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Single-player games like ValeGuard

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to ValeGuard, 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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    Farthest Frontier — Steam game cover

    Farthest Frontier

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

    Protect and guide your people as you forge a town from untamed wilderness at the edge of the known world. Harvest raw materials, hunt, fish and farm to survive. Produce crafted items to trade, consume, equip and fight with as you battle for your survival against the elements and outside threats.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand — Steam game cover

    Towers & Goblins: The Last Stand

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

    Build towers, manage resources, and lead units to defend your kingdom against goblins. Every decision you make determines your kingdom's fate.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Kingdoms and Castles — Steam game cover

    Kingdoms and Castles

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

    Kingdoms and Castles is a city-building simulation game about growing a kingdom from a tiny hamlet to a sprawling city and imposing castle. Make trade agreements, alliance, and war with neighboring AI controlled kingdoms. Each villager and resource is individually simulated.

    2017StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Conan Unconquered — Steam game cover

    Conan Unconquered

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

    From the Command & Conquer veterans at Petroglyph comes the first ever survival RTS set in the savage world of Conan the Barbarian. Play solo or team up in multiplayer in Conan Unconquered’s action-packed co-op Mode where you build a shared stronghold and fend off the hordes together.

    2019Strategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stronghold: Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    Stronghold: Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to ValeGuard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ValeGuard.

    Greetings sire! Your stronghold awaits you. Build a castle economy, besiege unforgettable villains and return to the 'castle sim' that started it all. Experience this classic RTS with upgraded visuals, modernised gameplay, Steam multiplayer and a new campaign.

    2023StrategySimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Warlords Under Siege — Steam game cover

    Warlords Under Siege

    Single-player alternative to ValeGuard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ValeGuard.

    Warlords Under Siege is a mix of RTS and Roguelike genre, where you build a small city and defend it against continuous waves of enemies. Improve your assortment of weapons with each playthrough, unlocking new possibilities to beat the ever-increasing threat.

    2025StrategySimulation5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pioneers of Pagonia — Steam game cover

    Pioneers of Pagonia

    Single-player alternative to ValeGuard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with ValeGuard.

    Rebuild hope in a world that was lost in the fog. Lead your Pioneers across the isles of Pagonia, unite scattered tribes, raise thriving communities and discover the history of your people as you reclaim your world in the new story campaign.

    2025StrategySimulation34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Goblins of Elderstone — Steam game cover

    Goblins of Elderstone

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

    This Goblin Tribe Simulator brings a challenging blend of chaos and creativity to the city-building genre. Build dwellings, manage your resources, defend your goblins, and grow your tribe, and please the Gods! Do you have what it takes to control the chaos and rule the unruly?

    2023StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    They Are Billions — Steam game cover

    They Are Billions

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

    They Are Billions is a Steampunk strategy game set on a post-apocalyptic planet. Build and defend colonies to survive against the billions of the infected that seek to annihilate the few remaining living humans. Can humanity survive after the zombie apocalypse?

    2019Strategy29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Reignfall — Steam game cover

    Reignfall

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

    Reignfall is a real-time strategy game with elements of city-building and third-person action. Build a city and defend your keep against waves of increasingly difficult enemies. Can you survive against the fallen horde?

    2018ActionStrategyIndie4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Temporal Titans — Steam game cover

    Temporal Titans

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

    Temporal Titans is a Tower-Defense game with Time Travel. Send mechs back to previous waves to prevent your defeat, and protect your salvage team from the monstrous Grell as you scavenge the ruins of a lost earth. Rewind, rethink, and reclaim the future!

    2026StrategyEarly Access9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →