Single-player games like The Gate Must Stand
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Gate Must Stand, 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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Monsters are Coming!
Single-player alternative to The Gate Must Stand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Gate Must Stand.
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
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The King is Watching
Single-player alternative to The Gate Must Stand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Gate Must Stand.
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
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Repel The Rifts
Single-player alternative to The Gate Must Stand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Gate Must Stand.
Repel the Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game where you lead a commander through an alien world, uncovering new terrain each wave, drafting powerful upgrades, and constructing defenses to hold back the chaos.
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Legionbound
Single-player alternative to The Gate Must Stand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Gate Must Stand.
Turn a handful of heroes into a massive legion! Legionbound is a casual retro RPG autobattler where you recruit heroes, discover class synergies, forge powerful Ascensions, and battle through hordes of enemies across replayable roguelite runs.
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ITER-8
Single-player alternative to The Gate Must Stand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Gate Must Stand.
Welcome to the surface, ITER employee #8. Mine the Pillar, upgrade your tools, defend your base, reach the top... or die miserably. Each expendable worker pushes the mission forward - one glorious, replaceable iteration at a time.
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The Ember Guardian
Single-player alternative to The Gate Must Stand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Gate Must Stand.
Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit and command workers to gather resources, build your camp and set up your defenses during the day. When night falls, fend off waves of deadly creatures with powerful, upgradable weapons.
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Pass the Fear
Single-player alternative to The Gate Must Stand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with The Gate Must Stand.
PASS THE FEAR is a roguelite bullet-hell shooter. A catastrophic Witch’s Disaster strikes without warning, and chaotic magic forms the ancient Wall of Storms. Its corruption spreads relentlessly across the island. As a demon hunter trapped within, you must find a way to escape before dawn breaks.
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Emberward
Single-player alternative to The Gate Must Stand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Gate Must Stand.
Build twisting mazes with tetromino blocks and deploy unique towers in this strategic roguelite tower defense adventure!
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Three Kingdom: The Journey
Single-player alternative to The Gate Must Stand — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Gate Must Stand.
Craft a legendary deck and lead your troops to protect the Kingdom for the glory of the Han Dynasty in this fast-paced deck-building strategy roguelike. The Kingdom is on the verge of disaster against the Yellow Turbans rebellion, and only you – and your skills as a general – stand in their way!