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
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!
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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?
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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!
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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!
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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.