Single-player games like The Magister
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to The Magister, 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 Slayers
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
Monster Slayers is a rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure. Create a hero and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you battle to become a true Monster Slayer.
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Black Book
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Magister.
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.
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Iris and the Giant
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Magister.
Iris and The Giant is a fusion of the CCG, RPG and roguelike genres. You play as Iris, who must brave her fears in her imaginary world. Dive into a melancholic and gripping adventure, filled with cute monsters and buried memories. Ready to face your inner demons?
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Nowhere Prophet
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Magister.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
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Trials of Fire
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Magister.
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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Hand of Fate 2
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!
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Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Magister.
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!
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The Amazing American Circus
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Magister.
Roll up and play a deck building game like no other! Gather weird and wonderful performers, amaze audiences, explore Gilded Age America, and transform your run down circus into an entertainment empire. Play your cards right and you could claim the crown of greatest showman from P.T .Barnum!
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Magister.
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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Roadwarden
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Magister.
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
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Griftlands
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Magister.
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
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Reverse Crawl
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Magister.
A dungeon crawl where YOU are the dungeon! Lead your minions in tactical turn-based combat against the pesky heroes, and unlock a variety of evil Powers. With a dynamic campaign system and a branching storyline, "Reverse Crawl" lets you experience an RPG from a whole new angle!
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Rogue AI Simulator
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Magister.
Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...
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魔物讨伐团
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
卡牌与RPG结合的无尽地牢探险之旅！最早融合Roguelike与卡牌的游戏之一。多达14种职业，真人配音+纸娃娃系统，完善的卡牌设计，各类魔物与随机事件等你体验！
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Vertical Drop Heroes HD
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Magister.
Vertical Drop Heroes is a procedural platformer RPG hybrid with roguelike elements, where your hero adventures through randomly generated stages. Armed with a variety of skills and traits, you must use your cunning and reflexes to survive the dangers of each stage.
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The Magister - The First Two Days
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
The Magister: The First Two Days gives you the chance to begin your investigation in this murder-mystery card-battler RPG. Build and customize your deck to fight in battles, or use ‘Tactical Diplomacy’ to pacify those who stand in your way. Gather clues and investigate the death of your predecessor!
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Kill A Million Rats
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
A base-building, Roguelike Action/Turn-based Strategy (RATS) game, in a forest invaded by a million Rats. As the powerful Spirit of Vengeance, you must save the adorable Villagers! Explore a randomly generated world, expand your village, and exterminate the Rats!
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Cyberpunk Inquisitor
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Magister.
An immersive, randomly-generated murder mystery. A dystopian Cyberpunk world. A Megabuilding full of lies and deceit. Question witnesses, collect clues & evidence, identify the true culprit and unmask the truth!