Games like Defense Grid: The Awakening
Looking for games like Defense Grid: The Awakening? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. Defense Grid: The Awakening is a indie game from 2008; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is Stardew Valley with 882,604 Steam reviews. Each game links to a white-box sales estimate you can audit. Matches are computed from tracked Steam data, not editorial opinion.
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Stardew Valley
2016 · Indie
882,604 reviews · 98% positive
Same: same indie focus. Different: leans more into farming sim.
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Euro Truck Simulator 2
2012 · Indie
775,884 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same indie focus. Different: leans more into driving.
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Project Zomboid
2013 · Indie
350,081 reviews · 94% positive
Same: same indie focus. Different: leans more into survival.
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Undertale
2015 · Indie
331,919 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same indie focus. Different: leans more into great soundtrack.
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RimWorld
2018 · Indie
243,385 reviews · 98% positive
Same: same indie focus. Different: leans more into colony sim.
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Slay the Spire 2
2026 · Indie
201,685 reviews · 60% positive
Same: same indie focus. Different: a 2026 take.
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Slay the Spire
2019 · Indie
191,572 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same indie focus. Different: leans more into roguelike deckbuilder.
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American Truck Simulator
2016 · Indie
165,760 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same indie focus. Different: a 2016 take.
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Oxygen Not Included
2019 · Indie
142,787 reviews · 97% positive
Same: same indie focus. Different: leans more into colony sim.
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Totally Accurate Battle Simulator
2021 · Indie
142,335 reviews · 98% positive
Same: same indie focus. Different: leans more into sandbox.
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Darkest Dungeon®
2016 · Indie
139,306 reviews · 92% positive
Same: same indie focus. Different: leans more into turn-based combat.
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Assetto Corsa
2014 · Indie
134,718 reviews · 93% positive
Same: same indie focus. Different: leans more into racing.
Frequently asked questions
- What games are like Defense Grid: The Awakening?
- indielist matches 12 indie games to Defense Grid: The Awakening by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Stardew Valley (882,604 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
- How are "games like Defense Grid: The Awakening" chosen?
- By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with Defense Grid: The Awakening, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.