Single-player games like PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate, 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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Elemental War 2
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Elemental War 2 offers you the popular tower defense feeling combined with innovative game mechanics - the ultimate mix for many hours of fun!
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VERSUS SQUAD
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
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DG2: Defense Grid 2
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
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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CastleStorm
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Welcome to the world of CastleStorm, a super genre mashup of 2D physics destruction mashed with tower defense brawler! CastleStorm was born out of the fond childhood memory of building and destroying LEGO castles.
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Sanctum
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
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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Tower Wars
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Tower Wars combines elements of tower defense, RTS, and all-out multi-player mayhem to bring you a completely unique experience, delivered with a fun and funny not-so-old world style!
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Stardrift Nomads
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Stardrift Nomads is a dual-stick shooter with a focus on cooperative play and retro action. Build and upgrade 12 unique towers, customize your ship to fit your play style, and seize victory with up to 8 players!
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Yet Another Zombie Defense
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Darkness is coming. How long can YOU survive? Build your base by day, defend it by night. Play in online or local co-op. Stay alive as long as you can.
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Orcs Must Die!
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
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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Sanctum 2
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Sanctum 2 is the sequel to the world’s first Tower Defense/FPS hybrid game. Pick from four unique character classes and embark on a mission to protect the oxygen-producing Cores from hordes of deadly aliens who are threatened by their existence.
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X-Morph: Defense
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
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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Rogue Tower
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.
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Prison Architect
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
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Red Dead Redemption
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Experience the story of former outlaw John Marston as he tracks down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in the PC debut of the critically acclaimed predecessor to Red Dead Redemption 2.
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LEGO® Harry Potter™ Collection
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The LEGO® Harry Potter™: Collection brings LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 1-4 and LEGO® Harry Potter™: Years 5-7 together in one game, now remastered with enhanced graphics.
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PixelJunk™ Shooter
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In PixelJunk™ Shooter, you must pilot your spacecraft through a range of cavernous environments in a bid to save the scientists trapped underground. Making your way through the game will rely on your keen sense of observation and the ability to manipulate your surroundings.
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PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
CAN YOU SAVE THE SCIENTISTS ON APOXUS PRIME?PixelJunk™ Shooter Ultimate is a twin-stick shooter with equal elements of action and puzzle solving.
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Super Cloudbuilt
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Rocket-powered 3D parkour platformer, built for speed running and exploration. Defeat enemies and overcome obstacles as you hurtle with break-neck momentum above a vast abyss. Collect power-ups, drop checkpoints and take your place on the international leaderboards.
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Frozen Synapse Prime
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Take on the role of Tactics, leading a rebel faction to overthrow a powerful corporation controlling the virtual city of Markov Geist. Control an elite strike team of futuristic soldiers; plot paths and issue orders to your units, test your plans and predict your opponent in each turn.
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Prison Architect 2
Single-player alternative to PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with PixelJunk™ Monsters Ultimate.
Welcome Architects! Design and develop your own personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect 2. The classic prison-builder has broken out into 3D, and it’s up to you to contain it!