Tower Defense

Game genre theme

Strategy sub-genre where player is limited to building defensive towers and has no movable defenses (or moving them is hard/detrimental) to protect something, and never goes on the offense.

378

games

platforms

Revenge of the Titans

LIN 2010

WIN 2012-08-13

WIN 2013-05-09

WIN 2014-05-29

WIN 2015-08-03

WIN 2011-05-26

Prime World: Defenders

WIN 2013-06-05

ANDR 2009

GEN 1991

SWTC 2018-02-08

WIN 2013-10-10

WIN 2012-01-19

The first video game about Tower Defense was released in 1990.

Trendy Entertainment, Origin8 Technologies and 11 bit studios has published most of these games

"Tower Defense" was oddly enough trademarked by Com2Us in 2007 (in U.S., serial number 3442002) despite there being plenty of games with tower defense in their title by then. They have enforced this trademark on several occasions since, notably on Apple's platforms.

Parent groups

Defense game, Strategy

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Platforms

Linux		135
Windows		70
Android		35
Mac OS X		32
iOS		24
X360		12
PS4		12
Flash		7
Xbox One		6
Wii U		5
PS3		5
Wii		4
Nintendo DS		3
PSP		3
3DS		3
NES		2
Zeebo		2
Arcade		1
SNES		1
WinCE		1
Pandora		1
Mobile		1
Switch		1
Master System		1
Mega Drive		1
Lynx		1
GBC		1
Atari ST		1
MS-DOS		1
Internet Only		1

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