Single-player games like Xenomycology
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Xenomycology, 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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Parallax Blue
Single-player alternative to Xenomycology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Xenomycology.
A strategy tower defence where you create the towers! Gather resources, build towers, defeat bugs, and survive. Unlock new weapons, create towers, gather resources, and die. Don't fall short of the Company's expectations... these resources are worth more than any life, including yours.
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Save the Llama
Single-player alternative to Xenomycology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Xenomycology.
Craft the perfect defense upon shifting platforms, turning gears, and railways to save your llamas from alien abduction in this space western tower defense.
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The Rift Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Xenomycology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Xenomycology.
The Rift is a tower defense game with elements of RPG gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. Enemies from an alternate universe are attacking and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building defensive towers.
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Tep The Destroyer TD
Single-player alternative to Xenomycology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Xenomycology.
TEP the destroyer is a single player tower defense game where you will face alien monsters and ships in ground and space battles! Your strategy will decide the fate of your people in a sci-fi environment of varying difficulties!
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Swarming Planet
Single-player alternative to Xenomycology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Xenomycology.
Build towers and learn abilities to defend against swarms of hundreds of on-screen hostile alien creatures. Choose between sets of randomized upgrades that both upgrade you and the alien swarm. From enormous explosions to far-reaching flamethrowers, no two games are the same.
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Raging Titan
Single-player alternative to Xenomycology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Xenomycology.
Build your towers, plan your efforts, watch out for changing paths and strike back against the alien invaders in this challenging tower defense game!
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CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Xenomycology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Xenomycology.
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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Defense Grid: The Awakening
Single-player alternative to Xenomycology — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Xenomycology.
Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.