Single-player games like SideTower
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to SideTower, 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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Shogun's Stand
Single-player alternative to SideTower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with SideTower.
Aim, fire, and fortify. Shogun's Stand is a fast-paced tower defense where you take direct control of your castle against relentless waves of feudal enemies. Place traps, command the battlefield, and level up to survive!
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D for Defender
Single-player alternative to SideTower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with SideTower.
A Tower Defense with no respite, no waves, no end. Facing monsters that learn from your placements and adapt in real time to every one of your weaknesses, build and upgrade your defenses freely to create the perfect trap.
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Don’t Touch My Potato!
Single-player alternative to SideTower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with SideTower.
Grow your farm by day, build your defenses in the evening, and protect the Potatron from zombie and alien attacks at night.
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Risk The Crown
Single-player alternative to SideTower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with SideTower.
A tower defense roguelite where victory means knowing exactly when to run. Draft troops, defend your castle, and escape with your king before it's too late
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Sir, We Have an Orc Problem
Single-player alternative to SideTower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with SideTower.
Sir, We Have an Orc Problem is an incremental-style tower defense game where you face an overwhelming number of orcs. Greet them with even more bullets, bombs and lasers!
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Throneguard: Last Stand
Single-player alternative to SideTower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with SideTower.
Become the last guardian of the kingdom and defend the throne! Fight on the front lines with your sword, build barricades and towers between waves, and upgrade your hero. Throneguard: Last Stand is a 3D medieval action tower defense game.
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Crypt Keeper
Single-player alternative to SideTower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with SideTower.
Unleash your inner necromancer in Crypt Keeper – a roguelite tower defense game. Raise skeleton armies, defend your crypt, and manipulate enemy waves with the ESSENCE-IAL update.
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Phosphor Command
Single-player alternative to SideTower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with SideTower.
You command a forward operating base in a world ravaged by war and shadow contracts. Deploy squads into real-time tactical combat, research upgrades, manage a fragile economy, and push back a front that never stops advancing.