Single-player games like Next Run
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Next Run, 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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Swords and Sandals 3 Redux
Single-player alternative to Next Run — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Next Run.
A legend returns! The beloved classic Swords and Sandals 3 is back, re-forged in glory! Step back into the Gladiae Ultratus once more and prepare to take on the greatest gladiators in all Brandor. It's the hardest, most metal gladiator game ever made.
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Valor of Man
Single-player alternative to Next Run — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Next Run.
Forge your party. Master your fate. In this turn-based roguelite RPG, lead four heroes through a fractured realm of danger and destiny. Build synergies, unlock powerful abilities, and face ever-shifting challenges in an epic battle for survival. No journey is ever the same.
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Encounter: The Lost Cards
Single-player alternative to Next Run — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Next Run.
The unhinged roguelike for the tactically obsessed. Forget maps—your journey is a deck of Tarot cards you build on the fly. Manage a tight inventory, chain questionable combos, and watch your gear shatter. Got unlucky? The virtuous can resurrect; the sinful, however...
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KING of HOLO
Single-player alternative to Next Run — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Next Run.
Hololive × Chess × SRPG × Deckbuilding × Roguelike × Strategy Game! Featuring 76 Hololive members! Make your oshi the King!
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時巡る宝石精霊
Single-player alternative to Next Run — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Next Run.
"Jewel Spirits" is a new type of game that combines turn-based strategy (strategic simulation RPG) with party-building roguelite elements. Build a party of jewel spirits with unique abilities and kick demons to the curb with your own unique composition!
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Demeo x Dungeons & Dragons: Battlemarked
Single-player alternative to Next Run — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Next Run.
A cooperative tactical RPG set in the D&D universe. Embark on a fantasy tabletop adventure. Your quest, on your schedule.
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Cell Command
Single-player alternative to Next Run — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Next Run.
TURN-BASED TACTICS meets SNAKE: A new roguelike in the Genome Guardian universe. SPLICE DNA to create new units, enhance their genetics, and take on the Abyss virus once more in a variety of different modes & match types.
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Dobbel Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Next Run — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Next Run.
Gather your party, roll your dice and battle across the islands to put an end to a powerful curse once and for all in this roguelike turn-based tactical RPG!
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Predynastic Egypt
Single-player alternative to Next Run — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Next Run.
Do you know how did Ancient Egypt looked like before the Great Pyramids? Lead the future Egyptian citizens all the way through the historical hardships to the Unification of Lower and Upper Egypt, and you will find out!
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Egypt: Old Kingdom
Single-player alternative to Next Run — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Next Run.
Strategy simulator of the Great Pyramids period, where you take your path from the unification of Egyptian tribes to the foundation of The First Empire. Developed with the assistance of Egyptologists.
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Marble Age
Single-player alternative to Next Run — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Next Run.
Turn-based historical simulation strategy. Develop the Greek civilization from the small village to the great city-state when it will dominate the world!
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Marble Age: Remastered
Single-player alternative to Next Run — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Next Run.
Marble Age is a turn-based historical strategy where your task is to turn a small Ancient Greek village into a flourishing Polis, powerful enough to conquer the known world!
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Bronze Age - HD Edition
Single-player alternative to Next Run — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Next Run.
What was it like to be a chief of a tribe in 6000 year B.C.? Oh, you know, the usual - feed your people, build them shelters, defend them from raids of neighbors. And if you are lucky, sooner or later you will build a kingdom and become their king!