Single-player games like Negative Energy
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Negative Energy, 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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The Fall of Aether Station
Single-player alternative to Negative Energy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Negative Energy.
Customize your Ships, Upgrade your fleet, and Command your way to victory in this ruthless rogue-lite tower defense/real time strategy hybrid. Take on an enemy that learns from your moves and adjusts its own path. Do you have what it takes to persevere?
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Grey Galactic
Single-player alternative to Negative Energy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Negative Energy.
Grey Galactic is a real time strategy game in space where you build up your planets and ships to conquer your enemies. Develop your empire and fleet of spaceships to destroy your enemies and take over the galaxy! Do you have what it takes to become the best Fleet Captain the UFMC has ever seen?
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SYNCHRONIZERS: UNDEAD MARINES
Single-player alternative to Negative Energy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Negative Energy.
"SYNCHRONIZERS: UNDEAD MARINES" blends high-quality Three-Lane Tower Defense with Reverse Tower Defense gameplay. Command your units in a thrilling narrative reminiscent of a StarCraft and Plants Vs. Zombies fusion! Your choices will forge the path to victory—or defeat.
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Rebellion Corporation
Single-player alternative to Negative Energy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Negative Energy.
On planets occupied by robots, mine resources and escape while fending off their attacks! The Ark's survival is entirely in your hands. Many elite crews with abilities will assist you in your mission. The various turret modules are always doing their best to defend your base without your attention.
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Starlight: Defence Command
Single-player alternative to Negative Energy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Negative Energy.
Take the role of a Defence Commander and protect UPF assets remotely through the use of your Adaptable Nano Tablet in this immersive, PC focused Tower Defence Game. It's designed to be a tough but rewarding experience with character progression and the ability to configure towers to your own liking.
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Decimation
Single-player alternative to Negative Energy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Negative Energy.
Sci-fi tower defense meets ARPG-like hero combat. Build towers then fight alongside them with your hero as you battle through a campaign to uncover the fate of a colonization effort on a distant planet.
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Calyx
Single-player alternative to Negative Energy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Negative Energy.
A strategy game with a new kind of enemy, Calyx puts you in charge of a space mining outpost, locked in battle against powerful plant-aliens. Build your base, gather resources, assemble your forces, and take on the Calyx. With only an out-of-date AI for company, can you survive?
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IRON GUARD
Single-player alternative to Negative Energy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Negative Energy.
A sci-fi roomscale VR Tower Defense game. Strategize to destroy waves of rogue robots and assist the powerful turrets with a handheld drone. Build and collect resources and help evacuate your crew from the alien planet.
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Sunset Shapes
Single-player alternative to Negative Energy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Bring broken pieces together, to reveal shapes of everyday objects. Travel with a Daisy and a Maggot along side several scenarios and discover to where they are headed to.