Install defensive towers, upgrade their power and destroy crowds of enemies crawling through intricate labyrinths to get a reward and get to the next level. Tower defense games are an exciting mix of strategy, puzzle and arcade.

And in this compilation are collected the best of them on PC for 2018. Only with multiplayer or co-op.

1. Legion TD 2 - living towers and protection of the king

"Legion TD 2" is not the most classic, but a cool representative of the genre. Even the history of its appearance is interesting - the game has grown into a full-fledged project from a fan-made mod for Warcraft III.

Video game Legion TD 2

The game is very beginner friendly, but not that easy on closer inspection. Also, teamwork is important.

  • Game site: http://beta.legiontd2.com

2. Yet Another Zombie Defense - zombie shooter with defense elements

Yet Another Zombie Defense is a fast-paced top-down shooter. Build fortifications during the day and repel zombie attacks at night, but remember that each next wave is stronger than the previous one.

Video Game Yet Another Zombie Defense

Pay attention to the HD edition - the cost is symbolic, and the picture is much improved compared to the original.

  • Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/674750/

3. Mushroom Wars 2 - casual battle mushroom wars

Mushroom Wars 2 is a cross-platform strategy game for PC and mobile devices with rich graphics and intuitive gameplay.

Video game Mushroom Wars 2

This is a bright funny timekiller with a variety of maps, good sound and addictive gameplay. At high levels, things are not as easy as they seem.

  • Game site: https://mushroomwars2.com/en/

4. Castle Story - voxel castle building

"Castle Story" is a tube indie real-time strategy where the player does not do the main work himself, but entrusts it to hardworking yellow men.

Video game Castle Story

The gameplay is unpretentious, and the story campaign is a bit lacking, but you definitely won’t find anything like this among competitors.

  • Game website: http://www.castlestory.net/

5. Orcs Must Die! Unchained - Destroy the orcs at any cost

Orcs Must Die! Unchained" - the title says it all. Orcs must die, and with them other evil spirits attacking the player. This is the third part of the famous series.

Video game Orcs Must Die! Unchained

The sabotage mode is interesting - one team tries to prevent the orcs from reaching the portal, and the second one prevents them from some alternative world. The game has three-dimensional graphics, Russian interface, excellent sound.

  • Game website: https://orcsmustdie.com/#!/en

6. Dungeon Defenders II - a beautiful fantasy world

Dungeon Defenders II is a classic representative of the genre with RPG elements and a colorful fantasy world.

Video game Dungeon Defenders II

There is also a competitive mode for ten people. We strongly recommend to get acquainted with the genre - entry into the game is simple, and the gameplay is interesting.

  • Game site: https://dungeondefenders.com/2/

7. Toy Soldiers: Complete - Toy Wars

"Toy Soldiers: Complete" full version the famous tower defense series with control of toy tanks and soldiers in the children's room.

Video game Toy Soldiers: Complete

Arrange towers, wait for enemies to attack and conduct aimed fire at the enemy, don't forget to refuel tanks and planes with helicopters. There are a few different modes and mini games.

  • Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/262120/

8. Warstone TD - tower defense without towers

"Warstone TD" - cartoon graphics, interesting story And complete absence towers, successfully replaced by stones of war.

Video game Warstone TD

The more you immerse yourself in the game, the harder it is to believe that such a high-quality exciting project was created by a team of only three people. Great time killer for a couple of evenings.

  • Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/562500/

9. Bloons TD 5 - Battle Monkeys vs Balloons

"Bloons TD 5" - the famous toy moved from mobile devices to computers, having acquired improved graphics. And with the gameplay, she had everything in order before.

Video game Bloons TD 5

This is the case when gameplay there is not much to say, but he manages to delay. There is a multiplayer.

  • Steam page: https://store.steampowered.com/app/306020/

10. Dig or Die - tower defense, sandbox and strategy

Dig or Die is a sci-fi action game about a team of astronauts trying to pick themselves up from an uncharted planet after a ship crash.

Video game Dig or Die

realistic physics, a large number of biomes and enemies, co-op. And a cozy retro picture with a side view, too.

  • Game website: http://gaddygames.com/site/

For everyone who is not yet familiar with the tower defense genre, we recommend that you try at least one game from this collection, they are great for making a positive first impression. Well, if tower defense is still not for you, just go to other collections on the site.

Armed to the Gears- a combination of shooter, real time strategy and tower defense. In a totalitarian future, the government uses robots to enslave the entire population. You are the Rebellion's best engineer who can hack infantry class robots and use government weapons against them. Your mission is to capture and support every reactor on the map by standing next to them for a few seconds. Captured reactors will provide energy points used to teleport turrets, air support, and repair your robot.

Game version UPDATED from 0.20190210 to 0.20190214.

Alien Shooter TD- a game in the genre tower defense in the known universe alien shooter! Arrange soldiers along the entire perimeter of the aliens, do not forget about ammunition, as well as the development of your soldiers, open new weapons in special cases and stop the invasion!

The game has been updated from version 1.2.5 to 1.3.0.

Grim Nights is a pixel survival strategy game where you have to collect resources, expand your village, look for treasures in dungeons, and train soldiers to defend against the undead!

The game has been updated from version 1.1.1 to 1.2. You can see the list of changes.

In a post-apocalyptic world, a group of survivors are trying to build a safe haven to call home. They must scavenge for supplies, develop their base, and choose carefully who to trust as they fend off endless hordes of zombies.

Game version UPDATED from 0.7.0 to 0.9.4. The list of changes can be found.

Settlement is a tower defense game where you defend against waves of enemies attacking your new settlement. The goal of these enemies (barbarians) is the town hall in the center of your settlement, if it is destroyed, you will lose. After each night of attacks, you will be able to upgrade your town hall, the walls surrounding it and the towers that protect it. Use the points earned for defeating the attacking enemies to buy these upgrades, as well as buy yourself ammo for the next night. Each night lasts 2 minutes, but ends when you defeat all attacking enemies. Some of these barbarians will only attack your town hall and some will only attack you, however you cannot be killed so focus on defending your base!

crownbound- side-scrolling Tower Defense strategy game set in a colorful pixelated medieval fantasy world where you rule a kingdom, mine resources, build villages and an army, learn new technologies and defend against waves of enemies and powerful bosses that will invade your kingdom every day. Are you ready to defend? How long can you rule?

The game has been updated to v0.101. List of changes inside the news.

Empires in Ruins- a mixture of 4x strategy and tower defense, in a dark world filled with black humor. Conquer, build, defend and play as the angry Sergeant Hans Heimer in your own personal vendetta against the "system".

Duke of Defense- tower defense game in which you play as a knight right on the battlefield. You must use cunning strategies and manage your resources wisely to build towers that fight off hordes of enemy goblins, ogres and golems. The safety of the kingdom is at stake, so you must do everything possible to protect it!

The game has been updated to version dated 10/12/2018. A brand new pre-release version of the game.

Defender's Quest: Valley of the Forgotten- an exciting tower defense strategy with RPG elements, the gameplay of which is focused on tactical possibilities, customization and story!

The game has been updated from version 2.0.7a to 2.2.6. You can see the list of changes.

In fact, the perfect combination of balance, intuitive controls, inventive and complex designs and interesting levels with comic book graphics.

Fieldrunners 2

There is another benchmark of TD games besides Kingdom Rush and that is Fieldrunners. This is the second part of the game that creates the classic tower defense world with all its charms. Huge variety and large amount of content.

Plants vs Zombies

Defend your base from zombies using special units that spit, eat and blast enemies. Playing this game is like feeling a breath of fresh air.

Clash of Clans

The game is a mix of TD and strategy. You will have to build buildings and manage resources. This is an unrealistically influential and high-quality hybrid.

Kingdom Rush: Frontiers

The phrase "the next part of the series" usually has a negative effect, but for Kingdom Rush it sounds like a compliment. New environments, fresh towers, and original heroes are all packed into incomparable TD gameplay.

Fieldrunner HD

For fans of the sequel series the greatest game will go to hell. This is the original mobile TD with legendary roots.

Clash Royale

The game appeared thanks to the Clash of Clans team. The product got an interesting mixture of TD, MOBA and card genre. Original gameplay + brilliant effects.

Kingdom Rush Origins

All 3 games in the series are more or less similar. And all of them are actually the best in their genre, a lot is not enough!

Royal Revolt!

Inside, the gameplay is very different from the classic TD. We advise everyone to try it, because it is thanks to the gameplay in which you attack, not defend, that the product has become so popular.

dead stop

This is a classic tower defense with elements of zombie attacks. Defend against waves of enemies using wild and unusual towers.

Anomaly 2

Like Royal Revolt, the Anomaly games turn the TD genre on its head. Here you do not defend yourself, but rather attack enemies, passing through the defensive rows of towers. At the same time, you get amazing emotions.

Sentinel 4: Dark Star

It took years for Sentinel 4 to come out after the acclaimed and legendary 3rd installment. I would like to say that the successor feels great. Old school TD + loads of new features = a winning mix.

Anomaly Defenders

Anomaly Defenders changes the course of previous games in the Anomaly series, but in the aftermath, it syncs with them. Very beautiful shell and unusual gameplay.

CastleStorm - Free to Siege

An example of early TD games that were merged with other genres. Here is a part of Angry Birds and a clear hack-n-slash, and all this together looks very harmonious.

Castle Doombad

Castle Doombad reverses the familiar look of the tower defense genre and makes you a super villain. A very sinister game.

bad hotel

The game complements the essence of TD with generative music and abstract exterior style, looks very fresh.

Guns'n'Glory WW2

The main attraction of Guns`n`Glory is the ability to drag their "towers", and in fact the soldiers, to the place of warfare, depending on the direction of the attack.

Block Fortress

The game has absorbed all the positive aspects of Minecraft and has become one of the best 3D games in the TD genre.

Bardbarian

Bardbarian combines TD, RPG and arcade shooter elements. From the outside it sounds illogical, but it works.

The second part was not as chic as the original. But in terms of its filling, it still offers a lot of interesting things for all those who want to enjoy the iconic TD.

Jelly Defense

The game boasts a fun graphic component. The gameplay is really pleasing to the eye: the monsters are bright and beautiful.

Tower Defense is a genre of games that, despite its simplicity, has managed to gain considerable popularity among modern gamers. The essence of the game is to destroy the waves of advancing opponents, which become stronger and more numerous with each new round. The elimination of enemies occurs with the help of various guns, towers, traps and other similar means that the player arranges according to the level at his discretion.

The tower defense genre has been constantly evolving (and continues to evolve), and today it is quite difficult to find such a game in its purest form, without the admixture of elements from other genres: RPG, RTS, survival, shooter, and so on. Therefore, in our selection you will see games for which the TD principle served as the basis for the gameplay, but at the same time they are not without characteristic features many other games.

12. Bloons TD 5

Stop the invasion balloons into the jungle - the original home of the monkeys, using monkey special forces, monkey snipers, ninjas, pirates, robots and other tailed fighters. A very bright game with cartoonish graphics, the gameplay of which is a classic Tower Defense.

Bloons TD 5 offers two single player game modes with big amount maps and many random missions, as well as multiplayer support. Pleased with an impressive number of monkey recruits and other units, divided into unique classes, for each of which there is a rather large list of improvements. That allows you to create your own unique tower defense schemes. The graphics in Bloons TD 5 are made in HD quality, and a simplified flash version of the game can be downloaded from the official website.

11. Sanctum 1-2

Sanctum is an unusual project that combines the genre of tower defense and first-person shooter. The player will play the role of an elite fighter to defend a futuristic city from the invasion of alien monsters, using various defenses and five types of personal weapons for this.

Games of the Sanctum series are made in full 3D, are characterized by a solid fantastic setting and quite acceptable graphics, as well as the fact that all the action (including the construction of defensive fortifications) takes place in the first person. The game has several modes, including co-op for 4 people.

10. Dungeon Warfare

Quite a challenging tower defense game high level difficulty bordering on a real puzzle - one wrong choice of the location of the trap or tower, and the creeps will instantly break through the defense of the unfortunate defender.

In total, Dungeon Warfare offers more than four dozen levels with ever-increasing difficulty, more than two dozen enemies and almost three dozen types of traps with an automatic upgrade system. Dungeon Warfare also features a flexible difficulty system and an endless game mode.

9 Castle Storm

Castle versus castle is the best way to describe CastleStorm, which combines the principles of tower defense with elements of strategy and castle-building simulator.

In CastleStorm, the player builds and develops his own castle, and the list of available resources, units and other features important for the gameplay depends on the selected modules. The enemy is doing the same, and both sides are constantly sending troops against each other, trying to break the enemy’s defenses and at the same time strengthen their own defenses. In general, the confrontation here is built on the principle of a "castle" duel. The nice aspects of CastleStorm are realistic physics, a fun medieval setting (Vikings vs Knights) and an abundance of multiplayer modes.

8. GemCraft - Chasing Shadows

A rather old and well-known tower defense game, characterized by a complex strategy system with extensive possibilities, the basis for which was the ability to combine unique magic stones with various traps, towers and so on. This gives each defensive structure unique effects and allows the player to create the most bizarre and unexpected defense schemes.

GemCraft has almost two hundred game levels, many additional tasks and a flexible difficulty setting system, which makes the replay value of GC almost endless.

7. Anomaly Series

Series of strategic computer games, representing the Tower Defense on the contrary. Controlling a small mobile detachment, the player must free the Earth from the mechanized aliens that have captured it, placing countless of their fortifications and various turrets on the surface of the planet.

In the process of passing the player will be able to visit the most different points planets, including both large dilapidated cities and desert arctic lands, mountain ranges and many others interesting places. And given the excellent level of graphics, the proposed landscapes really delight with the epicness of their design. The strategic element here has also received a very serious development: each unit has unique opportunities, and only a competent selection of a detachment and subsequent reasonable leadership will lead to success.

6Warstone TD

A tower defense game with nice cartoonish graphics and a solid fantasy setting. In addition, there was a place for a full-fledged RPG element in the gameplay: Warstone TD has several playable classes with unique skills. The choice of class seriously affects the game tactics, in addition, for each there are several branches of development, which include a large number of improvements for basic skills.

In general, a very unusual representative of the TD genre, where instead of the usual "towers" are used stones of war, on which you can place Various types units. Adds more variety to the game big choice modes: in addition to the story campaign, there is a "Labyrinth", cooperative missions and even some kind of PvP.

5Dungeon Defenders

Three-dimensional TD with a high regard for cooperative passage. Players confront hordes of orcs and goblins seeking to break into the fantasy world of Etheria and enslave all living things in it!

A feature of Dungeon Defenders is the presence of action / RPG elements. Players do not just build defensive devices - towers, traps and obstacles, watching the battle from the side, but also participate in the battle themselves, having previously chosen their hero from characters of several classes. Moreover, for participating in battles, they receive new levels of pumping and various items of equipment.

4 Defense Grid: The Awakening

A game in the TD genre that uses all the standard tricks for it. And she does it with incredible skill, which is why the gameplay, despite the lack of original and fresh ideas, looks surprisingly dynamic and interesting.

Pretentiousness Defense Grid: The Awakening adds a very beautiful environment (the action takes place in a fantastic setting) and numerous special effects. It is very pleasant that both the interface and the controls here are also very user friendly. In general, for fans of simple, but interesting and rich TD, Defense Grid: The Awakening is the best fit.

3. Plants vs. Zombies

Plants vs. Zombies is one of the best Tower Defense games on PC, consoles and mobile platforms. Moreover, surprisingly, the authors moved away from the standards of tower defense towards simplifying the gameplay, but at the same time made it incredibly exciting and intense.

Another well-known Tower Defense with cartoony graphics and boring gameplay. It's nice that the developers were able to successfully fit the epic fantasy setting and RPG elements into such a specific framework. In addition to the variety of towers, players in Kingdom Rush are available with a dozen heroes, each of which has several pumped skills.

An upgrade system is also provided for the towers in Kingdom Rush. Players also have access to progressively unlocked special abilities, such as Plague Cloud, Rain of Fire, or Calling in Reinforcements, to destroy opponents.

1. Orcs Must Die! 1-2

A popular game that is a hybrid of tower defense and action RPG. Moreover, it is very difficult to say unequivocally which elements of which game are dominant here. Of the pluses, in addition to the gameplay that is most exciting in its action, it is worth mentioning an interesting fantasy setting, nice graphics and bewitching musical accompaniment.