Single-player games like Defense of Kyrath
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Defense of Kyrath, 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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Skyward Bastion
Single-player alternative to Defense of Kyrath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of Kyrath.
Skyward Bastion is a roguelite tower defense game set on floating islands. Build and upgrade your defenses, unlock new strategic possibilities, and adapt your run to procedurally expanding maps.
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Solheim
Single-player alternative to Defense of Kyrath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of Kyrath.
Tower defence meets roguelite on a moving fortress. Craft towers from blueprints, stack powerful augments, and fight through escalating biomes in Solheim, a dark fantasy TD unlike any other.
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MageGuard Tower
Single-player alternative to Defense of Kyrath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of Kyrath.
MageGuard Tower is a roguelike tower defense game where thousands of physics-driven monsters surge toward your crystal. Build, unlock, and adapt across procedurally generated maps in a relentless struggle for survival.
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Castella
Single-player alternative to Defense of Kyrath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Defense of Kyrath.
Castella is a Tower Defense Rogue-like, where you will build a fortress to defend yourself from Hordes of monsters besieging your Castle. During the game you will unlock and upgrade a great variety of Towers and Buildings. You will build walls to block the path and defend your resources and Castle.
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Runeforged: Monolith
Single-player alternative to Defense of Kyrath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of Kyrath.
Well met! You have found the Monolith, but now you must defend it! Set forth in a strategic roguelite deckbuilder and tower defense game. Choose a unique class, explore a randomly generated map, construct towers, sling spells at enemies, and defeat the dark dungeon once and for all!
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Block Tower TD 2
Single-player alternative to Defense of Kyrath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of Kyrath.
Block Tower TD 2 is a strategic game in the roguelike style with original innovations. Build worlds from blocks, choose random upgrades, each game will be unique.
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Axom: Conquest
Single-player alternative to Defense of Kyrath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of Kyrath.
Build and defend your fortress while expanding out in this hold-out tower defense roguelite. Battle across a procedural alien homeworld, fight back corrupted terrain, discover hundreds of structures and upgrades as physics-driven swarms threaten to wipe out humanity.
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Wandering Monolith: Rogue TD
Single-player alternative to Defense of Kyrath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of Kyrath.
You are the Wandering Monolith, falling from the sky. Summon towers, expand the board, defend your core, and build your deck of upgrades to conquer countless worlds.