Single-player games like Black Book
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Black Book, 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 Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Black Book.
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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Lazriel: The Demon's Fall
Single-player alternative to Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black Book.
Lazriel, an angel of heaven, has been plunged into the demon world far below. Now her only hope of returning is for her to climb the tower. But will she succumb to the demons' powers before she makes it back alive?
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Die in the Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black Book.
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 Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black Book.
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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Roguebook
Single-player alternative to Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black Book.
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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Deep Sky Derelicts
Single-player alternative to Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black Book.
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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Trials of Fire
Single-player alternative to Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black Book.
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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Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon
Single-player alternative to Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black Book.
Three Kingdoms: The Blood Moon is a turn-based Roguelike card game where you assume the role of a Shu general. Explore dungeons, gather relics, and amass a collection of cards. In each round, you can assemble a unique combination of cards and treasures to defeat your enemies and rewrite history!
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Single-player alternative to Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Black Book.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
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ThroneBreaker
Single-player alternative to Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Black Book.
You play whose family was executed under the orders of a ruthless king Through years of cunning strategy and dangerous alliances, you lead a rebellion and seize the throne for yourself. But the crown is no sanctuary. Years later, just as you begin to rebuild the realm an assassin’s blade finds you.
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Gordian Quest
Single-player alternative to Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black Book.
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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Ash of Gods: The Way
Single-player alternative to Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black Book.
Solve tactical puzzles in constantly changing battles and overcome circumstances that are NEVER in your favor. Defend your commander, win duels, capture points, experiment with your strategy to defeat a superior enemy, and make decisions that affect your story.
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Children of Zodiarcs
Single-player alternative to Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black Book.
A story-driven, tactical RPG set in the fantasy realm of Lumus; a world divided by affluence and poverty. Take control of Nahmi and her fellow outcasts, utilising a brand new deck and dice based combat system to strike a blow to the noble Lords’ and Ladies’ unquenchable thirst for profit.
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SteamWorld Quest: Hand of Gilgamech
Single-player alternative to Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Black Book.
Lead a party of aspiring heroes through a beautifully hand-drawn world and intense battles using only your wits and a handful of cards. Take on whatever threat comes your way by crafting your own deck choosing from over 100 unique punch-cards!
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One-Eyed Likho
Single-player alternative to Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Black Book.
One-Eyed Likho is a grim first-person horror adventure set in a world inspired by a dark, Slavic fairy tale. Explore an unsettling and twisted land set in 19th-century Russia in your endeavor to escape your own evil fate.
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The Mooseman
Single-player alternative to Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Black Book.
You are the Mooseman and you have the ability to see all that is hidden to the mortal eye. You are about to visit three layers of this universe - the first one is the Lower World where dead reside…
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Black Book: Prologue
Single-player alternative to Black Book — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black Book.
Take a peek into the haunting and mysterious world of Slavic mythos in Black Book: Prologue - a vital chapter in the story of Vasilisa, a young sorceress. Travel across the rural countryside as you aid commonfolk and battle evil forces, using a card-based combat system.