Single-player games like The Crafter's Defense
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Crafter's 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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Endorfire Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to The Crafter's Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Crafter's Defense.
Place your towers to defend yourself against the onslaught of enemies, collect gems to upgrade your towers, and vanquish the evils back to where they came!
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Engineered To Purpose
Single-player alternative to The Crafter's Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Crafter's Defense.
Engineered to Purpose is a new tower defence game where you custom-design towers to defend your base, with millions of builds to explore and refine. Set in the far future, E2P's story of posthumanism, family, and change will open new worlds to explore and survive.
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Quiet Bruise
Single-player alternative to The Crafter's Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Crafter's Defense.
Play as dumb plushies trying to keep a collapsing factory alive in this tower defence factory automation game. Build chaotic production lines, fight off hordes of cats and crocs, survive your own terrible decisions and keep the factory running.
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POOR ARTIFACT MAKER
Single-player alternative to The Crafter's Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Crafter's Defense.
The Poor Artifact Maker is a tower defense game based on Chinese fairy legends. The refiner has to explore the dangerous world in order to find his lost companion. The only way to overcome the endless ferocious beasts in the wilderness is to keep collecting materials to refine Artifacts
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Rise Under the Warstorm
Single-player alternative to The Crafter's Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Crafter's Defense.
Rise Under the Warstorm is a strategy game focused on automation, production, and base defense. Gather resources, build automated production lines, optimize your economy, train armies, and protect your settlement against enemy waves.
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Mob Factory
Single-player alternative to The Crafter's Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Crafter's Defense.
Mob factory is an tower defense and automation game for the lazy adventurer. Smelt down enemy loot into turrets & factories to automate an ever expanding dungeon from the comfort of your tower.
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Lairchitect
Single-player alternative to The Crafter's Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Crafter's Defense.
Lairchitect is a reverse dungeon crawler! Build your own lair and protect your precious soul core from heroes that try to raid your dungeon. Distracting heroes and using the right minions to defeat them is key in winning the game.
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Illuminaria
Single-player alternative to The Crafter's Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Crafter's Defense.
Command a swarm of intelligent robots in their quest to save the world. Mine resources, manage, and defend multiple bases. Go on expeditions, fight in auto-battles, research new technologies, and create your army of golems to bring back the light.
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The Magical Quest of Molly The Marble
Single-player alternative to The Crafter's Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Crafter's Defense.
A cozy adventure where you tilt the world to guide a marble through cardboard dioramas to find secrets, solve puzzles, and navigate dungeons on a quest to find your lost friends. ASMR audio and multiple accessibility options ensures you will have a relaxing experience.