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.

362

games

platforms

PixelJunk Monsters Ultimate

LIN 2014

WIN 2011-12-16

X360 2010-09-08

LIN 2014-08-07

X360 2011-10-19

Defence Station Portable

PSP 2007

WIN 2011

WIN 2009-07-17

WIN 2014-05-29

WIN 2013-10-10

WIN 2012-03-16

WIN 2011-10-12

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

Trendy Entertainment, Origin8 Technologies and Ironhide Game Studio 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

Related group

Game genre
Tower Offense

Related site

Wikipedia article

Platforms

Linux		131
Windows		68
Mac OS X		31
Android		30
iOS		22
X360		12
PS4		12
Flash		7
Xbox One		6
PS3		5
Wii U		5
Wii		4
Nintendo DS		3
PSP		3
NES		2
Zeebo		2
Amstrad CPC		1
BSD		1
3DS		1
TizenOS		1
Arcade		1
SNES		1
WinCE		1
Pandora		1
Mobile		1
Switch		1
Master System		1
Mega Drive		1
Lynx		1
GBC		1

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