Single-player games like Playground Mayhem
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Playground Mayhem, 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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Polygons Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Playground Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Playground Mayhem.
Defend this colorful world with a brilliant strategy! Strengthen your battlefield and don't let enemies reach their destination. Make amazing combinations, and choose the most powerful elements wisely!
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Mindswarm Elements TD
Single-player alternative to Playground Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Playground Mayhem.
The tower defense that thinks back: the swarm analyzes your defense, develops resistances and sends saboteurs. Counter with 6 elements, powerful combo towers and support totems — solo, in co-op up to 4 players or in versus duels up to 4.
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Defender Bros
Single-player alternative to Playground Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Playground Mayhem.
Prepare your defenses during the day and survive until dawn. Defender Bros is a Top-Down Tower Defense Roguelike where you play as a Soldier defending your Base. Pick between multiple abilities as you level up to increase you power, then after each run buy perks and get stronger
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Zombieville USA 3D
Single-player alternative to Playground Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Playground Mayhem.
Zombieville USA 3D is a stylized arcade shooter combining retro gameplay with strikingly polished visuals. Fight through an endless undead horde in the bleak hellscape of suburbia! Choose your weapons, grab a friend, and see how long you can survive.
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VERSUS SQUAD
Single-player alternative to Playground Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Playground Mayhem.
Versus Squad is a fast action twin-stick shooter from the creator of Nation Red. Build your own sandbox defense and battle thousands of zombie mutants in top down combat! Face up to a dozen bosses. Simultaneously. Collect loot, build and repair. Play single player, on-line or local coop!
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The Riftbreaker
Single-player alternative to Playground Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Playground Mayhem.
The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.
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Zombie Builder Defense
Single-player alternative to Playground Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Playground Mayhem.
Top down, action packed, multiplayer, zombie shooter. Build your base with friends and see how long you can survive the endless horde of zombies. Level up with friends, or alone, how you die is up to you.
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Frontline Zed
Single-player alternative to Playground Mayhem — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Playground Mayhem.
Defend your fortified barricade by night, collect weapons and conduct repairs by day. Survive long enough to make your way through America and towards rescue.