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Single-player games like Alive as a Service

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Alive as a Service, 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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    VALDIS — Steam game cover

    VALDIS

    Single-player alternative to Alive as a Service — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Alive as a Service.

    Valdis est un hybride dynamique tower defense et third-person shooter en univers sci-fi. Défendez le noyau énergétique d’une station spatiale contre des vagues de zombies, combinez tourelles et éléments, déclenchez des réactions dévastatrices et survivez avec votre fusil à pompe !

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MannyTD — Steam game cover

    MannyTD

    Single-player alternative to Alive as a Service — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Alive as a Service.

    Manny TD is a hybrid tower defense and third-person shooter with random in game elements. Join and get your personal high score!

    2022ActionStrategyEarly Access2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Management In Space — Steam game cover

    Management In Space

    Single-player alternative to Alive as a Service — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Alive as a Service.

    Management In Space is a gritty sci-fi strategy roguelite where you find yourself in debt. Build, mine, trade, date, and defend using stations across the galaxy, all while wars swells, aliens devastate sectors, and cults rip the galaxy apart & release demons upon the cosmos.

    StrategyEarly AccessSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cosmic Robots — Steam game cover

    Cosmic Robots

    Single-player alternative to Alive as a Service — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Alive as a Service.

    Defend your planet from waves of robot invaders! Build powerful turrets, upgrade your defenses, and command robot units to fight drones, tanks, and massive bosses. Then send your own forces to attack the enemy planet in this action-packed sci-fi tower defense game.

    2026ActionStrategySimulation5.09 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    AGE OF ALIENS — Steam game cover

    AGE OF ALIENS

    Single-player alternative to Alive as a Service — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Alive as a Service.

    On an alien world, you must defend yourself in this unique base-building tower-defense game. Build a base by placing blocks, turrets and traps in order to survive the hoards of aliens.

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    Silverwing — Steam game cover

    Silverwing

    Single-player alternative to Alive as a Service — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alive as a Service.

    Silverwing is an action flight game where you build an array of powerful spaceships to combat enemies across space and a diverse array of planet landscapes. Play through a fully voiced 20+ mission campaign with multiple endings based on your mission choices.

    2022ActionIndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Abda Redeemer: Space alien invasion — Steam game cover

    Abda Redeemer: Space alien invasion

    Single-player alternative to Alive as a Service — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Alive as a Service.

    Our brave hero Abda lost his father. After his death, he remained the only one of his kind. Everyone he loved died. After the funeral, he inherited his father's old starship. After fixing the flying saucer he had inherited, Abda got ready to go. Thus began the story of Abda Redeemer.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Parallax Blue — Steam game cover

    Parallax Blue

    Single-player alternative to Alive as a Service — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Alive as a Service.

    A strategy tower defence where you create the towers! Gather resources, build towers, defeat bugs, and survive. Unlock new weapons, create towers, gather resources, and die. Don't fall short of the Company's expectations... these resources are worth more than any life, including yours.

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