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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Deepworks
Single-player alternative to Pulslink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pulslink.
Earth is gone. The fleet is hungry. Drop a Hub on a generated claim, find the seam, and let the robots dig. Every machine you build makes noise — and noise is how the machines that took the planet find you. Hold the line, launch with the take, sell it, and go deeper.
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The Crab is Walking
Single-player alternative to Pulslink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pulslink.
From the makers of The King Is Watching comes a roguelite city builder where your capital sits atop giant creatures. Piece together your city, rain fury with your armies and crab your way across post-apocalyptic wasteland.
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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.
Quiet Bruise is a survivor roguelike where you play as a family of plushie misfits, some fast and some barely functional. Craft wand combinations, fight off cats and crocs storming the factory, and survive long enough for your family to grow from one plushie into an army.
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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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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.