Games like Defense Grid: The Awakening for the Steam Machine
Matched by shared genres and a comparable Steam Machine verdict — estimated or community-reported unless labeled “measured”.
DG2: Defense Grid 2
Runs great · highRuns greatNot yet tested
Indie · Strategy
MarZ: Tactical Base Defense
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Indie · Strategy
Warfront Defenders
Not yet testedNot yet testedNot yet tested
Action · Indie · Strategy
Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Indie · Strategy
Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Indie · Strategy
Element TD 2 - Tower Defense
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Indie · Strategy
Wargroove
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Indie · Strategy
Tower Tactics: Liberation
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Indie · Strategy
Braid
Runs great · highRuns greatNot yet tested
Casual · Indie · Strategy
AI War: Fleet Command
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Indie · Strategy
Spectromancer
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Indie · Strategy
Uplink
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Indie · Strategy
DEFCON
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Indie · Strategy
Eets
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Casual · Indie · Strategy
Geneforge 4: Rebellion
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Strategy · RPG · Indie
Sol Survivor
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Indie · Strategy
Orcs Must Die!
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Action · Indie · Strategy
Revenge of the Titans
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Action · Indie · Strategy
NightSky
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Casual · Indie · Strategy
Sins of a Solar Empire: Trinity
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Indie · Strategy
iBomber Defense
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Indie · Strategy
Natural Selection 2
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Action · Indie · Strategy
Awesomenauts
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Action · Indie · Strategy
FTL: Faster Than Light
Runs great · highPlayable, with caveatsNot yet tested
Indie · Simulation · Strategy