Tower Defense gameplay

Top 25 earners

The highest-earning Tower Defense games by our estimator.

#	Game	Released	Reviews	Peak CCU	Est. Units	Est. Gross
1	7 Days to Die The Fun Pimps	2024-07-25	403,084	124,449	29,828,216	$1,341,971,438
2	Total War: WARHAMMER III CREATIVE ASSEMBLY, Feral Interactive	2022-02-16	151,400	166,519	3,330,800	$199,814,692
3	Bloons TD 6 Ninja Kiwi	2018-12-17	398,237	53,891	9,557,688	$133,712,055
4	They Are Billions Numantian Games	2019-06-18	51,627	22,295	994,112	$29,813,419
5	Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™ PopCap	2020-06-04	18,876	3,966	928,723	$27,852,403
6	Becastled Mana Potion Studios	2025-10-22	5,650	1,039	949,200	$18,974,508
7	Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition PopCap Games, Inc.	2009-05-05	157,241	16,225	3,773,784	$18,831,182
8	Kingdom Two Crowns Fury Studios, Coatsink	2018-12-11	41,808	26,314	919,776	$18,386,322
9	The Riftbreaker EXOR Studios	2021-10-14	25,178	21,506	604,272	$18,108,018
10	The Last Spell Ishtar Games	2023-03-09	13,841	6,723	584,537	$14,607,580
11	Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense AutoAttack Games	2021-10-01	15,381	5,751	444,404	$11,105,656
12	Starship Troopers: Terran Command The Artistocrats	2022-06-16	12,109	8,089	368,535	$11,052,365
13	Stronghold Crusader: Definitive Edition Firefly Studios	2025-07-15	12,022	15,943	504,924	$10,093,431
14	Orcs Must Die! 3 Robot Entertainment	2021-07-23	14,981	13,129	329,582	$9,884,164
15	Dome Keeper Bippinbits	2022-09-27	22,834	6,487	548,016	$9,846,021
16	Rise to Ruins Raymond Doerr	2019-10-14	7,769	64	652,596	$9,782,414
17	Diplomacy is Not an Option Door 407	2024-10-04	12,838	5,939	324,639	$9,735,924
18	Dungeon Defenders Chromatic Games	2011-10-18	19,075	12,467	593,444	$8,895,726
19	Stronghold Crusader HD (2012) Firefly Studios	2013-10-21	21,181	2,930	889,602	$8,887,124
20	Age of Darkness: Final Stand PlaySide	2025-01-15	10,712	6,458	299,392	$8,379,982
21	Cultivation Tales Ac Games	2024-04-17	13,623	23	408,690	$8,169,713
22	Dungeon of the ENDLESS™ AMPLITUDE Studios	2014-10-27	14,074	34,949	664,845	$7,971,492
23	Outpost: Infinity Siege Team Ranger	2024-03-26	13,680	17,128	300,960	$7,520,990
24	Thronefall GrizzlyGames, Mythwright	2024-10-11	23,979	6,723	575,496	$7,475,693
25	Kingdom: New Lands Noio	2016-08-09	12,468	3,495	486,252	$7,288,917

Releases per year

Is Tower Defense trending up or fading? Bars show new paid Steam releases with this tag each year. Green flecks are hits (≥$100K est. lifetime).

Top upcoming

Highest-wishlist unreleased Tower Defense games.

#	Game	WL Rank
1	Kingmakers Redemption Road	8
2	Stronghold 4 Firefly Studios	64
3	Game of Thrones: War for Westeros PlaySide	97
4	KingFish Firevolt	152
5	ReVamp Digital Sun	208
6	Bergfried Quid Pro Games	270
7	Hull Rupture Konfa Games	409
8	Infamous Keepers Goblinz Studio	434
9	March of Giants March of Giants Team	439
10	Kingdom III: Rising Realms Fury Studios	466

Top recent (12 months)

Highest-earning Tower Defense games released in the past year.

#	Game	Est. Gross
1	Kingdom Rush 6: Genesis TD Ironhide Game Studio 2026-09-24	$4,868,861
2	Sir, We Have an Orc Problem Mumpitz Games 2026-07-28	$1,553,645
3	EverSiege: Untold Ages Tindalos Interactive 2026-03-26	$1,309,992
4	Wall World 2 Alawar 2025-11-11	$1,261,468
5	Bandit Simulator TD 游戏养家工作室 2026-10-11	$947,901
6	Monsters are Coming! Ludogram 2025-11-20	$801,009
7	DarkSwitch Cyber Temple 2026-04-09	$711,172
8	Human Host Virtual Matrix Studio 2026-04-05	$676,956
9	Gold Gold Adventure Gold Can Can Can a Man 2026-05-15	$621,626
10	Legend of Defenders KaiPlay Studio 2026-11-02	$580,370