Single-player games like BALL MACHINE
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to BALL MACHINE, 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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Slorbis: Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to BALL MACHINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with BALL MACHINE.
Immerse yourself in the cozy, minimalist world of Slorbis: Tower Defense. Build towers with unique roles, buy modifiers of varying rarities, collect money, and face the unpredictability of procedurally generated maps as you defend the king from dark spirits.
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城市塔防-City Tower Defence
Single-player alternative to BALL MACHINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with BALL MACHINE.
Help defend Shanghai from an invasion of snowmen! Build and upgrade towers across a battlefield that changes every run, shape your strategy with powerful cards and between-wave rewards, and survive escalating waves and boss encounters in this roguelite tower defense.
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Reversed
Single-player alternative to BALL MACHINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with BALL MACHINE.
Build your defenses using 15 different types of blocks and survive fifteen waves. You'll earn XP for every wave you survive. Then switch sides and try to destroy your own base. The faster you are, the higher the XP multiplier. Use the XP you've earned to unlock new blocks and cards, and try again.
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REBELLION PRINCESS｜リベリオン プリンセス
Single-player alternative to BALL MACHINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with BALL MACHINE.
Raise your favorite characters and have them ready to fight in the next run! Command beautiful girls to defend the castle and princess A non-reset roguelite × tower defense
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Miraclawns
Single-player alternative to BALL MACHINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with BALL MACHINE.
A unique roguelite strategy where you strengthen slimes through gambling. As the Demon King, use fate-altering bets to boost your small slimes' stats and deploy them to the frontlines. Will your judgment or overwhelming "luck" overcome the brutal battlefield?
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The Beast King Plan
Single-player alternative to BALL MACHINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with BALL MACHINE.
前世死于兽潮，今生逆转乾坤！《末世重生：兽皇计划》是一款高自由度的轻塔防+肉鸽策略游戏，你将扮演一名重生的基因科学家，培育出传说中的山海经异兽，突破基因限制，为异兽注入超凡力量，对抗即将席卷世界的狂暴兽潮！
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Fairy Tale TD:Hero
Single-player alternative to BALL MACHINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with BALL MACHINE.
This is a 3D pigeon tower defense game that utilizes resources to build turrets and collaborates with heroes to block enemy attacks.
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LINE WARLORD
Single-player alternative to BALL MACHINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with BALL MACHINE.
A real-time line-battle roguelite. Spend rations to summon swordsmen, shields, archers and cavalry onto a single front, then break the enemy base. Pick relics and promotions at every fork to build a different army each run. Three commanders, three ultimates.
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Watt the Bounce! — A Momentum Power Lab
Single-player alternative to BALL MACHINE — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with BALL MACHINE.
Turn bouncing balls into power in a physics-driven incremental sandbox. Unlock unusual balls, build automated machines, and combine acceleration pads, portals, black holes, cats, frogs, and launch wells into chaotic production chains. Expand your laboratory and power the entire world.