Single-player games like These Doomed Isles
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to These Doomed Isles, 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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These Doomed Isles: The First God
Single-player alternative to These Doomed Isles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with These Doomed Isles.
These Doomed Isles: The First God is a prologue chapter of the main game, These Doomed Isles. Play as Cernunnos, the Celtic god of nature, and lead the Celtic civilisation to victory against waves of invaders, curses and more!
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Kingdom's Deck
Single-player alternative to These Doomed Isles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with These Doomed Isles.
Build by day, defend by night! Kingdom's Deck is a card-based city builder where you build and protect your Kingdom from the enemy siege. Build your deck, deploy your cards wisely, defend your walls, manage your resources, and respond to various events that will shape your Kingdom!
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Noah's Dilemma
Single-player alternative to These Doomed Isles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with These Doomed Isles.
A sudoku-inspired strategy roguelike where you build a team of animal sailors and guide your ark through perilous seas. Master tactical placement, face unpredictable encounters, and battle deadly foes as you chart a course through this reimagined world of Noah's Ark.
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Toads of the Bayou
Single-player alternative to These Doomed Isles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with These Doomed Isles.
Lead a group of toads as they fight against Baron Samedi’s evil forces in a challenging mix of turn-based tactics and roguelike deckbuilding. Synergise card effects, gain the aid of powerful allies and engage in strategic combat to thrive in the cursed bayou.
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Deck of Haunts
Single-player alternative to These Doomed Isles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with These Doomed Isles.
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
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Reus 2
Single-player alternative to These Doomed Isles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with These Doomed Isles.
Shape worlds with your godly titans. Make symbiotic ecosystems and inspire humanity with your creations. Their achievements unlock new possibilities. Make different planets for different human spirits, and fill the universe with life!
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Deisim
Single-player alternative to These Doomed Isles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with These Doomed Isles.
Live the experience of being a powerful god and create the world to see the growth of mankind.
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Rise to Ruins
Single-player alternative to These Doomed Isles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with These Doomed Isles.
A brutal godlike village sim that melds the god game, management, and tower defense genres! Fight off hoards of monsters at night, and expand your village in the day time. Inspired by games like Black and White, Rimworld, and Dwarf Fortress but not quite like any of them.
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Spirit Island
Single-player alternative to These Doomed Isles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with These Doomed Isles.
Become the spirits of the land, and defend the island from colonizing Invaders spreading blight and destruction! Your spirits work with the native islanders to increase your power and drive the invading colonists from your island in this strategic area-control game.
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Against the Storm
Single-player alternative to These Doomed Isles — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with These Doomed Isles.
A dark fantasy city builder where you must rebuild civilization in the face of apocalyptic rains. As the Queen’s Viceroy, lead humans, beavers, lizards, foxes, and harpies to reclaim the wilderness and secure a future for civilization's last survivors.