Single-player games like Cosmic Dust & Rust
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Cosmic Dust & Rust, 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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Revenge of the Titans
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Dust & Rust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cosmic Dust & Rust.
The ultimate mash-up of Real-time Strategy and Tower Defense!
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METAL SLUG ATTACK RELOADED
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Dust & Rust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cosmic Dust & Rust.
Hard-core action with easy controls! The METAL SLUG we all love is back as a tower defense game!
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Repel The Rifts
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Dust & Rust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cosmic Dust & Rust.
Repel the Rifts is a roguelite tower defense game where you lead a commander through an alien world, uncovering new terrain each wave, drafting powerful upgrades, and constructing defenses to hold back the chaos.
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Sanctum
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Dust & Rust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cosmic Dust & Rust.
You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
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Dig or Die
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Dust & Rust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cosmic Dust & Rust.
Crash land on a hostile planet where you'll have to build the strongest defenses if you wish to live to escape from it. But be warned... this planet is merciless. Build strong, and smart; else physics may flood or destroy your only hopes of survival.
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Dungeon Warfare 3
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Dust & Rust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Cosmic Dust & Rust.
Forge invincible defenses with lethal traps and devious machines, and crush relentless waves of adventurers in the ultimate tower defense showdown!
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Sentinel 3: Homeworld
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Dust & Rust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cosmic Dust & Rust.
The biggest installment of the award winning Sentinel sci-fi tower defense series now on PC!Take the fight to the alien homeworld and unleash a massive arsenal of weaponry. Get up close and personal on the battlefield in your power armor to execute devastating attacks and support your defenses! * An epic campaign across 20 levels.
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Space Run
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Dust & Rust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cosmic Dust & Rust.
Space Run is a «real-time spaceship construction strategy game». Space Run takes the well-known Tower Defense-style gameplay and twists it, challenging you to manage and protect a spaceship and its cargo against the hazards of deep space!
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Orbital Decay
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Dust & Rust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Dust & Rust.
A catastrophic orbital decay threatens the station, and your math skills are the only defense. Solve rapid-fire math problems to calculate thrust vectors, stabilize the orbit, and climb the global leaderboards in this high-stakes educational simulation.
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Bounty Train
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Dust & Rust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cosmic Dust & Rust.
Explore the dangerous life, the accurate historic events and contemporary inventions of the North American/US 19th century. Acquire one of the most legendary steam machines and transform it into a fortress on rails.
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Kivi, Toilet and Shotgun
Single-player alternative to Cosmic Dust & Rust — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Cosmic Dust & Rust.
Kivi, Toilet and Shotgun is a single player top down action game where your goal is to reach the end of the desert by avoiding all kinds of obstacles and fighting the desert raiders. Go up against foes in your vehicle and on foot. Take on powerful bosses, but make sure you're quipped for the fight!