Single-player games like Puropu Defense Squad
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Puropu Defense Squad, 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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Orcs Must Die! 2
Single-player alternative to Puropu Defense Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Puropu Defense Squad.
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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The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time
Single-player alternative to Puropu Defense Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Puropu Defense Squad.
The Greatest Penguin Heist of All Time is a sandboxy physics game for 1-8 players, with everything from sneaky heists to hilarous stupidity to baking pizzas. With continuous updates, plenty of maps, and hundreds of items, clothes and quests, it has something for everyone.
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Iron Brigade
Single-player alternative to Puropu Defense Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Puropu Defense Squad.
Join The Mobile Trench Brigade and protect humanity from the evil Monovision menace!
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Orcs Must Die!
Single-player alternative to Puropu Defense Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Puropu Defense Squad.
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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Attack on Toys
Single-player alternative to Puropu Defense Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Puropu Defense Squad.
Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life! Build your Army Toys, make battle scenario, watch the Toys battling each other, and customize your play with Attack on Toys Toy Box. Command your Army Toys to fight againts another toys strategically and keep them alive during battle!
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Dungeon Defenders
Single-player alternative to Puropu Defense Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Puropu Defense Squad.
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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Monday Night Combat
Single-player alternative to Puropu Defense Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Puropu Defense Squad.
Monday Night Combat is a class-based, third-person shooter… and the most popular lethal sport of the future!
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Dungeon Defenders: Awakened
Single-player alternative to Puropu Defense Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Puropu Defense Squad.
Dungeon Defenders: Awakened is co-op Tower Defense combined with epic Action RPG combat. You’re able to join forces with up to four players to take on a never-ending army of orcs, demons, and dragons! Are your defenses strong enough to save the world of Etheria?
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Mad Experiments: Escape Room
Single-player alternative to Puropu Defense Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puropu Defense Squad.
Award-nominated escape game. Alone or with up to 5 players, explore 3 unique rooms, solve mind-bending puzzles, and unravel the dark secrets of the Professor Cheshire and his experiments.
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Mad Experiments: Escape Room 2
Single-player alternative to Puropu Defense Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Mad Experiments 2: Escape Room is the sequel of the award-nominated multiplayer escape game Mad Experiments. Alone or with up to 5 friends, follow the story of Hildegarde and Professor Cheshire, explore rich environments to find clues, and solve mind-bending puzzles to escape!
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Mad Experiments: Escape Room - Sanctuary
Single-player alternative to Puropu Defense Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puropu Defense Squad.
First‑person escape‑room puzzler (1–4 players). Unite the Horn of the Fallen One, Scepter of Radiance, and Abbot’s Ring to escape a cursed convent in 60–90 minutes.
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Arctic Drive
Single-player alternative to Puropu Defense Squad — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Puropu Defense Squad.
Brave the Arctic, where one dead engine can end the whole run. Arctic Drive is a 1–4 player co-op survival sim set in a procedurally generated winter wilderness, a world where you scavenge fuel and supplies, repair your rig, and haul it all to your base. Stay warm, stay moving, stay together.