Single-player games like Tempest Tower
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Tempest Tower, 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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Minion Slayer
Single-player alternative to Tempest Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tempest Tower.
Prevent the invasion of the minions that stimulate the desire for challenge and prove that you are a slayer physically and mentally.
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Halloween Defense
Single-player alternative to Tempest Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Tempest Tower.
The top of strategy battle game! Build villages and train units to defeat ghouls
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Ad Astra: Sci-Fi Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Tempest Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Tempest Tower.
Lose yourself in an indie solo-dev. treasure that harkens back to arcade classics! All while thumping along to killer retro-inspired beats by Ovani sound. Embark on an epic tower defense adventure against awe-inspiring machine monstrosities, made by a devoted gamer for devoted gamers.
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Skel Dungeon: Heroes Must Die!
Single-player alternative to Tempest Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tempest Tower.
Skel Dungeon is a real-time strategy defense game. Become a small skeleton and defeat the heroes invading your dungeon. Set up and upgrade trap rooms, expand your dungeon, and strengthen your skeleton to stand against increasingly powerful heroes.
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Guard the Tower!
Single-player alternative to Tempest Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Tempest Tower.
A tower defense game filled with 12 varied levels across 7 biomes and 14 unique monsters with 3 increasingly harder difficulties to challenge even the most experienced of tower defense gamers lurking in their strongholds.
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Goblins!
Single-player alternative to Tempest Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Tempest Tower.
Build defenses and use your trusty catapult to stop the goblin horde from stealing your treasure.
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Laser Defense Extreme
Single-player alternative to Tempest Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tempest Tower.
Laser Defense Extreme is a Tower Defense Game, with a Killstreak System. Place your "Towers" strategically and eliminate the incoming enemies.
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Bacteria Wars
Single-player alternative to Tempest Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Tempest Tower.
A real-time strategy game in which you fight to secure the victory of your Bacteria over the Cell Defense Force and other enemy Bacteria in a world where your units are your only resource, and where your mobile base will not be enough to keep you alive.
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Time on Frog Island
Single-player alternative to Tempest Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tempest Tower.
Cast away on an island paradise complete with a cast of friendly frogs. Enjoy sandbox island life and explore at your own pace, solving sticky situations for your new friends and trading your way to fixing your ship!
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Time on Frog Island - Prologue
Single-player alternative to Tempest Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tempest Tower.
Help an old axolotl bring life back to a dying island in the Time on Frog Island Prologue - a small, self-contained, mini adventure and prelude to the full Trading Time game. Download the prologue for free and be sure to wishlist the full game if you enjoyed this first mini-adventure.