Single-player games like Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2, 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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Mechs V Kaijus 2
Single-player alternative to Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2.
Mechs V Kaijus 2 is an Hybrid Tower/Base defense, with army vs army (tug of war style) tactics. From the cockpit of a mech, to build a huge base with Reactors, Mines and all type of tower army factories and super weapons.
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Boitatá: Wilderness Reborn
Single-player alternative to Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2.
A 2D Tower Defense Survival game inspired by Brazilian folklore. Expand your territory, rescue animals to build your defenses, and use Boitatá's abilities to fight waves of invaders in battles that combine strategy, action, and territory management.
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Biletide
Single-player alternative to Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2.
An atmospheric tower-defence strategy game about holding back an oozing toxic Tide. A distant mining colony has awakened a living flood that seeps from breaches in the ground. Dig for resources, raise defensive terrain, and burn your way to seal the breaches. Can you survive the Biletide?
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Von Neumann Project
Single-player alternative to Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2.
Von Neumann Project is a space based RTS where you build, mine, and expand across the universe in an attempt to find your creator's equals. Play across 4 different sectors with 28 handcrafted missions, with each sector introducing unique enemies, buildings, and missions.
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Rush Tower
Single-player alternative to Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2.
Rush Tower is a Tower Defense game where new paths are procedurally added over the course of the game. Can you keep up as the enemy builds more paths in this ever more hectic war?
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Shelf Stable
Single-player alternative to Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2.
Helix Dynamics sold the world a miracle product labeled Shelf Stable. It wasn't. Horde-scale tower defense: hold Checkpoint Voss against tens of thousands of infected hosts, research heavier hardware, and come back until nothing is left walking.
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Neon Grid Defenders
Single-player alternative to Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2.
Neon Grid Defenders is a sci-fi roguelite tower defense game featuring a free and unique upgrade system, decision based path generation and a strong but static difficulty curve. Build your path, place your towers, hook them up with upgrades and melt your enemies!
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Falling into Meteor Island
Single-player alternative to Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Tower Defence: Back to the roots 2.
You’ll become a fallen star, crashing down onto an island covered in stars. This is a base-building + tower defense game. In a unique 2.5D art style, explore the island, build up your camp, fight the island’s evil forces, and lead the other stars back to the universe.