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The best tower defense indie games, ranked by reviews

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Data report Built from live indielist data on 2026-07-24. Rankings update as data changes.

indielist tracks 20 tower defense indie games on Steam, holding 267,796 reviews at an average of 88% positive. This list ranks them by Steam review count, the most reliable public sales proxy, with a white-box sales estimate behind every title. The most reviewed is Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition with 141,936 reviews. Figures are tracked by indielist; sales numbers are estimates that each expand into their full formula.

The ranking

  1. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition · 141,936 reviews · 98% positive · 2009
  2. Thronefall · 23,359 reviews · 96% positive · 2024
  3. The Last Spell · 13,520 reviews · 91% positive · 2023
  4. Orcs Must Die! 2 · 12,890 reviews · 92% positive · 2012
  5. Dungeon Defenders · 12,103 reviews · 93% positive · 2011
  6. Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD · 11,550 reviews · 88% positive · 2024
  7. Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ · 9,404 reviews · 85% positive · 2014
  8. Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense · 7,365 reviews · 96% positive · 2018
  9. Ship of Fools · 6,143 reviews · 82% positive · 2022
  10. Orcs Must Die! Deathtrap · 4,619 reviews · 71% positive · 2025
  11. GemCraft - Chasing Shadows · 4,387 reviews · 95% positive · 2015
  12. Warpips · 4,289 reviews · 87% positive · 2022
  13. Emberward · 3,691 reviews · 97% positive · 2024
  14. Element TD 2 - Tower Defense · 3,220 reviews · 90% positive · 2021
  15. Nordhold · 2,827 reviews · 87% positive · 2025
  16. GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath · 2,675 reviews · 89% positive · 2020
  17. Topple Tactics · 1,358 reviews · 88% positive · 2023
  18. Touhou Big Big Battle · 1,152 reviews · 80% positive · 2018
  19. Toy Soldiers: Complete · 987 reviews · 78% positive · 2016
  20. Crab God · 321 reviews · 83% positive · 2024

How this list is built

Games are ranked by Steam review count, the most reliable public proxy for sales when actual figures are private. Each title links to its indielist page, where the white-box sales estimate expands into the full Boxleiter formula, so you can audit the number rather than trust a black box. Review counts come from Steam; sales figures are estimates, not official sales data.

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