Single-player games like Emoji TD
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Emoji TD, 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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Fieldrunners 2
Single-player alternative to Emoji TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Emoji TD.
Get ready to DEFEND THE WORLD! The biggest sequel in tower defense history is finally here: Fieldrunners 2 has arrived! From Subatomic Studios, creators of the award winning classic strategy game comes an all new adventure that was years in the making.
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Prime World: Defenders
Single-player alternative to Emoji TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Emoji TD.
Fight off hordes of monstrous mutants created from a strange cataclysmic event in the new tower defense game, Prime World: Defenders. Join a group of exile treasure hunters who have ventured into the capital of an ancient empire, vast with mystery and danger.
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Game Dev Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Emoji TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Emoji TD.
In Game Dev Tycoon you replay the history of the gaming industry by starting your own video game development company in the 80s. Create best selling games. Research new technologies and invent new game types. Become the leader of the market and gain worldwide fans.
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Tooth and Tail
Single-player alternative to Emoji TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Emoji TD.
Lead the revolution with an army of flamethrowing Boars, mustard gas-lobbing Skunks, and paratrooper-puking Owls. Tooth and Tail is a Real-Time-Strategy game featuring Single Player, Online Competitive Play, Split Screen, Replays, and more. Build a base, lead your army, eat your enemies!
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Bejeweled Twist
Single-player alternative to Emoji TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Emoji TD.
Get set for a vivid sensory rush as you spin and match explosive gems for shockwaves of fun. Rotate jewels freely to set up electrifying combos, outwit surprising obstacles like Locks and Bombs, and create high-voltage Flame and Lightning gems.
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Toy Soldiers
Single-player alternative to Emoji TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Emoji TD.
Command your TOY SOLDIERS in epic, action-packed battles.
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I, Zombie
Single-player alternative to Emoji TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Emoji TD.
Quite a different zombie game - this time YOU are the zombie! Command your infested comrades, fight your way to freedom and let the zombie kind dominate the world! Oh, and you're able to create your own scenarios!
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Sanctum
Single-player alternative to Emoji TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Emoji TD.
You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
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Ghostlords
Single-player alternative to Emoji TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Emoji TD.
Ghostlords is a strategic turn-based RPG that tells the story of a post-apocalyptic haunted Great Britain. Experience the new world, capture wild spirits, and put together a team of ghosts to help you battle the forces of evil.
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Crime Girl
Single-player alternative to Emoji TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Emoji TD.
Crime Girl has one dream: to own every emerald in the world, by hook or by crook. Use the grappling gun and help her make her dreams come true by raiding the abandoned towers of London, now full of ghosts and emeralds! Hooray for crime!