Single-player games like Anomaly Defenders
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Anomaly Defenders, 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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Anomaly 2
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Anomaly 2 is a sequel to the critically acclaimed Anomaly Warzone Earth. Maintaining the core elements of the original, Anomaly 2 adds plenty of new features: unit morphing, over million tactical combinations, post-apo world and tower defense vs tower offense multiplayer mode.
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X-Morph: Defense
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Unique fusion of a top-down shooter and tower defense strategy. You are the invader! Use destructive weapons or lead your enemies into a maze of towers. Strategize in the build mode by carefully selecting various types of alien towers or throw yourself right into the heat of the battle.
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Infested Planet
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.
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Revenge of the Titans
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!
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Unstoppable Gorg
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Defend the solar system from fearsome aliens by sending satellites into orbit in revolutionary tower defense action!
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Defense Grid: The Awakening
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anomaly Defenders.
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.
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Orcs Must Die!
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
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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Sol Survivor
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Anomaly Defenders.
Jump in to intense turret defense action with Sol Survivor! Build turrets to defend your colony and the innocent colonists within. Smash enemies with volleys of actively-controlled orbital support. Play with friends in co-operative and competitive multiplayer matches or test your mettle against our new Survival mode!
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Anomaly: Warzone Earth
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!
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Frostpunk
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Frostpunk is the first society survival game. As the ruler of the last city on Earth, it is your duty to manage both its citizens and infrastructure. What decisions will you make to ensure your society's survival? What will you do when pushed to breaking point? Who will you become in the process?
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This War of Mine
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Anomaly Defenders.
In This War Of Mine you do not play as an elite soldier, rather a group of civilians trying to survive in a besieged city; struggling with lack of food, medicine and constant danger from snipers and hostile scavengers. The game provides an experience of war seen from an entirely new angle.
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Frostpunk 2
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Develop, expand, and advance your city in a society survival game set 30 years after an apocalyptic blizzard ravaged Earth. In Frostpunk 2, you face not only the perils of never-ending winter, but also the powerful factions that watch your every step inside the Council Hall.
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Anomaly Korea
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Exclusively brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux in Anomaly Bundle, Anomaly Korea is an expansion campaign to Anomaly Warzone Earth. The alien robots are back and this time they’ve got Korea in their sights. It’s your job to lead a squad into fierce fire-fights and fend off the alien invasion.
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Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Anomaly Warzone Earth Mobile Campaign continues Steam's Anomaly Warzone Earth in an extra 15-level campaign. Originally released on mobile devices, the campaign is brought to Steam for PC, Mac and Linux exclusively in Anomaly Bundle. AWE Mobile Campaign turns tower defense on its head.