IMHO.

Single-player games like The Black Pepper Crew

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Black Pepper Crew, 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.

Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like The Black Pepper Crew page.

Ranked picks

  1. 1
    Othercide — Steam game cover

    Othercide

    Single-player alternative to The Black Pepper Crew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Black Pepper Crew.

    As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.

    2020StrategyIndie29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  2. 2
    Crowntakers — Steam game cover

    Crowntakers

    Single-player alternative to The Black Pepper Crew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Black Pepper Crew.

    Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.

    2014StrategyIndieRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
  3. 3
    Into the Breach — Steam game cover

    Into the Breach

    Single-player alternative to The Black Pepper Crew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Black Pepper Crew.

    Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.

    2018StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
  4. 4
    Rogue Waters — Steam game cover

    Rogue Waters

    Single-player alternative to The Black Pepper Crew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Black Pepper Crew.

    Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.

    2024ActionStrategyAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  5. 5
    The Last Spell — Steam game cover

    The Last Spell

    Single-player alternative to The Black Pepper Crew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Black Pepper Crew.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
  6. 6
    Skyward Collapse — Steam game cover

    Skyward Collapse

    Single-player alternative to The Black Pepper Crew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Black Pepper Crew.

    How do you balance -- and indeed encourage -- a war between factions without letting either side obliterate the other? How do you rule over gods, creatures, and men who refuse to obey you? How do you build a landscape of villages when bandits and mythology are conspiring to tear it down?

    2013StrategyIndieSimulation4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  7. 7
    Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles — Steam game cover

    Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles

    Single-player alternative to The Black Pepper Crew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Black Pepper Crew.

    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.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
  8. 8
    Invisible, Inc. — Steam game cover

    Invisible, Inc.

    Single-player alternative to The Black Pepper Crew — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Black Pepper Crew.

    Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →