Single-player games like Magic Tower
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Magic Tower, 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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Deathtrap
Single-player alternative to Magic Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magic Tower.
Deathtrap is a Tower Defense game with strong action-RPG elements, a game of vicious tricks, killing machines, rotating blades and splattering blood.
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Cows VS Vikings
Single-player alternative to Magic Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magic Tower.
You think you’ve seen everything in Stream already?! No, buddy, you never saw anything like that before! The Vikings against the cows! Show them the strength of Odin and twist their horns off!
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HERO DEFENSE
Single-player alternative to Magic Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magic Tower.
CREEPS CRUMBLE. HEROES RISE. Command a team of renegade heroes and impale, slash, tear and burn through legions of undead hell-bent on world domination. Your mission: to defeat the world’s most powerful vampire, Count Necrosis.
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Winged Sakura: Mindy's Arc
Single-player alternative to Magic Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magic Tower.
Unlock 16 characters, expand your shop, enchant your gears, and defend against waves of enemies in a brand new, fast-paced, anime-themed Strategy Defense Game! Become Mindy's savior and help her end her never ending nightmare.
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Hydraulic Empire
Single-player alternative to Magic Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magic Tower.
Hydraulic Empire is a Tower Defense game with RPG elements focusing on strategy, interactions between mobs, and persistent upgrades. Hydraulic empire is a must have for any true Tower Defense fan, and for those that are not it is a gateway into the tower defense genre.
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Orcs Must Die! 2
Single-player alternative to Magic Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magic Tower.
You’ve tossed, burned and sliced them by the thousands – now orcs must die more than ever before! Grab a friend and slay orcs in untold numbers in this sequel to the 2011 AIAS Strategy Game of the Year from Robot Entertainment.
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Prime World: Defenders
Single-player alternative to Magic Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magic Tower.
Fight off hordes of monstrous mutants created from a strange cataclysmic event in the new tower defense game, Prime World: Defenders. Join a group of exile treasure hunters who have ventured into the capital of an ancient empire, vast with mystery and danger.
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Dungeon Defenders
Single-player alternative to Magic Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Magic Tower.
Create a hero from one of four classes to save Etheria in this 4-player coop Tower Defense Action-RPG. Includes Steam exclusive Portal gun & TF2 familiars!