Games Like Bloons TD: Tower Defense Games to Play Online
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Games like Bloons TD are tower defense games: enemies walk a fixed path, you place towers beside it, and the money from every wave buys more towers and upgrades. Bloons TD is a tower defense series by the studio Ninja Kiwi, which started as a browser game in 2007. Below are original browser games by independent studios that play the same way.
How Bloons TD works
Balloons, called bloons, follow a set track towards the exit, and you place towers along it, most of them monkeys, to pop them. Popping a layer reveals the bloon underneath, and you earn money for every layer popped, which pays for new towers and upgrades. Each bloon that gets through costs lives. Some towers are strong against certain bloons and cannot handle others, and camo bloons cannot be seen by most towers by default (source).
So the skills are: place towers where the path bends back on itself, upgrade before you spread out, and cover the enemy types that slip past your favorite tower. These games test the same skills.
| What you do in Bloons TD | Games that ask the same |
|---|---|
| Place towers along a set path | Tower Defense Kingdoms, Retro Tower Defense, Tower Defence 1 |
| Upgrade towers as the waves get harder | Tower Defence 1, Mythinsects Tower Defense |
| Counter enemies with different strengths | Tower Defense Kingdoms, Tower Defence 1 |
| Survive more and more waves | Tower Defence 1, Tower Defense: Super Heroes |
Closest to Bloons TD
- Tower Defense Kingdoms has you defend a kingdom against waves of enemies. Build and upgrade towers so the invaders never reach your castle, over dozens of levels where each enemy has its own strengths and weaknesses. You play by tapping.
- Retro Tower Defense is a classic: place towers to defend your base, pick from towers that each have their own abilities, and upgrade them as the enemies get harder. Click and drag to place a weapon.
- Tower Defence 1 sends swarms of insects at your base. You have four tower types, each with its own abilities and upgrades, and the waves do not end, so the question is how long you last.
- Mythinsects Tower Defense is colorful and bug-themed, with mythical insect invaders and many upgrade options.
Different themes, same path
- Food Castle Tower Defense protects a food kingdom from an army of tableware. Build a strong defensive tower and keep the castle standing.
- The Lost Planet TD V2.0 strands a spaceman on an alien planet. Tap to build towers, kill monsters for gems, and spend them on skills. Its own tip is to upgrade the skills you need first.
- Terrifying Zombies: Tower Defense 1 adds a commander you control. Place and upgrade towers against the undead, move with W, A, S and D, shoot with the left mouse button, and earn XP for commander upgrades. P pauses and saves.
Merge defense and a role swap
- Tower Defense Zombies builds towers from coins and makes them stronger by merging two together. There are 30 towers, 13 enemy types and 3 power-ups, and the siege does not end. Coins also buy more space for towers.
- Tower Defense: Super Heroes turns the roles around. Superheroes walk the path towards your health points, and you place a small team of super-villains beside it to stop them, through endless waves that keep getting stronger.
More merge defense is covered in tower defense tips, along with how to read waves and where towers do the most.
Just the popping
If what you like about Bloons is the pop, these two are short reflex games, not tower defense.
- Balloon Boom gives you a colored pin. Pop only the balloons that match it; one wrong tap ends the game, and the speed keeps rising.
- Pop The Balloons has balloons rising up the screen. Drag the matching pin and pop them before they escape.
How to defend better in path tower defense games
- Build where the path turns. A tower at a bend covers the same enemies twice.
- Upgrade one good tower before you buy many weak ones. Most games above let you upgrade, and a strong tower at a bend often does more than three at a straight.
- Check what each enemy resists. Tower Defense Kingdoms and Tower Defence 1 both give enemies their own strengths, so mix tower types.
- Save a little money before a hard wave. Enemies get stronger as you go in Retro Tower Defense and Tower Defense: Super Heroes.
- Merge only matching towers. In Tower Defense Zombies two towers combine into a stronger one, so keep space for the pair.
Games like Bloons TD FAQ
Are there free tower defense games like Bloons TD 6?
Yes. Every game here plays free in the browser, with no install and no registration, and there are no in-game purchases, paid access or subscriptions on the site.
Which one has the most towers?
Tower Defense Zombies, with 30 towers to merge. Tower Defence 1 is the opposite: only four tower types, each with its own upgrades.
Do any of them work on a phone?
The site works in the browser of a phone, a tablet and a computer. Tower Defense Kingdoms is played by tapping, and The Lost Planet TD V2.0 by touch.
Is Bloons TD on Jumpcade?
No. Bloons TD is a commercial series by Ninja Kiwi. The games here are original titles by independent studios.
More games like these are in strategy games, and the undead ones also in zombie games.
