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Single-player games like Kinghold

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Kinghold, 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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    Vespia: Shield of Aberration — Steam game cover

    Vespia: Shield of Aberration

    Single-player alternative to Kinghold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Kinghold.

    A tower-defense game where you combine spells to modify the effects of your projectiles. A tower is defined by how you choose to apply modifications to it - create a shotgun wizard by combining multi-casts, create a swarm of black-holes, and absolutely break the game with your insane combinations!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie0.89 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Guns, Princess and Braves — Steam game cover

    Guns, Princess and Braves

    Single-player alternative to Kinghold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kinghold.

    Fast-paced Roguelike: inventory management meets tower defense. As a princess in love with a dragon, strategically layout weapons in limited space. Take direct control in battle to crush "righteous" braves with flashy bullet!

    2027StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    核心防线 core defense line — Steam game cover

    核心防线 core defense line

    Single-player alternative to Kinghold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kinghold.

    You are a cloud operator. In the game, to protect the core and resist the continuous virus invasions, you build defenses, construct cards, install creatively designed plugins that provide you with various attack methods, repair external nodes, and at the same time offer you more convenient defense.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oaks vs Orcs — Steam game cover

    Oaks vs Orcs

    Single-player alternative to Kinghold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Kinghold.

    Build a forest kingdom, bend the river through your strongest tiles, and stack broken combinations in this roguelike strategy autobattler. Adapt to the seasons, then watch your army crush waves of lumber-hungry orcs.

    2027StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Card Artisan — Steam game cover

    Card Artisan

    Single-player alternative to Kinghold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Kinghold.

    Card Artisan is a card battler with RPG and roguelike elements and an emphasis in random generation that allows you to not only create your own deck but also create and use your own custom cards!

    2025StrategyIndieRPG12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ShuffleHunt — Steam game cover

    ShuffleHunt

    Single-player alternative to Kinghold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Kinghold.

    Call enemies from your hand, defeat them, and claim your rewards! Master a battle system with no need for defense cards, and strengthen your deck and abilities as you progress. In a forest growing ever more ferocious, your hunt drives you forward—what fate awaits at its end?

    2026StrategyRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tower Lab — Steam game cover

    Tower Lab

    Single-player alternative to Kinghold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Kinghold.

    Enemies have no health, push them off instead. Weaponize physics in this roguelite tower defense game. Draft a deck, chain towers into living contraptions, grow and shrink every projectile, and launch hordes of robots off the edge.

    2026ActionStrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tavern Defense — Steam game cover

    Tavern Defense

    Single-player alternative to Kinghold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Kinghold.

    Tavern Defense is a Tower Defense + Roguelike Deckbuilder game where you build your deck of cards, carve your own paths for monsters, and create magnificent synergies to win the game.

    StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Knight Runner: Blade and Bolt — Steam game cover

    Knight Runner: Blade and Bolt

    Single-player alternative to Kinghold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Kinghold.

    Fight your way through an endless forest, slaying monsters, dodging traps, and chasing the highest score possible in this simple yet addictive pixel art runner.

    2024ActionIndie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →