Single-player games like Arise Dark Lord
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Arise Dark Lord, 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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Ants Times Infinity
Single-player alternative to Arise Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Arise Dark Lord.
Craft your nest underground, finding powerful combinations of chambers and pheromones to build the perfect ant-spawning engine. Then unleash them in their thousands onto the surface, directing workers to fuel the swarm while soldiers and champions push out to conquer enemy territories.
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Red Rocket Defencism
Single-player alternative to Arise Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Arise Dark Lord.
You, a military officer from our great autocratic motherland, must protect our precious rockets from the evil capitalist enemy in this revolutionary base building strategy game. Bribe! Surveil! Purge! Imbibe! The end justifies the means when you have to protect our invaluable rockets!
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Painted Kingdoms: Tower Defense & Firefighting
Single-player alternative to Arise Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Arise Dark Lord.
Painted Kingdoms is a minimalist strategy game where you paint, build, and defend your Kingdom of paper. Harness the power of paint to protect it from relentless flames and enemy hordes. Will your Painted Kingdom survive the next wave?
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Roots Of Ruin
Single-player alternative to Arise Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Arise Dark Lord.
Build your defenses, fight beside them, and reclaim your kingdom from the corruption. Expand your land, command powerful towers, and take direct control of one of four unique heroes to defend against relentless enemy waves and devastating bosses.
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Grove Keeper
Single-player alternative to Arise Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Arise Dark Lord.
In this Dark-Fantasy, RTS game, you play the role of a Forest Deity protecting your Grove against an onslaught of loggers, warriors and poachers. Use your powers to grow trees, summon guardians, set traps, and employ magic to defend, and eventually conquer your human oppressors.
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Shades Of War
Single-player alternative to Arise Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Arise Dark Lord.
A fast-paced mini-RTS where you spread your color across the map, build towns and defenses, forge (and betray) alliances, and battle up to 8 colonies at once. Expand, fortify, and dominate the grid in chaotic territory-control warfare.
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Kingsguard
Single-player alternative to Arise Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Arise Dark Lord.
Lead your kingdom to victory! By day, you build and prepare your kingdom for impending threats. But every night, you must defend your kingdom against hordes of monsters, by commanding soldiers, building turrets, and fighting on the battleground yourself.
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Cosmic Robots
Single-player alternative to Arise Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Arise Dark Lord.
Defend your planet from waves of robot invaders! Build powerful turrets, upgrade your defenses, and command robot units to fight drones, tanks, and massive bosses. Then send your own forces to attack the enemy planet in this action-packed sci-fi tower defense game.
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Prison Architect
Single-player alternative to Arise Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
Only the world’s most ruthless Warden can contain the world’s most ruthless inmates. Design and develop your personalized penitentiary in Prison Architect.
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DEFCON
Single-player alternative to Arise Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
Inspired by the 1983 cult classic film, Wargames, DEFCON superbly evokes the tension, paranoia and suspicion of the Cold War era, playing on the fascinating aspects of psychological gameplay that occur during strategic nuclear warfare.
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Scanner Sombre
Single-player alternative to Arise Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
Scanner Sombre is a 3d horror cave exploration game where darkness is your greatest foe. Illuminate the unseen with your LIDAR scanner, revealing the eerie beauty and peril of the abyss. From the creators of Prison Architect, this immersive adventure uses light and shadow for a haunting experience.
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Uplink
Single-player alternative to Arise Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
Uplink lets you play as a freelance hacker tackling risky contracts for corporations. Break into systems, steal data, sabotage rivals, and upgrade your gear. Support factions or go rogue in this immersive, strategy-driven hacking simulation game where your choices shape the outcome.
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The Last Starship
Single-player alternative to Arise Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
The Last Starship is a 2D space construction game where you design and upgrade your starship. Choose your path: pirate hunter, miner, engineer, spacebus driver, and more, whilst exploring vibrant star systems. Enjoy a growing sandbox world, with regular free updates. Your cosmic adventure awaits!
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Darwinia
Single-player alternative to Arise Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
Darwinia blends real-time strategy, action, and puzzles with a unique gesture-based control system. Save the Darwinians, battle viruses, and restore order in a retro-inspired digital world. Winner of multiple prestigious awards, including the Seumas McNally Grand Prize at IGF 2006.
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Multiwinia
Single-player alternative to Arise Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
Multiwinia is a fast-paced, retro-inspired RTS that blends arcade action with strategic depth. Command armies of Multiwinians in multiplayer battles across vibrant, nostalgic environments. With simple controls and dynamic gameplay, it offers endless fun and challenge for players of all skill levels.
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DEFCON VR
Single-player alternative to Arise Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Arise Dark Lord.
DEFCON VR allows you to spectate DEFCON games in the comfort of your own virtual War Room. Join others and marvel at total global annihilation as nuclear missiles arc over the globe on their path to destruction. Watch Armageddon unfold as everybody dies….