Single-player games like Mineral Defense
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Mineral Defense, 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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Crystal Guardians TD
Single-player alternative to Mineral Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Mineral Defense.
Crystal Guardians is a tower defense game with rogue-like elements. Fight of waves and defend the world crystal. Gear up your towers with a powerful combination of items for your strategy. In an ever expanding map, find hidden powers and conquer the enemies.
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Tower Dominion
Single-player alternative to Mineral Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mineral Defense.
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
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Rogue Tower
Single-player alternative to Mineral Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Mineral Defense.
Rogue Tower is a tower defense game with roguelike elements and a continuously expanding path which you can influence. Unlock, build, upgrade, expand, defend.
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Emberward
Single-player alternative to Mineral Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mineral Defense.
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
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Hexguardian
Single-player alternative to Mineral Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mineral Defense.
Hexguardian is a roguelite, tower defense game where you build your own maps with hexagonal tiles! Build and upgrade towers, recruit armies, learn spells, construct wonders and place hexagonal tiles to create a path to enhance your defenses. With plenty of game modes and talents to unlock!
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Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Mineral Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mineral Defense.
Axon TD lets you expand the map boundaries themselves. A huge arsenal of towers and a wide variety of enemies clash in a battlefield that grows to your whims. Engage in single, cooperative, and roguelite gameplay.
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9 Kings
Single-player alternative to Mineral Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mineral Defense.
A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.
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Nordhold
Single-player alternative to Mineral Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mineral Defense.
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
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Tower Tactics: Liberation
Single-player alternative to Mineral Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mineral Defense.
We fused deck-building roguelikes and tower defenses in a way never seen before - deploy your towers, collect valuable trinkets and cast powerful spells to defend yourself against the Salkoth!
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DG2: Defense Grid 2
Single-player alternative to Mineral Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Mineral Defense.
Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.