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Single-player games like Anvira: Forge Defense

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Anvira: Forge Defense, 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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    Open The Gate: Just A Little — Steam game cover

    Open The Gate: Just A Little

    Single-player alternative to Anvira: Forge Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Anvira: Forge Defense.

    Medieval Tower Defense and Real-time Strategy hybrid where positioning, gold farming and tower capturing decide the outcome against waves of legions and dragons.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation4.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fortress Merge — Steam game cover

    Fortress Merge

    Single-player alternative to Anvira: Forge Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Anvira: Forge Defense.

    Merge buildings, upgrade your defenses, and protect your fortress from endless waves of zombies. Plan each move carefully, adapt your strategy, and survive as long as you can.

    2026StrategyRPGFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Castle Away — Steam game cover

    Castle Away

    Single-player alternative to Anvira: Forge Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Anvira: Forge Defense.

    Build and command your own flying fortress. Battle your way through a hand-drawn realm and craft the strongest keep imaginable. Will your castle hold up against the Archdemon?

    2027StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Court Wizard — Steam game cover

    Court Wizard

    Single-player alternative to Anvira: Forge Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Anvira: Forge Defense.

    Cast spells, brew potions, and command defenders in this real-time strategy game. Choose from wildly different wizard archetypes, master spells with talent trees, and survive endless waves of attackers. Every wizard changes how you play. Can you defeat all of the bosses?

    2026StrategyIndieRPG4.00 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Eslabong — Steam game cover

    Eslabong

    Single-player alternative to Anvira: Forge Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Anvira: Forge Defense.

    Arena combat meets mercenary club management. Recruit from a dynamic market, build your squad, and compete season after season in leagues and cups.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie12.74 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Red Rocket Defencism — Steam game cover

    Red Rocket Defencism

    Single-player alternative to Anvira: Forge Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Anvira: Forge Defense.

    You, a military officer from our great autocratic motherland, must protect our precious rockets from the evil capitalist enemy in this revolutionary base building strategy game. Bribe! Surveil! Purge! Imbibe! The end justifies the means when you have to protect our invaluable rockets!

    2026ActionStrategyIndie7.03 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LINE WARLORD — Steam game cover

    LINE WARLORD

    Single-player alternative to Anvira: Forge Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Anvira: Forge Defense.

    A real-time line-battle roguelite. Spend rations to summon swordsmen, shields, archers and cavalry onto a single front, then break the enemy base. Pick relics and promotions at every fork to build a different army each run. Three commanders, three ultimates.

    2027StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    For Our King — Steam game cover

    For Our King

    Single-player alternative to Anvira: Forge Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Anvira: Forge Defense.

    A medieval Tower Defense x Autobattler Roguelite. Defend your Keep across escalating waves, recruit different unit types, and cast spells from different Schools of Magic. Spend what you earn on a skill tree with over 300 upgrades, and place them on a Decree Bar with many unique modifiers and mults.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →