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Single-player games like Lords: Ivory Tower Defence

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Lords: Ivory Tower Defence, 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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    Axom: Conquest — Steam game cover

    Axom: Conquest

    Single-player alternative to Lords: Ivory Tower Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Lords: Ivory Tower Defence.

    Build and defend your fortress while expanding out in this hold-out tower defense roguelite. Battle across a procedural alien homeworld, fight back corrupted terrain, discover hundreds of structures and upgrades as physics-driven swarms threaten to wipe out humanity.

    2026StrategyIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Towers of Babble — Steam game cover

    Towers of Babble

    Single-player alternative to Lords: Ivory Tower Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Lords: Ivory Tower Defence.

    Word Game Tower Defense. Spell AXE to harvest wood. Spell FORT to make an armored tower. Every word you spell becomes a tower with unique stats and powers. Every word is also a unique level with procedural challenges. 121,683 levels. Together, we must beat them all and talk our way back to paradise.

    2026StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Riftbreaker — Steam game cover

    The Riftbreaker

    Single-player alternative to Lords: Ivory Tower Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Lords: Ivory Tower Defence.

    The Riftbreaker is a solo or Co-op base-building, survival game with Action-RPG elements for up to 4 players. Hack & slash countless hordes of enemies. Build up your base, craft powerful weapons and research new inventions to survive.

    2021ActionStrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PactSworn — Steam game cover

    PactSworn

    Single-player alternative to Lords: Ivory Tower Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Fight through hordes of eldritch monsters to purge the source of the corruption! Earn gold, buy weapons, and level up to create unique and powerful builds to cut through the chaos. Unlock different warlocks and weapon sets to explore all the different ways to play!

    2026ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Defense of Kyrath — Steam game cover

    Defense of Kyrath

    Single-player alternative to Lords: Ivory Tower Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Lords: Ivory Tower Defence.

    Tower defense meets roguelike in a fantasy kingdom. Position 9 wardens across enchanted forests, pastoral meadows, and volcanic badlands. 30+ enemies with resistances and weaknesses. Climb the Folly — a 20-tier roguelike ascent. A realm with a wry Olde English wink. Kyrath will not fall.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual8.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TD Worlds — Steam game cover

    TD Worlds

    Single-player alternative to Lords: Ivory Tower Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Lords: Ivory Tower Defence.

    TD Worlds is a dynamic, highly strategical game that challenges your skill. Build an impenetrable defense and get ready to plunge into a new, unknown world to uncover its secrets. Use Twitch integration and play with your viewers.

    2022StrategyIndie10.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Endless Defense — Steam game cover

    Endless Defense

    Single-player alternative to Lords: Ivory Tower Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Lords: Ivory Tower Defence.

    Endless Defense is a roguelite sci-fi tower defense game where every run becomes a new build. Place turrets, choose traits, draw upgrade cards, use special tiles, and evolve your defense to survive endless waves of enemies, elites, and bosses.

    2026StrategyIndieEarly Access7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Super Real AI — Steam game cover

    Super Real AI

    Single-player alternative to Lords: Ivory Tower Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Welcome to Super Real AI, the ultimate AI Simulator where you are the intelligence. Judge, classify, and share your advice—but be careful, your answers for simple requests have super real consequences. Log in today and bring back the intelligence where it belongs: to humans.

    IndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dragon Mission — Steam game cover

    Dragon Mission

    Single-player alternative to Lords: Ivory Tower Defence — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Order in Chaos is kidnapping all the leaders of Dragonia, only Calanguito can stop them. Your chance to become a hero you've always dreamed of, in this action-packed game.

    2021ActionIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →