Single-player games like Keepers of ancient lands
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Keepers of ancient lands, 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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Demon Defend
Single-player alternative to Keepers of ancient lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keepers of ancient lands.
Demon Defend is a fantasy strategy tower defense game. Fend off waves of demons by strategically placing unique defensive towers and combining magic to cast powerful spells. Unlock new capabilities by completing levels and enhancing your army through upgrades. Humanity calls for you commander!
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Abyss Defence
Single-player alternative to Keepers of ancient lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keepers of ancient lands.
As darkness falls, monstrous Abyss creatures emerge. Command your units, gather resources from plants, and survive each night. Defend the Crystal from increasingly powerful enemies in this pixel art RTS defense game.
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Skyward Bastion
Single-player alternative to Keepers of ancient lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keepers of ancient lands.
Skyward Bastion is a roguelite tower defense game set on floating islands. Build and upgrade your defenses, unlock new strategic possibilities, and adapt your run to procedurally expanding maps.
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30 Days of Tower
Single-player alternative to Keepers of ancient lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keepers of ancient lands.
By managing your tower during the day you prepare yourself for the dangers of the night, the king depends on you to dominate this territory. Will you be able to survive 30 days in this distant land?
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Sears: The Sky Frontier
Single-player alternative to Keepers of ancient lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keepers of ancient lands.
Sears: The Sky Frontier is a beautiful and epic real-time strategy game that puts you at the head of an army of little stone men against formidable invaders, smartly planning the battle and leading the defense in unique and atmospheric locations.
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Lone Bastion
Single-player alternative to Keepers of ancient lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keepers of ancient lands.
An Incremental-Ish game about evolving The Bastion.
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Skelemancer TD
Single-player alternative to Keepers of ancient lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keepers of ancient lands.
A tower defense game where you command an army of skeleton wizards. Unlock multiple magic skills on each skeleton wizard and switch between them mid-battle. Master fire, ice, lightning, and more to survive increasingly brutal waves of enemies.
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Heroic Assault
Single-player alternative to Keepers of ancient lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Keepers of ancient lands.
Heroic Assault is a reverse tower defense game where you prepare your army to go through the infested lands of defenses. Choose your units wisely depending on the layout of the defenses and equip them with unique abilities.
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Chilljong
Single-player alternative to Keepers of ancient lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keepers of ancient lands.
Chilljong is an endless adventure for lovers of puzzles and unhurried gameplay without limits! An unusual hybrid of genres in the style of mahjong connect will delight fans of the genre.
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Defect detector
Single-player alternative to Keepers of ancient lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keepers of ancient lands.
Defect detector - A dynamic game for fans of the breakout genre! Find the weak point among hundreds of colored blocks and destroy defect after defect in this exciting game! Collect bonuses, hit the ball accurately and get to the end!
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Hunting grounds
Single-player alternative to Keepers of ancient lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Keepers of ancient lands.
Hunting grounds - Take on a fleet of space pirates as you pilot your starship in this arcade shoot'em up! Blow up enemies and collect bonuses in the vastness of the vast space and break new score records. How far can you go on this adventure?
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Torico's b-day gift hunt
Single-player alternative to Keepers of ancient lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Keepers of ancient lands.
Torico's b-day gift hunt - Toriko slept peacefully, looking forward to the upcoming party on her birthday, but bad luck - all the gifts were stolen! Restore justice and return the gifts to their place in this game inspired by the classic platformers of the 90s!
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Torico's mine quest!
Single-player alternative to Keepers of ancient lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Keepers of ancient lands.
Clean up the mine and uncover its secrets in this game inspired by classic 90s platformers!
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Horn sounds
Single-player alternative to Keepers of ancient lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keepers of ancient lands.
Your task is to destroy all enemies on the map. Farms will provide you with provisions, with which you can hire new soldiers. Gather squads, hire new soldiers, capture farms... All this will help you win!
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Save the sheep
Single-player alternative to Keepers of ancient lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keepers of ancient lands.
Sheep are a valuable resource, protect your sheep! Hire soldiers and build barricades on the enemy's path! Explode bombs and set traps!
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Xeno TD
Single-player alternative to Keepers of ancient lands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Keepers of ancient lands.
The task is very simple - do not let the enemy forces pass on the way to your base. Enemies move along a marked path while you place defense towers along the path.