Single-player games like Ridge Hold
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Ridge Hold, 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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The Cursed Village TD
Single-player alternative to Ridge Hold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridge Hold.
A dark curse threatens your village! Harness magical powers to build strategic defense towers and battle restless spirits from an ancient civilization. Strengthen your defenses with powerful towers, rune stones, and magic spells. Act now to halt the curse!
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Next Level: Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Ridge Hold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridge Hold.
Race-based tower defense. Build your army, defend your king, and send waves at your rivals. Up to 8-player FFA, 2v2 & 4v4 teams, and singleplayer. Crossplay on Windows, Linux, macOS & Steam Deck.
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Blood Moon: Last Stand
Single-player alternative to Ridge Hold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridge Hold.
‘Blood Moon: Last Stand’ is an action-strategy game set in Xianxia, blending wave defense, real-time control, and roguelike deck-building. Command up to three cultivators, forge unique builds, and withstand relentless hordes and bosses. Survive seven days to overturn fate.
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Wardstone
Single-player alternative to Ridge Hold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridge Hold.
Command the realm's last defense in a deep, hand-crafted tower defense. Raise six tower families, lead heroes into battle, and chain elemental reactions into screen-clearing payoffs — across field, mire and graveyard, against towering bosses. 21 levels, Trials, Boss Rush and Endless.
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SiegeBorn
Single-player alternative to Ridge Hold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridge Hold.
SiegeBorn is a top-down action RTS. Lead your troops, command powerful siege engines, and defeat the enemies!
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Towered
Single-player alternative to Ridge Hold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridge Hold.
Defend the Nexus, run after run. Build under population limits, balance gold and mana, draft augments as you level, and spend gems on a permanent power-up tree in this pixel-art tower defense roguelite.
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Fortress of the Fallen
Single-player alternative to Ridge Hold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ridge Hold.
Build by day. Survive by night. A focused medieval tower defense where every decision is permanent.
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Iron Frontier
Single-player alternative to Ridge Hold — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ridge Hold.
Iron Frontier is a single-player strategy rogue-lite with the spirit of classic RTS. Draft a fresh army from random units and boost them with powerful synergies. Defend your base, crush the enemy, and make hard moral choices that shape the campaign and dictate the war's outcome.