Single-player games like Crush Them!
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Crush Them!, 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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Eyeb
Single-player alternative to Crush Them! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Crush Them!.
Eyeb is an action packed tower defense-like that pits a young space cadet's bionic eyeball against a harrowing nano-bot invasion. Push out, explore, power up and drop a trillion towers for the glory of facing off with the diabolical Nano-Lord. You can also go fishing in space.
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Winter and People
Single-player alternative to Crush Them! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crush Them!.
Winter and People mix tower defense and city building genres with its minimal style; It is a tower defense game where you try to survive in cold cities.
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Star Defence
Single-player alternative to Crush Them! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crush Them!.
Star Defence is a unit-placement real-time tower defense game in which you can place any unit you like on a 2D free-form plane. All units in the game, including enemies, are composed of units you place. Place your units in a balance between enemies and allies to develop your civilization.
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Witch's Reign
Single-player alternative to Crush Them! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Crush Them!.
A survival-horror, 2D grid puzzle like game centered around finding the purpose of the Witch's deed. An Untold story of her reign is still lost in the dark, full of blood thirsty monsters lurking in the dark. Features a variety of levels, difficult for puzzle experts. Take your chance- Witch's Reign
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Endless Void: Idle Tower Defence
Single-player alternative to Crush Them! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Crush Them!.
Shoot. Upgrade. Die. Repeat. Defend against endless swarms in this minimalist idle tower defense. Construct an impenetrable fortress, research game-breaking tech, craft legendary gear, and harness cosmic abilities like Black Holes and Orbital Strikes. How deep into the Void can you survive?
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Ancient Cultivatrix
Single-player alternative to Crush Them! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crush Them!.
"Ancient Cultivatrix" is a Roguelite cultivation game with tower defense elements. The world was corrupted by chaos and became utterly depraved. Please gather the surviving cultivatrices and unite them. Enhance Taoist energy and spiritual prowess together, gradually uncovering the elusive truth.
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Duriano
Single-player alternative to Crush Them! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Crush Them!.
Duriano is a top-down arena shooting Slasher roguelite game where the player will be a hero durian of the norse wielding a weapon to fight upon a god of norse mythology. From different weapons, Durian hero, God’s trail, items will lead the player to create a build and defeat all gods of asgard.
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Legendary Hoplite
Single-player alternative to Crush Them! — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Crush Them!.
A combination of Action RPG and Tower Defense: slay monsters, find weapons, upgrade your armies, defend your base… Prevent humanity from extinction at the hands of monsters from Greek mythology and ancient tribes. Don't let them cross the gate, commander!