Single-player games like Sente
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Sente, 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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Globe Games
Single-player alternative to Sente — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sente.
A suite of turn based games and puzzles on a spherical grid: Chess, Go, and Othello.
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Paper Flags
Single-player alternative to Sente — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sente.
A two-player abstract strategy game on a 9×9 board. Fold your pieces to advance diagonally. Unfold them into flags — moving like rooks across rank and file. Plant three flags on your opponent's back row, or cut their forces to three.
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Arete
Single-player alternative to Sente — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Sente.
Arete: The Battles of Alexander the Great is a classic hex-and-counter digital wargame where you'll relive the Macedonian king's most epic battles, from fighting alongside his father in Greece to climactic clashes with Darius in Persia to battling warlords at the extreme fringe of the empire.
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Hexteria
Single-player alternative to Sente — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sente.
Hexteria is a casual Turn-Based Strategy and Puzzle game. The concept is simple: each turn you rotate one tile on the hexagonal board, in order to take over your opponents' tiles. Play against your friends or the AI, or challenge yourself with the Single Player Campaign!
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Lazy Chess
Single-player alternative to Sente — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sente.
Lazy Chess is a new non-profit chess game that narrows your choices down to the best 2 possible moves per turn. The moves provided can always win the game, but how strong are your decisions? Fewer moves. More fun.
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Chess Mega Bundle
Single-player alternative to Sente — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Sente.
Play hundreds of chess variants online or locally.
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Shift Chess
Single-player alternative to Sente — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sente.
This is a chess variant in which players can “control the board” as a move action. The game supports online play, matches against AI, and local analysis.
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The Elm Game
Single-player alternative to Sente — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Sente.
An abstract board game for two players - human or AI - that is easy to learn yet hard to master, played on a tree stump with beautiful procedurally generated backgrounds.