Single-player games like Built the End
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Built the End, 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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Rogue Drone
Single-player alternative to Built the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Built the End.
A sci-fi mining and base-building game where efficient mining is the key to survival. Gather crystals, expand your colony, upgrade your defenses, and withstand increasingly dangerous nightly attacks.
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Empires of Black Powder
Single-player alternative to Built the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Built the End.
It’s the Napoleonic era, and you must build the battlefield you fight on. Send Pioneers to gather supplies, expand the local town, and prepare your defenses. Command companies in formation, keep your veterans alive, and carry their experience and upgrades into the next battle.
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Frontworks
Single-player alternative to Built the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Built the End.
Build a war factory on a hostile alien world. Extract raw ore and refine it into complex components. Automate logistics, manufacturing and army recruitment. Defend against huge waves of native robots and alien wildlife, then send your army to raze enemy bases for planetary domination.
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Hold the Dawn
Single-player alternative to Built the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Built the End.
Build by day. Survive the horde by night. Hold the Dawn is a 3D wasteland tower defense with unique auto-fighting heroes, tactical towers, zombie waves, and co-op over Steam, LAN, or local play.
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Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids
Single-player alternative to Built the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Built the End.
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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DreadHaven: The Last Colony
Single-player alternative to Built the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Built the End.
Build by day. Survive by night. Each day, use a limited number of actions to expand your city, manage resources, reinforce defenses, and prepare for what’s coming. Each night, unleash the power of your towers against the ever-growing zombie hordes.
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Lord Of Anatolia
Single-player alternative to Built the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Built the End.
Lead a 14th-century Anatolian tribe from a small camp to a great Sancak. Build your dynasty, manage characters with real personalities, survive seasons and raids — a deep colony management game. Made solo over 2 years.
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Biletide
Single-player alternative to Built the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Built the End.
An atmospheric tower-defence strategy game about holding back an oozing toxic Tide. A distant mining colony has awakened a living flood that seeps from breaches in the ground. Dig for resources, raise defensive terrain, and burn your way to seal the breaches. Can you survive the Biletide?