Single-player games like Rift Haul TD
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Rift Haul TD, 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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Island Crusaders
Single-player alternative to Rift Haul TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Rift Haul TD.
Island Crusaders is a cute yet brutal tactical RTS game. Defend your home against swarms of enemies as your picturesque island gets stained by the blood of your enemies. Unlock new and unique units, strategically place and move them, and defeat the impending army.
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Intra
Single-player alternative to Rift Haul TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rift Haul TD.
IntraTD is a top-down tower defense strategy game. Fight against clever enemies by crafting unique strategies with your skills and towers in Intra's story of rescuing the Gravgasians. Manage towers and defend the main tower with your little hero. Explore maps designed with stylized realism.
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EverSiege: Untold Ages
Single-player alternative to Rift Haul TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rift Haul TD.
Retreating ends here. Defend Bastion against evil hordes, reclaim lost powers, rebuild ancient ruins, and adapt your tactics to reverse the siege. Shape your playstyle in this hero-strategy rogue-lite solo or co-op up to 3 players.
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Door Kickers 2: Task Force North
Single-player alternative to Rift Haul TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Rift Haul TD.
Command military Special Ops Teams in gripping tactical combat against a Middle East-based terrorist network. Sequel to RockPaperShotgun's "Best Tactics Game of 2014".
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Age of Darkness: Final Stand
Single-player alternative to Rift Haul TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rift Haul TD.
Age of Darkness: Final Stand is a dark fantasy survival RTS where you must illuminate, build and defend humanity’s last bastion against hordes of Nightmares. Set in the remnants of a kingdom consumed by a deadly fog, you decide. Will you hide in the light? Or take back your world.
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Warhammer Age of Sigmar: Realms of Ruin
Single-player alternative to Rift Haul TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Rift Haul TD.
Wage a campaign of brutal conquest in this realm-shattering real-time strategy game set in the Warhammer Age of Sigmar universe. Become a warlord and lead four unique factions to conquer the wild and savage Realm of Ghur in tense and tactical battles.
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Here Comes The Swarm
Single-player alternative to Rift Haul TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rift Haul TD.
Here Comes the Swarm is a survival RTS with a pause button! Create your strategy, build, manage, and defend your settlements at your own pace. Take the fight to the hive mind and lead expeditions to deliver a deadly blow and eradicate your foes. Will you reclaim Ulora from the relentless Swarm?
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Aliens: Dark Descent
Single-player alternative to Rift Haul TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Rift Haul TD.
Drop into the gripping journey of Aliens: Dark Descent, a squad-based, single-player action game in the iconic Alien franchise. Lead your soldiers in real-time to stop a new and terrifying kind of Xenomorph outbreak on Planet Lethe.