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Single-player games like Timewalk Tower Defense

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Timewalk Tower 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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    Timemelters — Steam game cover

    Timemelters

    Single-player alternative to Timewalk Tower Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Timewalk Tower Defense.

    Prevent Doomsday AFTER it happened! Designed by the co-creator of Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves and featuring both a single-player and co-op campaign, TimeMelters is a strategy hero defense where you go back in time and fight alongside your past selves.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tell Some Story: Foz — Steam game cover

    Tell Some Story: Foz

    Single-player alternative to Timewalk Tower Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Timewalk Tower Defense.

    Action-adventure + Third person shooter. The year is 2042, the near future, the gloomy world of cyberpunk will offer you the role of detective Foz. Random circumstances drag the hero into a showdown between gangs and corporations, where he has to make a choice on whose side he is.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Zombie Wave — Steam game cover

    The Zombie Wave

    Single-player alternative to Timewalk Tower Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Timewalk Tower Defense.

    《Zombie》 Wave is a low polygon cartoon style third person shooter game where players need to protect cute cartoon characters from damage, use a variety of weapon choices and strategies, challenge enemies, and engage in thrilling defense battles. Purchase the main body and send it to DLC

    2024ActionIndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PixARK — Steam game cover

    PixARK

    Single-player alternative to Timewalk Tower Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Timewalk Tower Defense.

    Enter a world of mystery, danger, ancient dinosaurs, mythical beasts, and cubes! Work by yourself or with a tribe of others to gather materials, craft useful items, tame wild creatures, and build huge bases to survive in PixARK!

    2019ActionStrategyAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blood Waves — Steam game cover

    Blood Waves

    Single-player alternative to Timewalk Tower Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Timewalk Tower Defense.

    Hardcore and bloody shooter where you will have to repel the attacks of the living dead using the destroying traps, defensive barricades and also weapon of close and long-range combat.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Orcs Must Die! 2 — Steam game cover

    Orcs Must Die! 2

    Single-player alternative to Timewalk Tower Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Timewalk Tower Defense.

    You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.

    2012ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Orcs Must Die! — Steam game cover

    Orcs Must Die!

    Single-player alternative to Timewalk Tower Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Timewalk Tower Defense.

    Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.

    2011ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bean Beasts — Steam game cover

    Bean Beasts

    Single-player alternative to Timewalk Tower Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Timewalk Tower Defense.

    Defeat monster hordes alongside your Bean Beasts in this cute, challenging Tower Defense Game! Evolve your companions, explore upgrade paths for traps and take on epic boss battles!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie13.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →