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Single-player games like Defense of Wancotte

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Defense of Wancotte, 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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    CreepWars TD — Steam game cover

    CreepWars TD

    Single-player alternative to Defense of Wancotte — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of Wancotte.

    Summon units in to defend key positions. Defeat waves of creeps to earn gold to upgrade your defenders. Adjust your defense to the enemies’ armor type by choosing the right type of damage. Select different upgrade paths and be aware that some creeps have special abilities.

    2020StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tower Defense Hero — Steam game cover

    Tower Defense Hero

    Single-player alternative to Defense of Wancotte — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Defense of Wancotte.

    A game combining tower defense and RPG

    2021ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Moonlords - Tides of Battle — Steam game cover

    Moonlords - Tides of Battle

    Single-player alternative to Defense of Wancotte — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of Wancotte.

    Compose your army and outmaneuver the enemy troops on a lane-based map to turn the tides against them. Choose out of many factions, units, upgrades, heroes and spells to gather momentum, push lanes and storm their base in an epic tug of war.

    StrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sears: The Sky Frontier — Steam game cover

    Sears: The Sky Frontier

    Single-player alternative to Defense of Wancotte — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Defense of Wancotte.

    Sears: The Sky Frontier is a beautiful and epic real-time strategy game that puts you at the head of an army of little stone men against formidable invaders, smartly planning the battle and leading the defense in unique and atmospheric locations.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Waveguard — Steam game cover

    Waveguard

    Single-player alternative to Defense of Wancotte — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Defense of Wancotte.

    A roguelike tower defense where every run reshapes your strategy. Build your team of towers, combine more than 80 artifacts, and explore a pixel-art world while taking on ever tougher challenges and bosses.

    StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tower Defense: Defender of the Kingdom — Steam game cover

    Tower Defense: Defender of the Kingdom

    Single-player alternative to Defense of Wancotte — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of Wancotte.

    Defender of the Kingdom: Tower Defense is a colorful medieval tower defense strategy game where orcs and their horde attacked the kingdom and now the fate of the kingdom is in your hands, defenders!

    2019StrategyIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Elgem TD — Steam game cover

    Elgem TD

    Single-player alternative to Defense of Wancotte — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Defense of Wancotte.

    The Elgem Nexus is under attack! Protect it by killing enemies, upgrading gems, and discovering powerful combinations. Not all gems grow the same, and the randomness creates infinite replayability in this element-themed tower defense game.

    ActionStrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Towered — Steam game cover

    Towered

    Single-player alternative to Defense of Wancotte — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of Wancotte.

    Defend the Nexus, run after run. Build under population limits, balance gold and mana, draft augments as you level, and spend gems on a permanent power-up tree in this pixel-art tower defense roguelite.

    StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →