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Tanks vs Aliens
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Games like Tanks vs Aliens

A single-player RTS base defense game set in futuristic tank battles, with a modest-length campaign but janky controls.

Alien Shooter TD
A gory, single-player tower defense game mixing tower placement with hands-on alien combat, with early-reviewer playtimes ranging roughly 9–16 hours.
2017-01-13
- Action
- Science fiction

Strategy

Bird view / Isometric

Indie

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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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X-Morph: Defense

A fast-paced top-down shooter/tower-defense hybrid where you play the alien invader, balancing tower placement and direct combat in a roughly nine-hour campaign with co-op.

2017-08-30

Shooter
Action
Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Simulator
Arcade

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Taur

Control the Prime Cannon and build defenses to repel an invasion in this single-player sci-fi action-strategy game with a substantial campaign.

2020-02-19

Action
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

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Anomaly: Warzone Earth

A real-time strategy game that flips tower defense, putting you in command of an armored squad through alien-occupied cities in a compact ~5-hour campaign.

2011-04-08

Action
Science fiction
Strategy
Fantasy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie
Real Time Strategy (RTS)
Historical

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Anomaly Defenders

A short, serviceable tower-defense strategy game with a role reversal as aliens defend their homeworld from humans.

2014-05-29

Action
Science fiction
Strategy
Bird view / Isometric
Indie

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Tank Universal

A first-person tank shooter in a Tron-inspired virtual world, with large-scale AI battles and a trippy, arcade feel in a roughly 12-hour campaign.

2008-08-21

Action
First person
Indie

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Artificial Extinction 2

A single-player tower-defense/RTS/FPS hybrid in which you build turrets, mine resources, and fight AI swarms, with reviewer playtime in the sample averaging around 4-7 hours.

2026-06-10

Shooter
Action
First person
Bird view / Isometric
Real Time Strategy (RTS)
Sandbox

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Armed to the Gears

A single-player indie action-strategy mech game blending mech combat with tower-defense-style territory capture and base building across cyberpunk and military-industrial settings.

2020-04-08

Action
Strategy
Fighting
Indie

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ExoTanks

A free-to-play futuristic tank shooter featuring unique tanks with individual abilities and in-battle upgrades, though reviewers report a rough onboarding experience and brief play sessions.

2020-12-20

Action
Strategy
Indie
Simulator
Role-playing (RPG)

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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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Alien Hallway

An action-strategy defense game against endless green alien waves in a military mission, with stamina-focused play and about 12.5 hours of reviewer playtime.

2011-08-19

Action
Science fiction
Strategy
Indie
Side view