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Single-player games like Swords and Soldiers HD

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Swords and Soldiers HD, 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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    Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon — Steam game cover

    Swords and Soldiers 2 Shawarmageddon

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Soldiers HD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Swords and Soldiers HD.

    Take command of mighty Vikings, sly Persians or brutish Demons! Destroy your opponent’s base while defending your own in this action-packed side-scrolling RTS!

    2018ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nuts Protocol — Steam game cover

    Nuts Protocol

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Soldiers HD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Swords and Soldiers HD.

    You might think this is yet another Tower Defense game. Well, friend, you are not wrong! The twist? It's fast-paced! Your greatest resource is positioning - and moving around is a must. Also, you control an orange Squirrel equipped with more-than-military-grade turrets! OMG - can it get any better?

    2022ActionStrategyIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cat Go: Tactical Defense Braw — Steam game cover

    Cat Go: Tactical Defense Braw

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Soldiers HD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Swords and Soldiers HD.

    Cats Go! is a defense game blending strategy, cooperation, and direct combat. Grow mutant plants to protect your village! Whether you prefer to play solo as a brave defender or team up with friends online. Not feeling cooperative? Slip into the role of a devil cat and secretly sabotage the village!

    2025ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Orcs Must Die! — Steam game cover

    Orcs Must Die!

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Soldiers HD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Swords and Soldiers HD.

    Slice them, burn them, skewer them, and launch them - no matter how you get it done, orcs must die in this fantasy action-strategy game from Robot Entertainment.

    2011ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    HexeD — Steam game cover

    HexeD

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Soldiers HD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Swords and Soldiers HD.

    Can you build and fight through endless levels to bring life and color to your world? Customize towers and troops to ward off enemies in this fast-paced and colorful tower defense.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    McDROID — Steam game cover

    McDROID

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Soldiers HD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Swords and Soldiers HD.

    Farm, Build, Defend, in the Galaxy's only Arcade-Tower-Defense.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    OTTTD — Steam game cover

    OTTTD

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Soldiers HD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Swords and Soldiers HD.

    Take command of HEROCORP™ and launch a Preemptive Defence Campaign™ against parallel dimensions in OTTTD, the most outrageous Tower Defence title around.

    2014StrategyIndie7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Defend Your Life: TD — Steam game cover

    Defend Your Life: TD

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Soldiers HD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Swords and Soldiers HD.

    Defend Your Life! Is tower defense set in human body where players are fighting against villain hordes of viruses and bacteria. Levels and units correspond to reality of human anatomy.

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

    Awesomenauts

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Soldiers HD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Swords and Soldiers HD.

    Use your power, show your might! Play this Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) game! AWESOMENAUTS combines 2D platforming with team-based strategy and hero based action. Whether you are a new recruit or an intergalactic legend, play AWESOMENAUTS!

    2012ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blightbound — Steam game cover

    Blightbound

    Single-player alternative to Swords and Soldiers HD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Swords and Soldiers HD.

    Blightbound is a multiplayer dungeon crawler that tasks three heroes to venture down from their mountain refuge to face the abominations of the Blight - a mysterious and corrupting fog that enshrouds the land.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →