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Single-player games like Neon Ascending

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Neon Ascending, 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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    Iconia Defenders — Steam game cover

    Iconia Defenders

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

    Build mazes, customize your deck and travel through time, in a nostalgic tower defense game with a minimalist feel and a rogue-lite twist. Only you can save the Tree of Life from the malevolent forces of The Corruption...

    2024StrategyIndieCasual5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Saikyo Robots — Steam game cover

    Saikyo Robots

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

    Feed your scrap hungry factory in this real time strategy roguelike. Command your army of robots through the wasteland to fight for scraps and upgrades. Are you ready to defend your base as the cloud king invades night after night? Or will you turn the tide and invade the cloud king?

    2024ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TD Worlds — Steam game cover

    TD Worlds

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

    TD Worlds is a dynamic, highly strategical game that challenges your skill. Build an impenetrable defense and get ready to plunge into a new, unknown world to uncover its secrets. Use Twitch integration and play with your viewers.

    2022StrategyIndie10.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Poker Tower Defense — Steam game cover

    Poker Tower Defense

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

    This is a tower defense game played with playing cards, where defensive cards are used to eliminate attacking cards and receive score rewards.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Emberward — Steam game cover

    Emberward

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

    Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!

    2024StrategyIndieEarly Access14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Necronator: Dead Wrong — Steam game cover

    Necronator: Dead Wrong

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

    Necronator: Dead Wrong is a deck-building roguelike with an RTS twist. Build a powerful deck. Collect and deploy undead units and raise a unique army. Master each commander’s playstyle and conquer the world. Change the game with rule-bending relics. Unlock new decks and do it all again.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Heretic's Fork — Steam game cover

    Heretic's Fork

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

    Dear candidate, we are pleased to invite you to take up the position of manager of Hell. You will punish sinners by using our deck-building computer system to construct hellish towers capable of keeping the endless hordes of the underworld in check. Best of luck!

    2023ActionStrategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CyberTD — Steam game cover

    CyberTD

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

    Mutant viruses threaten the very heart of cyberspace! You'll need the right tactics and the "help" of your support drone to build a deck of terrific upgrades in this innovative deckbuilding tower defense game packed with roguelite elements!

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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