# Games like Aegis Defenders

> The closest matches to Aegis Defenders: Orcs Must Die! 2, Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition, Full Metal Furies, Smelter, and Abathor. 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. [Orcs Must Die! 2](https://imho.run/games/201790/orcs-must-die-2) — Also Tower Defense, like Aegis Defenders. 6,027 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/201790/)
2. [Mercenary Kings: Reloaded Edition](https://imho.run/games/218820/mercenary-kings-reloaded-edition) — Also Split Screen, like Aegis Defenders. 801 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/218820/)
3. [Full Metal Furies](https://imho.run/games/416600/full-metal-furies) — Same atmospheric mood as Aegis Defenders. 986 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/416600/)
4. [Smelter](https://imho.run/games/1094540/smelter) — A frequent pick in Aegis Defenders players' libraries, and another Action. 100 Steam reviews, 68% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1094540/)
5. [Abathor](https://imho.run/games/2295610/abathor) — Shares character switching with Aegis Defenders. 171 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2295610/)
6. [Rock of Ages](https://imho.run/games/22230/rock-of-ages) — Also Split Screen and Tower Defense, like Aegis Defenders. 1,789 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/22230/)
7. [Dungeon Defenders: Awakened](https://imho.run/games/1101190/dungeon-defenders-awakened) — Also Tower Defense, like Aegis Defenders. 2,272 Steam reviews, 68% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1101190/)
8. [Revenge of the Titans](https://imho.run/games/93200/revenge-of-the-titans) — Also Tower Defense, like Aegis Defenders. 452 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/93200/)
9. [Timespinner](https://imho.run/games/368620/timespinner) — A frequent pick in Aegis Defenders players' libraries, and another RPG. 1,643 Steam reviews, 85% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/368620/)
10. [Children of Morta](https://imho.run/games/330020/children-of-morta) — Shares character switching with Aegis Defenders. 7,392 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/330020/)
11. [Deathtrap](https://imho.run/games/310510/deathtrap) — Also Tower Defense, like Aegis Defenders. 1,006 Steam reviews, 83% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/310510/)
12. [Prime World: Defenders](https://imho.run/games/235360/prime-world-defenders) — Also Tower Defense, like Aegis Defenders. 374 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/235360/)
13. [Indivisible](https://imho.run/games/421170/indivisible) — Same atmospheric mood as Aegis Defenders. 1,263 Steam reviews, 72% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/421170/)
14. [Aggelos](https://imho.run/games/717310/aggelos) — Same atmospheric mood as Aegis Defenders. 280 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/717310/)
15. [Valdis Story: Abyssal City](https://imho.run/games/252030/valdis-story-abyssal-city) — Shares character switching with Aegis Defenders. 1,648 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/252030/)
16. [UFO 50](https://imho.run/games/1147860/ufo-50) — Same whimsical mood as Aegis Defenders. 6,366 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1147860/)
17. [Warlocks vs Shadows](https://imho.run/games/330270/warlocks-vs-shadows) — Same atmospheric mood as Aegis Defenders. 114 Steam reviews, 52% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/330270/)
18. [Wildfire](https://imho.run/games/431940/wildfire) — A frequent pick in Aegis Defenders players' libraries, and another Indie. 258 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/431940/)
19. [Hammerwatch](https://imho.run/games/239070/hammerwatch) — Same atmospheric mood as Aegis Defenders. 2,468 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/239070/)
20. [Primal Planet](https://imho.run/games/2350270/primal-planet) — Shares resource gathering with Aegis Defenders. 299 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2350270/)
21. [Monster Sanctuary](https://imho.run/games/814370/monster-sanctuary) — Same atmospheric mood as Aegis Defenders. 4,878 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/814370/)
22. [BlazBlue Entropy Effect](https://imho.run/games/2273430/blazblue-entropy-effect) — Same challenging mood as Aegis Defenders. 4,408 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2273430/)
23. [Has-Been Heroes](https://imho.run/games/492290/has-been-heroes) — Also Tower Defense, like Aegis Defenders. 138 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/492290/)
24. [PixelJunk™ Nom Nom Galaxy](https://imho.run/games/226100/pixeljunk-nom-nom-galaxy) — Same atmospheric mood as Aegis Defenders. 549 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/226100/)

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## About Aegis Defenders

Take on wild beasts, ruthless soldiers, and ancient gods in this 2D Action-Platformer inspired by Tower-Defense combat.

## Game info

- **AppID:** 371140
- **Developer:** GUTS Department
- **Publisher:** Balor Games
- **Genres:** Action, Strategy, Indie, Adventure, RPG
- **Categories:** Multi-player, Captions available, Single-player, Steam Achievements, Steam Cloud, Shared/Split Screen, Full controller support, Shared/Split Screen Co-op, Remote Play on TV, Remote Play Together, Family Sharing, Co-op
- **Released:** Feb 8, 2018
- **Free to play:** no
- **Metacritic:** 76
- **Platforms:** windows, mac

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