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Games like Defense Grid 2 and ELDEN RING

30 games that play like them, 2 of them like more than one. Add another you loved and the list leans toward it.

Defense Grid 2
Defense Grid 2
ELDEN RING
ELDEN RING

Like more than one of them

2 games close to two or more of Defense Grid 2 and ELDEN RING

  1. 1

    Dungeon Defenders

    Defense Grid 2, but an action RPG, and three times the hours

    Loved · 93%Tower Defense · TacticalAlso like ELDEN RING

  2. 2

    Enshrouded

    ELDEN RING, but a survival crafting game, and a base builder

    Liked · 86%Open world · Action RPGAlso like Defense Grid 2

More like Defense Grid 2

24 games closest to Defense Grid 2 of your picks

  1. 3

    Mindustry

    Defense Grid 2, but an automation game, and even better loved

    Loved · 96%Tower Defense · Base Building

  2. 4

    Aliens: Dark Descent

    Defense Grid 2, but top-down, and horror

    Liked · 88%Real Time Tactics · RTS

  3. 5

    Sanctum 2

    Defense Grid 2, but a first-person shooter, and half the hours

    Loved · 90%Tower Defense · Aliens

  4. 6

    Element TD 2

    Defense Grid 2, but PvP, and team-based

    Loved · 90%Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics

  5. 7

    Age of Darkness: Final Stand

    Defense Grid 2, but 3D, and more divisive

    Mixed · 74%Tower Defense · RTS

  6. 8

    The King is Watching

    Defense Grid 2, but a roguelike, and dark fantasy

    Liked · 89%Tower Defense · RTS

  7. 9

    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War II - Anniversary Edition

    Defense Grid 2, but gorier

    Liked · 88%RTS · Tactical

  8. 10

    Warstone TD

    Defense Grid 2, but story-rich, and PvP

    Liked · 82%Tower Defense · RTS

  9. 11

    Creeper World 4

    Defense Grid 2, but physics-driven, and 3D

    Loved · 95%Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics

  10. 12

    Kingdom Two Crowns

    Defense Grid 2, but a management game, and minimalist

    Loved · 90%Tower Defense · Base Building

  11. 13

    Infested Planet

    Defense Grid 2, but real-time with pause, and 2D

    Loved · 94%Tower Defense · RTS

  12. 14

    Battlefleet Gothic: Armada

    Defense Grid 2, but gothic, and more divisive

    Mixed · 69%RTS · Real Time Tactics

  13. 15

    Orcs Must Die! 2

    Defense Grid 2, but a third-person shooter, and third-person

    Loved · 92%Tower Defense · Strategy

  14. 16

    Bloons TD Battles 2

    Defense Grid 2, but free to play, and competitive

    Liked · 84%Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics

  15. 17

    Bloons TD 6

    Defense Grid 2, but cartoony, and twice the hours

    Loved · 97%Tower Defense · Strategy

  16. 18

    GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath

    Defense Grid 2, but harder, and hand-drawn

    Liked · 89%Tower Defense · RTS

  17. 19

    Starship Troopers: Terran Command

    Defense Grid 2, but military

    Liked · 87%Tower Defense · RTS

  18. 20

    Bloons TD5

    Defense Grid 2, but funny, and even better loved

    Loved · 95%Tower Defense · Strategy

  19. 21

    The Riftbreaker

    Defense Grid 2, but an action RPG, and about survival

    Loved · 90%Tower Defense · Base Building

  20. 22

    Kingdom Rush Origins

    Defense Grid 2, but harder, and 2D

    Loved · 96%Tower Defense · Tactical

  21. 23

    Warhammer 40,000: Dawn of War - Definitive Edition

    Much the same as Defense Grid 2

    Liked · 86%RTS · Base Building

  22. 24

    Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition

    Defense Grid 2, but a city builder, and medieval

    Loved · 92%Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics

  23. 25

    LEGO Star Wars: The Complete Saga

    Defense Grid 2, but funny, and even better loved

    Loved · 97%Local Co-Op · Sci-fi

  24. 26

    The Planet Crafter

    Defense Grid 2, but a survival crafting game, and twice the hours

    Loved · 96%Base Building · Building

More like ELDEN RING

4 games closest to ELDEN RING of your picks

  1. 27

    DARK SOULS III

    ELDEN RING, but story-rich

    Loved · 94%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  2. 28

    DARK SOULS II

    Much the same as ELDEN RING

    Liked · 88%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  3. 29

    Black Myth: Wukong

    ELDEN RING, but single-player, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 96%Souls-like · Action RPG

  4. 30

    Lords of the Fallen

    ELDEN RING, but a quarter of the hours, and more divisive

    Mixed · 68%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

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Each game is measured against each of your picks the way a games-like list measures it: the Steam community tags, Steam genres and IGDB themes they share, each counting for more the fewer games carry it. A game's place is how alike it is to your picks together, as a share of each pick's best match, so one alike to two of them comes before one alike to just one. It must be close to at least one of them, as close as it would have to be on that game's own list.

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