Single-player games like Tower Wars
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Tower Wars, 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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They Are Billions
Single-player alternative to Tower Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Tower Wars.
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
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Orcs Must Die! 2
Single-player alternative to Tower Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Tower Wars.
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
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Awesomenauts
Single-player alternative to Tower Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Tower Wars.
Use your power, show your might! Play this Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game! AWESOMENAUTS combines 2D platforming with team-based strategy and hero based action. Whether you are a new recruit or an intergalactic legend, play AWESOMENAUTS!
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Sanctum
Single-player alternative to Tower Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Tower Wars.
You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
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Mushroom Wars 2
Single-player alternative to Tower Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Tower Wars.
In Mushroom Wars 2, enemy tribes of feisty mushroom creatures face off in short but fierce RTS battles. Step into the shoes of a fearless Mushroom Commander, choose a hero to lead your army, and take control of the battlefield in a variety of multiplayer modes or challenging story campaign.
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Sol Survivor
Single-player alternative to Tower Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tower Wars.
Jump in to intense turret defense action with Sol Survivor! Build turrets to defend your colony and the innocent colonists within. Smash enemies with volleys of actively-controlled orbital support. Play with friends in co-operative and competitive multiplayer matches or test your mettle against our new Survival mode!
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DG2: Defense Grid 2
Single-player alternative to Tower Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tower Wars.
Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.
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Space Run
Single-player alternative to Tower Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tower Wars.
Space Run is a «real-time spaceship construction strategy game». Space Run takes the well-known Tower Defense-style gameplay and twists it, challenging you to manage and protect a spaceship and its cargo against the hazards of deep space!
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守卫魔兽-Guardian of Warcraft
Single-player alternative to Tower Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Tower Wars.
This is a summoning tower defense strategy game, with different abilities of monsters and traps, with different effects. the player will continue to upgrade while defending, Become stronger, and summoning more powerful monsters to resist the brave.
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Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight
Single-player alternative to Tower Wars — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Frozen Free Fall: Snowball Fight is an epic matching puzzle game now featuring 375 challenging levels, a local multiplayer mode, stunning HD graphics and more.