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
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?
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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?
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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.
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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.
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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
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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!
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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!
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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
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.