Games like Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Looking for games like Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition? indielist surfaces 12 similar indie games by shared genre and Steam tags, ranked by review count. Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition is a strategy game from 2009; the closest matches share its tags and audience. The top match by reviews is Bloons TD 5 with 11,860 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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Bloons TD 5
2014 · Action
11,860 reviews · 95% positive
Tower DefenseStrategyFamily Friendly
Same: shares Tower Defense and Strategy. Different: leans more into co-op.
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Zuma Deluxe
2006 · Casual
6,573 reviews · 96% positive
Puzzle2DStrategy
Same: shares Puzzle and 2D. Different: leans more into match 3.
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Clicker Heroes
2015 · Adventure
62,020 reviews · 90% positive
Casual2DIndie
Same: shares Casual and 2D. Different: leans more into clicker.
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Plague Inc: Evolved
2016 · Casual
56,119 reviews · 94% positive
StrategyIndieSingleplayer
Same: shares Strategy and Indie. Different: leans more into simulation.
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Game Dev Tycoon
2013 · Casual
40,065 reviews · 95% positive
IndieStrategyCasual
Same: shares Indie and Strategy. Different: leans more into management.
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100% Orange Juice
2014 · Indie
29,923 reviews · 91% positive
CuteStrategyIndie
Same: shares Cute and Strategy. Different: leans more into anime.
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Infectonator 3: Apocalypse
2018 · Indie
1,325 reviews · 83% positive
IndieZombiesStrategy
Same: shares Indie and Zombies. Different: leans more into outbreak sim.
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They Are Billions
2019 · Strategy
45,754 reviews · 85% positive
StrategyZombiesSurvival
Same: shares Strategy and Zombies. Different: leans more into base-building.
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Papers, Please
2013 · Adventure
72,058 reviews · 97% positive
IndieSingleplayerPuzzle
Same: shares Indie and Singleplayer. Different: leans more into political.
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The Henry Stickmin Collection
2020 · Adventure
53,634 reviews · 99% positive
FunnyComedySingleplayer
Same: shares Funny and Comedy. Different: leans more into multiple endings.
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Two Point Hospital
2018 · Indie
26,307 reviews · 92% positive
FunnySingleplayerStrategy
Same: shares Funny and Singleplayer. Different: leans more into simulation.
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There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension
2020 · Adventure
23,514 reviews · 98% positive
IndieAdventurePuzzle
Same: shares Indie and Adventure. Different: leans more into point & click.
Frequently asked questions
- What games are like Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition?
- indielist matches 12 indie games to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition by shared genre and Steam tags, led by Bloons TD 5 (11,860 reviews). The list is ranked by review count.
- How are "games like Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition" chosen?
- By overlap of Steam tags and primary genre with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, weighted by review count as a popularity signal. It is computed from tracked data, not hand-picked, and updates as the catalog grows.