Single-player games like D.A.D.S.
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to D.A.D.S., 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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Layered Loop层叠环道
Single-player alternative to D.A.D.S. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with D.A.D.S..
Draft modules, stack your defenses, and keep firepower supplied as heroes travel the loop. Every new layer changes your build.
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Don’t Touch My Potato!
Single-player alternative to D.A.D.S. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with D.A.D.S..
Grow your farm by day, build your defenses in the evening, and protect the Potatron from zombie and alien attacks at night.
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Rogue Drone
Single-player alternative to D.A.D.S. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with D.A.D.S..
A sci-fi mining and base-building game where efficient mining is the key to survival. Gather crystals, expand your colony, upgrade your defenses, and withstand increasingly dangerous nightly attacks.
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No One Gets Through
Single-player alternative to D.A.D.S. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with D.A.D.S..
Shape enemy routes with freely placed towers and grow your defenses through roguelite upgrades. Choose one of three cards between campaign stages, combine five tower types and ten specializations, and hold the line across three chapters, Boss Challenge and Endless modes.
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AGE OF ALIENS
Single-player alternative to D.A.D.S. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with D.A.D.S..
On an alien world, you must defend yourself in this unique base-building tower-defense game. Build a base by placing blocks, turrets and traps in order to survive the hoards of aliens.
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Stick Wars: The Laneborn
Single-player alternative to D.A.D.S. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with D.A.D.S..
A 2D stickman strategy game on three lanes: you don’t micro troops you decide gold, deployments, and upgrades. Ally champions, lane-swapping bosses, and a campaign that only gets tougher.
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Heart Of Machine
Single-player alternative to D.A.D.S. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with D.A.D.S..
Heart of Machine blends top-down tower defense with light roguelite elements. Face an evolving mechanical swarm thousands strong, tailor defenses, upgrade towers with chips, and use real-time support weapons to turn the tide. Build an unbreakable line and save the core from destruction.
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Remnant Afterglow Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to D.A.D.S. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with D.A.D.S..
This is a creative and challenging real-time strategy tower defense game where players need to constantly expand, build complex battle lines on the map, and fight against groups of enemies. The game has unique rules and beautiful pixel style, with each level filled with tense and exciting battles.
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The Stick Figure Game
Single-player alternative to D.A.D.S. — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with D.A.D.S..
The most convoluted game of capture-the-flag we've ever seen! In this turn-based strategy game, make choices to bring new units into play, position forces, fire on the enemy, dig tunnels to avoid enemy line-of-sight, and more. Play solo vs the computer player, or head-to-head against a friend!