Single-player games like Gardener's Luck
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Gardener's Luck, 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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SlimeHold
Single-player alternative to Gardener's Luck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gardener's Luck.
Recruit powerful Slimes, discover unique Items, and defend your King in this roguelite tower defense game. Build powerful synergies, survive endless enemy waves, and create a new strategy every run.
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Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids
Single-player alternative to Gardener's Luck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gardener's Luck.
Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids is a medieval fantasy blend of tower defense and roguelike progression. Build defenses on a grid, manage resources, and survive ever-evolving enemies.
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Frostliner
Single-player alternative to Gardener's Luck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gardener's Luck.
The moon shattered. The world froze. Take command of a nomadic train city hurtling through a war-ravaged frozen wasteland. In this survival city builder on rails, gather survivors, scavenge resources, and do whatever it takes to keep the engine running and stay ahead of the frost.
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Defe
Single-player alternative to Gardener's Luck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gardener's Luck.
Tower Defense Roguelike with Action RPG elements, combining base building, real-time strategy, resource management, and intense top-down combat. Build by day. Defend by night. Explore and survive, if you can.
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Loopstructor 2: Skyspine
Single-player alternative to Gardener's Luck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gardener's Luck.
Build intricate rail networks, deploy and upgrade unique Battle Trains, and harness Turret Enchantments to forge mobile fortresses. Fend off endless abominations from the deep earth. Every layout is a battle of wits, every adjustment decides survival.
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Weather The Tide
Single-player alternative to Gardener's Luck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gardener's Luck.
The world you once knew is gone. The why does not matter; the important thing is how you survive. Weather the Tide places the fate of your community in your hands - literally - as you build a deck of cards that shapes how you rise above the floodwaters. Can you survive the rising tides?
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Endless Void: Idle Tower Defence
Single-player alternative to Gardener's Luck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gardener's Luck.
Shoot. Upgrade. Die. Repeat. Defend against endless swarms in this minimalist idle tower defense. Construct an impenetrable fortress, research game-breaking tech, craft legendary gear, and harness cosmic abilities like Black Holes and Orbital Strikes. How deep into the Void can you survive?
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MoeArmy vs SuArmy
Single-player alternative to Gardener's Luck — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Gardener's Luck.
MoeArmy vs SuArmy is a 2D auto-battle strategy game. Choose the Moe or Su faction, build structures to deploy formations, combine cards, gear, and commander skills to power up your troops, exploit armor counters in automatic combat, and destroy the enemy base to claim victory!