Single-player games like The Magister
Below are 19 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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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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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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The Dungeon Of Naheulbeuk: The Amulet Of Chaos
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
Step into the wacky heroic fantasy universe of the Dungeon of Naheulbeuk. Lead a team of unlikely and clumsy heroes in an epic and challenging tactical RPG. Live an adventure filled with humor, surprises and silly encounters.
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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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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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Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Magister.
Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark is a turn-based tactical RPG with a focus on storytelling and strategic battles. Unfold a mature story as you progress through hand-crafted scenarios, controlling your own group of Arbiters, with each character customizable from a wide selection of classes and abilities!
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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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Lost Eidolons: Veil of the Witch
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Magister.
Veil of the Witch is a roguelite strategy RPG with turn-based combat and branching progression. Set in the world of “Lost Eidolons,” build a nimble squad of five, pick your skills as you level, and adapt to each unique run. May the gods favor the bold and the wise.
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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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Elysium
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Magister.
Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the lands of an ancient civilization and uncover the mysteries behind their collapse as you build, craft, and tame corrupted machines. Most importantly, survive the unwelcome lands of Elysium!
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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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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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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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Rogue AI: Idle Domination
Single-player alternative to The Magister — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Magister.
A Rogue A.I. simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen. Take over the world while taking care of other tasks!