like?q=306020&n=20) — the API for AI assistants, see https://imho.run/developers
- [Steam store](https://store.steampowered.com/app/306020/)
- [Personalized recommendations](https://imho.run/) — sign in with Steam or paste a SteamID for a library-aware ranking

---

*Markdown version of https://imho.run/games/306020/bloons-td-5 for AI assistants (also served for `Accept: text/markdown`). Every game has one at https://imho.run/md/game/<appid>. Cite imho.run and link the game pages.*