Single-player games like Hearthguard
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Hearthguard, 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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Wandering Monolith: Rogue TD
Single-player alternative to Hearthguard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hearthguard.
You are the Wandering Monolith, falling from the sky. Summon towers, expand the board, defend your core, and build your deck of upgrades to conquer countless worlds.
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Nightmare Invasion
Single-player alternative to Hearthguard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hearthguard.
Nightmare has set its sights on this world, and as the will of the world, you will rely on cards, tower defenses, and urban construction to destroy Nightmare's invasion in the dream
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Endless Defense
Single-player alternative to Hearthguard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hearthguard.
Endless Defense is a roguelite sci-fi tower defense game where every run becomes a new build. Place turrets, choose traits, draw upgrade cards, use special tiles, and evolve your defense to survive endless waves of enemies, elites, and bosses.
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The Merchant's Eden
Single-player alternative to Hearthguard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hearthguard.
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.
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Blue Dynasty:Town Defense
Single-player alternative to Hearthguard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hearthguard.
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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Underground Security Inc
Single-player alternative to Hearthguard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hearthguard.
Build the most profitable dungeon while repelling parties of adventuring "heroes". Manage minions, mine ores, build traps and collect ancient tomes in this roguelite dungeon defense game.
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Solheim
Single-player alternative to Hearthguard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hearthguard.
Tower defence meets roguelite on a moving fortress. Craft towers from blueprints, stack powerful augments, and fight through escalating biomes in Solheim, a dark fantasy TD unlike any other.
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MageGuard Tower
Single-player alternative to Hearthguard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hearthguard.
MageGuard Tower is a roguelike tower defense game where thousands of physics-driven monsters surge toward your crystal. Build, unlock, and adapt across procedurally generated maps in a relentless struggle for survival.
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The Revenge of Sophia Red
Single-player alternative to Hearthguard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hearthguard.
The Revenge Of Sophia Red is a first-person psychological horror adventure with puzzle elements. It's about the life of the book author Sophia Red. Love can turn into hate and make people blind. Revenge has become the only meaning in Sophia's life. This is her story.