Single-player games like Refence
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Refence, 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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Feudal Fantasy Incremental
Single-player alternative to Refence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Refence.
Feudal Fantasy is a short active incremental game in which you rebuild a town once lost to tragedy as its lord, by managing upgrades, new buildings and recruiting the wisdom of fantasy races.
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Goblin Buster: Incremental Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Refence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Refence.
Goblin Buster is an incremental tower defense game with deep upgrade mechanics. Obliterate annoying goblins, collect materials, discover powerful relics, invest in unique buildings and spend your resources to upgrade towers and magical spells with a massive skill tree!
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Idle Colony
Single-player alternative to Refence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Refence.
A condensed incremental experience, where you build a colony to collect and merge bigger and bigger fruits. Combine game-changing technologies and special upgrades to find the best synergies and take your cash flow to another dimension.
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Don Duality
Single-player alternative to Refence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Refence.
Don Duality is a Chaos Manager game with card mechanics. Send your gangsters to the heist and launder money in your restaurant. Hire staff and upgrade your establishment, but remember that life like a roulette wheel and not everything can be fully controlled in Don's journey.
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(the) Gnorp Apologue
Single-player alternative to Refence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Refence.
(the) Gnorp Apologue is the journey of the gnorps as you guide them towards their goal of delightfully excessive wealth accumulation.
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Samawa Idle
Single-player alternative to Refence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Refence.
Unleash the power of specialized towers to annihilate hordes of monsters in this idle game with roguelike elements. Collect gold, level up your towers, face powerful bosses, and refine your strategy with an evolving skill tree.
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Idle Monster TD
Single-player alternative to Refence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Refence.
An endless Tower Defense game of epic Monsters vs evil War Machines. Unlock and upgrade tons of unique elemental Monsters (Water, Air, Earth, and Fire) to defend your home from an infinite swarm of robots. Strategize the most effective placement of Monsters to synergize their elemental abilities.
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Idle Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Refence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Refence.
Idle Tower Defense is a game where you control a single tower to fight off hordes of enemies. No randomization. Choose from a variety of modules to create unique builds and upgrade modules and survive endless waves.
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Dig n Fight
Single-player alternative to Refence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Refence.
Dig for treasures, build powerful backpack synergies, and defeat all enemies.