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.

5. 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.

4. 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.

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.

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.

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

Go forth and kill the creeps!

245 Responses to “Top 5 Tower Defense Games”

Immortal Defense
http://studioeres.com/immortaldefense/
is innovative and good

Comment by poot on June 5th, 2007

I think Onslaught is by far the most boring of them all

Comment by Ozh on June 5th, 2007

Onslaught is by far the best and most addictive! You need to use combos and experience the awesomeness. Click on the How to Play tab and you can see how mixing towers together will yield amazing powerups.

Comment by Faraz on June 5th, 2007

Actually, I’m pretty sure tower defense games come from Starcraft. There are a whole slew of maps made for that game, although there are certainly some good ones for Warcraft as well.

In any case, thanks for sharing these time burners. ;D

Comment by macro on June 5th, 2007

yeah, i think they originated in turret defense, which became lurker d, which became a whole host of games.

Comment by tyler lee on June 5th, 2007

No not again!! I’m going to lose another 5 hours of my life!!AHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Comment by Allan on June 5th, 2007

Link from The Source Computing Blog » Top 5 Tower Defense Games on June 5th, 2007

Link from Jeff’s Home - Top 5 Tower Defense Games on June 5th, 2007

Link from imagesafari blog » Blog Archive » Top 5 Tower Defense Games on June 5th, 2007

It Seems you haven’t Played Starcraft Flash Action 3 game http://www.ugoplayer.com/games/starcraftfa3.html

Comment by SpacePirate on June 5th, 2007

I have played Starcraft Flash Action 3 but it just didn’t do it for me.

The graphics are superior, but the enjoyment level wasn’t there for me.

Really, I should have done an “Honorable Mention” and added that.

Comment by Adam on June 5th, 2007

dont forget vrdefender y3k

Comment by david on June 5th, 2007

perfect, now I can avoid google everytime i got a boring comp. lab at uni! Thanks for this list.

Comment by drago on June 5th, 2007

Link from drdrewfus.com » links for 2007-06-05 on June 5th, 2007

I’m hooked on Onslaught, I reckon its the video game equivalent of crack cocaine.

I manage a team of software developers and forbid them to play it during work hours, but as soon as im in my office, I get plugging away at the waves of weird looking alien hordes.

These games should come with a health warning!

Comment by Jon W on June 5th, 2007

Hey ppl get a life k thx

Comment by hubba on June 5th, 2007

This game has similar feel to it and it’s kind of different. You upgrade all your weapons and depending on the upgrade the weapon can receive totally new effects.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/378646

Comment by sixthsiren on June 5th, 2007

my life used to be meaningless until i found Onslaught.

now i have focus - but apparently not on the right things…

back to work!

Comment by Rich W on June 6th, 2007

Link from …Defending your tower is back? at Didn’t You Hear… on June 6th, 2007

Stayed up ALL NIGHT playing Desktop Tower Defense. The key is to upgrade 3 or 4 of the fastest ones to the highest level.

Comment by Shandooga on June 6th, 2007

Onslaught is definitely the best

Comment by Hip Hop on June 6th, 2007

Link from Aisle 10 . Net » Blog Archive » Tower Defense Games on June 6th, 2007

I agree completely with a comment i say before.

“Onslaught is by far the most boring of the game on the list”
Its horrible, the weapons are not diverse and the amount of time and effort to put into it…………
It just plain ol sucks

Comment by novatrek on June 6th, 2007

Ya I agree that onslaught is the worst on the list. Flash element TD is the best by far I’d say. However, I’d rather just play Starcraft tower defense

Better yet I’d rather just play DotA!

Comment by liam on June 6th, 2007

Link from Top 5 Tower Defense Games « digg the wordz on June 6th, 2007

Thanks for these! They are addictive! I have already slacked on two assignments for school, stopped talking to my wife in complete sentences, and forgot when and where I work.

Comment by Zane on June 7th, 2007

Link from Web Stuff Blog on June 7th, 2007

Link from Wolfgang Schoch on June 7th, 2007

I like “Master of Defense” TD game.
http://www.master-of-defense.com

Comment by John on June 8th, 2007

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Master of Defense and Immortal Defense are both good. Immortal Defense slightly better.

Comment by James on June 8th, 2007

Link from Flash Element TD | daheads blog on June 9th, 2007

Link from The Gist » Blog Archive » Top 5 Tower Defense Games on June 9th, 2007

this site rulez i rule bow 2 the first class master of on slaught

Comment by danny on June 9th, 2007

Link from » Blog Archive Top 5 Tower Defense Games » macosbrain on June 9th, 2007

Onslaught and Master of defense rulez!
Immortal Defense and Flash Circle TD - pieces of shit.

Comment by Poul on June 10th, 2007

Link from Neatorama » Blog Archive » Tower Defense Games. on June 11th, 2007

Link from Links@2007-06-10 - A9@Tencent on June 11th, 2007

Link from Links@2007-06-10 - mic on June 11th, 2007

Link from links for 2007-06-11 | The One on June 11th, 2007

http://www.candystand.com/play.do?id=18047

Comment by Bailey on June 12th, 2007

Thanks for letting me know about Vector TD!

It is definitely up there with the best!

Comment by Adam on June 12th, 2007

Link from Links #3 « Amintiri de la spitalul 9 on June 13th, 2007

lol at the ‘weapons are not diverse’ comment about onslaught.. read the how to play and look at the combos.. its the most diverse of the games in the list. As for the amount of time.. try using the space bar.

Comment by velo on June 14th, 2007

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I’m surprised Antbuster didn’t make the list. I think it’s one of the most original and free-form TD games available and is highly enjoyable. It’s not as good as Desktop Tower Defense (which is in my opinion the best one, but we’ll agree to disagree), and maybe not Onslaught, but I think it’s well worth a look just for a unique take on this crowded (though still very enjoyable) genre of Flash games.

http://www.newgrounds.com/portal/view/378646

Comment by Anthony on June 15th, 2007

Link from Onslaught - Today’s Time Waster »Technology News | Venture Capital, Startups, Silicon Valley, Web 2.0 Tech on June 15th, 2007

My apologies - the Antbuster game was mentioned in a link earlier, just not by name.

Comment by Anthony on June 15th, 2007

what happened to onslaught?

Comment by bombarta on June 18th, 2007

onslaught sux…
I stopped after… lets see….
i build a green and a blue tower at the start… i upgraded the green tower to the maximum (damage and how often you can shot in a sec.) and after some time i builded 2 green towers after the upgraded one… all i had to do is wait… they were all killed at the beginning

Comment by Vanpaia on June 19th, 2007

Onslaught 2 Tower Defense
http://www.gamesforwork.com/games/play-5622-Onslaught_2-Flash_Game.html

Comment by GamesForWork.com on June 20th, 2007

Onslaught 2 Just Released!
http://onslaught2.fizzlebot.com/

Comment by Ryan on June 21st, 2007

Vector TD
http://www.candystand.com/play.do?id=18047

Comment by Ryan on June 21st, 2007

VR Defender Y3K
http://www.armorgames.com/games/vrdefendery3k_popup.html

Comment by Ryan on June 21st, 2007

Link from Onslaught - Obscenly Bored on June 23rd, 2007

Link from benstraw.com » links for 2007-06-23 on June 23rd, 2007

i knew of 2 of these tower defense games

the ones i diddent know were very different

my favirout would have to be the onslaught

i stayed up till 2 am playing it

Comment by naomi on June 24th, 2007

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!!

Comment by cody on June 26th, 2007

I would try the games you recommend.
Thanks!

Comment by DeeJay on June 28th, 2007

i’m trying to find a TD i played yesterday it has 6 levels of difficulty the first level being a straight one and after that you have two sets of hordes coming at you, primary weapons are valcon cannon, plasma camon/ sam site any one help? ta. p.s it is better than ll of the above.

Comment by owen on June 29th, 2007

xeno tactics check it out!

Comment by owen on June 29th, 2007

Link from The “Break it Down” Blog » Blog Archive » 5 Versions of Tower Defense on June 30th, 2007

there is a good game called antbuster! one of the best t.d. games i’ve ever played,
check it out at ugoplayer.com/games

Comment by @ all the monty on July 3rd, 2007

My favourite is definately Vector TD, followed by Xeno Tactic. However, Ive got three to try out lol =]

Comment by Rob on July 13th, 2007

Onslaught is by far the most boring game I’ve ever played ever. The only way I can explain why people are saying good things about it here is they must be friends of the guy who made it or something.

Comment by Bog on July 20th, 2007

flash element td is the best i’ve played and i acctually supprised myself by saying vector td is the second best because it’s so addictive.FE TD is the best because it’s the most complex in monsters in my oppinion and is funny and strategic. i’ve also played lots of different td on warcraft 3 which basicly beats everything but considering being on the internet leaving W3 out flash element td is the best td by far. ONSLAUGHT IS A PIECE OF C£*! and i am sure many people agree with me on this.

Comment by langotriel-(td pro.) on July 27th, 2007

TNT is promoting the show The Company with a tower defense game: http://www.tnt.tv/series/thecompany/games/?contentId=31439

Comment by Seth on August 4th, 2007

im hooked on onslaught and all, but the difficulty seriously pisses me off…
i get through a few waves, but then i cant get enuff cash to keep going!

Comment by me on August 5th, 2007

the trick to make onslaught a bit entertainig is wen you think u got enough towers hit several times spacebar to send various waves at 1 time(but still not 1 of the best TW)DX

Comment by real_slim_jd on August 6th, 2007

Xeno Tactic is the best defence tower game by far

Comment by zac on August 16th, 2007

star defender 2 also rocks

http://www.stardefender2.com or something

Comment by mother@home.com on August 21st, 2007

I think there is something wrong with a generation that says the downside to Desktop Tower Defense is the graphics.

Comment by the_it on August 21st, 2007

Nice collection, but truthfully, turret defense came from Starcraft, not warcraft 3. Turret defense was made into many many maps in starcraft even before warcraft 3 existed

Comment by Caleb on August 22nd, 2007

i love aunslaught its my favorite and i always play it no other tower defence game can beet it.

Comment by joshua on August 23rd, 2007

Alright, I’ve played all the games on this list. I like Onslaught TD the most. Vector TD is really good as well. I’ve gotten as far as the 532 wave on Onslaught. And I’ve beaten 5 of the maps for Vector. I don’t see why people don’t like Onslaught, theres a bunch of combos for the towers, it’s a never ending game, and it just increases in difficulty as you go.

This is the site I play onslaught at:

http://onslaught.playr.co.uk/about.html

Comment by Anthony on August 23rd, 2007

I like the 3d one. For me this is most thrilling, and agree that Onslaught is rather boring.

Comment by Lord of the Rings on August 24th, 2007

onslaught2 is not boring they just a addicting game i really play tower defence why is tower defence games addicting me

Comment by 1w2w3w4w5 on August 25th, 2007

ON SLAUGHT RULES!!!

Comment by QWERTY on August 29th, 2007

Link from Play Arcade Games Online on September 5th, 2007

I think they look sooooooo cool especially the 3rd picture looks amazing and yeah I know it’s probaly just ‘cos it’s a bigger picture then the rest but you know what they say “The Bigger The Better!” so yeah but how do you actually get to play the games I mean well it’s just stupid! Well se ya and bye bye!

Comment by LooLooStar on September 6th, 2007

Onslaught is just okay. There are a lot of combos, but there are only a couple worth building - laser rockets or nukes. Nukes are so much more powerful than anything else there’s no reason to build anything else. It gets really boring.

Comment by Laffy on September 19th, 2007

iv played almost all of them and onslaught is my favorite and is really hard. but one you should have up there is bloontower defense by ninjia kiwi. its by far the most fun and iv beat it 50 times…its so mnuch fun

Comment by ethan on September 19th, 2007

I found Wicked Defense (http://www.wicked-defense.com), which is IMHO one of the best in terms of gameplay.

Comment by Humberto on September 27th, 2007

the thing is that on onslaught i got to lvl 7678 na di have the sniper and rail gun, also i think defender game is the best (even though it isnt on this site i dont think) it is an addictive rpg t.d game with good graphics thats my opinion

Comment by Ruze on September 29th, 2007

also i have a life and i do like going out with my friends and stuff but a few hours a dayon the computer wont hurt and also if u havent got no friends (unlucky) just go out to the nearest park or green playing field you might see someone u like ^^ thanks

Comment by Ruze on September 29th, 2007

If I may, the first “Tower Defense” style game I recall was much older than WarCraft 3. I know its not the first but - the MakoReactor Defense Mini-Game of FinalFantasyVII to obtain the Phoenix materia is the first I can think of.

Comment by AngelsPlague on September 29th, 2007

I prefer what Ryan says:
Vector TD
http://www.candystand.com/play.do?id=18047

Comment by Ryan on June 21st, 2007

VR Defender Y3K
http://www.armorgames.com/games/vrdefendery3k_popup.html

Comment by Ryan on June 21st, 2007

Everybody check them out!!
These are the ones..

Comment by John on October 1st, 2007

Link from Computer Game News and Reviews on October 1st, 2007

All the people that are saying onslaught is shit are just ppl that havnt worked it out yet

By far the best imo

Comment by cheekybru on October 4th, 2007

Link from Top 5 Tower Defense Games « Playable Web Games on October 8th, 2007

Onslaught Sucks…

Most of the supporters on this thread can’t even spell. They are probably all the author posting.

What’s up with the USAF on that game ? Graphics are blah, as is gameplay.

VectorTD, DesktopTD FTW

Comment by dude on October 11th, 2007

I Can’t See How Some People Say That ‘Onslaught’ Sucks, Its Probably Because Your All NOOBS !

Comment by Adam on October 22nd, 2007

Stalingrad is pretty fun

http://www.freewebarcade.com/game/stalingrad/

Comment by Steve on October 24th, 2007

Go and try out Antbuster. Its a tower defence game with some new aspects.
And its great fun…

Comment by Henrik Jensen on October 27th, 2007

Link from Cloiun - not clown :) » Blog Archive » Top 5 Tower Defense Games on October 27th, 2007

guys tower defence are all the same!

Comment by jacko on October 28th, 2007

people that say onslaught sucks?
the tower defence you like is the exact same

Comment by jacko on October 28th, 2007

Ant Buster is top tier tower defense. NO set path means inventive tower placement. Downsides are it gets so damn tough and the missile, ice tower combo is almost the only way past level 80.

Comment by matthew on October 30th, 2007

The only other ways I found are a bunch of machine gun turrets and ice and poison turrets at both ends.

Comment by NOT matthew on October 30th, 2007

personally of these five i like
desktop defense. Its easy to mold the two streams of creeps into 1.

Comment by NOT matthew on October 31st, 2007

Please… no one ever praise or link to Xeno Tactics. It’s a skinned, stolen version of DTD. Even if you don’t care about it being stolen, it makes you look like a moron to claim you like it better than an IDENTICAL game.

(Oh, except that DTD runs faster because its graphics are simpler.)

Comment by Nate on November 6th, 2007

Author of this page: You should try Vector TD. Search it on google. If your a real fan of TD games, you’ll like this one

Comment by Rose on November 8th, 2007

please i want to play this game

Comment by john on November 13th, 2007

I agree with everyone who says Onslaught sucks. Its the worst game ever! I’ve played Nintendo, not N64 or Super Nitendo, but the original, games with better graphics! It sucks! Vector Attack is the best, but I limit myself to 1 hour a day. You guys shoulds do the same and get a life!

Comment by why the hell do u want to know? on November 14th, 2007

Realy onslaugt is amazing game. I played it a long time ago i liked it wery much. If you put only rocket towers you will win the game it got 10000 lvls. I am a td fan and i invented flash element TD

Comment by onslaught rulez on November 15th, 2007

can anyone please send me a printscreen of the best way to set up the tower defense (5) tom.mayo@hotmail.com
thnx guys and gals

Comment by tom on November 16th, 2007

I can send you a picture if you want if you have a hotmail add me CYrusmaster@mail.ru its my msn.

Comment by onslaught rulez on November 16th, 2007

Recently a game called “Wicked Defense” came out.
http://www.wicked-defense.com

(I scored the music for it)

This game is a MUST for fans of Tower Defense games.

Comment by Yarron Katz on November 16th, 2007

Thank you for the link.

Comment by onslaught rulez on November 17th, 2007

http://p.iwin.com/garden-defense/

New game out. I did most of the artwork for it. We tried to take the TD genre to the next level of polish!

Comment by Mike on November 18th, 2007

Actually, Vector TD is BY FAR the best and MOST addictive. WAY better than Onslaught. Although they were made by the same person..

Comment by Rhiakath on November 19th, 2007

Onslaght is the best of the best tower defence games EVER! if you can combined your turrets and do combos with them you will love it (I playded on it for a day straght

Comment by connor on November 19th, 2007

if you read my onslaught comment and agree with me comment [agree onslaught connor]=)

Comment by connor on November 19th, 2007

onslort is the worst game ever

Comment by Mike on November 20th, 2007

if anyone can do it help me

Comment by Mike on November 20th, 2007

How can you enjoy that candystand one where the graphics and music are saying “OMFG!!! HELP! DANGER! UR GONNA DIE!!! XTREEEEEME!” and the gameplay is saying “just keep putting towers up as soon as you get the money and you’ll be fine, oh and btw by the time the creeps are too strong for your budget you’re dead but that won’t be for an hour or so.”, hmm!?!?

Comment by Shifty on November 20th, 2007

some guy said about a game called ant buster when i read the comment i went and played on ant buster…..IT WAS EXTREMLY RUBBISH AND RANDOM! by the way mike i cant help u

Comment by connor on November 22nd, 2007

the first one is good, the second one is okay, the third one was pretty good, the fourth one was the best (desktop defense) and the fifth one i didn’t like so much. I thought bloons tower defense 2 was going to be in the top 5, but I guess i was wrong

Comment by andrew on November 24th, 2007

Click the link below for more Tower Defence Games

http://www.arcadevoyage.com/category/Tower%20Defence/1.html

Comment by Mark on November 24th, 2007

Bloons tower defence 2…

Comment by Betina on November 26th, 2007

Link from PS3Blog.net » Blog Archive » PixelJunk Monsters on December 1st, 2007

vector td……….

Comment by chris on December 1st, 2007

I like Onslaught sometimes. I like the new challenges they’ve added.

Garden Defense ROCKS!! I love the variations that have been added. The best one now for me.

Comment by kellie on December 2nd, 2007

A fun slant on TD games. Pretty addicting. http://www.4kids.tv/games/play/18

Comment by captain on December 6th, 2007

dude u are forgetting bloons tower defense 2 now that is the best one because it has monkeys in it

Comment by andy on December 6th, 2007

tower defense actually came from starcraft first

Comment by jim on December 8th, 2007

I love tower defense games, I walked threw the doorway of the tower defense fable a few months ago. I’ve beaten quite a bit of them, I am proud to say :D.

Comment by Coday on December 10th, 2007

Very tedious but then again so are most tower defence games!

Comment by Billybob on December 12th, 2007

Many games are better and I can’t understand how no-one knows that

Comment by Billybob on December 12th, 2007

If you are actually playing this you should get a life

Comment by Billybob on December 12th, 2007

First off, I think this site proves the whole idea of ‘different strokes for different folks’. There are a lot of opinions both ways on almost every one of these games. Those people who insist the site author is writing all the good reviews of onslaught because of the poor spelling/grammar and because they don’t think it’s possible anyone would like the game… seriously, you think he’d waste that much effort to promote an opinion he’s not getting paid for? By the way, I enjoy the onslaught game. Feel free to check my spelling and grammar.

Comment by DeBoe on December 12th, 2007

Second, I agree that anyone spending all day on the computer playing these games needs to get out more, but a few hours here and there won’t hurt anyone… especially when you’re at work and have nothing better to do.

Comment by DeBoe on December 12th, 2007

Oh yeah, and with the whole “I’ve beaten onslaught” thing… I don’t believe you. My roommate set the game up so that he was creating ‘black holes’ (I still haven’t figured out how he did that) and left the game sitting overnight. When he checked in the morning, he was pushing almost fifty thousand waves. That’s when he just closed it. The only problem with the ‘black hole’ thing is that you don’t get any money for the ‘aliens’ you kill with them. Guess they don’t consider it ’sporting’.

Comment by DeBoe on December 12th, 2007

Finally, my favorite three (not that it really matters) in no prticular order are: Bloons TD2 (mostly because of the monkeys), onslaught (because it’s a great way to waste time when there’s nothin else to do), and Antbuster (because of the free-range ants).
I’ll have to try out that garden defense one.

Comment by DeBoe on December 12th, 2007

Okay… First off… There are way tooooo.. many different “Turret-D”(<-Org name from Starcraft, and best multiplayer TD ever!) games. Second “DeBoe” you forgot to type the “a” in “prticular”(Last paragraph)..Fool! And finally “Vector TDx” Is the BOMB! Its not goofy looking, like the rest of the garbage games.

Comment by Sean...Woaw on December 13th, 2007

i got to wave 103 with 2 turrets. and no i didnt just keep pressing the wave button

Comment by midgit boy3 on December 15th, 2007

what the fuck onslaught sucks the grafics suck and it has no replay, try gem defence peeps
-your friends the defence games athority

Comment by fuck u on December 16th, 2007

on desktop TD i beet easy with 11 lvl 5,s exactly

Comment by Linus9113 on December 17th, 2007

I must say, desktop tower defense by hand drawn games has been my downfall. Can’t seem to get enough of it. Veee addictive.

Comment by Southern on December 19th, 2007

The best one is at hallpass.com and called hungerstrike.

Comment by rich on December 19th, 2007

Onslaught seems very poorly designed. Even on hard, it’s stupidly easy for a really really long time, and then out of nowhere the creeps stop dying. The first 20 waves or so are just a waste of time.

Comment by jeejee0 on December 21st, 2007

Where are Gem TD and Vector TD? Desktop TD is the best in that list. They are the three best tower defence games around at the moment.

Comment by DJ on December 22nd, 2007

Onslaught !!

Comment by Admin on December 25th, 2007

omg you guys are so stupid onslaught sucks! it has the worst graphics ever and the combo towers are really dumb

vector td ftw win bitches

Comment by latch on December 29th, 2007

vector td vector td vector td vector td vector td vector td vector td

Comment by latch on December 29th, 2007

Onslaught has a quicker pace than Vector, and you can be more creative. Onslaught is better, but Vector is alright too.

Comment by Jordyyn on December 30th, 2007

is it just me or does flash circle td feel soooooooo pointless?

Comment by anon on December 31st, 2007

I totally agree anon. Flash circle sucks the big one. iwin has a GREAT one out..garden defense. Great new tower abilities. also stalingrad has a 2nd version now. It’s hard but fun.

Comment by kellie on January 1st, 2008

I’m not sure what you guys see in vector td. I agree it’s ok, the best however is stretching things by far.

The new challenges that have been added to Onslaught improved the game for me for a bit. The tower combos is a nice change up at times in my TD gaming. My fav right now is stalingrad 2

Comment by kellie on January 1st, 2008

i like this game! and i like DragonFable to this game are funny!

Comment by Tobias on January 5th, 2008

you should try temple defense
on addictinggames.com

It has some good graphics:

Comment by Richard on January 7th, 2008

i feel conned! i got to level 98 on circle td and it was telling me i had 85 creeps on the board when there were only 8 or 9 at the most! wtf?
screenshot: http://pic20.picturetrail.com/VOL1442/6207625/16076363/297189851.jpg

once you get the towers and air defences everywhere it is just a matter of upgrading every now and then while the levels clock up. you can go off and get a coffee or read a book while it does its thing. not very satisfying really…

plus my connection speed isn’t too hot so it got painfully slow after a while.

Comment by barry gateaux on January 8th, 2008

Anyone had any luck on actually BEATING xeno tactics. I gave up after a LONG fight with this one. level 6 seems impossible to beat. Anyone?

Comment by kellie on January 10th, 2008

Another new td: http://www.windmind.com/tower

Cya

Comment by Synn on January 15th, 2008

yOuU sUk!!

Comment by RaChEl on January 15th, 2008

wow RaChEl…I thought this genre of game attracted smarter gamers…I guess I was wrong. What a waste of space you are.

Comment by kellie on January 16th, 2008

So far my favorite Tower Defense game has been “Desktop Tower Defense” it has inspired me and my friends to make a TD game of our own. For those of you who are interested check out our website at:

http://www.rivalgames.org

We have put a lot of hard work into making this game and are hoping to go on a marketing spree as soon as we feel the game has matured enough.

This is not a flash game and must actually be downloaded. The advantage of this is of course our ability to use a powerful game engine to have quite a bit of action going on.

Comment by Joshua Jewell on January 17th, 2008

Have you tried Flash Element TD 2(Sequel to FETD1)?

If not i suggest you take a look because it beats out most if not all of the TDs you list.

http://www.casualcollective.com/games/Flash_Element_TD_2/

The first map can be played by guests, if you register for free you can even play the second, much harder map!

Comment by Dingolicious on January 18th, 2008

Joshua, I have tried your game and I think it is great. Very much potential here to be AWSOME!!! I havn’t figured out how to regester with your site yet though…hidden regester link?? lol

I’m off to play your game again. Have a good one.

Comment by kellie on January 19th, 2008

Hello!
Nice site
Bye

Comment by Unariesse on January 19th, 2008

Hey kellie thanks for the positive feed back. There should be a register link at the top of the forums. It is right next Search button. If you cannot find it following this link directly should work:

http://69.248.104.76/bb/profile.php?mode=register

The e-mail notification is not properly working so you will not have to respond to any e-mails in order to complete the registration process.

For reference sake the forums are located here.

http://69.248.104.76/bb/index.php

Comment by Joshua Jewell on January 19th, 2008

u cant sell on onslaught

Comment by johnson on January 22nd, 2008

AND its too easy …once u get the combos an stuff its real easy

Comment by johnson on January 22nd, 2008

SWEET

Comment by Nate on January 22nd, 2008

obviously none of u have played vector attack……best one ive played

Comment by pimp on January 26th, 2008

I’ve played vector, it’s ok. Garden Defense blows them ALL out of the water!!!

Comment by kellie on January 27th, 2008

you press the s key when you chose the tower to sell. you press the m key to move the tower, but it costs 500.

onslaught owns. u are all pathetic little idiots. go run along and play random games, but even if the graphics suck on onslaught, the gameplay is what truly counts, and that (combos, strategy, going past level 1000) are what make it the best. besides, vector td is too easy. beat it on the hard map without losing a life.

Comment by tercers on January 29th, 2008

Hey Tercers if you like a challenge I dare you to beat our levels “FourWay” or “Invasion”! So far only one person can beat them.

You can download the game at http://www.rivalgames.org . We have very hard levels for seasoned pro’s and easier levels for beginners.

Comment by Joshua Jewell on January 29th, 2008

Hey Josh….2 people can beat FourWay. Beat it today.

Going to give Invasion level a try. I really like the updates. I have to check the site more often so I don’t miss’em.

LOVE the game!!

Comment by kellie on January 31st, 2008

Hey Kellie I looked at the high score list and saw that you beat Invasion, did you beat FourWay and have a problem submitting your score?

Congratulations by the way! Even the other devs cannot beat that level.

I would encourage you to be more active on our forums, we would be glad to hear suggestions, and can be quite interesting people.

Thanks for your support of the game it really means a lot! Now do you have the secret of getting more people to play? :p

Comment by Joshua Jewell on January 31st, 2008

desktop tower defence is cool but way too easy, if u just build all of one tower + air defence and upgrade like crazy u always win

Comment by td fan on February 1st, 2008

Hey Joshua, no problems, I was mistaken with which level it was. I have been trying to beat the four way…OMG sooo hard. I will definately visit the forums!

Comment by kellie on February 2nd, 2008

Hey Joshua, wooohooo, only took my like 3DAYS…….but I finally beat ur high score on lvl 4….HAD to mention it…lol. Rock on!

Comment by kellie on February 3rd, 2008

Tower defence was in starcraft and therefore didn’t come from Warcraft 3 cos that was much later

Comment by Andy on February 3rd, 2008

..and confusion sets in…

Comment by kellie on February 3rd, 2008

lvl 476 onslaught, Oh yeah

Comment by td fan on February 4th, 2008

great job!

Comment by kellie on February 5th, 2008

http://www.jumbledmind.com/StarDefenseSquad

I’m stuck on level 25 any hints?

Comment by dot on February 5th, 2008

Link from links for 2008-02-05 - feldon.net on February 5th, 2008

Hey Dot, I tried the game, it’s too bad it moves so slowly. I felt like I had been playing for a while..looked up..lol only level 16. I quit. I don’t have the patience for the pace of it.

From what I can tell, those rebound towers and missle ones look effective. The red towers that shoot the little bullets…seemed uneffective after about the 12th level. looks like you’re going to want to get at least one blue freeze tower established by l0th level. If I had the patience for the pace, I would play it out.
Good luck!!

Comment by kellie on February 6th, 2008

Link from Passa-Tempo: Desktop Tower Defence | Pense Geek on February 7th, 2008

http://www.apple-group.com thinks otherwise.. right?

Comment by juniper on February 7th, 2008

Comment by bob on February 8th, 2008

Link from EA PLAY » Generation Golf on February 10th, 2008

Try FETD 2. The best one ever. Or MPDTD, a Multiplayer TD.

Comment by flynna on February 12th, 2008

do you have any other new really good tower defence games?

Comment by Crezt7734 on February 16th, 2008

There’s a game called “Metalix Tower Defense” that includes metal enemies and 4 types of upgrades.

Comment by Frédéric on February 18th, 2008

Come and play all of the best Tower of Defense games at the ultimate Tower of Defense games portal: http://www.TowerOfDefense.com

Comment by JamesTowers on February 19th, 2008

Tower Defence games are really fun. I appriciate your list.

Comment by Tower Defence on February 24th, 2008

God, if you dont like the games on the list, just don’t look at them -_-

Comment by Arashi Uzumaki 11 on February 25th, 2008

Tower defence games are really addictive. My new favorite is this one: http://www.battle-td.com

Comment by paula on February 26th, 2008

Link from Desktop Tower Defense « Pense Geek on March 11th, 2008

Turret Tactix is the best turret game ever.
All other turret games neel before it!!
It’s not out yet but I tested it cos i’m a friend of the maker.
It’s Legend

Comment by The Gamer on March 13th, 2008

I think vector is one of the 5

Comment by xarax2 on March 18th, 2008

http://www.theschooligans.gr/ktmllite/files/uploads/vector_td.swf
vector td

Comment by xarax2 on March 18th, 2008

Vector TD 2 is out now. Check it out at http://www.defendthetowers.com/vectortd2.html

#1 tower defense game IMO.

Comment by Redigit on March 21st, 2008

I didnt really like any of them but they were in your oppinion the top five sorry they didnt make mine.=(

Comment by tommy on March 23rd, 2008

Also, Flash empires:

http://www.flashninjaclan.com/zzz414.php

And Elite forces defense:
http://www.flashninjaclan.com/zzz973.php

Comment by Archbob on March 28th, 2008

my record tower defense 56 wave

Comment by Aleks on March 29th, 2008

Just so you know, these games are heaps awesome, Got to wave 324 on Onslaught, wave 72 on Tower Defence and passed Flash Element TD

Comment by Td Killer on March 31st, 2008

Link from Сделаем это быстро » Blog Archive » ХУМ-3 on April 8th, 2008

I have another nice Top 7 TD games link for you: Top Tower Defense games.

Comment by TechLike on April 9th, 2008

Link from tower defence on April 11th, 2008

on tower def i got 64

Comment by cole on April 18th, 2008

I can’t believe more people havent given credit to Metalix yet. I guess its been undiscovered so far. I play a lot of Tower Defense games and in my opinion this one is the best by far because it is extremely challenging and forces you to make smart decisions. Also graphically it’s 3D and I think it’s trumphs all others in that category to. Heres a link:
http://www.shockwave.com/gamelanding/metalixtd.jsp give it a try and let me know what others think about it. I got to level 27, see if anyone can beat it and post on here and let me know.

Comment by Billy Willy on April 20th, 2008

You can find hacked tower defence games here on arcadetrainer.com

http://www.arcadetrainer.com

Comment by Mark on April 21st, 2008

Hey thanks for the list. I’ve played most of these before but Flash Circle TD was new to me. Great game.

Comment by Dan on April 21st, 2008

onslaught sucks

Comment by Onslaught on April 29th, 2008

I don’t think the best game is here. I like this one: http://www.addictinggames.com/metalixtowerdefense.html

Comment by yoness on April 29th, 2008

yea
metalix is the hardest, I can’t beat level 10, i can’t figure it out. I really like the game though. I think all the others aren’t good compared to this, this is better.

Comment by yoness on April 29th, 2008

When it comes to Tower Defence Games I like Flash Element Td the most!

Comment by Tower Defence Games on May 12th, 2008

Planet Defender ; this game rox.

http://lab.wx3.com/defender/

Comment by Jeffree on May 26th, 2008

http://www.flashtowerdefence.com/flash/80/Star_Rebellion.html

This Star Rebellion will be the next new hit, mark my words…

Comment by Rabii Achmed on June 5th, 2008

guys you have to go in http://www.defendthetowers.com/
its the best websit for towr defence

Comment by xarax2 on June 7th, 2008

No, BLOON TOWER DEFENSE 2 is the best. Very addicting. WAY BETTER THEN ALL THESE GAMES !.
To play it simply search ‘bloon tower defense 2′

Comment by Kristy on June 7th, 2008

NO BLOON TOWER DEFENCE IS THE WORST GAME IVE EVER PLAYED HOW CAN YOU LIKE IT

Comment by xandoom on June 10th, 2008

@ xarax2

http://www.flashtowerdefence.com/

has more, but there are loads of those portals out there.

Comment by Rabii Achmed on June 10th, 2008

1.roman sanine tower defense
2.turret tyranna
3.VR defender Y3K
4.temple guardian
5.ant buster
6.desktop tower defense
7.Flash elemental tower defense.
8.anti tower defense
9.onslaught
10.gem tower defense

THATS MY TOP 10! its awesome!
you should check those games out!

Comment by linus9113 on June 24th, 2008

my favourite so far is; http://www.dukesbox.com/games/game18.php?sandboxmode=1 . You can play it for free, challenge friends and enter money tournaments!

Comment by Jonathan Starnes on July 8th, 2008

I think this game is the best as u have many paths for weapons to choose from. Very addictive

Comment by Virginaaron on July 13th, 2008

http://armorgames.com/play/522/antbuster

this is the website for antbuster or just write it on google

Comment by Virginaaron on July 13th, 2008

wonderful this is the website for antbuster or just write it on google

Comment by ali on July 14th, 2008

ahaha lol, my first tower defence game was “castle” by abra, whitch ran ona programcalled byond, hnce the nam of the site byond.com

i feel im a bit of a TD nerd, i seem to master them very fast, whitch is a bit annoying, i dont get alot of playing time, it gets boreing after a while. so far i would haft to say onslaught is the best td game ive ever playeed, i just loveh the way the rocket towers work and the turreyt combo, only downside is it would be better if there were actually more tpes of ofencive turret andless of the *exchangerate* things

Comment by Rushin on July 19th, 2008

Hey i love td games.Try Anti-TD or Antbuster.Google TD games for a BIG sullection.I like onslught 2 as my first TD game and it caught me up to other TD games.Go onto ArcadeVoyage.com for TD games with Money Hack,Including,Vector TD, Onslaught 2,And AntBuster!

Comment by MeetTheSpartin on July 20th, 2008

just had a go on vector td, its got to be the worst ive ever played, theres nothing original about it, how can people say it overtakes onslaught?! tell me 5 things really original about vector td and ill admit it. oh and also i completed it on my firts try. level 3 green tower ftw.here’s my personal list:
1: onslaught
2: castle
3: wicked defence
4: master of defence
5: that zombie one that was put up here was pretty good.

to tell you the truth i find that games like desktop tower defence and antdefender i dont like, hafting to make your own maze. i prefer preset ones with an option of making your own map. i find it much more challenging and the own map bit help the game stay fun for longer.

Comment by Rushin on July 20th, 2008

rofl that anti td gave me a run for my money, i wasent sure what to do at first, the game doesnt make all that sense to me though, you still gain money qhen your own creaturs die whitch is a bit odd… wasent that hard to beat level 100 though