Single-player games like Paper Kingdom
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Paper Kingdom, 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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CrafTAE
Single-player alternative to Paper Kingdom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Paper Kingdom.
Stack cards 🃏 to collect food, craft equipment, build structures and defeat the dungeon ⚔️ in this village builder roguelite. Discover new cards, gather new resources and craft new recipes every run! Combine, survive and thrive!
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Stacklands
Single-player alternative to Paper Kingdom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
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Throne of Cards
Single-player alternative to Paper Kingdom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
A survival deckbuilder where you stack cards to raise a kingdom—and lead its armies to war. Feed your people, build and master customizable decks, repel deadly raids, and make hard choices on the road to reclaim your crown.
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Sect Leader's Decree
Single-player alternative to Paper Kingdom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Sect Leader’s Decree is a turn-based colony builder focused on resource and time management. Construct buildings, research technologies, gather resources, and train your disciples to guide your sect to prosperity!
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Technologia
Single-player alternative to Paper Kingdom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Lead your civilization from the Stone Age into the future in a card-driven strategy game. Gather resources, manage workers, build a settlement, discover technologies, and shape history through trade or conquest.
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WitchHand
Single-player alternative to Paper Kingdom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
You're a witch, leading your coven into new, unfriendly lands. Use the cards you find to build and expand your civilization. Befriend the local covens or use their bones to fuel your spells. Gather your familiars, the witching hour is nigh.
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Decklings
Single-player alternative to Paper Kingdom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Tame magical creatures called Decklings and lead them into challenging battles in this resource management, deckbuilding card game. Explore wild biomes, gather resources, and craft items to build your base and raise your Decklings as you shape your path to become the Deckling Champion.
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Stacks:Space!
Single-player alternative to Paper Kingdom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Stacks:Space is a space-themed base builder card game with rogue-like elements. Buy booster packs to get new cards, discover craft recipes by stacking cards together, create structures, manufacture drones and droids, defend your base from enemies, visit distant planets, and more!
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Don't Starve Together
Single-player alternative to Paper Kingdom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Paper Kingdom.
Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.
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Cultist Simulator
Single-player alternative to Paper Kingdom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
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Capital Dilemma
Single-player alternative to Paper Kingdom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Navigate corporate chaos in this minimalist management game. Swipe to make decisions, increase your stock price, and balance metrics to stay in power.
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Minimalist Industry Tycoon
Single-player alternative to Paper Kingdom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Paper Kingdom.
Minimalist Farm Tycoon is a resource management game. Grow crops, raise livestock, research upgrades, build factories and produce goods. Turn a failing farm into a profitable business.