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Games like Defense Grid 2, ELDEN RING and Stardew Valley

30 games that play like them, 2 of them like more than one.

Defense Grid 2
Defense Grid 2
ELDEN RING
ELDEN RING
Stardew Valley
Stardew Valley

Like more than one of them

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

  1. 1

    Enshrouded

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

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

  2. 2

    Dungeon Defenders

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

    Loved · 93%Tower Defense · TacticalAlso like ELDEN RING

More like Defense Grid 2

18 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

    The Planet Crafter

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

    Loved · 96%Base Building · Building

  3. 5

    Element TD 2

    Defense Grid 2, but PvP, and team-based

    Loved · 90%Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics

  4. 6

    The Riftbreaker

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

    Loved · 90%Tower Defense · Base Building

  5. 7

    Age of Darkness: Final Stand

    Defense Grid 2, but 3D, and more divisive

    Mixed · 74%Tower Defense · RTS

  6. 8

    Core Keeper

    Defense Grid 2, but open world, and with crafting

    Loved · 93%Base Building · Building

  7. 9

    Sanctum 2

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

    Loved · 90%Tower Defense · Aliens

  8. 10

    Space Engineers

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

    Liked · 89%Base Building · Space

  9. 11

    Scrap Mechanic

    Defense Grid 2, but about survival, and three times the hours

    Loved · 92%Base Building · Building

  10. 12

    Aliens: Dark Descent

    Defense Grid 2, but top-down, and horror

    Liked · 88%Real Time Tactics · RTS

  11. 13

    Kingdom Two Crowns

    Defense Grid 2, but a management game, and minimalist

    Loved · 90%Tower Defense · Base Building

  12. 14

    Bloons TD 6

    Defense Grid 2, but cartoony, and twice the hours

    Loved · 97%Tower Defense · Strategy

  13. 15

    Starbound

    Defense Grid 2, but a survival crafting game, and pixel art

    Loved · 90%Space · Building

  14. 16

    GemCraft - Frostborn Wrath

    Defense Grid 2, but harder, and 2D

    Liked · 89%Tower Defense · RTS

  15. 17

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

    Defense Grid 2, but gorier

    Liked · 88%RTS · Tactical

  16. 18

    Creeper World 4

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

    Loved · 95%Tower Defense · Real Time Tactics

  17. 19

    ASTRONEER

    Defense Grid 2, but open world, and about survival

    Loved · 92%Base Building · Space

  18. 20

    Bloons TD5

    Defense Grid 2, but funny, and even better loved

    Loved · 95%Tower Defense · Strategy

More like ELDEN RING

3 games closest to ELDEN RING of your picks

  1. 21

    DARK SOULS III

    ELDEN RING, but story-rich

    Loved · 94%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  2. 22

    DARK SOULS II

    Much the same as ELDEN RING

    Liked · 88%Souls-like · Dark Fantasy

  3. 23

    Grounded

    ELDEN RING, but about survival, and a third of the hours

    Loved · 90%Souls-like · Open world

More like Stardew Valley

7 games closest to Stardew Valley of your picks

  1. 24

    Coral Island

    Much the same as Stardew Valley

    Liked · 89%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  2. 25

    My Time at Portia

    Stardew Valley, but single-player

    Loved · 91%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  3. 26

    My Time at Sandrock

    Stardew Valley, but an action RPG

    Liked · 88%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  4. 27

    Dinkum

    Stardew Valley, but co-op, and half the hours

    Loved · 92%Farming Sim · Agriculture

  5. 28

    Palia

    Stardew Valley, but free to play, and an MMORPG

    Liked · 86%Farming Sim · Life Sim

  6. 29

    Farm Together

    Stardew Valley, but co-op

    Loved · 94%Agriculture · Farming Sim

  7. 30

    Forager

    Stardew Valley, but a survival crafting game, and an incremental game

    Liked · 89%Farming Sim · Crafting

How this list is made

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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