Single-player games like Stem The Tide
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Stem The Tide, 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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Guild Idle
Single-player alternative to Stem The Tide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Stem The Tide.
An incremental idle RPG focused on hero management, buildcraft, optimization, and long-term progression. Develop powerful heroes, push them through the endless Eternal Strife, and immortalize them in asynchronous PvP where their legacy strengthens future generations.
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HeroesSagaZero
Single-player alternative to Stem The Tide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stem The Tide.
Pixel-art meets 2.5D battles in this strategy-driven, loot-focused roguelite RPG. Build your own team, master countless skill combinations, and collect gear with endless randomized options. No two strategies are ever the same—unleash your tactics and carve your path to infinite victory!
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For Our King
Single-player alternative to Stem The Tide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stem The Tide.
A medieval Tower Defense x Autobattler Roguelite. Defend your Keep across escalating waves, recruit different unit types, and cast spells from different Schools of Magic. Spend what you earn on a skill tree with over 300 upgrades, and place them on a Decree Bar with many unique modifiers and mults.
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Orium
Single-player alternative to Stem The Tide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stem The Tide.
Aboard your ship, exterminate your enemies, exploit planets and weave your enterprise across the stars of a dying procedural galaxy. Orium is a Lovecraftian space roguelite, infused with streamlined 4X elements.
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ANANKE: Roguelike AutoBattler
Single-player alternative to Stem The Tide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stem The Tide.
A single-player roguelike auto battler. Build a squad, position them on the hex board, then send them in. Win, upgrade, go deeper.
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Pocket Squire: Arena
Single-player alternative to Stem The Tide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Stem The Tide.
Pocket Squire: Arena is a single-player turn-based combat game built around one simple, punishing structure: 5 themed arenas, 9 fights each, with no rest in between. You play a squire stepping into the arena as one of 18 combat classes, a handful of gold, and a backpack of potions.
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Wildvale
Single-player alternative to Stem The Tide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stem The Tide.
Wildvale is a single-player roguelite autobattler where you choose a Hero, bond with an animal Companion, recruit Wildfolk and build an army to conquer a branching path of battles and bosses.
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Heatspire
Single-player alternative to Stem The Tide — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Stem The Tide.
Build devastating chains in this satisfying Connect-Four roguelike. Battle drunk ogres and loud knights, stack run-defining charms, drink powerful brews, and push your luck for explosive combos.