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Start with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, Microsoft Solitaire Collection, FTL: Faster Than Light. These games share the strongest Game DNA signals with Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense, then show where the experience changes.

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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition cover68% shared experience

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Microsoft Solitaire Collection cover65% shared experience

Microsoft Solitaire Collection

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Session length

FTL: Faster Than Light cover61% shared experience

FTL: Faster Than Light

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Combat intensity

XCOM: Enemy Unknown cover57% shared experience

XCOM: Enemy Unknown

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Combat intensity

Sid Meier's Civilization® V cover56% shared experience

Sid Meier's Civilization® V

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Combat intensity

Darkest Dungeon® cover56% shared experience

Darkest Dungeon®

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Progression and Session length

Dispatch cover55% shared experience

Dispatch

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Combat intensity and Progression

XCOM® 2 cover55% shared experience

XCOM® 2

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Progression

Slay the Spire cover55% shared experience

Slay the Spire

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Inscryption cover55% shared experience

Inscryption

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Progression

Frostpunk cover55% shared experience

Frostpunk

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Resource management and Session length

Cookie Clicker cover54% shared experience

Cookie Clicker

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Manor Lords cover53% shared experience

Manor Lords

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Resource management

Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation cover53% shared experience

Lobotomy Corporation | Monster Management Simulation

Preserves: Complexity and Resource management

Changes: Strategic depth and Resource management

Balatro cover53% shared experience

Balatro

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

 War of the Three Kingdoms cover52% shared experience

War of the Three Kingdoms

Preserves: Strategic depth and Session length

Five Nights at Freddy's cover51% shared experience

Five Nights at Freddy's

Preserves: Resource management and Complexity

Changes: Strategic depth and Complexity

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator cover51% shared experience

Totally Accurate Battle Simulator

Preserves: Strategic depth and Complexity

Changes: Session length

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