The best Tower Defense board games 🗼 2023

You know the gameplay of computer games and are looking for a really good tower defense board game 🗼? Then we have just the thing - a list of 30 best tower defense games 2023.

What are tower defense games?

Tower defense games actually originated in the computer game world (e.g. Dune 2, Starcraft, Warcraft 3), but now there are many good board games that have adapted this mechanic to the analog world.

The goal of tower defense games (abbreviated to "TD") is to defend a player's territories or possessions by hindering or killing enemy attackers. This is usually accomplished by placing defensive structures such as turrets (hence the name) on or along the enemy's attack path. This usually means building a variety of different structures designed to block, hinder, attack or destroy the enemy.

List of the best tower defense board games 2023 🗼

This list was last updated on December 4, 2023. We compared 125 board games for this list and selected the top 30. There's also a print version for this list.
  1. Project: ELITE

    All details for the board game Project: ELITE and similar games

    Nominated for 2 awards.

    More details for Project: ELITE
    • 1 - 6 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  2. Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game

    All details for the board game Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game and similar games
    • 1 - 5 Players
    • 30 - 60 Minutes
    • 17+ years old
    • Medium difficulty

    Video reviews for Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game

    • YouTube Review for the game "Legendary Encounters: An Alien Deck Building Game" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  3. Keep the Heroes Out!

    All details for the board game Keep the Heroes Out! and similar games
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 40 - 50 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  4. Castle Panic

    All details for the board game Castle Panic and similar games

    Nominated for 2 awards.

    More details for Castle Panic
    • 1 - 6 Players
    • 30 - 60 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Easy to learn
    🔥 Great price!60€ atAmazon.de
  5. My First Castle Panic

    All details for the board game My First Castle Panic and similar games
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 20 Minutes
    • 4+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  6. Castle Panic: Big Box

    All details for the board game Castle Panic: Big Box and similar games
    • 1 - 6 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  7. Kraken Attack!

    All details for the board game Kraken Attack! and similar games

    Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.

    More details for Kraken Attack!
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 25 Minutes
    • 7+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  8. Last Bastion

    All details for the board game Last Bastion and similar games
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Medium difficulty

    Video reviews for Last Bastion

    • YouTube Review for the game "Last Bastion" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  9. Ottoman Sunset: The Great War in the Near East

    All details for the board game Ottoman Sunset: The Great War in the Near East and similar games
    • 1 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  10. Set a Watch

    All details for the board game Set a Watch and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award.

    More details for Set a Watch
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 45 - 80 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  11. Pavlov's House

    All details for the board game Pavlov's House and similar games

    Nominated for 1 award.

    More details for Pavlov's House
    • 1 - 3 Players
    • 60 - 75 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  12. Castle Itter: The Strangest Battle of WWII

    All details for the board game Castle Itter: The Strangest Battle of WWII and similar games
    • 1 Players
    • 45 - 60 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  13. Tiny Epic Defenders (Second Edition)

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    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 30 - 60 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  14. Star Trek Panic

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    Nominated for 1 award.

    More details for Star Trek Panic
    • 1 - 6 Players
    • 90 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  15. Ghost Stories

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    Nominated for 5 awards.

    More details for Ghost Stories
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 60 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  16. Defenders of the Realm

    All details for the board game Defenders of the Realm and similar games
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 90 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  17. Gorbachev: The Fall of Communism

    All details for the board game Gorbachev: The Fall of Communism and similar games
    • 1 Players
    • 30 - 60 Minutes
    • 12+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  18. Fantasy Defense: The Stone King

    All details for the board game Fantasy Defense: The Stone King and similar games
    • 1 - 2 Players
    • 15 - 20 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  19. Hapsburg Eclipse

    All details for the board game Hapsburg Eclipse and similar games
    • 1 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  20. Village Attacks

    All details for the board game Village Attacks and similar games
    • 1 - 5 Players
    • 30 - 180 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Medium difficulty

    Video reviews for Village Attacks

    • YouTube Review for the game "Village Attacks" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  21. Island Siege

    All details for the board game Island Siege and similar games
    • 2 Players
    • 45 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  22. Castle Rampage

    All details for the board game Castle Rampage and similar games
    • 2 Players
    • 15 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Immediately playable
  23. Tiny Epic Defenders

    All details for the board game Tiny Epic Defenders and similar games
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 30 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  24. Tiny Epic Defenders: The Dark War

    All details for the board game Tiny Epic Defenders: The Dark War and similar games
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 20 - 60 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
    🔥 Great price!26€ atAmazon.de
  25. Bad Bones

    All details for the board game Bad Bones and similar games
    • 1 - 6 Players
    • 30 - 45 Minutes
    • 8+ years old
    • Easy to learn

    Video reviews for Bad Bones

    • YouTube Review for the game "Bad Bones" by BoardGameGeek
      Video is in English
  26. XenoShyft: Dreadmire

    All details for the board game XenoShyft: Dreadmire and similar games

    🔥 Deal: 18% cheaper than the best Geizhals deal, likely for a short time only!

    More details for XenoShyft: Dreadmire
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 30 - 60 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
    🔥 Great price!82€ atAmazon.de
  27. XenoShyft: Onslaught

    All details for the board game XenoShyft: Onslaught and similar games
    • 1 - 4 Players
    • 30 - 60 Minutes
    • 13+ years old
    • Medium difficulty
  28. Dawn of the Zeds (Third Edition)

    All details for the board game Dawn of the Zeds (Third Edition) and similar games
    • 1 - 5 Players
    • 90 - 120 Minutes
    • 14+ years old
    • Hard to learn
  29. Fantasy Defense

    All details for the board game Fantasy Defense and similar games
    • 1 - 2 Players
    • 15 - 20 Minutes
    • 10+ years old
    • Easy to learn
  30. Orcs Orcs Orcs: Reinforcements (Expansion 1)

    All details for the board game Orcs Orcs Orcs: Reinforcements (Expansion 1) and similar games
    • 2 - 4 Players
    • 13+ years old
    • Easy to learn

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