Tower defense is possibly the most used and abused genre in mobile gamingdom. So much so that it makes the endless-runner section of the Google Play Store & Apple AppStore seem underpopulated.
Anyway, the point is this: there are lots and lots of tower defence games out there. We all whinge about it, we all roll our eyes when a new one turns up, but just take a moment to ponder a question. Why are there so many of the damned things?
It's simple, really. The tower defence game, at its best, represents everything that's good about mobile gaming. Intuitive yet deep; visually rich yet easy to follow; and perfectly at home on a touchscreen-driven interface.
With that in mind, let's cut a path through the masses of mediocre TD examples and raid the bases of the top 10 tower defense games on iOS & Android.