Single-player games like Goblins!
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Goblins!, 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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Automate Defend Repeat
Single-player alternative to Goblins! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Goblins!.
Automate, Defend, Repeat: A combination of factory management and tower defense strategy. Build a planet-dominating factory, defend it from disgruntled resource-carrying monsters, and defeat a total of 6 bosses. Once you have done that, select a New Game + modifier and do it again!
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Tempest Tower
Single-player alternative to Goblins! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Goblins!.
Tempest Tower is an action packed tower defense platformer where you must brawl with incoming hordes of Creepers while herding the local critters to safety. Build, fight, upgrade, overcome.
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Toaster Defense
Single-player alternative to Goblins! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Goblins!.
Smash and shoot down robots in this challenging fast-paced game that mixes tower defense and shoot 'em up platforming. Build lamps, fans, and meat tenderizers to aid in your defenses and find the deadliest combination. Do you have what it takes to defend the world's cutest toaster?!
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Broken Universe - Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Goblins! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Goblins!.
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.
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Thronefall
Single-player alternative to Goblins! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Goblins!.
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
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Dungeon Defenders: Awakened
Single-player alternative to Goblins! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Goblins!.
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened is co-op Tower Defense combined with epic Action RPG combat. You’re able to join forces with up to four players to take on a never-ending army of orcs, demons, and dragons! Are your defenses strong enough to save the world of Etheria?
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Dungeon Defenders
Single-player alternative to Goblins! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Goblins!.
Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!
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Emberward
Single-player alternative to Goblins! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Goblins!.
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
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Oakwood
Single-player alternative to Goblins! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Welcome to Oakwood, a long abandoned campground nestled in the forests of British Columbia. Explore the woods, caves, and a dilapidated lodge in search of your friends, while surviving the prehistoric horrors that now haunt the grounds.
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Batter Up! VR
Single-player alternative to Goblins! — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Batter Up! VR is a delightful casual cake baking game for the HTC Vive and Oculus Rift. Bake cakes solo for your customers with an evolving variety of tools, make your bakery beautiful, and rake in the dough! Order your friends around as they play as your minions, fetching ingredients and helping you bake cakes!
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Toasted!
Single-player alternative to Goblins! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Goblins!.
Use your driving, jumping, and jousting skills to knock out rival breakfast foods in this wild local party game for up to 4. Grab one of six characters and get ready to get Toasted!
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Storm Burst: Tornado Alley
Single-player alternative to Goblins! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Goblins!.
Prepare and seek shelter as one of nature's most fearsome threats bears down on your farmstead. Cover ground as quickly as possible and attempt to survive the horror of the ever looming tornado danger.