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Single-player games like Botanical TD

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Botanical TD, 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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    Flip TD - Tower Defense — Steam game cover

    Flip TD - Tower Defense

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

    Flip Tower Defense on it's head in Flip TD. Flip your world upside down to defend with towers, upgrades, modifiers, powers, and more. Build custom worlds with the in-game world builder and share them online to compete for high scores in the community leaderboards.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hell Loop — Steam game cover

    Hell Loop

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

    "Help! Sinners are escaping from hell! Quickly, kill them all! Click on them, place spikes on the ground, let them walk through fire, shoot them with huge arrows!" Hell Loop is like Lemmings, but you are the hell manager and your goal is to kill them all.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie0.68 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fighting for Land / 打怪兽抢领地 — Steam game cover

    Fighting for Land / 打怪兽抢领地

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

    "Fighting for Land" is a casual roguelite tower defense game that blends randomized card draws, randomized power-ups, and territory-coloring.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Creator-initial — Steam game cover

    Creator-initial

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

    A real -time strategy game that can create items to operate logic.No resource collection

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slime Pandemic TD — Steam game cover

    Slime Pandemic TD

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

    Defend the galaxy against a slimey pandemic in this classic Tower Defence game. Build towers to defend these planets and strategize against the infection.

    2020Strategy3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    rymdkapsel — Steam game cover

    rymdkapsel

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

    Build a space station. Command the tiny crew. Explore the galaxy. A meditative space strategy game.

    2014StrategyIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand — Steam game cover

    Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand

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

    Build towers, manage resources, and lead units to defend your kingdom against goblins. Every decision you make determines your kingdom's fate.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cat Go: Tactical Defense Braw — Steam game cover

    Cat Go: Tactical Defense Braw

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

    Cats Go! is a defense game blending strategy, cooperation, and direct combat. Grow mutant plants to protect your village! Whether you prefer to play solo as a brave defender or team up with friends online. Not feeling cooperative? Slip into the role of a devil cat and secretly sabotage the village!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →