# Games like Defend Your Castle

> The closest matches to Defend Your Castle: CastleStorm, Orcs Must Die!, Royal Defense, Dungeon Defenders, and Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition. 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. [CastleStorm](https://imho.run/games/241410/castlestorm) — Also Tower Defense, like Defend Your Castle. 706 Steam reviews, 88% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/241410/)
2. [Orcs Must Die!](https://imho.run/games/102600/orcs-must-die) — A frequent pick in Defend Your Castle players' libraries, and another Action. 3,603 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/102600/)
3. [Royal Defense](https://imho.run/games/291170/royal-defense) — A frequent pick in Defend Your Castle players' libraries, and another Strategy. 84 Steam reviews, 68% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/291170/)
4. [Dungeon Defenders](https://imho.run/games/65800/dungeon-defenders) — A frequent pick in Defend Your Castle players' libraries, and another RPG. 8,635 Steam reviews, 93% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/65800/)
5. [Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition](https://imho.run/games/3590/plants-vs-zombies-goty-edition) — Also Tower Defense, like Defend Your Castle. 41,655 Steam reviews, 98% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3590/)
6. [City Defense Z](https://imho.run/games/2635500/city-defense-z) — Shares achievement hunting with Defend Your Castle. 145 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2635500/)
7. [Dig or Die](https://imho.run/games/315460/dig-or-die) — Also Base-Building and Tower Defense, like Defend Your Castle. 2,032 Steam reviews, 91% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/315460/)
8. [Gnomes](https://imho.run/games/3133060/gnomes) — Shares achievement hunting with Defend Your Castle. 1,327 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/3133060/)
9. [Rock of Ages](https://imho.run/games/22230/rock-of-ages) — Also Tower Defense, like Defend Your Castle. 1,789 Steam reviews, 92% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/22230/)
10. [Castle Craft](https://imho.run/games/2086680/castle-craft) — Also Base-Building and Tower Defense, like Defend Your Castle. 243 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2086680/)
11. [They Can't Stop All Of Us](https://imho.run/games/1142130/they-can-t-stop-all-of-us) — Also Base-Building and Tower Defense, like Defend Your Castle. 1,091 Steam reviews, 75% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/1142130/)
12. [Bee Island](https://imho.run/games/2345020/bee-island) — Also Base-Building and Tower Defense, like Defend Your Castle. 723 Steam reviews, 86% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2345020/)
13. [Rift Riff](https://imho.run/games/2800900/rift-riff) — Shares achievement hunting with Defend Your Castle. 275 Steam reviews, 96% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2800900/)
14. [Kingdom Two Crowns](https://imho.run/games/701160/kingdom-two-crowns) — Also Base-Building and Tower Defense, like Defend Your Castle. 9,775 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/701160/)
15. [Monsters are Coming!](https://imho.run/games/2934220/monsters-are-coming) — Shares achievement hunting with Defend Your Castle. 1,055 Steam reviews, 82% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2934220/)
16. [Fort Defense](https://imho.run/games/343930/fort-defense) — Shares tower upgrades with Defend Your Castle. 97 Steam reviews, 74% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/343930/)
17. [Defend Your Life: TD](https://imho.run/games/357780/defend-your-life-td) — Also Tower Defense, like Defend Your Castle. 241 Steam reviews, 76% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/357780/)
18. [Topple Tactics](https://imho.run/games/2390260/topple-tactics) — Also Tower Defense, like Defend Your Castle. 1,165 Steam reviews, 89% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/2390260/)
19. [Mushroom Wars](https://imho.run/games/431250/mushroom-wars) — Also Tower Defense, like Defend Your Castle. 158 Steam reviews, 78% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/431250/)
20. [Scribblenauts Unlimited](https://imho.run/games/218680/scribblenauts-unlimited) — Shares achievement hunting with Defend Your Castle. 5,282 Steam reviews, 94% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/218680/)
21. [Dwarf Fortress](https://imho.run/games/975370/dwarf-fortress) — Also Base-Building, like Defend Your Castle. 23,734 Steam reviews, 95% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/975370/)
22. [Revenge of the Titans](https://imho.run/games/93200/revenge-of-the-titans) — Also Tower Defense, like Defend Your Castle. 452 Steam reviews, 80% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/93200/)
23. [10,000,000](https://imho.run/games/227580/10-000-000) — Also Mouse only, like Defend Your Castle. 1,268 Steam reviews, 90% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/227580/)
24. [Prime World: Defenders](https://imho.run/games/235360/prime-world-defenders) — Also Tower Defense, like Defend Your Castle. 374 Steam reviews, 73% positive. [Steam](https://store.steampowered.com/app/235360/)

## Machine-readable

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## About Defend Your Castle

Defend your Castle against the relentless army of crayon invaders! Those crafty barbarian hordes have amassed their forces once again to challenge your domain. Will you and your court rise to the challenge, or stand aside as they raze your Castle to the ground?

## Game info

- **AppID:** 708710
- **Developer:** XGen Studios
- **Publisher:** XGen Studios
- **Genres:** Action, Strategy, Indie, Casual
- **Categories:** Single-player, Family Sharing
- **Released:** Oct 18, 2017
- **Free to play:** no
- **Platforms:** windows

## Links

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