Single-player games like Iris and the Giant
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Iris and the Giant, 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 Slayers
Single-player alternative to Iris and the Giant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Iris and the Giant.
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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Deep Sky Derelicts
Single-player alternative to Iris and the Giant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Iris and the Giant.
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.
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Roguebook
Single-player alternative to Iris and the Giant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Iris and the Giant.
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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Black Book
Single-player alternative to Iris and the Giant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Iris and the Giant.
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.
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Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
Single-player alternative to Iris and the Giant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Iris and the Giant.
Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Iris and the Giant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Iris and the Giant.
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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Trials of Fire
Single-player alternative to Iris and the Giant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Iris and the Giant.
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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Wildfrost
Single-player alternative to Iris and the Giant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Iris and the Giant.
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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The Binding of Isaac
Single-player alternative to Iris and the Giant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Iris and the Giant.
Now 20% More Evil with the Free Halloween update!
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Inscryption
Single-player alternative to Iris and the Giant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Iris and the Giant.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...