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Single-player games like Ruin Hunters

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Ruin Hunters, 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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    Conjurers — Steam game cover

    Conjurers

    Single-player alternative to Ruin Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ruin Hunters.

    Defeat the Conjurers. Take their constellations. Conquer the Zodiac. A classic turn-based tactics game where deckbuilding lets players summon Zodiac creatures and hybrids, then steal new constellations by defeating rival Conjurers. Will you become powerful enough to face the Immortal Aquarius?

    StrategyIndieDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG — Steam game cover

    Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG

    Single-player alternative to Ruin Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ruin Hunters.

    Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Looper Tactics — Steam game cover

    Looper Tactics

    Single-player alternative to Ruin Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ruin Hunters.

    Welcome again, wandering soul. Will this be the time of your success? Watch your steps as you advance in this roguelike-deck builder and engage in auto-battler card encounters of increasing difficulty. Get stronger in each battle, rise from the ashes, and break free from endless reincarnation!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure6.04 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lost For Swords — Steam game cover

    Lost For Swords

    Single-player alternative to Ruin Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ruin Hunters.

    Lost For Swords is a Roguelike Deckbuilder, where the cards in your deck shape the rooms you’re exploring. Make your way up the tower, equip weapons and armor, cast spells and scrolls, activate auras, collect loot and defeat monsters in tactical turn-based combat.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG8.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Duelyst — Steam game cover

    Duelyst

    Single-player alternative to Ruin Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ruin Hunters.

    The depth of CCG meets the strategy of tabletop gaming in Duelyst! Every choice matters, from your General and deck to positioning on the 9x5 battleboard. Competitive head-to-head turn-based battles at its best!

    2016StrategyIndieFree To PlaySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cobalt Core — Steam game cover

    Cobalt Core

    Single-player alternative to Ruin Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ruin Hunters.

    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!

    2023StrategyIndie7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Floppy Knights — Steam game cover

    Floppy Knights

    Single-player alternative to Ruin Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ruin Hunters.

    Meet the Floppy Knights: tangible projections summoned from floppy disks! Tactics fuse with card game mechanics as Phoebe and Carlton, a brilliant young inventor & her robot-arm bestie, square off in turn-based battles. Select your Knights, hone your deck, and execute your strategy for victory!

    2022StrategyIndie1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dungeon Drafters — Steam game cover

    Dungeon Drafters

    Single-player alternative to Ruin Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ruin Hunters.

    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.

    2023StrategyIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dinoku — Steam game cover

    Dinoku

    Single-player alternative to Ruin Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ruin Hunters.

    Dinoku is a logic game where you must help the Dinos to eat all the leaves on the way. There are different kinds of plants with special ability, making levels more challenging and exciting.

    2018IndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Guards of the Gate — Steam game cover

    Guards of the Gate

    Single-player alternative to Ruin Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ruin Hunters.

    Guards of the Gate is a roguelike turn-based game on hexagonal fields. You control a team of heroes aka Guards of the Gate, who are trying to save the world from the evil Dragon Lord.

    2019StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ravenland — Steam game cover

    Ravenland

    Single-player alternative to Ruin Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ruin Hunters.

    Ravenland is a challenging deck-building roguelike card game. Adventure and deal with the ancients who rule the forest. Try the three different heroes, unlock cards and traits and upgrade the town for better chance of success.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Knight Dice — Steam game cover

    Knight Dice

    Single-player alternative to Ruin Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ruin Hunters.

    Knight Dice is a turn-based dice game, upgrade and reroll your dice to defeat the dangerous enemies on your adventure.

    2020StrategyIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Desert Parkour — Steam game cover

    Desert Parkour

    Single-player alternative to Ruin Hunters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ruin Hunters.

    Desert Parkour is a first-person 3D platformer game, where player progress through levels using parkour skills and by throwing a rope with a grappling hook.

    2021ActionIndie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →