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Single-player games like Defence to death

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Defence to death, 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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    They Are Billions — Steam game cover

    They Are Billions

    Single-player alternative to Defence to death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Defence to death.

    They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

    2019Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Spider-Robots War — Steam game cover

    Spider-Robots War

    Single-player alternative to Defence to death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defence to death.

    This is a strategy game against artificial intelligence, in the style of science fiction

    2021StrategyIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dezinsector — Steam game cover

    Dezinsector

    Single-player alternative to Defence to death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defence to death.

    Protect the candy from insects and earn money. Hordes of insects will try to break through the defense. Give them a hard fight

    2020IndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Freaking Meatbags — Steam game cover

    Freaking Meatbags

    Single-player alternative to Defence to death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defence to death.

    Land on a planet, pick up some rocks, leave before the solar system explodes. Oh, and don't die in the nightly robot attacks! Freaking Meatbags is a humorous real-time strategy game that's all about building a base, mixing meatbag DNA, then convincing those dolts to help you gather resources.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Magic defense — Steam game cover

    Magic defense

    Single-player alternative to Defence to death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Defence to death.

    Welcome to the single-player strategy game made in the style of Tower Defense. You will plunge into the magical Middle Ages to build a powerful defense to protect the bag of gold from the raids made by greedy trolls and other magical characters

    2021Strategy1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deep Among the Swarm — Steam game cover

    Deep Among the Swarm

    Single-player alternative to Defence to death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Defence to death.

    Deep Among the Swarm is a challenging survival RTS roguelite about surviving against thousands of enemies. Drill ever deeper underground while fighting the endless onslaught of the Swarm. Can you save humanity?

    2024Strategy8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rebirth evolution — Steam game cover

    Rebirth evolution

    Single-player alternative to Defence to death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defence to death.

    2D pixel style simulation business strategy game Build and operate your own survivor base, recruit and cultivate various professional combatants. Clear zombie strongholds, reduce regional infections, survive in the apocalypse, and establish your own power.

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Grim Nights — Steam game cover

    Grim Nights

    Single-player alternative to Defence to death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Defence to death.

    Your village must survive for 13 days! Gather resources, expand, explore the underground for riches, and train soldiers to defend against hordes of the undead.

    2018StrategyIndie2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rescue Operation — Steam game cover

    Rescue Operation

    Single-player alternative to Defence to death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defence to death.

    Is a first-person shooter game. The game will follow the scenario of the game, and destroy the enemies in its path

    2021ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    2D Neon Cube — Steam game cover

    2D Neon Cube

    Single-player alternative to Defence to death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defence to death.

    2D Neon Cube - it's beautiful and not difficult to pass the game. Exciting obstacles and graphical effects. Move the main character to the portal and try not to die!

    2017ActionIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    3D Hardcore Cube — Steam game cover

    3D Hardcore Cube

    Single-player alternative to Defence to death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defence to death.

    3D Hardcore Cube - this is not an easy platformer in which you want to get to the portal and not to fall into the trap. The game has boosters traffic boosters bounce, anti bounce, falling cubes, turrets and more!

    2017ActionIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SEARCH ALL - CATS — Steam game cover

    SEARCH ALL - CATS

    Single-player alternative to Defence to death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defence to death.

    Is a hidden object game in which you need to find all the cats in a large location. Seals will be located in a variety of places, from the most prominent to barely noticeable places

    2022IndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Russian Roads — Steam game cover

    Russian Roads

    Single-player alternative to Defence to death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defence to death.

    "Russian Roads" - this is amazing race on rough roads, on the dirt road and in the mud. Travel in different cars of the Russian car industry and try to come first!

    2018IndieSimulationRacing1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Neon Hardcore — Steam game cover

    Neon Hardcore

    Single-player alternative to Defence to death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defence to death.

    "Neon Hardcore" - this is a game that makes you freak out the player after each death of the player character. You need to manage the green cube and get to another green reference point. But it is very difficult, as the player interfere with the rotating saws and others obstacles red color.

    2017ActionIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Girl Blonde — Steam game cover

    Girl Blonde

    Single-player alternative to Defence to death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defence to death.

    Girl Blonde - It's a nice 3D platformer with a side view. In it you have to play for a girl-blonde and gather fruits, vegetables and other sweets! That would pass the level you must collect a certain number of items, but it is not easy to do because you will interfere with obstacles.

    2017IndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    IN THE BUILDING: CATS — Steam game cover

    IN THE BUILDING: CATS

    Single-player alternative to Defence to death — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Defence to death.

    is a game in which you have to find all the cute cats. Cats will hide in all houses. Search every corner of the room, move the pillows, open the nightstands, check the toilet... Cats can hide in the most unpredictable places.

    2022IndieAdventureCasual1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
16 Single-Player Games Like Defence to death (2026) · imho.run