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Single-player games like Defense high

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Defense high, 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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    Crazy Mafioso — Steam game cover

    Crazy Mafioso

    Single-player alternative to Defense high — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Crazy Mafioso is a addicting multi-level survival game. Don`t let yourself be killed! Upgrade your barricades, weapons and gun power. Kill and earn game money.

    2020ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cave Of Treats — Steam game cover

    Cave Of Treats

    Single-player alternative to Defense high — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Live a spooky Halloween night as a skeleton dressed up as a mummy! Play a haunted old arcade game that, on Halloween night, can bring monsters out of the TV. Fight off waves of monsters trying to escape the game to steal all your candy!

    2026IndieFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slorbis: Tower Defense — Steam game cover

    Slorbis: Tower Defense

    Single-player alternative to Defense high — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Defense high.

    Immerse yourself in the cozy, minimalist world of Slorbis: Tower Defense. Build towers with unique roles, buy modifiers of varying rarities, collect money, and face the unpredictability of procedurally generated maps as you defend the king from dark spirits.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Save The Village - Tower Defense — Steam game cover

    Save The Village - Tower Defense

    Single-player alternative to Defense high — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Defense high.

    Save The Village is a medieval tower defense game where you strategically protect villages from waves of skeletons, goblins, and fearsome bosses. Build powerful towers and use magical abilities to fend off the invading forces!

    2025StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    VataZombie — Steam game cover

    VataZombie

    Single-player alternative to Defense high — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Vata zombies have announced the beginning of a "special military operation" on your territory. Their claims were absurd and pointless, they want to take away your home and your quiet life. Your task is to repel the waves of Vata Zombies and protect your freedom!

    2022IndieAdventure0.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GasZilla — Steam game cover

    GasZilla

    Single-player alternative to Defense high — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    A huge lizard, like Godzilla, has awakened after a thousand-year sleep and is going to destroy everything in its path. Help bring humanity back to the stone age as soon as possible.

    2022Indie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Brazen Thief — Steam game cover

    Brazen Thief

    Single-player alternative to Defense high — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Top Down View is a game where you have to fight off all the enemies. Your hero is a thief and he will not be allowed to leave so easily. Throw carrots at them, but do not forget to pick it up again. Knock out medicines from them to last as long as possible. I know you will succeed!

    2023IndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grim Nights — Steam game cover

    Grim Nights

    Single-player alternative to Defense high — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Defense high.

    Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.

    2018StrategyIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →