Single-player games like Prime World: Defenders
Below are 23 single-player Steam games similar to Prime World: Defenders, 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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Prime World: Defenders 2
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Prime World: Defenders.
Defenders 2, - an exciting hybrid of Tower Defense and CCG, - is now available on Steam! Challenge endless hordes of monsters: build an impassable defense on their path and protect your mines. Collect all the unique towers and prove that even a tornado is not an obstacle for you.
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Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Prime World: Defenders.
Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!
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Floppy Knights
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prime World: Defenders.
Meet the Floppy Knights: tangible projections summoned from floppy disks! Tactics fuse with card game mechanics as Phoebe and Carlton, a brilliant young inventor & her robot-arm bestie, square off in turn-based battles. Select your Knights, hone your deck, and execute your strategy for victory!
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Dungeon Defenders
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prime World: Defenders.
Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!
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Etherlords II
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prime World: Defenders.
The saga continues! Etherlords II takes you back to the world of Ether and into a whole new realm of fantastic possibilities. Lead your hero on an unforgettable journey through lands filled with unsurpassed beauty and danger to unlock the ultimate mystery.
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Monster Train 2
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prime World: Defenders.
Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
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Timemelters
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prime World: Defenders.
Prevent Doomsday AFTER it happened! Designed by the co-creator of Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves and featuring both a single-player and co-op campaign, TimeMelters is a strategy hero defense where you go back in time and fight alongside your past selves.
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Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes - Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Prime World: Defenders.
Plan your next move wisely, every additional combo can make the difference! Whether in solo or duo, online or offline, mix and match your units to defeat your enemies in this Definitive Edition of Might & Magic: Clash of Heroes!
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Revenge of the Titans
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prime World: Defenders.
The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!
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Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Prime World: Defenders.
Play with friends or AI as you travel across fantastic planes to take on new encounters & opponents. Magic 2013 features ten customizable decks, individual records, new items & more!
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Orcs Must Die!
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prime World: Defenders.
Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.
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Orcs Must Die! 2
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prime World: Defenders.
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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Space Run
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prime World: Defenders.
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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X-Morph: Defense
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prime World: Defenders.
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
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Warstone TD
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prime World: Defenders.
Warstone is a Tower Defense game, with RPG, Strategy, and even city building elements. Detailed Hi-res graphics and beautiful illustrations combine with a deep storyline to draw you into the world.
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Orcs Must Die! 3
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Prime World: Defenders.
Slice, burn, toss, zap, grind and gib massive hordes of repugnant orcs in this long-awaited successor to the award-winning Orcs Must Die! series.
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Blitzkrieg 3
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Prime World: Defenders.
Blitzkrieg 3 is a WW2 RTS made for true admirers of strategic mastery! Challenge your tactical skills in historical campaigns and defeat powerful Neural Network AI in competitive matches.
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Heroes of Might & Magic V
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Prime World: Defenders.
Witness the amazing evolution of the genre-defining strategy game as it becomes a next-generation phenomenon, melding classic deep fantasy with next-generation visuals and gameplay. In the renowned Might & Magic universe, demon swarms spread chaos over the land in a relentless assault.
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Heroes of Might & Magic V: Tribes of the East
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Prime World: Defenders.
For the first time, play as the Orc faction and recruit heroes, build armies and manage cities as you explore and conquer legendary lands. Use tactics, skills and magic to outsmart fantasy armies while developing your heroes and unveiling the dark plot that threatens to tear the world of Ashan apart.
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Blitzkrieg Anthology
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Prime World: Defenders.
March into the real-time strategy legend, Blitzkrieg, and prepare for war. This legendary WWII RTS blends unprecedented realism and accuracy to form immersive 3D backgrounds and a game where brute force often takes a back seat to strategy and wits.
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Blitzkrieg 2 Anthology
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Prime World: Defenders.
Return to the bloody battlefields of World War II in this epic sequel. Blitzkrieg 2 returns you to the gritty realism of WWII battles while pushing your focus into new, strategic opportunities during global war!
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Silent Storm Gold Edition
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Prime World: Defenders.
Silent Storm from leading Russian developer Nival is a true 3D tactical turn-based Role-Playing-Game set against the backdrop of WWII. As the conflict rages on the frontlines, you’ll be leading a small multinational squad behind enemy lines to gather information and wreak havoc on your enemies while trying to thwart a mysterious new...
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Heroes of Might & Magic V: Hammers of Fate
Single-player alternative to Prime World: Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Prime World: Defenders.
Take part in a thrilling new adventure in the world of Ashan with the Hammers of Fate expansion. Discover uncharted territories and experience new ways of playing Heroes of Might & Magic V. Introducing a brand-new Dwarves faction, made up of heroic warriors and rune magic adepts who stalk the deepest mountains and most hostile regions of...