Single-player games like TD Fade to Dark
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to TD Fade to Dark, 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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Medieval Survivors: Village Defense
Single-player alternative to TD Fade to Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with TD Fade to Dark.
A first-person strategy game blending colony building, lane-based battles, tower defense, and action combat.
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Citadel Anew
Single-player alternative to TD Fade to Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with TD Fade to Dark.
The game is an unholy blend of base defense, tower defense, roguelite elements, and some colony management. Also, mechs.
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Elysium
Single-player alternative to TD Fade to Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with TD Fade to Dark.
Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the lands of an ancient civilization and uncover the mysteries behind their collapse as you build, craft, and tame corrupted machines. Most importantly, survive the unwelcome lands of Elysium!
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Luxmithar
Single-player alternative to TD Fade to Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with TD Fade to Dark.
Defend a crashed forge in this 2D survival defense roguelite. Expand a modular world grid, build towers and traps, and survive relentless enemy waves across shifting days, storms, and darkness.
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Surviving Deponia
Single-player alternative to TD Fade to Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with TD Fade to Dark.
Explore, craft, build and fight your way through the harsh landscape of Deponia. Meet allies and make enemies while surviving the perils of the junk planet. It might be garbage - but it’s your garbage!
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Monsters are Coming!
Single-player alternative to TD Fade to Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with TD Fade to Dark.
Beware, Monsters are Coming! In this Tower-Survivor rogue-lite, you protect an ever-moving city from unrelenting hordes. Gather resources, fortify defences, and survive for as long as you can. Will you reach the Ark?
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Machine Mind
Single-player alternative to TD Fade to Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with TD Fade to Dark.
Machine Mind is an action game in a post-apocalyptic setting with elements of survival and RTS. You will fight, craft modules, build your transport, develop and protect your base. You can control other vehicles to automate operations. Discover all the secrets of the destroyed world!
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The Ember Guardian
Single-player alternative to TD Fade to Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with TD Fade to Dark.
Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit and command workers to gather resources, build your camp and set up your defenses during the day. When night falls, fend off waves of deadly creatures with powerful, upgradable weapons.