Single-player games like Exone Rift
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Exone Rift, 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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Stelvyr: Colony Defense
Single-player alternative to Exone Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Exone Rift.
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.
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Red Rocket Defencism
Single-player alternative to Exone Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Exone Rift.
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!
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Tau Cubis
Single-player alternative to Exone Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Exone Rift.
Tau Cubis is a mazing tower defense game set in colorful sci-fi landscapes. Use your strategic skills to overcome numerous challenges and advance through the leaderboards.
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SYNCHRONIZERS: UNDEAD MARINES
Single-player alternative to Exone Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Exone Rift.
"SYNCHRONIZERS: UNDEAD MARINES" blends high-quality Three-Lane Tower Defense with Reverse Tower Defense gameplay. Command your units in a thrilling narrative reminiscent of a StarCraft and Plants Vs. Zombies fusion! Your choices will forge the path to victory—or defeat.
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Defender's Dynasty
Single-player alternative to Exone Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Exone Rift.
A 2D Strategic Base Defender game set in Medieval times. As relentless Waves of enemy forces threaten your Stronghold, you must gather Resources, Fortify your Defenses and lead your Rebellion. Prepare to strengthen your Base and manage your Resources. But beaware of the Storms!
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Void TD
Single-player alternative to Exone Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Exone Rift.
Build powerful defenses, collect loot, combine effects, and survive evolving waves from the void in a tower defense game driven by ARPG-inspired buildcrafting and persistent progression.
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Hive Xenotype
Single-player alternative to Exone Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Exone Rift.
Biopunk survival strategy — take command of the last remaining posthumans. Adapt to a harsh and forgotten planet, but keep the local ecosystem in balance — otherwise the last of humanity is doomed. Will you assimilate this world, or lead your people to extinction?
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Taur
Single-player alternative to Exone Rift — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Exone Rift.
Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?