Single-player games like Legacy of Defense
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Legacy of 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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Abyss Deck
Single-player alternative to Legacy of Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Legacy of Defense.
A deckbuilding auto-battler roguelike.Build your team, shape your deck, and survive through random events and shifting rules.Every outcome depends on your decisions before battle.
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Tower Lab
Single-player alternative to Legacy of Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Legacy of Defense.
Roguelite tower defense where enemies can’t be killed, knock them off with physics instead! Build devastating contraptions that push, pull, and launch enemies. Unlock towers, discover broken synergies, and dominate through creative combinations.
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难蚌尖塔
Single-player alternative to Legacy of Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Legacy of Defense.
《难蚌尖塔》是一款类《杀戮尖塔》的肉鸽卡牌构筑游戏。在这诡异且荒诞的塔中,互联网君子六艺、以及各种名场面都变成了蕴含强大力量的卡牌,你将构建卡组、击败敌人,在不断轮回的冒险中逐步揭开迷雾后的秘密。
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Jupiter Moons: Mecha🦾
Single-player alternative to Legacy of Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Legacy of Defense.
Choose your mech, customize your loadout, and build your perfect deck. Experiment with cards to find powerful combinations as you enjoy the tactical combat and deckbuilding in this roguelike adventure!
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Reminiscence of Gusuku: Card and Explore
Single-player alternative to Legacy of Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Legacy of Defense.
Any 2 Cards Can Be Fused. Build Your Combo Engine! Survive on a small island. Every choice reshapes your destiny in this deck-building roguelite. Stranded on an island said to gather everything that drifts ashore, you explore, build your deck, and push toward its deepest reaches.
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Free of the Land
Single-player alternative to Legacy of Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Legacy of Defense.
A tactical roguelike deckbuilder of misfits and monsters. Build your deck, summon your minions, cast your spells and survive long enough to claim the land.
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Cards and Fables
Single-player alternative to Legacy of Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Legacy of Defense.
Cards and Fables is a deck-builder with a strong roguelite component: strengthen your deck, create synergies, and face powerful enemies.
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Runix: Pinball Roguelike
Single-player alternative to Legacy of Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Legacy of Defense.
A roguelike 3D pinball game where you build your ball deck to hit and slay monsters with incredible combos and climb to the top of the leaderboard. Discover powerful artifacts that create incredible synergies and increase your mage powers to restore "The Pinball Order"
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Brotato
Single-player alternative to Legacy of Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Legacy of Defense.
Brotato is a top-down arena shooter roguelite where you play a potato wielding up to 6 weapons at a time to fight off hordes of aliens. Choose from a variety of traits and items to create unique builds and survive until help arrives.
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Survivor Of The Journey
Single-player alternative to Legacy of Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Legacy of Defense.
Survivor of the Journey is a survival game with rogue-like elements Survive in countless fantasy monsters Grow faster than the enemy that comes and knock them down Survive to the end and defeat the boss. Failed? Use your stuff to be strong. Can't you? Let's try our luck this time.
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Paper Cannon
Single-player alternative to Legacy of Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Legacy of Defense.
Paper Cannon is an addictive casual shooting game where you destroy balls with simple controls. Face off against bosses at the end of each stage, and power up your cannon to destroy everything raining down from the sky! Wow!
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Soul Stream
Single-player alternative to Legacy of Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Legacy of Defense.
Defy the flow of the Soulstream, reach its end, and face the truth. Soulstream — a desktop background idle auto-battler adventure.
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Loop Tower
Single-player alternative to Legacy of Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Legacy of Defense.
Loop Tower tells the story of adventurers climbing an endless tower. Place it on a corner of your desktop and help them continue their ascent. Experience a fresh blend of desktop idle gameplay + roguelike + RPG right now!
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Happy Little Farm
Single-player alternative to Legacy of Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Legacy of Defense.
Happy Little Farm is a cozy farming game where you grow crops, care for adorable animals, and build a peaceful little life. Just don’t check whether the animals are still happy after sunset.