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2015
You hold off a ghost invasion across 50 waves, choosing to fight as a wizard, a warrior, or a strategic builder. Your character evolves in the direction you prefer as you try to survive until dawn.
The closest matches for The Defenders: The Second Wave are Deathtrap, Dungeon Defenders and Undead Horde 2: Necropolis. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Defenders: The Second Wave special – the reasons are listed right on each game.
89 %
Best match
Deathtrap blends tower defense with action RPG: you fight directly while placing traps to hold off monster hordes at gothic strongholds. It is set in the Van Helsing universe.
84 % 14.79 €
Strong character progression
A blend of tower defense and action RPG where you build defenses and fight alongside them as enemy waves storm your crystal. Its strengths are loot grinding and four-player co-op.
84 % 16.99 €
Strong character progression
As an Undead King you raise fallen enemies as minions, lead your horde in real-time battles and rebuild the ruined Necropolis. A blend of action, hack'n'slash, RPG and strategy.
82 %
Gameplay comes before story
Reignfall mixes real-time strategy and city-building with third-person action: you build up a settlement and personally fight to defend your keep against ever tougher waves of the fallen horde.
82 % 12.99 €
Gameplay comes before story
A minimalist kingdom builder and defense game: you expand your small realm by day and fight off waves of enemies as a hero by night. Its clean low-poly look and simple rules make it approachable yet tactically tricky.
82 % 9.99 €
Linear, curated structure
A tower defense game where you shape a maze with Fire, Lightning and Wind tiles to stall hordes from Hell. You also assemble a roster of legendary Spirits to bolster your defenses.
82 % −10 %Strong character progression
An incremental tower-defense game where you hold off massive orc hordes numbering in the tens of thousands. The appeal lies in steadily upgrading your defenses and scaling up your strategy.
81 % 10.79 €
Strong character progression
A fantasy tower defense game where you build distinctive towers, upgrade them and refine your tactics to defeat fallen gods. Details are inferred from the limited metadata available.
81 % −75 %Linear, curated structure
Third-person tower defense where you lay traps in fortress corridors and join the fight with crossbow and spells as orc hordes get flung, sliced and burned in slapstick chain reactions. A cocky war mage hero keeps the tone gleefully comedic.
81 % 17.49 €
Linear, curated structure
A hybrid of tower defense and real-time strategy where you control Vessels with their own towers and build an ever-changing defense to protect your Basin. Details are inferred from limited metadata.
