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Games like DG2: Defense Grid 2
Hidden Path Entertainment · 2014 · 86 % positive of 3,163
24 games that play like DG2: Defense Grid 2 and 24 that look like it. Closest by gameplay: Defense Grid: The Awakening, AOD: Art Of Defense and Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense.
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At a glance
What games like DG2: Defense Grid 2 have in common
- The tags they share most often with DG2: Defense Grid 2: Strategy (24 of 24), Tower Defense (24) and Sci-fi (13).
- They came out between 2008 and 2025, 16 of them after DG2: Defense Grid 2 (2014).
- Best rated by Steam players: Defense Grid: The Awakening (96 % positive of 5,142).
- Colony Siege, Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense and Sanctum 2 both play and look like DG2: Defense Grid 2.
By gameplay
Plays like DG2: Defense Grid 2
Matched from Steam descriptions and player tags. The tags under each game are the ones both games share.

Defense Grid: The Awakening
96 % positive of 5,142
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Sci-fi

AOD: Art Of Defense
78 % positive of 376
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · RTS

Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense
86 % positive of 13,550
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Sci-fi

TDS - Tower Defense Strategy
86 % positive of 233
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Co-op

2112TD: Tower Defense Survival
87 % positive of 402
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Sci-fi

Colony Siege
92 % positive of 245
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Sci-fi

Element TD 2 - Tower Defense
89 % positive of 3,013
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Co-op

Tower Wars
72 % positive of 1,751
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Co-op

Defense Technica
39 % positive of 186
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Indie

Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
88 % positive of 644
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Sci-fi

Tower Dominion
83 % positive of 1,843
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Sci-fi

IDUN - Frontline Survival
78 % positive of 536
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Sci-fi
More matches
- Siege of Centauri65 % positive of 438Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Sci-fi
- Refactor85 % positive of 450Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Sci-fi
- Dungeon Warfare 290 % positive of 1,067Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Indie
- Super Sanctum TD86 % positive of 1,553Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Sci-fi
- Defender's Quest 2: Mists of Ruin61 % positive of 255Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Sci-fi
- Infinitode 2 - Infinite Tower Defense91 % positive of 3,674Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Singleplayer
- Fieldrunners64 % positive of 328Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Indie
- Terrorhedron Tower Defense84 % positive of 1,171Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Co-op
- Fieldrunners 285 % positive of 499Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Indie
- No Creeps Were Harmed TD88 % positive of 450Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Sci-fi
- Minimalist Tower Defense95 % positive of 1,311Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Indie
- Sanctum 289 % positive of 14,291Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Sci-fi
By look
Looks like DG2: Defense Grid 2
Matched from screenshots. Each card shows the screenshot closest to the look of this game.

Colony Siege
92 % positive of 245

Sphere - Flying Cities
50 % positive of 231

Dyson Sphere Program
97 % positive of 85,088

War Builder League
58 % positive of 172

Project AURA
64 % positive of 694

Stellar Tactics
80 % positive of 1,430

Galaxy Squad
75 % positive of 423

StarDrive 2
55 % positive of 2,084

Techtonica
67 % positive of 2,832

Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
88 % positive of 644

Calyx
87 % positive of 492

Sanctum 2
89 % positive of 14,291
More matches
- Base One38 % positive of 470
- The Riftbreaker: Prologue95 % positive of 4,100
- Beyond Sol78 % positive of 186
- DeadCore84 % positive of 2,031
- JUNKPUNK70 % positive of 618
- The Riftbreaker90 % positive of 18,005
- Dimensions: Dreadnought Architect56 % positive of 192
- Galactic Junk League69 % positive of 1,744
- StellarHub60 % positive of 258
- Sid Meier's Starships50 % positive of 2,406
- Cygnus Enterprises69 % positive of 323
- Interstellar Space: Genesis83 % positive of 772
How these matches work
Matches come from embeddings of Steam descriptions, player tags and screenshots, computed offline. “Plays like” compares what the games are about and how players tag them; “Looks like” compares their screenshots. The share of positive reviews is based on Steam user reviews.