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2015PC56 % positive

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.

Fantasy setting
Tactical depth
Strong character progression
Action-packed real-time combat

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The closest matches for The Defenders: The Second Wave are Deathtrap, Undead Horde 2: Necropolis and Dungeon Defenders. Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes The Defenders: The Second Wave special – the reasons are listed right on each game.

In short: games like The Defenders: The Second Wave

Best alternative overall: Deathtrap 89% match – Tactical depth
To play together: Dungeon Defenders 84% match – with co-op
Without combat: Spirits of the Hellements 82% match – calmer, no fighting
Newest alternative: Sir, We Have an Orc Problem 82% match – released 2026

Best match

Deathtrap

89 %Match

2015PCPlayStationXboxSteam Deck playable84 % positive19.99 €

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.

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Undead Horde 2: Necropolis

Action-packed real-time combat

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.

Dungeon Defenders

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.

Reignfall

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.

Thronefall

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.

Spirits of the Hellements

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.

Sir, We Have an Orc Problem

Fantasy setting

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.

Siegebreaker

Fantasy setting

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.

Orcs Must Die!

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.

Hinterland

Fantasy setting

You grow a settlement, manage your people and equip them for fast real-time fights in a wild fantasy land. Loot, character growth and strategic base building blend into a mix that makes it stand out.

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