Single-player games like The Ember Guardian
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Ember Guardian, 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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Monsters are Coming!
Single-player alternative to The Ember Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Ember Guardian.
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
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The King is Watching
Single-player alternative to The Ember Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Ember Guardian.
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
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Drill Core
Single-player alternative to The Ember Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Ember Guardian.
Corporate greed meets strategic planet-mining in Drill Core! Drill to the heart of planets while managing workers, researching cutting-edge tech, and fortifying against alien attacks. Will you prioritize efficiency and risk your workers' safety, or focus on defense for survival?
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Kingdom Two Crowns
Single-player alternative to The Ember Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with The Ember Guardian.
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
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Thronefall
Single-player alternative to The Ember Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Ember Guardian.
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
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CleanFall
Single-player alternative to The Ember Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Ember Guardian.
CleanFall is a survival rogue-like that prizes player freedom and creativity. Build mobile death machines to fight off ravenous hordes, craft and alchemize gun turrets, and tunnel through subterranean ecosystems crawling with nameless horrors.
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DarkSwitch
Single-player alternative to The Ember Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Ember Guardian.
DarkSwitch is a vertical survival city builder. Build a city on a great tree and defend it against the Fog. Face the challenges of limited real estate, scarce resources, and tough moral choices as you seek to uncover the mystery of the Shroud. The Tree Provides! The Tree Protects! The Tree Prevails!
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They Are Coming
Single-player alternative to The Ember Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Ember Guardian.
They Are Coming is a hybrid game that combines roguelike, tower defense, and base building in a side-scrolling shooter format. It offers a straightforward gaming experience for pure enjoyment.
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Remnant: From the Ashes
Single-player alternative to The Ember Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Ember Guardian.
The world has been thrown into chaos by an ancient evil from another dimension. As one of the last remnants of humanity, you must set out alone or alongside up to two other survivors to face down hordes of deadly enemies to try to carve a foothold, rebuild, and retake what was lost.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to The Ember Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Ember Guardian.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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Dome Keeper
Single-player alternative to The Ember Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Ember Guardian.
Defend against waves of alien monsters in this unique roguelike action miner. Dig for resources, collect useful gadgets, and upgrade equipment to increase odds of survival – just hurry back before your dome is destroyed!
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The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to The Ember Guardian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Ember Guardian.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.