Single-player games like Tempest Tower
Below are 12 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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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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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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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.
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Spectacle: Worlds Unseen
Single-player alternative to Tempest Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tempest Tower.
Change your surroundings in the blink of an eye. Wield powerful glasses that let you see and interact with the world in new ways. Spectacle is a surreal first-person puzzle game about observation, spatial reasoning, and lizards.
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Stream Train
Single-player alternative to Tempest Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Stream Train is a co-op adventure where up to 6 players livestream their trip through the Uncanny Valley. Grow your audience by taunting cryptid creatures, doing dangerous stunts, and pranking your friends. Can you make it through the valley alive?