Games like Citadelic

Chasing that replayable and minimalist feeling you got from Citadelic? Give these games a try when the craving hits.

1. City Defense Z

   

   City Defense Z is a day-and-night survival strategy: build and merge your base by day, hold the line against zombies by night, and turn every lost run into permanent upgrades. A merge puzzle, a tower defense and a roguelite in one loop, with short sessions that beg for one more try.

   Replayable

   72%72% of 320 Steam reviews are positive3Players online now: 3$9.99

2. Tower Dominion

   

   A roguelike tower defense where the terrain is your weapon. Tile the map into choke points and kill zones, pick from 30 heroes across three factions, and adapt your defenses wave by wave as the alien invasion keeps coming. Short runs, big decisions, and no two battles alike.

   Replayable, Tense

   85%85% of 5,276 Steam reviews are positive324Players online now: 324$17.49

3. Citadel Zero

   

   Defend the last citadel on a dying alien world. Summon a gacha collection of bio-engineered defense towers, forge a custom loadout, and conquer three modes, story-driven Chronicle, roguelite Contracts, and 1v1 PvP Ascension. Tower defense meets deck-building meta-progression.

   Replayable

   70%70% of 23 Steam reviews are positiveFree

4. Mineral Defense

   

   Mineral Defense combines tower defense with roguelite elements and procedural generation. Build paths, unlock upgrades, and unleash powerful synergies to conquer evolving challenges in an ever-expanding world.

   Replayable

   90%90% of 223 Steam reviews are positive4Players online now: 4$14.99

5. Signal Zone

   

   Defend your base against increasingly dangerous enemy waves each night in this minimalist survival strategy. Mine resources, build and repair defenses, and upgrade your structures, tools, and abilities to survive in this harsh world.

   Replayable, Minimalist, Tense

   76%76% of 103 Steam reviews are positive$11.99

6. Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids

   

   A medieval fantasy tower defense with roguelite runs: you place towers on a grid, juggle resources and layouts, then stack random augments and cards until a shaky early line turns into overlapping firepower. Short, easy to pick up, and built for one more run.

   Replayable

   70%70% of 116 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$12.99

7. Rogue Citadel

   

   Unlock new defences, collect powerful items and create game-breaking synergies in this roguelite tower defence survivors game. Will you conquer the citadel's ever-shifting challenges and emerge victorious, or succumb to its sinister temptations?

   Replayable, Tense

   87%87% of 15 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

8. Outpost

   

   Outpost brings the perfect mix between survival and roguelite gameplay. Start the game in a randomly generated environment and try to adapt, and make it through as many nights as possible. How long can you survive?

   Replayable

   87%87% of 797 Steam reviews are positiveFree

9. Block Tower TD

   

   Block Tower TD is a roguelike tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations. Build a world out of blocks, choose random upgrades to make every run unique.

   Replayable, Minimalist

   85%85% of 102 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

10. Warlords Under Siege

    

    Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat.

    Replayable

    76%76% of 441 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

11. Cataclismo

    

    Build fortresses brick by brick, then hold them against the Horrors of the Mist. By day you gather resources and raise walls; by night the hordes come, and every block you placed gets tested. A real-time strategy game about building tall, aiming from battlements, and losing gracefully.

    Also in City builder · Replayable, Tense

    88%88% of 3,971 Steam reviews are positive85Players online now: 85$29.99

12. Monsters are Coming!

    

    Your city has wheels and the dark has teeth. Monsters are Coming! is a roguelite where you defend a town that never stops marching: gather wood, stone and gold as a fighting hero, ring it with towers, and push south toward the Ark before the darkness eats everything. Short runs, bold colors, and one more go.

    Also in City builder · Replayable, Tense

    79%79% of 2,836 Steam reviews are positive114Players online now: 114$8.99

Cheaper than Citadelic

Block Tower TD

Block Tower TD is a roguelike tower defense strategy game with interesting innovations.

85%85% of 102 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

Monsters are Coming!

Fight, build towers and keep your rolling town alive as it pushes toward the Ark through the dark.

79%79% of 2,836 Steam reviews are positive114Players online now: 114$8.99

Siegecaster

An active skill-based siege defense game. Prepare your aim and quickly assess the coming onslaught.

63%63% of 32 Steam reviews are positive$8.99

Refence

Refence is a roguelite based idle defense game, where you can choose heroes and their traits, upgrade your castle, and manage resources to fend off…

77%77% of 142 Steam reviews are positive5Players online now: 5$5.99

Stronghold Defenders

Gather and manage resources, defend your stronghold, explore and expand your kingdom and fight back against corruption.

73%73% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$4.99

Obliterator-X

A chaotic tower defense roguelike where scavenging is survival and death is just the beginning.

85%85% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$5.99

Defense of the Dauntless

Fend off endless hordes of enemies in this roguelite tower defense. Build your own path to maximize carnage.

92%92% of 13 Steam reviews are positive$8

Citadel Siege

Can your strategy hold against the darkness?

92%92% of 93 Steam reviews are positive$0.99

Creeping Dusk

Creeping Dusk is a tower defense game. Build a town around an abandoned gold mine and defend against monsters that swarm the area.

65%65% of 94 Steam reviews are positive$5.99

Last Stand: Defense

"Last Stand:Defense" is a tower defense-themed Rogue-like game.

81%81% of 116 Steam reviews are positive$5.99

This Isn't Just Tower Defense

Defend your base with placeable towers that can be upgraded endlessly.

59%59% of 126 Steam reviews are positive$6.99

Repel The Rifts

Defend your mining camp against waves of alien creatures, drafting new towers and upgrades each turn-based night.

81%81% of 397 Steam reviews are positive70Players online now: 70$9.74

Hidden gems like Citadelic

Tower Factory

Mine resources, feed conveyor belts into towers, and survive monster waves while you search the fog for the enemy castle.

89%89% of 1,238 Steam reviews are positive23Players online now: 23$14.99

Crown Siege

Spawn troops, level them up and rebuild your strategy mid-siege in a colorful pixel war that fits into short sessions.

80%80% of 426 Steam reviews are positive22Players online now: 22$9.99

Space Cycle

Space resources are the battleground for warring factions. As a Space Defense Officer, protect your faction's assets in a vast, hostile universe.

93%93% of 179 Steam reviews are positive$1.99

Mineral Defense

Mineral Defense combines tower defense with roguelite elements and procedural generation.

90%90% of 223 Steam reviews are positive4Players online now: 4$14.99

Repel The Rifts

Defend your mining camp against waves of alien creatures, drafting new towers and upgrades each turn-based night.

81%81% of 397 Steam reviews are positive70Players online now: 70$9.74

Nordhold

Defend a grim Nordic settlement with towers and a wandering hero, one short run at a time.

86%86% of 2,922 Steam reviews are positive83Players online now: 83$19.99

Cataclismo

Build fortresses brick by brick, then hold them against the Horrors of the Mist.

88%88% of 3,971 Steam reviews are positive85Players online now: 85$29.99

Super Fantasy Kingdom

Raise a kingdom from ruins, draft an army of oddballs and hold the walls, one run at a time.

86%86% of 5,737 Steam reviews are positive68Players online now: 68$19.99

Monsters are Coming!

Fight, build towers and keep your rolling town alive as it pushes toward the Ark through the dark.

79%79% of 2,836 Steam reviews are positive114Players online now: 114$8.99

Tower Dominion

Shape the battlefield into kill zones, hold the line against waves of aliens, and rebuild your defenses every run.

85%85% of 5,276 Steam reviews are positive324Players online now: 324$17.49

The King is Watching

Watch your kingdom into working order, one glance at a time, and rebuild it better after every fall.

88%88% of 9,317 Steam reviews are positive269Players online now: 269$14.99

Crystal Guardians TD

Crystal Guardians is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Fight of waves and defend the world crystal.

87%87% of 116 Steam reviews are positive$13.99

Newest games like Citadelic

Repel The Rifts

Defend your mining camp against waves of alien creatures, drafting new towers and upgrades each turn-based night.

81%81% of 397 Steam reviews are positive70Players online now: 70$9.74

Crown Siege

Spawn troops, level them up and rebuild your strategy mid-siege in a colorful pixel war that fits into short sessions.

80%80% of 426 Steam reviews are positive22Players online now: 22$9.99

HEXSTORM: Tears of Arcadia

HEXSTORM: Tears of Arcadia is a tactical tower defense with roguelike structure.

75%75% of 65 Steam reviews are positive$8.99

Flow Of War

A unique blend of base building and wave defense. Workers automatically gather resources and manage your economy while you focus on strategy.

85%85% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$12.99

Citadel Zero

Defend the last citadel on a dying alien world. Summon a gacha collection of bio-engineered defense towers, forge a custom loadout, and conquer…

70%70% of 23 Steam reviews are positiveFree

BEACONFALL

A fast-paced tower defense strategy with settlement management.

80%80% of 40 Steam reviews are positive$3.24

Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids

A medieval fantasy tower defense with roguelite runs: you place towers on a grid, juggle resources and layouts, then stack random augments and cards…

70%70% of 116 Steam reviews are positive2Players online now: 2$12.99

Built the End

Harvest resources, build and upgrade towers, and defend your base against escalating waves of robotic enemies in this resource management focused…

100%100% of 14 Steam reviews are positive$6.99

Axom: Conquest

Build and defend your fortress while expanding out in this hold-out tower defense roguelite.

76%76% of 50 Steam reviews are positive$9.99

Castella

Castella is a Tower Defense Rogue-like, where you will build a fortress to defend yourself from Hordes of monsters besieging your Castle.

100%100% of 3 Steam reviews are positive$13.99

Signal Zone

Defend your base against increasingly dangerous enemy waves each night in this minimalist survival strategy.

76%76% of 103 Steam reviews are positive$11.99

Obliterator-X

A chaotic tower defense roguelike where scavenging is survival and death is just the beginning.

85%85% of 34 Steam reviews are positive$5.99