Single-player games like The Anchored Hour
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Anchored Hour, 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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Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids
Single-player alternative to The Anchored Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Anchored Hour.
Rogue Realm: Guardian Grids is a medieval fantasy blend of tower defense and roguelike progression. Build defenses on a grid, manage resources, and survive ever-evolving enemies.
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The King is Watching
Single-player alternative to The Anchored Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Anchored Hour.
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
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Hold The Mine
Single-player alternative to The Anchored Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Early Access with The Anchored Hour.
Explore and defend your mine against waves of monsters in this innovative roguelike survival game! Collect and manage your resources, discover buildings with unique effects and unleash mighty heroes to hold monsters out of the mine until the sun rises.
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SlimeHold
Single-player alternative to The Anchored Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Anchored Hour.
Recruit powerful Slimes, discover unique Items, and defend your King in this roguelite tower defense game. Build powerful synergies, survive endless enemy waves, and create a new strategy every run.
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Blood Moon: Last Stand
Single-player alternative to The Anchored Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Anchored Hour.
‘Blood Moon: Last Stand’ is an action-strategy game set in Xianxia, blending wave defense, real-time control, and roguelike deck-building. Command up to three cultivators, forge unique builds, and withstand relentless hordes and bosses. Survive seven days to overturn fate.
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Tower Command
Single-player alternative to The Anchored Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Anchored Hour.
Strategic tower defense where you need to maximize your bonuses. Create your build, upgrade towers, link them, equip items to create ridiculous combos. Placement is key in this game, you decide the path enemies take to their goal. Explore all maps and unlock towers, commanders, traits and items.
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Rail Guard
Single-player alternative to The Anchored Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Anchored Hour.
Expand your railway, automate production, build powerful defenses, and protect your tracks from relentless enemies in this incremental idle tower defense game.
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Fio and the Doomed City
Single-player alternative to The Anchored Hour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Anchored Hour.
A “city-building” x “tower defense” SLG by a young girl, Fio. Fio and her guardians, the Flora Bears, are building a city in the last city of humanity. Increase facilities, residents, and resources, and prepare for battle. Withstand enemy attacks and defeat the boss with your big beam cannon!