Single-player games like Death by Game Show
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Death by Game Show, 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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CastleStorm
Single-player alternative to Death by Game Show — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Death by Game Show.
Welcome to the world of CastleStorm, a super genre mashup of 2D physics destruction mashed with tower defense brawler! CastleStorm was born out of the fond childhood memory of building and destroying LEGO castles.
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Crush Your Enemies
Single-player alternative to Death by Game Show — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Death by Game Show.
Go back to the awesome glory days of Real-Time Strategy games. Crush Your Enemies has everything you love of the genre: Planning, choosing different types of units, managing resources, taking enemy territory and outwitting your opponent with the ingenious formations of your men.
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Immortal Defense
Single-player alternative to Death by Game Show — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Death by Game Show.
Immortal Defense is a story-driven tower defense game in which you give up your body and life to become an immortal "path defender", and defend your home world from destruction, forever. The game takes place over millions of years. Is there anything you would give up everything to defend?
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Iron Brigade
Single-player alternative to Death by Game Show — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Death by Game Show.
Join The Mobile Trench Brigade and protect humanity from the evil Monovision menace!
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Orcs Must Die!
Single-player alternative to Death by Game Show — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Death by Game Show.
Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.
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Rock of Ages 2: Bigger & Boulder™
Single-player alternative to Death by Game Show — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Death by Game Show.
The greatest rock-racing, tower defense, art history game is back! Like the title says, Bigger & Boulder cranks up the surrealism and gameplay with chaotic 4P multiplayer, new time periods, and improved graphics, physics, and destructibility powered by UE4 to be, well… BIGGER AND BOULDER.
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Rock of Ages
Single-player alternative to Death by Game Show — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Death by Game Show.
A rock-solid combination of rock-rolling action, deep strategy, and captivating art and music from different ages of history, this is a game of crush or be crushed!
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BeeFense
Single-player alternative to Death by Game Show — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Death by Game Show.
Build a fortress! Defend your honey! Be the bee!