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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 Realm: Guardian Grids — Steam game cover

    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.

    2026StrategyIndie10.39 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DreadHaven: The Last Colony — Steam game cover

    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.

    2026StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lord Of Anatolia — Steam game cover

    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.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rogue Drone — Steam game cover

    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.

    2026StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Biletide — Steam game cover

    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?

    2026Strategy5.39 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bermuda Bastion — Steam game cover

    Bermuda Bastion

    Single-player alternative to Built the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Built the End.

    Survive 33 days in the heart of the Bermuda Triangle! Build triangular structures to defend against malevolent squares, pentagons, and other geometric monsters. In this chaotic city-builder roguelike, every mistake pulls your Bastion closer to the depths.

    2026StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Celestial Fragments — Steam game cover

    Celestial Fragments

    Single-player alternative to Built the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Built the End.

    Celestial Fragments is a turn-based tactics game where conquer asteroids for control of overwhelming energy. Command your evolving robot army, construct bases, and upgrade your forces as you become a critical element in an interplanetary power struggle.

    StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Remnant Afterglow — Steam game cover

    Remnant Afterglow

    Single-player alternative to Built the End — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Built the End.

    This is a creative and challenging real-time strategy tower defense game where players need to constantly expand, build complex battle lines on the map, and fight against groups of enemies. The game has unique rules and beautiful pixel style, with each level filled with tense and exciting battles.=

    StrategySimulationEarly AccessSingle-playerSimilar games →