Single-player games like Iris and the Giant
Below are 11 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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Banners of Ruin
Single-player alternative to Iris and the Giant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Iris and the Giant.
Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.
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A Long Way Down
Single-player alternative to Iris and the Giant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Iris and the Giant.
A deck-building roguelite RPG set in a dark and tormented world. Assemble your party and use your cards to survive, fight and build your way through a dark maze of monsters orchestrated by an evil mastermind. Your choices will lead you to judgement.
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Deep Sky Derelicts
Single-player alternative to Iris and the Giant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie 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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Die in the Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Iris and the Giant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Iris and the Giant.
Fight your way through a mysterious dungeon in this deck-building, turn-based roguelike game where you don't use cards, but dice! Deal with enemies by combining powerful dice on your board, boost their effects with magical relics, and risk it all hoping for a good roll on unexpected encounters.
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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 Strategy and Indie 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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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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Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder
Single-player alternative to Iris and the Giant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Iris and the Giant.
Neurodeck is a psychological deckbuilding card game to challenge your fears. Build your deck & capacities by answering personality tests, visiting rooms or meditating. Face your phobia and defeat them through the power of life-inspired cards.
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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 Strategy and Indie 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...
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LavaLoop
Single-player alternative to Iris and the Giant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Iris and the Giant.
An explosive musical show set in a hand-drawn retro-futuristic universe. From shoot’em up to rhythm game, take on the role of three punk musicians, confronting a mad queen and her planet-killing machine. Discover a surprising gameplay blending arcade, music and comics!