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A strategic single-player tower defense game about repairing a stranded starship on an alien planet, with an active shooter twist and a ~4-hour campaign.

2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
A compact single-player sci-fi tower defense game about building and upgrading defenses to hold off zombie waves in space, with a roughly three-hour campaign.
2023-01-19
- Action

Warfare

Science fiction

Survival

Strategy

Bird view / Isometric

Tactical

Indie

Simulator

Real Time Strategy (RTS)

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Frontline Crisis

A strategy-heavy mech-defense game where you protect humanity's last sanctuary from insect swarms, with co-op/split-screen play and a reviewer-reported roughly nine-hour campaign.

2024-08-14

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Real Time Strategy (RTS)

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Artificial Extinction

A tense single-player survival-defense game about collecting fuel and holding out with sentry guns against adaptive AI enemies across a story-driven ~4-6 hour campaign.

2020-03-13

Action
First person
Adventure
Strategy
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Neural Shock

A grim sci-fi tower defense action RPG with direct hero control, elemental fusion, and persistent progression, clocking in at roughly 13 hours.

2024-06-19

Action
Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Role-playing (RPG)

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Stellar Initiative

A single-player roguelike tower defense about landing buildings from an orbit ship and supporting them with fire as you complete missions and gather upgrades.

2024-05-27

Strategy

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Towerful Defense: A Rogue TD

A run-based single-player tower defense focused on one tower, loadout-building, and alien hordes, with a hands-on, trade-off-heavy feel.

2024-07-29

Action
Strategy
Indie

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Spoids

A short, challenging space tower defense game about traveling planet to planet and defending against the Spoids, with roughly 8 levels and no tower upgrades.

2017-02-20

Action
Strategy
Indie

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Biletide

A compact, tense tower-defense strategy game on a mining colony where you dig for resources, raise terrain, and burn a toxic living flood to seal ground breaches.

2026-07-15

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Alien Robot Monsters

A retro-styled sci-fi tower-defense game where colonists hold off alien robot hordes with an expanding tower upgrade system, delivering lighthearted fun and a reasonable challenge over a dozen-plus hours.

2015-09-09

Action
Strategy
Indie

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HOLD THE LINE

A dark 3D tower defense game about humanity's last stand, where players manage turrets, mines, and artillery through relentless waves in a compact, tense campaign.

2026-02-02

Warfare
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

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Rank: Warmaster Bunker Buster

A single-player real-time action tower defense about custom unit classes and vantage-point tactics, with a fun, compact length.

2026-03-24

Action
Warfare
First person
Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Tactical
Indie
Simulator
Real Time Strategy (RTS)

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Tower Defense Ultimate: Crashfall Protocol

A compact sci-fi tower defense campaign with escalating alien waves, unlockable towers, and an addictive difficulty curve.

2026-03-31