Single-player games like Defense Cards
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Defense Cards, 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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Burst Hero
Single-player alternative to Defense Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defense Cards.
Burst Hero is a pixel roguelike shooting survival game. You can choose heroes with different abilities and use various weapons to resist a steady stream of enemies. In the battle, you can customize your build by weapons bullets and cards. Each battle will have different experiences and challenges.
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Meow Legion
Single-player alternative to Defense Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Defense Cards.
Meow Legion is a game about assembling an army of cats to defend against waves of enemies.A top-down roguelite shooter game where you hire cats and level them up to fight mice from the evil Mousy Empire!
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Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot
Single-player alternative to Defense Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defense Cards.
Welcome to Slime 3K, an unhinged roguelite bullet-heaven set in the Despot’s Game universe! Build a deck of crazy weapons, grow stronger and devour hordes of pink puny humans as a murderous jelly blob on a warpath of death, violence and pretzels.
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One Step From Eden
Single-player alternative to Defense Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defense Cards.
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
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Larva Mortus
Single-player alternative to Defense Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defense Cards.
Larva Mortus is a fast-paced hack and slash top-down shooter. As an agent specializing in exorcism, you are tasked to hunt monsters of the supernatural in a dark, ominous, and randomly generated atmosphere full of undead, terrifying and demonic nightmares.
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Peace Data
Single-player alternative to Defense Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defense Cards.
Peace Data — hard "Roguelike" game, in which you have to play for Bitard, saving Rusland from the tyranny of the authorities that destroyed the opposition and led the country to ruin, making slaves of citizens.
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Stellar Interface
Single-player alternative to Defense Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Defense Cards.
Run through the universe in this rogue-like-ish space-shooter. Discover the numerous perks/consumables and their synergistic effects. Explore the randomly-generated galaxy to find merchants, unlock spacecrafts, collect Cartridges and checkmark your kills of the various galactic overlords.
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Balatro
Single-player alternative to Defense Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Defense Cards.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.