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Single-player games like Infested Planet

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Infested Planet, 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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    The Fall of Aether Station — Steam game cover

    The Fall of Aether Station

    Single-player alternative to Infested Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Infested Planet.

    Customize your Ships, Upgrade your fleet, and Command your way to victory in this ruthless rogue-lite tower defense/real time strategy hybrid. Take on an enemy that learns from your moves and adjusts its own path. Do you have what it takes to persevere?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Red Solstice — Steam game cover

    The Red Solstice

    Single-player alternative to Infested Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Infested Planet.

    2280 A.D. The last few survivors of a ruined Earth seek a new home: Mars, a planet whose inhabitants didn't take too kindly to outsiders. The Red Solstice is a tense, tactical, squad-based action game. Fight to survive with up to 8 players in co-op, or lead your own squad in single-player mode.

    2015Strategy9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deterrence — Steam game cover

    Deterrence

    Single-player alternative to Infested Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Infested Planet.

    Artificial intelligence has plotted a path to a sustainable future, but humans aren't included. Defend humanity against the A.I. in this instant action real-time strategy, tower defense hybrid.

    2024ActionStrategy9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Anomaly: Warzone Earth — Steam game cover

    Anomaly: Warzone Earth

    Single-player alternative to Infested Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Infested Planet.

    Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!

    2011ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense — Steam game cover

    CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense

    Single-player alternative to Infested Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Infested Planet.

    The replicator robots are back! It's 2528. The machines are increasingly infecting the planets with genetically modified monsters. Challenge them and try to stop the onslaught. Upgrade buildings and heroes, mine resources, discover technology and fight to save humanity!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Door Kickers — Steam game cover

    Door Kickers

    Single-player alternative to Infested Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Infested Planet.

    Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Revenge of the Titans — Steam game cover

    Revenge of the Titans

    Single-player alternative to Infested Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Infested Planet.

    The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!

    2011ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal — Steam game cover

    Creeper World 3: Arc Eternal

    Single-player alternative to Infested Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Infested Planet.

    Creeper World 3 is what happens when cellular automata takes over a strategy simulation. Instead of discrete units that attack your base, a fluid-like substance spreads over the terraformable terrain. Your base, your weapons, your strategy... you must adapt them all.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel — Steam game cover

    SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel

    Single-player alternative to Infested Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Infested Planet.

    SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.

    2015IndieAdventureSimulationFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dungeon Siege — Steam game cover

    Dungeon Siege

    Single-player alternative to Infested Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Dungeon Siege® combines the immersive elements of a role-playing game with over-the-top intensity and non-stop action. Dungeon Siege plunges you into a continuous 3D fantasy world where you face off against an army of evil that has been unleashed.

    2011RPG6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Torchlight II — Steam game cover

    Torchlight II

    Single-player alternative to Infested Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infested Planet.

    The adventure continues in Torchlight II! An Action RPG filled with epic battles, bountiful treasure, and a fully randomized world. Bring your friends along for the journey with online and LAN multiplayer.

    2012ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing — Steam game cover

    The Incredible Adventures of Van Helsing

    Single-player alternative to Infested Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infested Planet.

    Put on your wide-brimmed hat, grab your weapons and embark on an incredible adventure in the gothic-noir world of Borgovia, where mad science threatens the fragile peace between monster and mortal.

    2013ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Victor Vran ARPG — Steam game cover

    Victor Vran ARPG

    Single-player alternative to Infested Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Infested Planet.

    Victor Vran is the isometric action-RPG where your skill is just as essential as your character build and gear. Experience intense combat action: dodge, jump and unleash powerful skills to finish off your enemies!

    2015ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Diablo® IV — Steam game cover

    Diablo® IV

    Single-player alternative to Infested Planet — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Infested Planet.

    Join the fight for Sanctuary in Diablo® IV, the ultimate action RPG adventure. Experience the critically acclaimed campaign and new seasonal content.

    2023ActionAdventureMassively Multiplayer49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →