Single-player games like Anomaly 2
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Anomaly 2, 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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Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Single-player alternative to Anomaly 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly 2.
Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!
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CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Anomaly 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly 2.
The replicator robots are back! It's 2528. The machines are increasingly infecting the planets with genetically modified monsters. Challenge them and try to stop the onslaught. Upgrade buildings and heroes, mine resources, discover technology and fight to save humanity!
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Space Menace
Single-player alternative to Anomaly 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly 2.
Space Menace is a sci-fi space RTS and battle game. You play as a space captain, seeking fortune and glory as you see fit. Leave your mark on the world and determine the fate of the galaxy with your decisions.
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Anomaly Defenders
Single-player alternative to Anomaly 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly 2.
Anomaly Defenders is the closing installment of the Anomaly series. The original incarnation of the Tower Offense sub-genre had players controlling humans fighting alien invaders. Now, the tables have turned. The human counterattack is underway and the alien homeworld is under threat.
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Anomaly Korea
Single-player alternative to Anomaly 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly 2.
Exclusively brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux in Anomaly Bundle, Anomaly Korea is an expansion campaign to Anomaly Warzone Earth. The alien robots are back and this time they’ve got Korea in their sights. It’s your job to lead a squad into fierce fire-fights and fend off the alien invasion.
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Infested Planet
Single-player alternative to Anomaly 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly 2.
Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.
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AI War: Fleet Command
Single-player alternative to Anomaly 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anomaly 2.
"You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...
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Door Kickers
Single-player alternative to Anomaly 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly 2.
Door Kickers is an innovative realtime strategy game that puts you in charge of a SWAT team and lets you command them during a tactical intervention.
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Frostpunk
Single-player alternative to Anomaly 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Anomaly 2.
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
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This War of Mine
Single-player alternative to Anomaly 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Anomaly 2.
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
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Frostpunk 2
Single-player alternative to Anomaly 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Anomaly 2.
Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.
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The Alters
Single-player alternative to Anomaly 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.
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Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign
Single-player alternative to Anomaly 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly 2.
Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign continues Steam's Anomaly Warzone Earth in an extra 15-level campaign. Originally released on mobile devices, the campaign is brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux exclusively in Anomaly Bundle. AWE Mobile Campaign turns tower defense on its head.