Single-player games like CATHODE
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to CATHODE, 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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Prime Domination
Single-player alternative to CATHODE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with CATHODE.
Prime Domination is a real-time strategy game where you build your base, manage finance, produce powerful military units, and battle against AI or other players in large-scale multiplayer matches with up to 10 commanders.
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Mechs V Kaijus 2
Single-player alternative to CATHODE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with CATHODE.
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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Budget Defense
Single-player alternative to CATHODE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with CATHODE.
During the day, he personally drove the war vehicle to attack the enemy. At night, he extracted oil to sell and use the money to build defense towers, working together to protect the base.
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AeonFall
Single-player alternative to CATHODE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with CATHODE.
Endless waves of 100,000 infected pour toward you. A brutally hard roguelike defense built on the Paradox of Progress: every advance raises the noise, and louder noise draws a deadlier swarm. Design your base, break through with one unit you control, and adapt each run. Survive a planet alone.
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Void TD
Single-player alternative to CATHODE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with CATHODE.
Build powerful defenses, collect loot, combine effects, and survive evolving waves from the void in a tower defense game driven by ARPG-inspired buildcrafting and persistent progression.
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Mandate Order
Single-player alternative to CATHODE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with CATHODE.
Mandate Order is a Warring States war city-builder set in ancient China. Build a stronghold, manage industries and logistics, recruit scholars from the Hundred Schools of Thought, raise armies, and command real-time tactical battles with thousands of soldiers.
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The Factory Must Fall
Single-player alternative to CATHODE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with CATHODE.
Build the perfect factory, then let it go to war against other players! Draft buildings from a randomized shop, optimize resource allocation and army composition, then watch your factory crush your friends and foes in this PvP factory-builder.
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Hell Of War: Combined Arms
Single-player alternative to CATHODE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with CATHODE.
Hell Of War is a Real-Time Command Action (RTCA) game where you command the operation from a command drone, coordinate infantry, armored vehicles, combat drones, and artillery, then seamlessly take direct control of units to personally intervene in the battle.
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Journey Express
Single-player alternative to CATHODE — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A hybrid 2D/3D adventure game pitting the player against countless dangers on a cross-country journey. Manage your resources and keep your party alive!