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Single-player games like Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting, 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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    Hordeguard: Winds of the North — Steam game cover

    Hordeguard: Winds of the North

    Single-player alternative to Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting.

    Leap into the heart of a Viking fantasy siege where tower defense meets action combat, strategy, and co-op survival. Gather what you can, raise your defenses, fight beside your friends, and hold the line against an unending horde.

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project Tomorrow — Steam game cover

    Project Tomorrow

    Single-player alternative to Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting.

    A base-building survival game with terraforming and crafting. Earth lies poisoned and abandoned ten thousand years after invasion. Awaken from stasis, defend your fragile foothold, and restore a dead world so humanity can live here again.

    2026StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blue Dynasty:Town Defense — Steam game cover

    Blue Dynasty:Town Defense

    Single-player alternative to Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting.

    Blue Dynasty is a Medieval ARPG/Strategy game that blends TD and Hack and Slash genres with Rogue Lite mechanics. Dominate the map by strengthening your equipment, but remember there is no shield stronger than the city walls. If you are looking for challenging discoveries, the dungeons await you.

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    Crownwarden — Steam game cover

    Crownwarden

    Single-player alternative to Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting.

    Build by day, defend by night! In this story-driven city builder, take direct control of your ruler to protect the realm. Explore diverse lands, upgrade your leader's abilities, command armies against monstrous hordes, and uncover the dark secrets of your lineage.

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    The Merchant's Eden — Steam game cover

    The Merchant's Eden

    Single-player alternative to Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting.

    Build a medieval town around a thriving market. Defend your citizens and traveling merchants against raiding bandits. A minimalist game blending cozy city-building and intense tower-defense as you grow and protect your town.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Arise Dark Lord — Steam game cover

    Arise Dark Lord

    Single-player alternative to Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting.

    You are The Dark Lord! Raise an evil army, and crush the race of men. An action-strategy hybrid RTS, blending tower defence, base building and direct control of your Dark Lord avatar, currently in early development.  

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    Diseased — Steam game cover

    Diseased

    Single-player alternative to Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting.

    Build your camp in the freezing cold and make tough choices. Capture walls to expand your borders and send your men to explore. Risk it all for vital resources, as surviving the relentless waves of the Diseased emerging from the dark will be harder than you think.

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    Malón — Steam game cover

    Malón

    Single-player alternative to Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting.

    From the plains in the Pampas to the most hostile places in the untamed Patagonia: Manage your own frontier outpost, build new structures, train soldiers, and survive relentless attacks from the enemy.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Los Pingheros — Steam game cover

    Los Pingheros

    Single-player alternative to Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting.

    Duck, dodge and toss. Los Pingheros is a multiplayer brawler for up to 8 players online or local. Join hectic battles in various modes and strive to become the ultimate Pinghero in Mexico by snowing your opponents out of the arena.

    2025ActionIndieCasual6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →