Single-player games like Demonlore
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Demonlore, 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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Necronator: Dead Wrong
Single-player alternative to Demonlore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Demonlore.
Necronator: Dead Wrong is a deck-building roguelike with an RTS twist. Build a powerful deck. Collect and deploy undead units and raise a unique army. Master each commander’s playstyle and conquer the world. Change the game with rule-bending relics. Unlock new decks and do it all again.
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Guild of Dungeoneering Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to Demonlore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Demonlore.
Now fully rebuilt and remastered, Guild of Dungeoneering Ultimate Edition is a turn-based dungeon crawler with a twist: instead of controlling the hero you build the dungeon around them.
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Tower Tactics: Liberation
Single-player alternative to Demonlore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Demonlore.
We fused deck-building roguelikes and tower defenses in a way never seen before - deploy your towers, collect valuable trinkets and cast powerful spells to defend yourself against the Salkoth!
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Dicey Dungeons
Single-player alternative to Demonlore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Demonlore.
Become a giant walking dice, explore dungeons and defy Lady Luck in this dice powered roguelike! Now featuring "Reunion", a free DLC with six brand-new episodes!
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Defend the Rook
Single-player alternative to Demonlore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Demonlore.
A roguelike tactics board combat combined with tower defense elements. Defeat the invading hordes to stay alive and save the land! Enjoy more tactics than a normal TD game, combined with the added challenge of building towers and fighting off waves of enemies!
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Heretic's Fork
Single-player alternative to Demonlore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Demonlore.
Dear candidate, we are pleased to invite you to take up the position of manager of Hell. You will punish sinners by using our deck-building computer system to construct hellish towers capable of keeping the endless hordes of the underworld in check. Best of luck!
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Hand of Fate 2
Single-player alternative to Demonlore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Demonlore.
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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Roguebook
Single-player alternative to Demonlore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Demonlore.
Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!
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Plants vs. Zombies GOTY Edition
Single-player alternative to Demonlore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Demonlore.
Zombies are invading your home, and the only defense is your arsenal of plants! Armed with an alien nursery-worth of zombie-zapping plants like peashooters and cherry bombs, you'll need to think fast and plant faster to stop dozens of types of zombies dead in their tracks.
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Oceaneers
Single-player alternative to Demonlore — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Demonlore.
A sci-fi survival-crafting colony sim set in a flooded world of floating islands. Build a colony, craft gear, design rafts, fend off sharks, manage your survivors, and explore island bunkers to uncover lost Float-Tech from an old-world corporation.