Single-player games like Guardener
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Guardener, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Guardener page.
Ranked picks
- 1
Wildmender
Single-player alternative to Guardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guardener.
A desert gardening survival game. Start from a tiny spring and cultivate a blooming garden. Explore a vast world amid the sands and uncover its mysteries. Can you defend against the relentless forces of nature and mysterious wraith corruption, to bring life to a dying world?
- 2
Gnomes
Single-player alternative to Guardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guardener.
Gnomes is a turn-based tower defense with deep roguelike progression, set in ever-expanding, procedurally generated biomes. Build, farm and defend your village as you push deeper into goblin-infested territory. Unlock powerful upgrades and craft your environment to survive the endless goblin horde
- 3
Another Farm Roguelike
Single-player alternative to Guardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guardener.
Another Farm Roguelike is a 2D farming & crafting game with rougelike elements where your job is to earn as much money as possible to pay the rent. Start from scratch and build the most profitable farm you can make as soon as possible. Work hard to be able to afford the rent.
- 4
Your Big, Cute Monster Farm
Single-player alternative to Guardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guardener.
Create a farm at the bottom of the screen and enjoy planting and harvesting with your monster companions! They handle all the work—just plan the layout, decorate, and wait for fun crop mutations. Take a break from busy life and enjoy the calm joy of farming.
- 5
Tuin
Single-player alternative to Guardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Guardener.
Plant seeds, pull weeds and sell vegetables - all while doing something else!
- 6
Keep Keepers
Single-player alternative to Guardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guardener.
Tower Defense meets Base Management. Strategically place your defenses. Craft wacky ammunition like fiery peppers and boomerang bananas. Discover amazing weapons and automate your economy while defending against waves of enemies. Can you handle the chaos?
- 7
No Creeps Were Harmed TD
Single-player alternative to Guardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Guardener.
Employ lethal turrets, traps, and gadgets to defend against an onslaught of evolving creeps! Step into a twisted, hyper 3D, mind bending realm. Upgrade and adapt your defenses. Become a master maze crafter. Collect bizarre artifacts. Rush creeps for lucrative rewards, and succumb to greed!
- 8
ACRES
Single-player alternative to Guardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guardener.
ACRES is a small strategy simulation game about growing crops for evolving market demands. Build a farm, one acre at a time, to create a prosperous enterprise. Upgrade equipment, optimize harvests, and nurture the soil against increasing time pressure. How long can you keep the farm operating?
- 9
pyramida
Single-player alternative to Guardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guardener.
A village builder / survival game. Expand your village by day and fight monsters at night. Learn how to survive, and try to prevent your imminent demise . . .
- 10
Stacklands
Single-player alternative to Guardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Guardener.
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
- 11
Simmiland
Single-player alternative to Guardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Guardener.
Simmiland is a god-like card game. In this game you indirectly influence a small civilization by manipulating their surroundings by playing cards 🃏🃏🃏 Playing cards on different biomes and objects will result in different findings. The way you play the game will define how mankind will develop!
- 12
Grunn
Single-player alternative to Guardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Guardener.
A gardener gets hired for maintenance work over the weekend. A simple task, but strangely some tools are missing… The owner of the garden isn't around, and their house is off-limits. Perhaps new tools can be found in the mysterious town, or maybe some of the reserved townsfolk have seen them?
- 13
clickyland
Single-player alternative to Guardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Guardener.
clickyland is a tower defense village builder where clicks are your main resource. Use clicks to harvest resources, fight enemies and manage your village, but use them wisely as you only get 20 clicks every day! Can you reach day 100?
- 14
fishy
Single-player alternative to Guardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Guardener.
A game about a hungry fish 🐟 Eat to grow bigger, but watch out for fishes bigger than you! Grow big, strong and explore! Can you escape the pond?
- 15
White Lavender
Single-player alternative to Guardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Guardener.
A challenging adventure game with RPG-elements. Be a bug, fight other critters with swords and magic, collect powerful items such as pencils and teaspoons, meet cool characters, and up your fashion game on a journey to brew a special tea!
- 16
Luckitown
Single-player alternative to Guardener — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Guardener.
Luckitown is a turn-based tower defense where you roll dice to build new structures and cast spells to defend your town.