Single-player games like Mage and Monsters
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Mage and Monsters, 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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Mage and Monsters II
Single-player alternative to Mage and Monsters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mage and Monsters.
Recruit a hero to lead your army, and use spells while they fight for you. Mage & Monsters 2 is an active auto battler, where you choose to either enhance the strength of your hero, reinforce the might of your army, or increase the power of your spells.
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The Undead War
Single-player alternative to Mage and Monsters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mage and Monsters.
Take the role of an army commander for the habitant of nardia. select the desired type of units and install it on the battlefield, in this roguelike auto battle simulator, use tactics, magic, recruit new fighters, use tech tree to unlock powers and upgrades to defeat the undead.
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Vault of Power
Single-player alternative to Mage and Monsters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mage and Monsters.
Vault of Power is an autobattler strategy roguelike. Equip powerful skills, strategically position your units, and conquer challenging dungeons.
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Tafl PTK
Single-player alternative to Mage and Monsters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mage and Monsters.
Based on the Viking game Tafl, build your squad and grab up to 3 more friends to survive an onslaught of raiding monsters as you try to get your king to an escaping ship in one piece. Between levels: pick new abilities, squad members with traits synergy and setup your formation to protect your king.
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Slotbound
Single-player alternative to Mage and Monsters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mage and Monsters.
A roguelike auto-battler defense where luck meets strategy. Spin a 3x3 slot machine to summon units and grow your army by absorbing others. Use Items and Cores to manipulate the odds and survive challenging judgement waves and boss waves. Every spin and every choice counts.
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Random Legion
Single-player alternative to Mage and Monsters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mage and Monsters.
This is a auto battler game with both casual and strategic attributes.Players will take on the role of the leader, expanding the team, learning talents and skills, strengthening equipment, transforming soldiers and other ways to combat power, breaking through random levels, ultimately to win game.
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美少女不想让你死
Single-player alternative to Mage and Monsters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mage and Monsters.
"Pretty Girls Don't Want You to Die" is a game that combines strategy tower defense, survivor-like elements, and auto-battler mechanics. you, an lone hero who, in a desperate situation, unexpectedly receives a blessing from pretty girls, narrowly escaping death.
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Books of Grandura
Single-player alternative to Mage and Monsters — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Mage and Monsters.
Play an auto battler, a traditional roguelike or a tower defense and experience the world of Grandura. Reuse what you've learned about the creatures, abilities and items that are found in this world and apply them in different game modes.
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Onimusha: Warlords
Single-player alternative to Mage and Monsters — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Capcom’s riveting samurai adventure returns! This version includes the original game’s intense swordplay and dramatic revenge story, plus improved controls, widescreen display, a new soundtrack, and more. Experience this enhanced version of the best-selling action-adventure classic!
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Calturin
Single-player alternative to Mage and Monsters — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Calturin is a Bullet Hell Boss Rush game where you are resurrected by a necromancer who now holds you in his power. Promised your freedom if you do his bidding, you must traverse the Gauntlet of Portals to unknown lands and face deadly beings.
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Behold Battle
Single-player alternative to Mage and Monsters — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Guess which army will win, and watch them fight for your amusement. Behold Battle is a simple auto battler, where you see heroes and monsters fight to the death in randomly generated battles.