Marrow March

Games like Kingdom Rush

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Kingdom Rush set the bar for fantasy tower defense: towers that branch into specialists, heroes you move around the map, and levels built by hand to be learned. If you have played the whole series, these games keep that feeling going, some closely and some from a new angle.

We make Marrow March, so it is on this list; it is marked as ours and it comes last. The rest are games we would point a friend to.

  1. Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD

    Ironhide Game Studio · Windows, Mac (Steam), iOS, Android · Paid

    If the newest one passed you by: the series at its largest, with 17 towers that each grow special skills and 15 heroes, two of them on the field in every stage.

  2. Bloons TD 6

    Ninja Kiwi · Windows, Mac (Steam), iOS, Android · Paid

    The other giant of the genre: 25 monkey towers with three upgrade paths each, 17 heroes and more than 70 maps, and Monkey Knowledge, over 100 permanent upgrades that carry from game to game.

  3. Thronefall

    GrizzlyGames, Mythwright · Windows, Mac (Steam) · Paid

    Kingdom Rush's choices in a smaller, calmer game: build your kingdom by day and hold it by night, with walls to fortify and an army to raise, leading from the front as the king. If the castle centre falls, the run is over.

  4. Arknights

    Yostar · iOS, Android · Free, with in-app purchases

    Kingdom Rush's heroes taken all the way: every unit is an Operator you recruit, train and deploy, from hundreds of them across many classes, with a story around the battles and a base to build.

  5. Dungeon Warfare 2

    Valsar · Windows, Mac (Steam) · Paid

    Traps instead of towers: you are the dungeon lord, and adventurers and would-be heroes are the waves. 33 traps, physics-driven mayhem and three skill trees.

  6. Orcs Must Die! 3

    Robot Entertainment · Windows (Steam) · Paid

    For when you want to be on the field yourself: an action game in which you set traps and fight hordes of orcs, hundreds strong, before they breach the castle walls.

  7. Element TD 2

    Element Studios · Windows (Steam) · Paid

    A classic tower defense built on combining elements into towers, each with strengths and weaknesses to plan around, alone or with up to eight players together.

  8. Marrow MarchOur game

    Enes (us) · Desktop browser · Free

    Our tower defense, for when you want what you build to last: soldiers placed and trained in front of the last wall, each with two promotions, guns on the wall and traps on the field, and an Essence Tree of 100 permanent upgrades that grows every time the wall falls. Free in a desktop browser.

How we chose

We kept games with Kingdom Rush's two strengths: levels worth mastering, and choices about what to build and upgrade that change how a level plays. Facts were checked against each game's store on 1 October 2026.

Questions

What is a good game like Kingdom Rush on PC?

Kingdom Rush 5: Alliance TD and Bloons TD 6 are the closest. Thronefall is a smaller take with walls and a king on the field, and Dungeon Warfare 2 swaps towers for traps. Marrow March runs free in a desktop browser.

Is there a game like Kingdom Rush on mobile?

Kingdom Rush 5 and Bloons TD 6 are on iOS and Android, and Arknights is free on both, with hundreds of Operators to recruit and deploy.

Can I play Kingdom Rush in the browser?

Yes: the original Kingdom Rush is free in the browser on CrazyGames.

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