Single-player games like Role of Hex
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Role of Hex, 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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Tower Dominion
Single-player alternative to Role of Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Role of Hex.
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
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Stellar Initiative
Single-player alternative to Role of Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Role of Hex.
Stellar Initiative is a roguelike tower defense game where you land on the planet and use your orbit ship to deliver buildings and support you with fire. Complete missions, install new upgrades, discover powerful artifacts, and find the best strategy!
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IDUN - Frontline Survival
Single-player alternative to Role of Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Role of Hex.
A defense RTS where you can move turrets at will. Extract resources, upgrade technology, and defend against enemy swarms in a gripping space campaign. Hold the line, set up your turrets, and brace for screen-filling hordes!
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Taur
Single-player alternative to Role of Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Role of Hex.
Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?
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Deep Among the Swarm
Single-player alternative to Role of Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Role of Hex.
Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?
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Crystal Guardians TD
Single-player alternative to Role of Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Role of Hex.
Crystal Guardians is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Fight of waves and defend the world crystal. Gear up your towers with a powerful combination of items for your strategy. In an ever expanding map, find hidden powers and conquer the enemies.
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Hexguardian
Single-player alternative to Role of Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Role of Hex.
Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!
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Nordhold
Single-player alternative to Role of Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Role of Hex.
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to Role of Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Role of Hex.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
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Creeper World: Anniversary Edition
Single-player alternative to Role of Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Role of Hex.
Imagine an enemy that is everywhere and moves like a giant, organic mass across the map. Imagine your base and your people surrounded by a blanket of crushing destruction from all directions. Your only hope, well what hope? Then you take the high ground and pound this enemy into oblivion.
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to Role of Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Role of Hex.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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Heliotropism
Single-player alternative to Role of Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Role of Hex.
From seed to a great tree! Survive the seasons, face crisis and mutate yourself into a tree able to achieve your final form! Grow flowers, mutate, adapt and evolve and finally bear fruits!
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cluck-a-thon
Single-player alternative to Role of Hex — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Role of Hex.
Cluck-a-thon: Merge and create extraordinary chickens in this enchanting indie adventure. Discover unique chickens and immerse yourself in a charming world of feathered fun! Join the clucking frenzy today!