Single-player games like Pulslink
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Pulslink, 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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Endless Void: Idle Tower Defence
Single-player alternative to Pulslink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pulslink.
Shoot. Upgrade. Die. Repeat. Defend against endless swarms in this minimalist idle tower defense. Construct an impenetrable fortress, research game-breaking tech, craft legendary gear, and harness cosmic abilities like Black Holes and Orbital Strikes. How deep into the Void can you survive?
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Attrition Line
Single-player alternative to Pulslink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pulslink.
A factory game about building an army. Mine, smelt, and manufacture soldiers on an assembly line, then send them to fight a swarm that grows every hour. The more you automate, the bigger your army. Fall behind and the line breaks.
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Card Conquest
Single-player alternative to Pulslink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pulslink.
Card Conquest is a Tower Defense game with Deckbuilding and Roguelite elements. Combine spells, towers and units to create a deck and defeat your enemies. Spend your resources wisely and find balance between offense and defense. Gather powerful relics that will enhance your cards.
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Quiet Bruise
Single-player alternative to Pulslink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pulslink.
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.
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Zombies Per Minute
Single-player alternative to Pulslink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pulslink.
Zombies Per Minute is a factory-building roguelite where everything you build is measured by one thing: how many zombies you can kill per minute. Yes, really. Use your imagination to grow your factory, make decisive choices each wave and progress from one outpost to the other. Until Earth is saved.
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Overhead
Single-player alternative to Pulslink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pulslink.
Write code to command your defenses. Overhead is a strategy game where your code is your weapon; script turret (or sensor) behavior in JavaScript, TypeScript, Rust, Go, or any WASM language. Every scenario is seeded and deterministic. Write a better script, get a better score.
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Geometry TD
Single-player alternative to Pulslink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Pulslink.
A tower defense unlike anything you have played: the enemies are living numbers, your towers are geometric shapes, and countless projectiles fill the screen. Merge shapes, master seven elements, and lead a crew of astronauts that builds, mines and collects while you hold the line.
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Endustry
Single-player alternative to Pulslink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Pulslink.
Endustry is a game about building, exploring and surviving. Build machines and conveyor belts to collect resources. Try to survive with or without enemy waves depending on which game mode you play.
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Balloons
Single-player alternative to Pulslink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Pulslink.
Balloons is a single-player 2D racing game with roguelite elements. You can play as different emotive head balloons, breathe to gain lift, and enjoy fun and challenging tracks. The game has random map generation, different skill combinations. Win by reaching the finish line first.
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Terror Diversion
Single-player alternative to Pulslink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pulslink.
This is a text-based horror game in which you investigate mysterious urban legends. Along the way, the player takes on the role of a character who gets “lost” and encounters a series of random events.