Single-player games like DEFENDERIA
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to DEFENDERIA, 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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Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked
Single-player alternative to DEFENDERIA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with DEFENDERIA.
A cooperative tactical RPG set in the D&D universe. Embark on a fantasy tabletop adventure. Your quest, on your schedule.
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For The King
Single-player alternative to DEFENDERIA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DEFENDERIA.
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
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Pathfinder: Wrath of the Righteous - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to DEFENDERIA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DEFENDERIA.
Embark on a journey to a realm overrun by demons in a new epic RPG from the creators of the critically acclaimed Pathfinder: Kingmaker. Explore the nature of good and evil, learn the true cost of power, and rise as a Mythic Hero capable of deeds beyond mortal expectations.
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Inkbound
Single-player alternative to DEFENDERIA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DEFENDERIA.
A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.
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Caves of Qud
Single-player alternative to DEFENDERIA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DEFENDERIA.
Inhabit a deeply-simulated science fantasy world and chisel through layers of thousand-year-old civilizations. Build a character from over a hundred mutations and cybernetics. The award-winning sandbox roguelike & RPG full of robots, deep lore, and sentient plants.
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Together in Battle
Single-player alternative to DEFENDERIA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DEFENDERIA.
Manage a team of fantasy gladiators in this Fire Emblem-style strategy RPG with vibrant characters, funny random events, and emergent relationship-building. Uncover a sinister conspiracy; fight deep turn-based tactical battles; watch your characters grow together!
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Gloomhaven
Single-player alternative to DEFENDERIA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with DEFENDERIA.
Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.
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Valheim
Single-player alternative to DEFENDERIA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DEFENDERIA.
A collaborative exploration and survival game for 1-10 players, set in a procedurally generated afterlife inspired by Viking culture. Battle, build, and conquer your way to a saga worthy of Odin’s patronage!
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Peace, Death!
Single-player alternative to DEFENDERIA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DEFENDERIA.
Peace, Death! is an arcade simulator with difficulties. In this game you play as the Reaper working for your boss, Death, and send clients to Heaven, Hell, or Purgatory.
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TRADESMAN: Deal to Dealer
Single-player alternative to DEFENDERIA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with DEFENDERIA.
Travel. Buy. Sell. Protect. Fight. Do Quests.
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Peace, Death! 2
Single-player alternative to DEFENDERIA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DEFENDERIA.
Peace, Death! 2 is a midcore turn-based logic game where you send clients to Hell, Heaven, or Purgatory and help members of the Reapers Union as they work towards their great cause!
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Gun Done
Single-player alternative to DEFENDERIA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DEFENDERIA.
Gun Done - it's a timekiller arcade game about brave heroes
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DRAW CHILLY
Single-player alternative to DEFENDERIA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DEFENDERIA.
DRAW CHILLY is a hell of an arcade game about Vladimir, his squad, Purgatory, and the Horsemen of the Apocalypse.
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WHO IS AWESOME
Single-player alternative to DEFENDERIA — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DEFENDERIA.
A singleplayer mini-game collection, in which the most awesome character that you choose competes with the characters that you didn’t.