Single-player games like Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Below are 22 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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Special squad versus zombies
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
A strange toxin has entered the city and almost all people in the city were transformed into the zombies. The zombies are very ferocious and they can destroy everything that prevents them. There is only one change to save the city, it is the Special Squad.
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Go! Save The Queen!
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
The ants have lost their queen; help them find a new one! Armed with toys, explosives, and other items, think fast, draw lines to command your ants, and protect your queen from the hordes of enemy insects looking to put an early end to their rule in this funny but brutal escort tower defense game.
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Evolit
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
Take charge of the galaxy's defense! With strategic moves, stop waves of cute yet dangerous enemies and prevent them from reaching the end of the road. Enhance your tactics with a variety of cards and unique towers, and stand against Evo! Strategy and infinity await here.
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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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Candy Disaster - Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
Candy Disaster is 3D trap-style tower defense game where you guard candies against alien thieves! Unlock powerful and clever traps, choose your arsenal for different bases, and find the deadliest trap combination - then watch those space goons walk into their death!
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Orczz
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
Orczz is a fantasy tower defense game set in the fantasy Kingdom of Whiteleaf, famous for its delicious honey wine – the mead. The player controls the Knight Order of the Mug, protectors of Whiteleaf and the mead, who are once again called to defend the land against an invading horde of orcs.
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Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville™
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition.
Kick some grass in Plants vs. Zombies: Battle for Neighborville, the wackiest shooter yet!
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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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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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Peggle Extreme
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Peggle Extreme delivers fast-paced puzzle action that combines elements of pinball and pachinko to create a truly unique game experience. Take your best shot with energizing arcade fun, now exclusively themed with art and sounds from Half-Life: Episode 2, Portal, and Team Fortress 2.
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TD Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Build your towers according to the enmey you are facing in the wave. Upgrade your turrets to increase range, damage or rewards. Each enemy wave will be random and increases in speed and damage resistance. How far can you go!
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The Sims™ Legacy Collection
Single-player alternative to Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The original game you know and love. For Windows 10/11. Create a neighborhood of Sims and guide their lives through careers and romance. Or create chaos with open-ended gameplay that lets you shape their destinies.
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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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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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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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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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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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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.