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Single-player games like Crash The Core

Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Crash The Core, 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 Train — Steam game cover

    Monster Train

    Single-player alternative to Crash The Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Crash The Core.

    Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.

    2020Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    LONESTAR — Steam game cover

    LONESTAR

    Single-player alternative to Crash The Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crash The Core.

    LONESTAR is a strategic Roguelike spaceship deckbuilder. As a bounty hunter, you will capture criminals scattered across the universe. Win the shockwave battle to gain rewards and vacations. Find treasures, customize spaceships, unlock talents, defeat the felons and be a legend!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure12.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wildfrost — Steam game cover

    Wildfrost

    Single-player alternative to Crash The Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crash The Core.

    Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…

    2023StrategyIndie11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SpellRogue — Steam game cover

    SpellRogue

    Single-player alternative to Crash The Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crash The Core.

    SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Card Hog — Steam game cover

    Card Hog

    Single-player alternative to Crash The Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crash The Core.

    Card Hog is a pig-based dungeon crawler with roguelike and deck building elements. Take the role of an adventurous hog and interact with more than 100 cards of dangerous enemies, powerful weapons and exciting spells!

    2023StrategyIndieRPG1.79 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Trials of Fire — Steam game cover

    Trials of Fire

    Single-player alternative to Crash The Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crash The Core.

    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!

    2021StrategyIndieRPG3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles — Steam game cover

    Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles

    Single-player alternative to Crash The Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crash The Core.

    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.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Die in the Dungeon — Steam game cover

    Die in the Dungeon

    Single-player alternative to Crash The Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crash The Core.

    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.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG9.74 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slay the Spire — Steam game cover

    Slay the Spire

    Single-player alternative to Crash The Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Crash The Core.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Koboo: The Tree Spirit — Steam game cover

    Koboo: The Tree Spirit

    Single-player alternative to Crash The Core — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Crash The Core.

    Koboo is a fast paced action rogue-lite platformer where you battle against towering hunters as a small tree spirit by attacking their weak points. Forge powerful synergies, explore the Ancient Forest's branching paths, fish, catch bugs and garden to rebuild your home!

    2024ActionIndieRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →