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Single-player games like Black blood

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Black blood, 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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    Night Light — Steam game cover

    Night Light

    Single-player alternative to Black blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Black blood.

    Defend against the creatures of that night! Protect yourself and your lamp by building and upgrading your base. Equip yourself with the best weapons to deal with the incoming waves.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Reforge Front — Steam game cover

    Reforge Front

    Single-player alternative to Black blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Black blood.

    Defend the furnace from waves of goblins by building and upgrading in an FPS tower defense.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Unearthened - Complete Edition — Steam game cover

    The Unearthened - Complete Edition

    Single-player alternative to Black blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Build & defend a small remote mining base on Taichin XI from the alien hordes. Deploy defenses, upgrade your turrets and get ready for the nightfall. The Unearthened is a classic Idle Tower Defense game where you build towers and prepare for the invasion.

    2023StrategySimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deep Breach — Steam game cover

    Deep Breach

    Single-player alternative to Black blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Black blood.

    Deploy orbital defenses, fuse experimental turret technologies, and engineer devastating weapon builds in a tactical sci-fi horde survival roguelike. Break shields, shred armor, and adapt to evolving bio-corrupted swarms alongside a damaged tactical AI.

    2026ActionIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bitesize Heroes: Forest Defender — Steam game cover

    Bitesize Heroes: Forest Defender

    Single-player alternative to Black blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Black blood.

    Prepare for an epic battle in this captivating tower defense game! Build, defend, and triumph as you strategically place towers, manage resources, and upgrade your arsenal to fend off relentless waves of enemies.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tawger Defense — Steam game cover

    Tawger Defense

    Single-player alternative to Black blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Black blood.

    Like all Cargo Keepers before you, you have to defend your Tawger! Build and maintain the trains defenses as it travels between checkpoints in this moving base-defense roguelike. Discover unique combinations of Bulbs and Cannons to find the perfect balance between destruction and maintanance.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oasis: Dark Forest — Steam game cover

    Oasis: Dark Forest

    Single-player alternative to Black blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Black blood.

    Darkness rules the land. Defend your holy tree. Plant trees to defeat the ghost army. Explore and collect resources in a randomly generated forest world. Upgrade your technology tree. You are the light in the darkness.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Freaking Meatbags — Steam game cover

    Freaking Meatbags

    Single-player alternative to Black blood — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Black blood.

    Land on a planet, pick up some rocks, leave before the solar system explodes. Oh, and don't die in the nightly robot attacks! Freaking Meatbags is a humorous real-time strategy game that's all about building a base, mixing meatbag DNA, then convincing those dolts to help you gather resources.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →