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Single-player games like bugTDX

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to bugTDX, 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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    fishTDX — Steam game cover

    fishTDX

    Single-player alternative to bugTDX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with bugTDX.

    Buy towers and discover new islands as you prepare your defenses against waves of fish! Unlock new towers and affixes after each round with new play styles and new synergies. Build your defenses and experiment to create the ultimate fishing machine!

    2024ActionStrategySimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Destroy The Monoliths — Steam game cover

    Destroy The Monoliths

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

    Explore. Mine. Build. Fight. Destroy The Monoliths is a single-player real-time mining tower offense roguelike where you explore a randomly generated map, mine the terrain to get resources, and build turrets to both protect your base and fight monoliths that keep spawning ever more minions.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Castle Warriors — Steam game cover

    Castle Warriors

    Single-player alternative to bugTDX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with bugTDX.

    Castle Warriors is a rogue like auto battler with a strategy twist. Build your army one card at a time!

    2023StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chrysalis — Steam game cover

    Chrysalis

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

    Defend your Chrysalis from growing hordes of monsters in this hybrid game that combines elements of tower defense, survival, and roguelike RPGs. Explore procedurally generated levels, possess and control animals, and grow deadly gardens. How far can you get before the next wave of monsters?

    2024StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Luck be a Landlord — Steam game cover

    Luck be a Landlord

    Single-player alternative to bugTDX — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with bugTDX.

    Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Just King — Steam game cover

    Just King

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

    Just King is an action auto-battler with roguelike elements. Assemble your party to venture into different lands fighting fearsome kings and their deadly armies. Use your loot to hire and upgrade mighty heroes... or the bard.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Infinite Tao — Steam game cover

    Infinite Tao

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

    《Infinity Tao》is a Rogue Lite game set in the Ancient Chinese Immortal Cultivation setting. Raise your realm, build powerful Magic Treasures combinations and Synergies, kill thousands of monster and win the 30 minute game.

    2023ActionIndieCasual3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nomad Survival — Steam game cover

    Nomad Survival

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

    Battle against hordes of enemies, conquer Boss encounters, and explore various character and skill combinations in this time-based auto-attacking Roguelite in your quest to become stronger and defeat the most menacing of creatures that lay in wait at the end of each run.

    2022ActionIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →