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Single-player games like Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD)

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD), 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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    Swarming Planet — Steam game cover

    Swarming Planet

    Single-player alternative to Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD).

    Build towers and learn abilities to defend against swarms of hundreds of on-screen hostile alien creatures. Choose between sets of randomized upgrades that both upgrade you and the alien swarm. From enormous explosions to far-reaching flamethrowers, no two games are the same.

    2021Strategy7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cybersquare Madness — Steam game cover

    Cybersquare Madness

    Single-player alternative to Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD).

    Immerse in this cyberpunk fun strategic tower defence, with multitudes of strategic diversity, while encountering boss fight, and fighting for you glory to cubic perfection.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie5.39 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Clickore Station — Steam game cover

    Clickore Station

    Single-player alternative to Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD).

    Defend your station with a click and survive as long as you can. Destroy the enemies, mine the deposit, then trade your ore for permanent upgrades. Every world has its own ore, its own enemies and its own rules.

    StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stelvyr: Colony Defense — Steam game cover

    Stelvyr: Colony Defense

    Single-player alternative to Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD).

    Build and defend a space colony where every unit of power and every crew assignment matters. Expand production, research new technologies, shape the battlefield with walls and weapons, and adapt your strategy against alien swarms across nine campaign operations.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Automatrons - Tower Defense — Steam game cover

    Automatrons - Tower Defense

    Single-player alternative to Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD).

    Join our machine legion to conquer the world.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    AGE OF ALIENS — Steam game cover

    AGE OF ALIENS

    Single-player alternative to Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD).

    On an alien world, you must defend yourself in this unique base-building tower-defense game. Build a base by placing blocks, turrets and traps in order to survive the hoards of aliens.

    ActionStrategyCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Towership Defender — Steam game cover

    Towership Defender

    Single-player alternative to Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD).

    A single-tower defense game. Engine failure has made our ship stationary. Shoot down the bugger fleet and collect their fragments to upgrade your weapons, then use rare drops for permanent upgrades between runs. Unlock special weapons and deploy defenders to face down endless waves of alien ships.

    2026Casual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tanks Etc. — Steam game cover

    Tanks Etc.

    Single-player alternative to Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD) — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Galaxy Defenders (Classic TD).

    Tanks Etc. is a modern reimagining of co-op overhead arcade classics; it offers classic gameplay while adding in depths of strategy to keep players reinventing strategies for waging war with their friends.

    2024ActionStrategyCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →