Single-player games like Primateria
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Primateria, 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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Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
Single-player alternative to Primateria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Primateria.
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.
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Kyvir: Rebirth
Single-player alternative to Primateria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Primateria.
Kyvir: Rebirth is a single player card game that combines elements of RPG, deck building, and roguelike gameplay. This game features an original dual deck mechanism, hundreds of distinctive items, skills, and cards for you to experiment with.
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Phantom Rose 2 Sapphire
Single-player alternative to Primateria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Primateria.
Phantom Rose 2 is a roguelike deckbuilding game. Fight and collect powerful cards as Aria, trying to survive in her cherished school that’s being ravaged by evil creatures.
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Breach Wanderers
Single-player alternative to Primateria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Primateria.
A fresh take on Roguelike Deckbuilders that lets you fine-tune your decks before each run to adapt your strategy on your way to victory. Over 1,200 cards to choose from, ten characters with their own set of unique skills, and dozens of items and missions to evolve your tactics.
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Deep Sky Derelicts
Single-player alternative to Primateria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Primateria.
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.
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CD 2: Trap Master
Single-player alternative to Primateria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Primateria.
Become THE Trap Master - play your deck of lethal traps to mow down waves of bizarre creatures and protect your altars! Craft a unique deck of traps and powers, discover treasure of surprise effects, and guard a different base each time until you are ready for the unforgiving boss.
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Pirates Outlaws
Single-player alternative to Primateria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Primateria.
Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.
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Inscryption
Single-player alternative to Primateria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Primateria.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Primateria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Primateria.
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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Monster Train
Single-player alternative to Primateria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Primateria.
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.
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Hidden Memories
Single-player alternative to Primateria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Primateria.
Lucian wakes up trapped with no memory of how he got there. Explore fragments of the previous night, solve dark puzzles, uncover hidden clues, and discover the terrifying truth buried within his forgotten memories.
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Dual Snake
Single-player alternative to Primateria — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Primateria.
Control a two-headed snake, as you overcome a series of challenges in this puzzle game.