Single-player games like Garden of the Dead
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Garden of the Dead, 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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Sivers
Single-player alternative to Garden of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Garden of the Dead.
Sivers is an RPG-roguelike with a unique style, where waves of enemies test your strategy. Use spells and build defenses, develop your hero, and fight bosses and varied foes. Victory on the first try is unlikely — every attempt brings you closer to success!
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ByteCrawler
Single-player alternative to Garden of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Garden of the Dead.
Pick a hero, build your swarm, and hold off enemy waves. Place units, watch your energy, and level up to survive in this lane-defense strategy game!
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The Demon's Table
Single-player alternative to Garden of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Garden of the Dead.
Solitaire meets witchcraft in a dark cosy fantasy roguelike. Build powerful Rune combinations, cast Spells, break the rules and outsmart cunning Demons to rescue Vexpera, leader of the Coven.
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AeonFall
Single-player alternative to Garden of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Garden of the Dead.
Endless waves of 100,000 infected pour toward you. A brutally hard roguelike defense built on the Paradox of Progress: every advance raises the noise, and louder noise draws a deadlier swarm. Design your base, break through with one unit you control, and adapt each run. Survive a planet alone.
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Horde Up Ahead: Survivors TD
Single-player alternative to Garden of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Garden of the Dead.
Tower Defense against massive zombie hordes. Build turrets, defend your tower, and discover roguelite and survivor-like progression.
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MAR: Millions Are Rising
Single-player alternative to Garden of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Garden of the Dead.
Millions of monsters are escaping the hole. Stop them with a unique arsenal of towers, nukes, and deep upgrades in this incremental tower defense game.
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Eleven Sunrises
Single-player alternative to Garden of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Garden of the Dead.
Dive into Eleven Sunrises, an explosive blend of Action-RPG and Tower Defense. Explore a post-apocalyptic open world to gather a devastating arsenal, then deploy your forward bases to annihilate waves of ruthless enemies.
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Z-Company
Single-player alternative to Garden of the Dead — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Garden of the Dead.
You and your friends can be part of the Z-Company. Defend Targets against huge hordes of zombies with all kinds of weapons and buildings in this Tower-Defense/Shooter hybrid.