Games like Defend the Rook
Games like Defend the Rook include The Last Spell, Darkest Dungeon®, The Banner Saga, WARSAW RISING: City of Heroes, and Crown Trick. We matched them by the tags players give Defend the Rook on Steam (Tactical RPG, Roguelite, Tower Defense, Perma Death, and City Builder): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

The Last Spell
Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Tactical RPG · Turn-Based

Darkest Dungeon®
Shared: Difficult · Turn-Based · Perma Death

The Banner Saga
Shared: Tactical RPG · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy

WARSAW RISING: City of Heroes
Shared: Tactical RPG · Perma Death · Turn-Based Strategy

Crown Trick
Shared: Roguelite · Perma Death · Turn-Based

Darkest Dungeon® II
Shared: Roguelite · Perma Death · Turn-Based

For The King
Shared: Turn-Based · Roguelite · RPG

Templar Battleforce
Shared: Tactical RPG · Perma Death · Turn-Based

TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children
Shared: Tactical RPG · Turn-Based · Turn-Based Strategy

Trash of the Titans
Shared: Tactical RPG · Roguelite · Tower Defense

Trials of Fire
Shared: Tactical RPG · Roguelite · Perma Death

Nordhold
Shared: Tower Defense · Roguelite · Turn-Based Strategy

Peglin
Shared: Roguelite · Turn-Based · Perma Death

Invisible, Inc.
Shared: Tactical RPG · Difficult · Roguelite

Gloomhaven
Shared: Tactical RPG · Difficult · Turn-Based Strategy

Slay the Spire
Shared: Roguelite · Turn-Based · Roguelike

Legends of Kingdom Rush
Shared: Tactical RPG · Roguelite · Turn-Based Strategy

Dungeon of the ENDLESS™
Shared: Tower Defense · Perma Death · Roguelike

Inkbound
Shared: Tactical RPG · Roguelite · Turn-Based Strategy

dotAGE
Shared: Roguelite · Turn-Based · City Builder

Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
Shared: Tactical RPG · Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based

Those Who Rule
Shared: Tactical RPG · Perma Death · Turn-Based Strategy

Wartales
Shared: Tactical RPG · Turn-Based Strategy · Party-Based RPG

XCOM: Enemy Unknown
Shared: Turn-Based Strategy · Turn-Based · Difficult