Single-player games like Anomaly Defenders
Below are 13 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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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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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.
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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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Armoured Onslaught
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Armoured Onslaught is a fast paced Top-Down Shooter and Tower Defence hybrid. You will need to make use of both strategy and skill as you fight your way through near endless hordes of deadly foes.
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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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CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
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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SHOOPER NOVA
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Anomaly Defenders.
Craft Your Ultimate Circular Fortress! Dive into SHOOPER NOVA, where you choose props and components to build a unique fortress. Unlock combos to shape your strategy and battle style. Become an unstoppable barrage machine and obliterate waves of enemies from all directions!
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Anomaly
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Anomaly Defenders.
Anomaly is a horror game inspired by Scanner Somber, the Garry's Mod game mode LiDAR, LiDAR.EXE, and The Backrooms. Try to escape from the level that you are in by finding keys and the exit, while not being killed by the Anomaly!
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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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The Alters
Single-player alternative to Anomaly Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Explore an emotional sci-fi game with a unique blend of survival, adventure, and base-building elements. Help Jan Dolski, the sole survivor of an ill-fated space expedition, create alternative versions of himself to escape a hostile planet and tackle personal turmoils with this unconventional crew.