Single-player games like Band of Defenders
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Band of Defenders, 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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Out of Ammo
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Band of Defenders.
Out of Ammo is an intense VR Tower Defense / FPS hybrid strategy game that will have you constructing defenses, calling in artillery, issuing orders, and taking direct control of your soldiers in order to survive a relentless enemy onslaught.
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Stronghold: Warlords
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Besiege Great Khans, Imperial warlords and Shōgun commanders in Stronghold: Warlords, the latest 'castle sim' from Firefly Studios. Command AI warlords across the battlefield as you build a castle economy and new gunpowder-fuelled siege engines!
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The Last Camp
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
This is a top-down survival-building game blending farming, tower defense, and micromanagement, requiring you to fend off zombie hordes, grow crops, and strategically deploy traps to defend your homestead.
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Treefender
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Band of Defenders.
Relive your childhood in Treefender, a VR-exclusive 4 player online co-op base-building game where you build your own treefort and defend it against a spacesquid invasion!
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Attack on Toys
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Band of Defenders.
Relive Your Childhood Toys comes to life! Build your Army Toys, make battle scenario, watch the Toys battling each other, and customize your play with Attack on Toys Toy Box. Command your Army Toys to fight againts another toys strategically and keep them alive during battle!
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Sandbox Apocalypse
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Band of Defenders.
Sandbox Apocalypse is a 3rd person view, open world post-apocalyptic survial game where you are responsible for your own fate. Survive in a world inhabited by zombies, gather loot, build your base and explore the world.
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Bunker Defense
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Bunker Defense is a tower defense game for 1-4 players. Waves of enemies attack your base, and you must defend it by building different kinds of defenses.
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Battlefall: State of Conflict
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Band of Defenders.
Engage in a post-apocalyptic RTS showdown between three factions in Battlefall: State of Conflict.
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Orcs Must Die!
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Band of Defenders.
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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Killing Floor
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Band of Defenders.
6-player co-op survival horror at its finest! Free updates, free special events and a ridiculous amount of fun!
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Sanctum
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Band of Defenders.
You think Tower Defense games are all about building? You thought wrong. Sanctum is not your average Tower Defense title. When the havoc starts, you get to join the fray! As one of the world’s first First Person Shooter - Tower Defense games, Sanctum has taken the best of both worlds to deliver an epic, one-of-a-kind experience.
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Orcs Must Die! Unchained
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Band of Defenders.
Orcs Must Die! Unchained takes the award-winning Orcs Must Die! action tower defense game to a whole new level with team-based gameplay! Bust skulls with your best pals in PvE co-op Survival, or put your teamwork to the real test in Sabotage Mode!
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Deep Rock Galactic
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Band of Defenders.
Deep Rock Galactic is a 1-4 player co-op FPS featuring dwarven space miners, procedurally-generated destructible environments, and endless hordes of alien monsters. Explore cave systems, mine for minerals, and work together to survive!
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Monster Hunter: World
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Band of Defenders.
Welcome to a new world! In Monster Hunter: World, the latest installment in the series, you can enjoy the ultimate hunting experience, using everything at your disposal to hunt monsters in a new world teeming with surprises and excitement.
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Killing Room
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Band of Defenders.
Rogue-like FPS with strong RPG elements set in a 22nd century reality-show parody. Win a fortune or die, but never disappoint your audience. And audience is virtual or real with revolutionary but optional features for streamers and their fans.
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Defend Your Life: TD
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Band of Defenders.
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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Walking Zombie: Shooter
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Band of Defenders.
The Walking Zombie is a stationary FPS with an online co-op mode in a world full of zombies to kill. Buy and upgrade your weapons, kill all enemies in 200 levels and destroy mighty boss monsters before they eat you alive!
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Build Wars
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Use and boost your creativity in these non-violent battles of block-building magic. Show that you are the best and gain recognition from fellow builders in this harsh but ultimately fair player vs. player online building game. Win, unlock new blocks and with it your potential.
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Walking Zombie 2
Single-player alternative to Band of Defenders — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Band of Defenders.
Zombie singleplayer shooter in modern polygon graphics with rich RPG elements.