Single-player games like Takara Cards
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Takara Cards, 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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Clonizer
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Takara Cards.
Clonizer combines Hex-based tactics and roguelike deckbuilding! Play cards, manage clones, explore unique charming planets and outsmart aliens. Craft a powerful deck through your expedition and Clonize the universe to become employee of the month of CLONPO!
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Hand of Fate
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Takara Cards.
Deckbuilding comes to life in Hand of Fate! An infinitely replayable series of quests - earn new cards, build your deck, then try to defeat it! In a cabin at the end of the world, the game of life and death is played. Draw your cards, play your hand, and discover your fate.
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StarVaders
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Takara Cards.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
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Balatro
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Takara Cards.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
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Deep Sky Derelicts
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Takara Cards.
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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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Takara Cards.
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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Pairs & Perils
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Takara Cards.
Pairs & Perils is a memory-game roguelike and dungeon crawler. Match cards to attack enemies, avoid traps, shop for relics and consumables. Sharpen your mind as you journey through the depths of the dungeon in search of The Dealer.
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Dungeon Drafters
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Takara Cards.
Dungeon Drafters is a mystery dungeon adventure set in a world where magic is cards, and cards are magic. Explore ancient ruins, loot rare cards and employ clever combos to defeat your foes and build the legendary spell deck that could save the world.
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NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Takara Cards.
NEXT JUMP is a turn-based, tactics Shoot 'em up. Do space-jumps on procedurally generated boards and chase the vicious Dragons who stole all the stock of Beverage from the Galaxy!
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Monster Train
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Takara Cards.
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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FTL: Faster Than Light
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Takara Cards.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
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Talk to Strangers
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Takara Cards.
Talk to Strangers is a game of everyday survival. Survive door to door conversations ranging from bizarre to mundane (in this order) while trying to sell products to strangers. But beware: nothing is what it seems in this neighborhood.
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Takara Cards: Academy
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Takara Cards.
Takara Cards: Academy is a free Prologue version of Takara Cards, a unique tactical deck-builder RPG. Chase space dragons and create your deck as you explore sectors, fighting your way in deep puzzly combat. Join the Federation Academy!