Single-player games like Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition, 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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Bloons TD 6
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
The Bloons are back and better than ever! Get ready for a massive 3D tower defense game designed to give you hours and hours of the best strategy gaming available.
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Kingdom Rush - Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
Get ready for an epic journey to defend your kingdom against hordes of orcs, trolls, evil wizards and other nasty fiends using a vast arsenal of towers and spells at your command!Fight on forests, mountains and wastelands, customizing your defensive strategy with different tower upgrades and specializations!
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Defense Grid: The Awakening
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
Defense Grid: The Awakening is a unique spin on tower defense gameplay that will appeal to players of all skill levels. A horde of enemies is invading, and it's up to the player to stop them by strategically building fortification towers around their base.
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They Are Billions
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?
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Dungeon Defenders
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!
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Orcs Must Die!
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.
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Zombie Night Terror
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
Prepare yourself for the most thrilling night of your life! Something strange has happened and people everywhere are turning into blood thirsty walking corpses. But guess who’s the brains behind this hungry undead army? YOU! So spread this pandemic and wipe humanity off the planet.
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Peggle Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun! Aim, shoot, clear the orange pegs, then sit back and cheer as 10 whimsical teachers guide you to Peggle greatness.
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Plants vs. Zombies™: Replanted
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
The classic Plants vs. Zombies returns in glorious HD! The original battle between Plants and Zombies is back — bigger, brighter, and crazier than ever before! Experience the game that started it all, now remastered with stunning HD graphics and packed with new secrets and content to uncover.
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Plants vs. Zombies™ Garden Warfare 2: Deluxe Edition
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
Ready the Peashooters and prepare for the craziest, funniest shooter in the universe: Plants vs. Zombies Garden Warfare 2.
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ANIME TETRIS
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
The legendary game "Tetris" in a unique performance and atmosphere
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Critter Crunch
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Using Critter Crunch's 'Food Chain' mechanic, players will eat their way through a smorgasbord of levels and gorge on a feast of modes, including Co-op and Versus multiplayer.
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RollerCoaster Tycoon World™
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
RollerCoaster Tycoon World™ is the newest installment in the legendary RCT franchise. This next-generation theme park simulation and building game includes fan-favorite features along with incredible new advancements!
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GemCraft - Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
Forge and combine magical gems, build deadly defenses, and survive relentless waves in the Flash-era tower defense classics GemCraft, Chapter Zero, and Labyrinth. Now with up to 9x speed, new hotkeys, easier gem combining, and smoother performance.
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Insaniquarium Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The craziest aquarium game ever! Tend to your fish, keep them happy and they'll reward you with coins and jewels. Buy tank upgrades or egg parts which hatch different in-tank pets. These pets can help you feed your fish, collect coins, or even protect against the aliens that will invade your tank.
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Zuma Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Deep in the jungle lie hidden temples bursting with traps and trickery, and it's up to you to uncover their treasures. Fire magical balls from your stone frog idol to make matches of three or more and clear the deadly chain before it reaches the golden skull.
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Bejeweled® 3
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
The biggest, brightest Bejeweled ever! Discover all-new ways to play the world’s #1 puzzle game. Find your perfect match with 8 breathtaking game modes that meet all your moods.
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Zuma's Revenge!
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
An irresistible force has taken our fearless frog to an island where the puzzle-action of Zuma has evolved in amazing ways… but evil spirits and tenacious tiki bosses rule the land! Survive by firing stone spheres to destroy the deadly stream of balls. Conquer over 60 levels!
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Peggle™ Nights
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Join the Peggle Masters on a dreamtime adventure of alter egos and peg-tastic action. Stay up late to aim, shoot and clear orange pegs, and bask in Extreme Fever glory under the silver moon.
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Feeding Frenzy 2 Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The feeding frenzy begins again! Swim and swerve through underwater worlds, chow down on smaller fish, and chomp your way to ocean supremacy. But watch out: boatloads of pesky predators are looking to make lunch out of you.
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Chuzzle Deluxe
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Drag the rows of fuzzy Chuzzles up and down, left and right, to match colors, and they'll pop and return to their test-tube home. Choose from four play modes and two difficulty levels.