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Single-player games like Zombies Per Minute

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Zombies Per Minute, 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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    Quiet Bruise — Steam game cover

    Quiet Bruise

    Single-player alternative to Zombies Per Minute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zombies Per Minute.

    Play as dumb plushies trying to keep a collapsing factory alive in this tower defence factory automation game. Build chaotic production lines, fight off hordes of cats and crocs, survive your own terrible decisions and keep the factory running.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tiny Kings — Steam game cover

    Tiny Kings

    Single-player alternative to Zombies Per Minute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Zombies Per Minute.

    Tiny Kings is the whimsical medieval base builder where your dreams of building and managing a pint-sized kingdom come true! Unleash your inner ruler and build your kingdom, manage your citizens' tasks, and dominate the siege to become the ultimate ruler.

    2025StrategySimulationCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Diseased — Steam game cover

    Diseased

    Single-player alternative to Zombies Per Minute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zombies Per Minute.

    Build your camp in the freezing cold and make tough choices. Capture walls to widen borders and send your men to explore. Risk it all for vital resources, as surviving the relentless waves of the Diseased emerging from the dark will be harder than you think.

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    One More Tower — Steam game cover

    One More Tower

    Single-player alternative to Zombies Per Minute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zombies Per Minute.

    One More Tower is a horde survival TD set in a medieval fantasy world. Pioneer an unexplored forest, build your town and defenses, and hold out against the onslaught of enemies. How long can you survive?

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mycelium Conquest — Steam game cover

    Mycelium Conquest

    Single-player alternative to Zombies Per Minute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zombies Per Minute.

    A deep biological network automation game where you grow a living mycelial network across an alien planet. Consume the local flora and creatures, build biological production chains, and evolve from a tiny spore into a cosmic entity that consumes worlds.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Last Monument — Steam game cover

    Last Monument

    Single-player alternative to Zombies Per Minute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zombies Per Minute.

    A deadline-driven roguelite management game set in ancient Egypt. Build impossible monuments under brutal deadlines. Push your workers to the limit, survive disasters and riots, and watch your civilization slowly transform into something far stranger.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Swarmhold — Steam game cover

    Swarmhold

    Single-player alternative to Zombies Per Minute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Zombies Per Minute.

    Swarmhold is a base defense roguelite where you survive the relentless swarm. Gather resources, build your defenses, draft in-game upgrades, and fight alongside your base to hold the line. Play solo or with up to 3 friends.

    2026ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pan's Permia — Steam game cover

    Pan's Permia

    Single-player alternative to Zombies Per Minute — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Zombies Per Minute.

    Pan's Permia is a planetary city builder survival game, with intricate building mechanics, villager survival, in depth army combat, and tower defense mechanics!

    StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →