Single-player games like Monster Train
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Monster Train, 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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Monster Train 2
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train.
Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
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Wildfrost
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
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Roguebook
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train.
Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!
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Gordian Quest
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train.
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
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Monster Slayers
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Monster Slayers is a rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure. Create a hero and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you battle to become a true Monster Slayer.
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Trials of Fire
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
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Balatro
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
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Tainted Grail: Conquest
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.
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Cobalt Core
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train.
A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!
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Shogun Showdown
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train.
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!
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Slay the Spire 2
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
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DICEOMANCER
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train.
DICEOMANCER is a roguelike deck-building game. Though you long for a peaceful life, you're forced to embark on an adventure. In this world of swords, magic, and guns, make good use of your dice and deck to find a way back to tranquility! What can the dice be used for? To change... anything.
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Chrono Ark
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train.
Chrono Ark is a singleplayer roguelike that combines elements from deckbuilders and party-based RPGs. Recruit, train, and build a team of unique Investigators to restore the Twisted World!
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Across the Obelisk
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train.
Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!
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HELLCARD
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train.
Hellcard is a unique cooperative deck builder rogue-like game. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other players' lobbies in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!
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Grim Fandango Remastered
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
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Inkbound
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train.
A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
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Full Throttle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Monster Train — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1995, Full Throttle is a classic graphic adventure game from industry legend Tim Schafer, telling the story of Ben Throttle; butt-kicking leader of biker gang the Polecats, who gets caught up in a tale of Motorcycles, Mayhem and Murder.