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Single-player games like Hormone Wars - Tower Defense

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Hormone Wars - 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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    ChingMing — Steam game cover

    ChingMing

    Single-player alternative to Hormone Wars - Tower Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hormone Wars - Tower Defense.

    As a Taoist from the Heavenly Master's Mansion, you will come down the mountain to experience various demons and monsters on this land. You need to personally build a camp, search for food, establish defenses, and do everything you can to survive.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand — Steam game cover

    Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand

    Single-player alternative to Hormone Wars - Tower Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hormone Wars - Tower Defense.

    Build towers, manage resources, and lead units to defend your kingdom against goblins. Every decision you make determines your kingdom's fate.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cartonfall: Fortress - Defend Cardboard Castle — Steam game cover

    Cartonfall: Fortress - Defend Cardboard Castle

    Single-player alternative to Hormone Wars - Tower Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hormone Wars - Tower Defense.

    Build your own cardboard fort and defend it against swarms of enemies. Gather resources, craft weapons and set traps. Be creative, improvise and experiment to win.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Night is Coming — Steam game cover

    Night is Coming

    Single-player alternative to Hormone Wars - Tower Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hormone Wars - Tower Defense.

    Survival strategy game set in a world inspired by Slavic mythology and the nature of Eastern Europe. Build your settlement, protect its dwellers, and help them prepare for the coming Darkness.

    2025StrategySimulationEarly Access24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Defensurvivor — Steam game cover

    Defensurvivor

    Single-player alternative to Hormone Wars - Tower Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hormone Wars - Tower Defense.

    DEFENSURVIVOR is a strategy game where you build obstacles and place and move units to block zombies. There are various units with unique characteristics and powerful high-level units that can be obtained through combination. Use randomly given units to survive until the end!

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation10.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Legend of Mala Tokmachka — Steam game cover

    The Legend of Mala Tokmachka

    Single-player alternative to Hormone Wars - Tower Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Hormone Wars - Tower Defense.

    Build, expand, and arm a towering 2D fortress to withstand endless waves of ground and air attacks. Set in a nameless frontier village where a siege has lasted so long it became a legend, "The Legend of Mala Tokmachka" turns survival into myth.

    2026StrategySimulationCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Phoenix Hope — Steam game cover

    Phoenix Hope

    Single-player alternative to Hormone Wars - Tower Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hormone Wars - Tower Defense.

    Phoenix Hope is a pixel art 2D real-time, side-view strategy game in which you must develop your colony during the day and repel waves of monsters at night.

    2021StrategyIndieSimulation11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Broken Universe - Tower Defense — Steam game cover

    Broken Universe - Tower Defense

    Single-player alternative to Hormone Wars - Tower Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hormone Wars - Tower Defense.

    Get ready to rethink all your defense strategies! Build barricades to stop monsters, or lure them into a maze and attack. A variety of stages that change each time depending on how you play them.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →