Games like Sanctum
If you like Sanctum (tower defence, shooter and co-op), these 10 games are similar in what you do and how you play. They go from most to least similar.
Sanctum 2
- In common: co-op and thinking
When you're meeting up with friends online: co-op takes four, and players can drop in and out at any time.
Orcs Must Die! 2
- In common: co-op and thinking
When you fancy working through it level by level, trying out trap combinations, solo or with a friend online.
Bloons TD 6
- In common: thinking and co-op
- Difference: less action
When you want relaxed strategy with substance: a game lasts as long as you like, from a short while to an afternoon.
Orcs Must Die!
- In common: thinking and action
- Difference: less co-op
When you want to think a bit and then watch your traps shred waves, in twenty-minute levels.
Tangy TD
- In common: thinking
- Difference: less co-op
When you fancy a hands-on tower defence game where every run ends in a different, completely over-the-top build.
Dungeon Defenders
- In common: co-op and action
- Difference: more progression
When you get together with friends to plan your defences as a team, with classes that complement each other.
Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
- In common: thinking
- Difference: less co-op
When you have a short break and want to think a bit without stress: each level lasts a few minutes.
PAYDAY™ The Heist
- In common: co-op and action
- Difference: less building
When you have three friends online and fancy a tense heist where you have to work together to get out.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
- In common: co-op and thinking
- Difference: less building
When you can get up to four players together on the same screen or online: co-op is what reviews praise most.
PAYDAY 2
- In common: co-op and action
- Difference: less building
When you've got three mates online and fancy planning a silent job or ending up in a shootout with the police.
How we pick them
We compare the tags the Steam community gives each game with our own classification: what you do (action, story, building…), the difficulty, how long sessions last and whether you play alone or with others. Nobody pays to appear.
About Sanctum
First-person tower defence: before each wave you raise blocks on a grid to lengthen the aliens' route to the core and put towers on top of them, then you join in, shooting with three weapons. Co-op for up to four players.
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