Single-player games like Homeworld Defense
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Homeworld Defense, 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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Bug Killers
Single-player alternative to Homeworld Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Homeworld Defense.
Bug Killers – is a dynamic Top Down shooter where you will need to turn crowds of bugs-mutants into meat. The game has three modes: Survival, PvP and PvE. Different types of armament will help you to effectively destroy the enemies.
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The Revenant Prince
Single-player alternative to Homeworld Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Homeworld Defense.
After gaining the ability to control time, Troy sets off on an adventure, guided by a mysterious voice in an attempt to fulfill his long-time - potentially misleading destiny: saving the world! Kill or show mercy, the choice is yours. Your actions lead to certain consequences and outcomes that cannot be undone!
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Convoy
Single-player alternative to Homeworld Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Homeworld Defense.
Convoy is a tactical roguelike-like inspired by Mad Max and FTL in which you cross a wasteland in search of parts for your broken ship. Presented in pixel art and set in a future post-apocalyptic setting, Convoy is a squad based tactical combat roguelike-like in its core.
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Krater
Single-player alternative to Homeworld Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Homeworld Defense.
The game brings you far into the future of a post-apocalyptic Sweden.
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Orcs Must Die! 2
Single-player alternative to Homeworld Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Homeworld Defense.
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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Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine
Single-player alternative to Homeworld Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Homeworld Defense.
Monaco: What's Yours Is Mine is a single player or co-op heist game. Assemble a crack team of thieves, case the joint, and pull off the perfect heist.
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Plebby Quest: The Crusades
Single-player alternative to Homeworld Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Homeworld Defense.
Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”
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Objects in Space
Single-player alternative to Homeworld Defense — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Homeworld Defense.
Objects in Space is a retro space game centred on 2D point-and-click stealth action in a massive open world. Players have their own customisable ships and can meet people, become a trader, bounty hunter, explorer, scavenger or all of them at once.