Single-player games like Tide of the Depths
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Tide of the Depths, 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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Journey TD
Single-player alternative to Tide of the Depths — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tide of the Depths.
Classic tower defense meets roguelite: draft elements, combine from 167 towers, and forge your perfect build with items, runes, and a massive skill tree. Control the paths your enemies take, survive procedurally generated maps and grow stronger with every run.
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Abyssfall: The Black Citadel
Single-player alternative to Tide of the Depths — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tide of the Depths.
Abyssfall: The Black Citadel is a dark fantasy tower defense game where you build defenses, control a battle mage in real time, and gamble on a tabletop-inspired d20 Fate Dice system against waves of abyssal monsters.
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Odin's Fate
Single-player alternative to Tide of the Depths — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tide of the Depths.
Discover Norse mythology in a story-driven Tower Defense game. Defeat hordes of enemies, develop your abilities, unlock new heroes, recruit Einherjar, manipulate time, and change your fate, Odin, son of Bor! Will you manage to stop the impending Ragnarök?
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Trolls vs Vikings: Reborn
Single-player alternative to Tide of the Depths — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tide of the Depths.
Reborn is a glorious, hardcore revival of the beloved lane-defense classic. As greedy Vikings march north in search of gold, the Troll Liberation Front rise to defend their lands. Far from a “place-and-wait” TD game, every second counts in this fierce, tactical fight.
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Towers of Thana
Single-player alternative to Tide of the Depths — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tide of the Depths.
Towers of Thana is an action & strategy game where you invoke magic and summon towers to defend mythologies against a dark corruption. Travel to their homelands and rally legendary gods and creatures to your cause against Ogur, a God turned evil, and his corruption.
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Rebirth TD
Single-player alternative to Tide of the Depths — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tide of the Depths.
Defend a dying world and bring it back to life as you play. Grow spirit trees to defeat enemies, releasing energy that spreads across the land, restoring the forest in real time as you push back a world-consuming blight.
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Fables of the Kingdom 4
Single-player alternative to Tide of the Depths — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Tide of the Depths.
Fables of the Kingdom 4 is a new chapter in the fairy-tale time-management strategy series. Manage resources, construct buildings, use new items and spells to reach Tartarus, and unlock the secret of a hidden threat to the kingdom!
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Hermes: Tricks of Thanatos
Single-player alternative to Tide of the Depths — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tide of the Depths.
Someone has thrown open the Gates of Hell and is letting the damned escape into the realm of the living! Battle malevolent spirits, call on demigods to provide aid and restore life to a besieged world!