Single-player games like 8-Bit Hordes
Below are 22 single-player Steam games similar to 8-Bit Hordes, 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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8-Bit Armies
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Hordes.
8-Bit Armies is a retro Real-Time Strategy game. With a colorful, blocky voxel art style, 8-Bit Armies is Petroglyph's most fast-paced, friendly, and accessible RTS game to date. Featuring a campaign of 25 single-player missions, 12 co-op missions, multiplayer and skirmish modes.
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8-Bit Invaders!
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Hordes.
8-Bit Invaders! is a fast-paced, retro Real-Time Strategy game for the PC. Control the military might of the Galactic Marine Corps or Invade with the devastating power of the Cranioids! Mine, Build, and Fight your way to victory! Conquering the Multiverse was never so easy.
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Stonehearth
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Hordes.
Pioneer a living world full of warmth, heroism, and mystery. Help a small group of settlers build a home for themselves in a forgotten land. Establish a food supply, build shelter, defend your people, monitor their moods, and find a way to grow and expand, facing challenges at every step.
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From the Depths
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Hordes.
Over 1000 unique components allow you to build and command voxel vehicles from the deep ocean to outer space! Forge strategies, allegiances and fleets strong enough to destroy eight deadly factions of the planet and reign supreme. A genre-defying mashup of simulation, building, RTS and RPG.
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9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Hordes.
Unleash voxel warfare in 9-Bit Armies: A Bit Too Far. Lead a modern military, build bases, unlock units, and attack in all-out war. Engage on land, sea and air in over two dozen missions, online skirmishes, or co-op. Easy to learn, a challenge to master.
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StarMade
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Hordes.
The ultimate space sandbox. Participate in epic fleet battles, form alliances, strive to dominate entire galaxies and harness the universe’s resources for your industrious empire or the destruction of others. Customise your experience, the universe is yours!
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FortressCraft Evolved!
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Hordes.
FortressCraft Evolved is a unique blend of Voxel Landscapes, Tower Defense, Crafting, Logistics, Exploration, Combat and Assembly lines. Players begin by crash-landing on a strange alien world, left with only a small handful of starting machines.
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Anno 1800
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with 8-Bit Hordes.
Anno 1800™ – Lead the Industrial Revolution! Welcome to the dawn of the Industrial Age. The path you choose will define your world. Are you an innovator or an exploiter? A conqueror or a liberator? How the world remembers your name is up to you.
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Assassin's Creed® Syndicate
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
London, 1868. Lead your underworld organization in the midst of the Industrial Revolution to break the corrupt stranglehold on the city in a visceral adventure filled with action, intrigue, and brutal combat.
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SC2VN - The eSports Visual Novel
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with 8-Bit Hordes.
SC2VN is a visual novel about the South Korean StarCraft 2 scene. You play as Mach, a foreign semi-pro trying to make it in eSports who soon learns that success in StarCraft takes more than in-game strategy.
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Northgard: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Hordes.
Northgard: Definitive Edition is a critically acclaimed real-time strategy game based on Norse mythology. Lead your clan, uncover the secrets of a mysterious newfound continent and defeat your enemies to conquer the Throne!
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The Legend of Heroes: Trails of Cold Steel
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
At Thors Military Academy, Erebonia’s best learn everything from the art of war to liberal arts. First year Rean Schwarzer learns he’s been selected to join the controversial Class VII, and they’ll need to deal with more than just class warfare--they’ll need to safeguard their country from chaos.
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Aircraft War
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with 8-Bit Hordes.
Fight against enemy planes with the fun Aircraft War! Challenge your friends with single and double player modes. Conquer the sky, enjoy the victory!
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Theme Park Simulator: Rollercoaster Paradise
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with 8-Bit Hordes.
Theme Park Simulator is a physics simulation game in which you experience a wide array of different attractions. Ranging from rollercoasters to bumper cars, there’s a ride for everyone in Theme Park Simulator!
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Ys IX: Monstrum Nox
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
While imprisoned in Balduq, Adol is cursed and becomes a Monstrum. With his newfound powers, he must stop the Grimwald Nox from consuming the city.
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守卫魔兽-Guardian of Warcraft
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Hordes.
This is a summoning tower defense strategy game, with different abilities of monsters and traps, with different effects. the player will continue to upgrade while defending, Become stronger, and summoning more powerful monsters to resist the brave.
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STAR WARS™ Empire at War - Gold Pack
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with 8-Bit Hordes.
Command or corrupt an entire galaxy in the definitive Star Wars strategy collection. It is a time of galactic civil war. Will you take up the reins of the Rebellion, assume control of the Empire, or rule the Star Wars Underworld?
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Command & Conquer™ Remastered Collection
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with 8-Bit Hordes.
Command & Conquer and Red Alert are both remastered in 4K by the former Westwood Studios team members. Includes all 3 expansions, rebuilt multiplayer, a modernized UI, Map Editor, bonus footage gallery, and over 7 hours of remastered music.
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The Great War: Western Front™
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with 8-Bit Hordes.
The Great War: Western Front is the definitive WW1 strategy game. Play a deciding role in history with this real-time tactical experience as you take charge in the iconic Western Front from 1914 to 1919. Pick your faction and lead your forces to victory.
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Grey Goo
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with 8-Bit Hordes.
Fight for control of a frontier world. Gather resources, build your base, and command your forces in battle. Survive long enough to unleash your ultimate weapon - THE EPIC.
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Conan Unconquered
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with 8-Bit Hordes.
From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian. Play solo or team up in multiplayer in Conan Unconquered’s action-packed co-op Mode where you build a shared stronghold and fend off the hordes together.
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Forged Battalion
Single-player alternative to 8-Bit Hordes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 8-Bit Hordes.
Customize your unique faction in a new take on real-time strategy as you fight in a variety of skirmish, solo, and multiplayer battles. You are not only a commander, but also an engineer – so you have ultimate control over your faction’s units, factories, superweapons and economy.