Single-player games like Tactical Nexus
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Tactical Nexus, 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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Desktop Dungeons
Single-player alternative to Tactical Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tactical Nexus.
Each step into the unknown heals you and reveals new obstacles as you guide fresh heros to glorious retirement or ignominious death. Master tactical spells, appease ancient gods and get rich through taxidermy in this award-winning quick-play puzzle-roguelike.
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The Last Spell
Single-player alternative to Tactical Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tactical Nexus.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
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Tactical Breach Wizards
Single-player alternative to Tactical Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tactical Nexus.
In Tactical Breach Wizards, you lead a team of renegade wizards in kevlar through turn-based battles to unravel a modern conspiracy plot. Combine their unique spells in clever ways, or rewind time to try every crazy plan you can think of to punch a Traffic Warlock through a 4th story window.
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Symphony of War: The Nephilim Saga
Single-player alternative to Tactical Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tactical Nexus.
Enter Tahnra, a land savaged by war. You, a fresh academy graduate with humble beginnings, will grow to lead a grand army against a corrupt adversary. Gather heroes, form bonds, and lead your force in turn-based battles. Make use of tactics, terrain, morale and more to bring peace to the land!
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Dungeon Drafters
Single-player alternative to Tactical Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tactical Nexus.
Dungeon Drafters is a mystery dungeon adventure set in a world where magic is cards, and cards are magic. Explore ancient ruins, loot rare cards and employ clever combos to defeat your foes and build the legendary spell deck that could save the world.
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Reus
Single-player alternative to Tactical Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tactical Nexus.
In Reus, you control powerful giants to shape the planet to your will. You can create mountains, oceans, forests and more. Enrich your planet with plants, minerals and animal life. There is only one thing on the planet that you do not control: mankind, with all their virtues and and all their vices.
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rymdkapsel
Single-player alternative to Tactical Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tactical Nexus.
Build a space station. Command the tiny crew. Explore the galaxy. A meditative space strategy game.
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Tower Wizard
Single-player alternative to Tactical Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tactical Nexus.
Help a wizard build and upgrade a wizard tower in this incremental game! Use the tower to study magic, summon spirits, create buildings, and influence the world.
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Magic Tower
Single-player alternative to Tactical Nexus — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tactical Nexus.
Inspired by RPG map in "Warcraft III" , the core gameplay is plunder resources from enemies. This game is not only a simple thief, but also a test of the collocation between the various defensive towers, as well as a balance between the defense tower injury and the enemy's blood volume.