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Single-player games like Elder Chaos

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Elder Chaos, 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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    Anomaly: Warzone Earth — Steam game cover

    Anomaly: Warzone Earth

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

    Lead an armored squad through the perils of this reversed tower defense action-strategy game!

    2011ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Touhou Big Big Battle — Steam game cover

    Touhou Big Big Battle

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

    just a touhou rts game

    2018ActionStrategyIndieFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense — Steam game cover

    CARNAGE OFFERING Tower Defense

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

    The replicator robots are back! It's 2528. The machines are increasingly infecting the planets with genetically modified monsters. Challenge them and try to stop the onslaught. Upgrade buildings and heroes, mine resources, discover technology and fight to save humanity!

    2023ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DG2: Defense Grid 2 — Steam game cover

    DG2: Defense Grid 2

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

    Great strategy is timeless. Build, adapt, and defend across dynamic maps, solo or online - every session brings new strategies, new solutions, and new surprises. Now is the perfect time to enter the grid.

    2014StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Taur — Steam game cover

    Taur

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

    Taur is an action-strategy sci-fi game. Control the Prime Cannon and unlock all of its powerful weapons and abilities. Build turrets, droids, aircraft and more as you fight to protect the homeworld of the Tauron droids against a relentless invasion. Will your Taur stand against the Imperion warmachine?

    2020ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Infested Planet — Steam game cover

    Infested Planet

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

    Command a team of 5 elite soldiers against an alien horde of 100,000. Surrounded on all sides, you must outmaneuver and outsmart the enemy.

    2014ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mushroom Wars 2 — Steam game cover

    Mushroom Wars 2

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

    In Mushroom Wars 2, enemy tribes of feisty mushroom creatures face off in short but fierce RTS battles. Step into the shoes of a fearless Mushroom Commander, choose a hero to lead your army, and take control of the battlefield in a variety of multiplayer modes or challenging story campaign.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    AI War: Fleet Command — Steam game cover

    AI War: Fleet Command

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

    "You are outgunned. You are massively outnumbered. You must win." These are your orders. Humanity has already fought its war against the machines -- and lost. AI death squads stand watch over every planet and every wormhole, the few remaining human settlements are held captive in orbiting bubbles, and the AIs have turned their...

    2009StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition — Steam game cover

    Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition

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

    Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.

    2009Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cthulhu pub — Steam game cover

    Cthulhu pub

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

    In Cthulhu pub, you can build your own pub or restaurant. Create cute characters, creepy monsters and establish a small cute pub or make a large castle with monsters, humans, and ancient Gods.

    2022IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bioweaver — Steam game cover

    Bioweaver

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

    Bioweaver is an RPG game with the main content of treasure hunting and character building. You can use basic programming logic to deeply customize your skill sets, and you can also create organs with different attributes and functions with the special crafting system.

    2024StrategyIndieRPG6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bioprototype — Steam game cover

    Bioprototype

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

    Bioprototype, a Roguelike & Skill Customizing Rhapsody! This is an auto-bomber with programming elements. Customize your character skills with visual programming, utilize enemy organs to finish the mutation, and construct the ultimate prototype, one can survive in the endless wave of flesh.

    2025ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →