Games like Near Miss
Games like Near Miss include Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, Bloons TD 6, Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense, FTL: Faster Than Light, and Kingdom Rush Origins - Tower Defense. We matched them by the tags players give Near Miss on Steam (Strategy, Casual, Tower Defense, 2D, and Singleplayer): closest matches first, and among equally close ones the better-known games.

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

Bloons TD 6
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Singleplayer

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

FTL: Faster Than Light
Shared: Strategy · Space · Sci-fi

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

Plague Inc: Evolved
Shared: Strategy · Singleplayer · Casual

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

Stellaris
Shared: Strategy · Space · Sci-fi

Cosmoteer: Starship Architect & Commander
Shared: Singleplayer · Sci-fi · Strategy

Game Dev Tycoon
Shared: Strategy · Casual · Singleplayer

STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
Shared: Strategy · Sci-fi · Space

911 Operator
Shared: Strategy · Singleplayer · Casual

Bloons TD 5
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Casual

Zero Stress King: Idle Defense
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Casual

Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Singleplayer

Sins of a Solar Empire II
Shared: Strategy · Space · Singleplayer

Vampire Survivors
Shared: 2D · Bullet Hell · Casual

Super Sanctum TD
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Casual

XCOM 2
Shared: Strategy · Singleplayer · Tactical

Rock 'N' Roll Defense
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Casual

Infested Planet
Shared: Strategy · Tower Defense · Singleplayer

Dome Keeper
Shared: Singleplayer · Sci-fi · Tower Defense

Legion TD 2 - Multiplayer Tower Defense
Shared: Tower Defense · Strategy · Auto Battler

RimWorld
Shared: Strategy · Singleplayer · Sci-fi