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Single-player games like Poly TD

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Poly TD, 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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    Villages on Wheels — Steam game cover

    Villages on Wheels

    Single-player alternative to Poly TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Poly TD.

    Expand your moving village while monsters try to tear it down in this strategic horde survival. Combine blessings, level-ups, orbs and buildings to create the ultimate survival machine!

    2027ActionStrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Packed Lair — Steam game cover

    Packed Lair

    Single-player alternative to Poly TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Poly TD.

    You are an evil lord with a hero problem and not nearly enough floor space. Draft buildings, pack them into your cramped lair, toil to earn money to expand, create powerful monster synergies, and send your chaotic army of minions to repel wave after wave of heroic do-gooder pests.

    2026StrategyIndie7.19 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DRONES — Steam game cover

    DRONES

    Single-player alternative to Poly TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Poly TD.

    A run-based, autobattling, deckfighter. The deck you build is the enemy you fight. Choose the enemies you want to engage, discard the ones you don't. Unlock and guide autonomous drones, and acquire components, munitions, hacks, and modulators to stop planetary invasions in daily seeded runs.

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Endless Tower Survivors — Steam game cover

    Endless Tower Survivors

    Single-player alternative to Poly TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Poly TD.

    Endless Tower Survivors is a roguelite tower defense survival game where a single tower fights against endless hordes of enemies. Combine weapons and upgrades to create unlimited power tower and survive as long as possible.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie2.54 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stop the Crawl — Steam game cover

    Stop the Crawl

    Single-player alternative to Poly TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Poly TD.

    Stop the Crawl is a roguelike autobattler where you assemble a deck of monsters to defeat the invading heroes. Discover which monsters work well together, strengthen them with items, and create an unstoppable team.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    For Our King — Steam game cover

    For Our King

    Single-player alternative to Poly TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Poly TD.

    A medieval Tower Defense x Autobattler Roguelite. Defend your Keep across escalating waves, recruit different unit types, and cast spells from different Schools of Magic. Spend what you earn on a skill tree with over 300 upgrades, and place them on a Decree Bar with many unique modifiers and mults.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pretty girls don't want you to die — Steam game cover

    Pretty girls don't want you to die

    Single-player alternative to Poly TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Poly TD.

    "Pretty Girls Don't Want You to Die" is a strategic tower defense game with a strategy board game style. In the game, you continuously recruit pretty girl warriors, establish defensive positions by leveraging advantageous terrain, and defeat waves of enemies.

    2026StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zombie Tower Survivor — Steam game cover

    Zombie Tower Survivor

    Single-player alternative to Poly TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Poly TD.

    Survive the zombie apocalypse in this top-down, tower-defense game with survivor-like elements. Customize your magic tower with talents and upgrades to defend it against zombie waves. Can you keep your tower alive?

    ActionStrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pumpkin Jack — Steam game cover

    Pumpkin Jack

    Single-player alternative to Poly TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Poly TD.

    Pumpkin Jack is a Spooky Scary 3D platformer in which you embody Jack, the Mythical Pumpkin Lord! Dive into an Epic Adventure through otherworldly landscapes and help the Evil annihilate the Good!

    2020ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tower Dominion — Steam game cover

    Tower Dominion

    Single-player alternative to Poly TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Poly TD.

    Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!

    2025Strategy17.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →