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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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    Raid Haven — Steam game cover

    Raid Haven

    Single-player alternative to Defense of Kyrath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of Kyrath.

    A strategy, wave-based survival game focused on building fortified bases and defending against ever-more-powerful raids. Gear up your pawns with powerful weapons and armour, adapt your defences, and survive wave after wave of increasingly dangerous enemies.

    2027ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Skyward Bastion — Steam game cover

    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.

    2026StrategyIndieEarly Access6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    KnighTD — Steam game cover

    KnighTD

    Single-player alternative to Defense of Kyrath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of Kyrath.

    Defend an ever-expanding procedural map where towers buff your units and every boss drops game-changing loot. Choose a class, master Fire, Ice, Lightning, or Physical units, and survive.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Solheim — Steam game cover

    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.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tumble Tavern — Steam game cover

    Tumble Tavern

    Single-player alternative to Defense of Kyrath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of Kyrath.

    A push-your-luck dice game where one throw can take everything. Build a six-die loadout, carry three runestones and read the rival across the table. Bank too early and you lose the race. Bank too late and you lose the lot.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MageGuard Tower — Steam game cover

    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.

    StrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Castella — Steam game cover

    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.

    2026ActionStrategyCasual11.19 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kings Origin — Steam game cover

    Kings Origin

    Single-player alternative to Defense of Kyrath — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defense of Kyrath.

    A roguelite dungeon-building tower defense. Build your domain on a tactical board, place rooms and units, and survive relentless waves to rise as the Dungeon Lord.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →