Single-player games like Hex Defense
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Hex Defense, ranked by player overlap. Every pick carries Steam's Single-player category, so multiplayer-only titles or always-online games don't sneak in. imho.run pulls the category data from Steam directly — Single-player here matches what the store labels.
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Ranked picks
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Wargame: European Escalation
Single-player alternative to Hex Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hex Defense.
The New Fatal Error DLC includes a new 5-mission Operation and touch-screen controls.
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Wargame: Red Dragon
Single-player alternative to Hex Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hex Defense.
The new reference in RTS at its best! The Wargame series returns to duty, larger, richer and more spectacular than ever before. In Wargame Red Dragon, you are engaged in a large-scale conflict where Western forces clash against the Communist bloc.
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AI War 2
Single-player alternative to Hex Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hex Defense.
The most devious and acclaimed artificial intelligence in strategy gaming is better than ever. A grand strategy/RTS hybrid that reverses many conventions of both genres. Take territory without attracting attention, build your empire with care, and adapt to an ever-evolving galactic battleground.
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Sudden Strike 4
Single-player alternative to Hex Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hex Defense.
Sudden Strike is back! The beloved Real Time Strategy series returns, this time with bigger battlefields, more units, better graphics, new scenarios and legendary commanders – making Sudden Strike 4 more tactical and realistic than ever before!
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Out of Ammo
Single-player alternative to Hex Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Hex Defense.
Out of Ammo is an intense VR Tower Defense / FPS hybrid strategy game that will have you constructing defenses, calling in artillery, issuing orders, and taking direct control of your soldiers in order to survive a relentless enemy onslaught.
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Stronghold Crusader HD (2012)
Single-player alternative to Hex Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hex Defense.
The highly anticipated sequel to the best-selling Stronghold, Stronghold Crusader HD throws you into historic battles and castle sieges from the Crusades with fiendish AI opponents, new units, 4 historical campaigns and over 100 unique skirmish missions.
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Stronghold: Warlords
Single-player alternative to Hex Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hex Defense.
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!
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IRON GUARD
Single-player alternative to Hex Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Hex Defense.
A sci-fi roomscale VR Tower Defense game. Strategize to destroy waves of rogue robots and assist the powerful turrets with a handheld drone. Build and collect resources and help evacuate your crew from the alien planet.
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Pixel Survivors
Single-player alternative to Hex Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hex Defense.
Pixel Survivors is a god management game. Create some land and build structures to keep your small society settled. See how long you can keep your village alive!
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Above - VR
Single-player alternative to Hex Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Hex Defense.
Above is a virtual experience that place the player in the position of a stranded astronaut in space. Join the main character in a visually stunning experience during the last minutes of his life.
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Vecitas
Single-player alternative to Hex Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Hex Defense.
Vecitas is a fast paced multiplayer space shooter combined with singleplayer mode. Have fun playing with others in space combat. Unlock new ships playing in multiplayer as well as singleplayer. The Galaxy of Vecitas awaits you!
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Giant Life
Single-player alternative to Hex Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Casual with Hex Defense.
A "Giant Life" is a VR physic-based puzzle game. Play as an angry giant through a virtual reality journey, exploring the realm, destroying settlements and frightening its inhabitants.