Single-player games like Element TD
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Element TD, 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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Element TD 2 - Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Element TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element TD.
Element TD 2 sees you combine powerful elements to create unique towers. Prove your defenses against challenging foes, and compete or cooperate with others to determine who has mastered the elements.
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Notice Me Leena-senpai!
Single-player alternative to Element TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element TD.
Oh no! The Demon Lord is attacking! Help Leena-senpai defend her school and city against the Demon Lords minions!
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Rogue Door Defense
Single-player alternative to Element TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Element TD.
Rogue Door Defense is a tower defense mazing game with rogue-lite elements. Choose a door, defeat the enemies behind it and claim your unique reward. Build and upgrade different towers. Design your own maze to defend your lives against the attacking waves of monsters and powerful bosses.
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Labyrinthian Lockdown
Single-player alternative to Element TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element TD.
Klondor is in grave danger of being overwhelmed, enter the Labyrinth, prepare your defences, defend your Mana Crystal and annihilate the incoming waves of enemy forces that pose a threat to the Kingdom.
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Elemental Magic Wars
Single-player alternative to Element TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element TD.
A hero-based 3D tower defense game featuring 9 elements, elemental reactions, RPG growth, gear drops, and thrilling battles. Command your heroes, build your defense, and face endless waves of elemental enemies.
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Island Crusaders
Single-player alternative to Element TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element TD.
Island Crusaders is a cute yet brutal tactical RTS game. Defend your home against swarms of enemies as your picturesque island gets stained by the blood of your enemies. Unlock new and unique units, strategically place and move them, and defeat the impending army.
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Immortal Sect Defend
Single-player alternative to Element TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element TD.
Guard the Sect Eye or lose everything. Build immortal towers to defend against demon hordes. Explore dangerous realms, slay beasts, and upgrade your defenses in this unique cultivation tower defense game.
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Tower Defense: Defender of the Kingdom
Single-player alternative to Element TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element TD.
Defender of the Kingdom: Tower Defense is a colorful medieval tower defense strategy game where orcs and their horde attacked the kingdom and now the fate of the kingdom is in your hands, defenders!
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Axon TD: Uprising - Tower Defense
Single-player alternative to Element TD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Element TD.
Axon TD lets you expand the map boundaries themselves. A huge arsenal of towers and a wide variety of enemies clash in a battlefield that grows to your whims. Engage in single, cooperative, and roguelite gameplay.