Games like Defend from Candyland!
Games like Defend from Candyland! include Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, Rise to Ruins, Cookie Clicker, Until We Die, and Bloons TD 6. We matched them by the tags players give Defend from Candyland! on Steam (Tower Defense, Pixel Graphics, Retro, Strategy, and Survival): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · 2D

Rise to Ruins
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Pixel Graphics

Cookie Clicker
Shared: Incremental · Pixel Graphics · Casual

Until We Die
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Strategy · Survival

Bloons TD 6
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Casual

Oxygen Not Included
Shared: Survival · Base Building · 2D

Grim Nights
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Survival

Tower Wizard
Shared: Incremental · Strategy · Pixel Graphics

Dungeon Warfare
Shared: Tower Defense · Pixel Graphics · Strategy

Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · 2D

Zero Stress King: Idle Defense
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Pixel Graphics

(the) Gnorp Apologue
Shared: Strategy · Incremental · Pixel Graphics

Sheltered
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Survival · Strategy

Cluckmech Oasis
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Pixel Graphics

RimWorld
Shared: Strategy · Survival · Base Building

Kingdom Rush Frontiers - Tower Defense
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · 2D

Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · 2D

Terraria
Shared: Survival · Pixel Graphics · 2D

Factorio
Shared: Strategy · Base Building · Survival

They Are Billions
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Survival

Kingdom Two Crowns
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Base Building

Nodebuster
Shared: Strategy · Incremental · 2D

The Escapists
Shared: Pixel Graphics · Strategy · 2D

Relic Guardian - Tower Defense
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Pixel Graphics