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Single-player games like Knightly Gnomes

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Knightly Gnomes, 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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    Remnant Afterglow Tower Defense — Steam game cover

    Remnant Afterglow Tower Defense

    Single-player alternative to Knightly Gnomes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Knightly Gnomes.

    This is a creative and challenging real-time strategy tower defense game where players need to constantly expand, build complex battle lines on the map, and fight against groups of enemies. The game has unique rules and beautiful pixel style, with each level filled with tense and exciting battles.

    2027StrategySimulationEarly AccessSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Final Bastion — Steam game cover

    The Final Bastion

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

    The Final Bastion is a Multiplayer PvP & PvE Tower-defense with a classic Medieval-Fantasy theme. Compete against players in head to head online in a PvP, sending waves against the enemy and growing your economy. Play side by side with your friends in PvE and see who survives the longest.

    2023ActionStrategy9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Hero We Need — Steam game cover

    The Hero We Need

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

    Create your own distinctive towers, enhance only the necessary components, and experiment with them in quick battle mode. THWN enables you to craft each tower individually using runes that determine the projectile and its effects, giving you the freedom to adopt strategies that suit your play style.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Creeper World 4 — Steam game cover

    Creeper World 4

    Single-player alternative to Knightly Gnomes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Knightly Gnomes.

    The unstoppable fluid enemy has returned and destroyed every world in its path! Defend against Creeper as it floods across the 3D terrain in this real time strategy game where the enemy is a fluid.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Attack on Toys — Steam game cover

    Attack on Toys

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

    Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life! Build your Army Toys, make battle scenario, watch the Toys battling each other, and customize your play with Attack on Toys Toy Box. Command your Army Toys to fight againts another toys strategically and keep them alive during battle!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stronghold: Warlords — Steam game cover

    Stronghold: Warlords

    Single-player alternative to Knightly Gnomes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Knightly Gnomes.

    Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!

    2021StrategySimulation39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Timemelters — Steam game cover

    Timemelters

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

    Prevent Doomsday AFTER it happened! Designed by the co-creator of Sang-Froid - Tales of Werewolves and featuring both a single-player and co-op campaign, TimeMelters is a strategy hero defense where you go back in time and fight alongside your past selves.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Element TD 2 - Tower Defense — Steam game cover

    Element TD 2 - Tower Defense

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

    Element TD 2 sees you combine powerful elements to create unique towers. Prove your defenses against challenging foes, and compete or cooperate with others to determine who has mastered the elements.

    2021StrategyIndie5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →