Single-player games like Herder
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Herder, 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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Doom & Bloom
Single-player alternative to Herder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Herder.
Play as a wizard-turned-gardener, protecting magical gardens spread across multiple biomes. Keep the mystical Heartvine alive so it can enchant the biome and protect it from magical bugs eating your plants. There is only one way to stop the bewitched bugs: shrink down to their size and fight!
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NecroFarm
Single-player alternative to Herder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Herder.
Turn your crops into minions and they will fend off waves of enemies in this top-down horde survival farming game. A mix of strategy and fast-paced farming that challenges you to defend the farm with your crop minions or even harvest them for gold! Gain new seeds and grow your army!
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Gutfarm
Single-player alternative to Herder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Herder.
Gutfarm is a top-down 2D pixel art game that blends farming, tower defense, and survival elements. On this alien island, you will expand and grow your farm by planting crops, unlocking genetically mutated varieties, defending against waves of monster attacks, collecting relics, and more!
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Farmageddon: Undead
Single-player alternative to Herder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Herder.
Farmageddon Undead is Tower Defense, Strategy game based on post-apocalyptic Story. Step into the role of a farmer who must save the world! Lead the world leaderboards! This game won't give you anything for free. Prepare yourself, you might suffer.
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Freedome Farmers
Single-player alternative to Herder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Herder.
Freedome Farmers is a third person coop horde defense game with up to 4 players. You use the resources you have harvested to build defenses and weapons. At night, you defend against waves of alien possessed farm animals. Will you make it through 10 days ?
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Orcs Must Die!
Single-player alternative to Herder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Herder.
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.
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Timemelters
Single-player alternative to Herder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Herder.
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.
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Orcs Must Die! 2
Single-player alternative to Herder — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Herder.
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.