Single-player games like Vangrid
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Vangrid, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like Vangrid page.
Ranked picks
- 1

Night Ops: Undead
Single-player alternative to Vangrid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Vangrid.
Top-down zombie survival shooter for one to six players. Board the windows, spend your points on a better gun or the next door, and keep the squad standing. Fight through the campaign from a helicopter crash to extraction, or chase a record in Waves, Overrun and Infection.
- 2

Slimestoppers
Single-player alternative to Vangrid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Vangrid.
Slimestoppers is a top down horde shooter that pits the technology of man against a relentless army of sentient slimes from space. Choose from an ever-expanding arsenal of weapons, abilities, perks, and equipment to forge the perfect Slimestopper. Supports multiplayer up to 4 players!
- 3

TANKLE
Single-player alternative to Vangrid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Vangrid.
Tankle is an amazing action packed multiplayer or singleplayer top down shooter, you have to dodge bullets and defeat enemies to progress and grow stronger!
- 4

WinBolo
Single-player alternative to Vangrid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Vangrid.
A multiplayer top-down tank game for up to 16 players. Capture bases and pillboxes, harvest trees, build roads and walls, lay mines, and battle for control of the island. The Macintosh classic, rebuilt for modern platforms — free, open source, and cross-platform across desktop, mobile, and web.
- 5

Dinogen Online
Single-player alternative to Vangrid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Vangrid.
Action-packed 2D multiplayer top-down shooter. Play as a human or dinosaur with hundreds of weapons, game modes, and maps!
- 6

There Is Eternal War
Single-player alternative to Vangrid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Vangrid.
An RTS game set in a dark sci-fi fantasy universe where you control and battle with thousands of units on a huge map without breaking your PC. Dystopian humans, evil elves, greedy dwarves, or relentless undead are all playable factions in a game that has a grand singleplayer and story campaign.
- 7

Bunker Hill
Single-player alternative to Vangrid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Vangrid.
Bunker Hill is a WW2 rougelite zombie shooter for 1-4 players. Fight through waves of undead that still haven't forgotten how to wield weapons.
- 8

Remnant Afterglow Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Vangrid — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Vangrid.
This is a creative and challenging real-time strategy tower defense game where players need to constantly expand, build complex battle lines on the map, and fight against groups of enemies. The game has unique rules and beautiful pixel style, with each level filled with tense and exciting battles.