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2016PC, PlayStation81 % positive

You play as a powerful spirit guardian in a sky-borne world, directing your loyal Peeps to feed, fight and build. It blends strategy and puzzles as you work to free your entombed kin.

  • A party of several characters
  • Fantasy setting
  • Tactical depth
  • Puzzles and brain teasers
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In short: Games like Tethered

Each of these 10 games shares something of what makes Tethered special. The reasons are listed right on each game.

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Populous: The Beginning

84 %Match

1998USK 12PC, PlayStation, Steam Deck playable87 % positive4.99 €

Brings what grabs you about Tethered: a fantasy setting, tactical depth and vast, open spaces.

A real-time strategy game where you play a shaman who gathers followers and uses spells, terraforming and armies to defeat rival tribes across strange planets. Blending god-game ideas with direct control of a hero unit, it was a bold departure from earlier Populous games.

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Kingdom Rush Origins

Distinctive, stylised art style

A charming tower defense game set in an elven fantasy world: you place and upgrade towers, deploy heroes and spells, and hold off waves of enemies. The cartoon style and tight levels with extra challenge modes make it highly engaging.

Dungeon Keeper 2

A party of several characters

You play the villainous dungeon keeper, digging tunnels, building rooms, attracting monsters and fending off invading heroes. Its dark humor and the chance to be the bad guy make it memorable.

Kingdom Rush Vengeance

Distinctive, stylised art style

A Kingdom Rush tower defense game where you play the dark wizard Vez'nan, using villainous towers and heroes to hold the line against former allies. Charming cartoon art, lots of humor and tricky levels with plenty of strategic options.

Kingdom Rush Frontiers

Distinctive, stylised art style

A charming tower defense game where you place and upgrade towers and deploy heroes to stop waves of exotic enemies. New tower types, heroes and playful levels keep the tactical choices fresh.

Kingdom Rush

Distinctive, stylised art style

A charming fantasy tower defense game where you protect your kingdom with towers, spells and heroes against orcs, trolls and monsters. Tower placement and upgrade choices create crisp tactical decisions.

Kunitsu-Gami: Path of the Goddess

A party of several characters

A blend of real-time action and tower-defense strategy rooted in Japanese myth. By day you prepare villagers and defenses, by night you fight demon hordes while protecting the priestess. Its striking art style inspired by traditional Japanese aesthetics carries the experience.

Reus 2

Puzzles and brain teasers

You play a god commanding giants who shape terrain, resources and wildlife so tiny human settlements can grow and prosper. The fun lies in discovering clever combinations that optimise your towns in a calm, puzzle-like god game.

Merge & Blade

A party of several characters

You build your own squad through merge mechanics and send it into large-scale battles against monsters. Between fights you recruit new units by merging them together and win back the castles the monsters have taken.

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