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Top 5 Tower Defense Games

Tower Defense games have been very popular lately, so I thought I’d take a look at my Top 5 Tower Defense Games.

I believe the idea behind tower defense games comes from Warcraft 3. Basically you need to build different type of towers in order to destroy the “creeps”. Usually the towers have different properties and upgrade opportunities.

Tower Defense5. Tower Defense is very basic with very simple graphics. All creeps are grey circles that move at the same speed.

There’s not much to this one, but it’s the first TD game I played so it makes the list because of the addictiveness.


Flash Element TD4. Flash Element TD has basic graphics which a variety of different looking creeps. There are two types of creeps, land and air based. So some towers can only hit land targets, some only air and some can hit both.

This one includes a monetary bonus depending on how much you have left in the bank after each wave of creeps. So it’s to your benefit to survive a wave by spending the least amount of money. You really need to do this to go far in the game.

3. Flash Circle TD is the sequel to Flash Element TD but a different game all together. The graphics and sound are much better and it’s kept the cool monetary bonus.

What makes this different is that there are endless waves of creeps that keep walking around the map. You lose once 100 creeps are on the screen.

Flash Circle TD

2. Desktop Tower Defense is unique in that you determine which path the creeps have to take. All the want to to is cross the screen so it’s up to you to put towers in their way making it a long journey for them.

The downside to Desktop Tower Defense is the graphics. The just aren’t that special, however trying to create a long path is quite addictive.

Desktop Tower Defense

1. Onslaught like Desktop Tower Defense isn’t very special graphically, but it does offer so much more.

Onslaught has 8 different maps to play. Towers have 3 upgrade options (Damage, Range, Fire Rate) where others have just 1. Different towers can work together to make much stronger attacks.

There are a lot of aspects to Onslaught that need to be mastered to go far and get your name on the leader board.

Onslaught

There are heaps of these games out there, but these five are my favourites.

Go forth and kill the creeps!

  1. Slapper of Bitches
    October 11th, 2009 at 21:31 | #1

    Can you bitches stop bitching?
    Who gives a fuck where the games came from? No-one’s testing your knowledge on the history of TD, so shut up and enjoy them for what they are!

  2. Slapper of Slapper of Bitches
    October 19th, 2009 at 02:55 | #2

    Will you stop slapping these bitches? Who gives a fuck if there bitching. No-ones testing your knowledge of bitch-ness, so shut up and let them be bitches.

  3. Slapper of whiners
    October 24th, 2009 at 05:55 | #3

    A small hint, if you want to give a review of something, make sure you state it’s your persoanl view on the subject, otherwise you’ll have people like slapper of bitches whining because he needs the attention.
    Other than that, it’s great, Circle defence is one of my favourite flash td to play while there’s nothing to do at work ^^

  4. November 7th, 2009 at 01:49 | #4

    Yes Starcraft was there first.
    Yes the list is good.
    No I have not found a flash defence game even slightly close to how good the starcraft ones were.

  5. The Slapper God of Slappers
    November 9th, 2009 at 09:22 | #5

    stfu all of u or ill send zues down to rape ur families :)

  6. Slapper of anyone whos name has “Slapper” in it
    November 12th, 2009 at 10:07 | #6

    The only two tower defense games worth playing are whitboard tower defense and Desktop tower defense so STFU EVERYONE!!!!! or ill slap u slappers

  7. November 25th, 2009 at 07:13 | #7

    I Think the best tower defence are:

    Bloons Tower Defence 4: http://en.farmgames.net/games/732/bloons-td-4

    and

    Terrain Defence: http://en.farmgames.net/games/600/terrain-defense

  8. Slapper (lol my name is andres)
    November 26th, 2009 at 13:18 | #8

    Hay “slapper of anyone whos name has “slapper” in it”

    stop slapping yourself stop slapping yourself
    LOL

  9. December 4th, 2009 at 06:41 | #9

    Its still kind a blurry. I mean – I just can’t get it…Is there any official division of these games, or this is just your personal opinion…
    I mean – I wouldn’t know how to group them … They look all the same to me…
    Cheers

  10. bloons kinda guy
    December 25th, 2009 at 15:11 | #10

    Lol.you “slapper” ppl are strange,just came in to say that,and that bloons tower defense 4 is the best tower defende game out there.dont believe me?google it and play it on ninjakiwi.com and tell me u dont get addicted.

  11. slapper of the slapped
    December 31st, 2009 at 13:46 | #11

    wtf its a game biatches

  12. td complainer
    January 7th, 2010 at 07:28 | #12

    wtf… bloons tower defense kicks ass

  13. Kikinaak
    January 10th, 2010 at 05:19 | #13

    Theres all these flash-based TD games, and then theres Defense Grid: The Awakening. It was made with the same engine as fallout 3 and the quality shows. Not saying the flash games are bad, but theres a ton of potential in the TD genre just waiting for someone to come along and take it to new heights. We aint seen nothing yet.

  14. henry
    January 13th, 2010 at 10:58 | #14

    where is gem craft?????

  15. slapper of slappers with slippers
    January 20th, 2010 at 23:12 | #15

    LOL.. this slapper shit has gone way too wrong.. I wanna slap all of you slappers with slippers!

    Plants vs. zombies is the best flash td game! is there anything better?

  16. jon kill ass hole
    January 24th, 2010 at 14:04 | #16

    i think balloon tower defence 4 kicks ass

  17. austin
    January 25th, 2010 at 11:24 | #17

    cody :Hey guys i think you should all get off the computer and get a life i mean look at you guys uhh this game is addictive its so much fun. Guys u need to get off the computer and get a life. Go meet som girls instead of playing on the computer your whole life!!

    who needs a life more the people talking about flash games or the random guy that is reading these and calling everybody losers?

  18. Game
    February 2nd, 2010 at 04:14 | #18

    Nice collection of tower defense games. I have seen some other lists but they weren’t really great. I like Onslaught and Desktop Tower defense. Must try those!

  19. slapshitman
    February 9th, 2010 at 04:57 | #19

    bloons 4 meh?
    i don’t like it, and i don’t like those slapping bitches neither

  20. February 28th, 2010 at 10:51 | #20

    there is no game better than plants versus zombies

  21. March 9th, 2010 at 09:21 | #21

    Nice selection of games, even though Gemcraft isn’t listed, and the bloons tower defense series is the best one.

  22. March 9th, 2010 at 21:27 | #22

    nice top5! Flash Element TD my live!

  23. April 17th, 2010 at 21:32 | #23

    Good job, i am seeing here different commands also thanks for sharing.

  24. matt
    April 20th, 2010 at 06:03 | #24

    @lollz try creeper world

  25. The Most Epic of Slapping Slappers, King Slapp-a-Bitch!
    April 21st, 2010 at 05:39 | #25

    Alright, you wanna’ be slappers; Cut the crap, or get slapped! Tower Defense games in general are a great way to waste time at school, work, or at home when resting from your World of Warcraft dailies… Oh, yeah… Dailies…

  26. emo-man
    April 23rd, 2010 at 22:56 | #26

    try warzone tower defence

  27. SlappinSlap
    June 11th, 2010 at 00:01 | #27

    love onslaught. i have also tried the bloons games. they are very fun as well :)

  28. Lol, Cody Got Owned.
    June 29th, 2010 at 12:06 | #28

    Lol you just owned him! :D @austin

  29. July 9th, 2010 at 21:33 | #29

    GemCraft0 is the best

  30. zzzzzzz
    July 15th, 2010 at 05:58 | #30

    try warzone td, its the best

  31. July 22nd, 2010 at 10:57 | #31

    These games are so addictive, it’s crazy

  32. You fucking noobs
    August 4th, 2010 at 11:06 | #32

    seriously slappers btd4 is tower defense for people who have no idea what the genre is about. Before you go around saying that the easiest tower defenses are the best go play some REAL tower defenses. a td where you can build spikes on the track and have airplanes bombing the map is not challenging at all, believe me i have beaten the break off map on hard difficulty to show people how easy it is. Go play onslaught or something or even btd1 or 2.

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