Single-player games like Explodey Towers
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Explodey Towers, 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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For Our King
Single-player alternative to Explodey Towers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Explodey Towers.
A medieval Tower Defense x Autobattler Roguelite. Defend your Keep across escalating waves, recruit different unit types, and cast spells from different Schools of Magic. Spend what you earn on a skill tree with over 300 upgrades, and place them on a Decree Bar with many unique modifiers and mults.
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Castle And Cursor
Single-player alternative to Explodey Towers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Explodey Towers.
Do you like Tower Defense and also clicking the cursor? Then defend your castle with itself and with your cursor. Each castle has its own unique upgrades. Complete stages unlock different castles and upgrade your cursor skills.
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Endless Tower Survivors
Single-player alternative to Explodey Towers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Explodey Towers.
Endless Tower Survivors is a roguelite tower defense survival game where a single tower fights against endless hordes of enemies. Combine weapons and upgrades to create unlimited power tower and survive as long as possible.
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Stem The Tide
Single-player alternative to Explodey Towers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Explodey Towers.
Lead the last bastion against the Swarm in this hybrid auto-battler and roguelite. Build your camp, recruit and merge units, create faction synergies, upgrade your warriors, and survive procedurally generated waves of monsters to save the world from destruction!
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Tiny Battles
Single-player alternative to Explodey Towers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Explodey Towers.
Tiny Battles is a tactical action auto-battler where battles take place automatically in the arena.
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Orcs Again
Single-player alternative to Explodey Towers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Explodey Towers.
Defend the kingdom against waves of orcs, build and upgrade towers, gather loot, and create powerful elemental combinations. Conquer increasingly difficult maps, develop your strategy, and prove how long you can hold out in endless mode.
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Tombstone Tactics
Single-player alternative to Explodey Towers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Explodey Towers.
Tombstone Tactics is a roguelike autobattler played from the wrong side of the crypt. Raise skeletons, arm them with the gear of fallen heroes, and sacrifice the weak to reshape your forces. Build the right army to keep your Lich alive through the run.
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Tower Survivors: Fortress
Single-player alternative to Explodey Towers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Explodey Towers.
You are humanity's last hope in this tower-defense auto battler inspired by the popular Warcraft 3 mod. Every 30 seconds a new shop of eight cards appears: buy and build your tower into a fortress while ever-stronger enemies close in. In Fortress mode every run improves your chances to survive.