Games like Defense Grid 2 on PC
Closest overall match: Wargroove (★ 3.6). Highest rated: Divinity: Original Sin at ★ 4.2. Quickest to finish: NEOVERSE at about 2 hours.
Looking for something like Defense Grid 2? Our model ranked 12 games by how much they share with it. The strongest common threads are steam-trading-cards, Full controller support and Steam Cloud.
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59%
1. Wargroove
Shares Includes level editor, Split Screen, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 higher.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 21%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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57%
2. CastleStorm
Shares Split Screen, Steam Leaderboards, cooperative, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.9
- Metacritic
- 73
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 44%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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56%
3. Defense Grid: The Awakening
Shares Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; same developer.
- Year
- 2008
- Rating
- ★ 3.4
- Metacritic
- 81
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 44%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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56%
4. Solar Flux
Shares Steam Leaderboards, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 1.0 lower; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 2.2
- Playtime
- 4h
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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56%
5. NEOVERSE
Shares stats, Steam Leaderboards, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer.
- Year
- 2019
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Playtime
- 2h
- Finish rate
- 31%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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56%
6. Prison Architect
Shares RTS, Steam Workshop, Includes level editor, steam-trading-cards and Steam Cloud and 2 more tags; rated 0.6 higher; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2015
- Rating
- ★ 3.7
- Metacritic
- 83
- Playtime
- 5h
- Finish rate
- 32%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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56%
7. Shadow Tactics: Blades of the Shogun
Shares RTS, Full controller support, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.9 higher; released within 2 years.
- Year
- 2016
- Rating
- ★ 4.1
- Metacritic
- 85
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 55%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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55%
8. They Are Billions
Shares RTS, Steam Cloud, Steam Achievements and Singleplayer; rated 0.8 higher.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.9
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 8h
- Finish rate
- 43%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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55%
9. The Escapists 2
Shares Split Screen, Steam Leaderboards, cooperative, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.4 higher.
- Year
- 2017
- Rating
- ★ 3.6
- Metacritic
- 74
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 34%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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55%
10. Divinity: Original Sin
Shares Kickstarter, Captions available, Steam Workshop, Includes level editor and cooperative and 4 more tags; rated 1.0 higher; same release year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 4.2
- Metacritic
- 87
- Playtime
- 6h
- Finish rate
- 56%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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55%
11. I, Zombie
Shares Steam Workshop, Includes level editor, Steam Leaderboards, Full controller support and steam-trading-cards and 3 more tags; rated 0.6 lower; same release year.
- Year
- 2014
- Rating
- ★ 2.6
- Metacritic
- 65
- Playtime
- 3h
- Finish rate
- 62%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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55%
12. 100% Orange Juice
Shares stats, Steam Leaderboards, steam-trading-cards, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; released within 1 year.
- Year
- 2013
- Rating
- ★ 3.0
- Playtime
- 4h
- Finish rate
- 19%
- Shared genres
- 10, Indie
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Questions people ask
What is the best game like Defense Grid 2 on PC?
On our similarity model, Wargroove is the closest match to Defense Grid 2 on PC — shares Includes level editor, Split Screen, Full controller support, Steam Cloud and Steam Achievements and 1 more tags; rated 0.5 higher.
Which game like Defense Grid 2 is rated highest?
Divinity: Original Sin holds the highest player rating in this list at 4.2/5 from 802 players.
How this list is built
Every game in our catalog is scored against Defense Grid 2 on five signals: weighted tag overlap (rare tags count more), genre overlap, platform family overlap, rating and playtime proximity, and release era. The list is recomputed nightly as ratings and new releases change.
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