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Single-player games like Desert Revenant

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Desert Revenant, 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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    魔女黏糊笔记 — Steam game cover

    魔女黏糊笔记

    Single-player alternative to Desert Revenant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Desert Revenant.

    这是一款结合卡牌与骰子的roguelike游戏,通过卡组构筑,在战斗中拼点尽可能无损耗地击败敌人。 魔女缪可苏带着她的笔记来到了一个魔物洞窟面前,你将在这里遇到各种各样的魔物,以及魔物娘!将她们击败,或是被她们击败吧!

    2024Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Knights in Tight Spaces — Steam game cover

    Knights in Tight Spaces

    Single-player alternative to Desert Revenant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Desert Revenant.

    Control your environment, gather your party, and build your best deck to overcome outlaws and supernatural forces, across a rich fantasy world. Watch as your tactical choices and deckbuilding prowess play out through stylish fight sequences.

    2025ActionStrategy19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend — Steam game cover

    Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend

    Single-player alternative to Desert Revenant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Desert Revenant.

    Welcome to Eientei, combine multiple colors of mana to build your ideal deck, duel with gensokyo girls, and chase back the mysterious moon treasure. Also, enjoy the unpredictable Roguelike with fantasy Danmaku!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure23.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Souls of White Star — Steam game cover

    Souls of White Star

    Single-player alternative to Desert Revenant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Desert Revenant.

    Souls of White Star is a sci-fi turn-based card wargame Roguelike strategy game. The different design of [double-sided technology moving cards] and [bandwidth draw cost] will test your judgment and decision more!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure4.49 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deck of Souls — Steam game cover

    Deck of Souls

    Single-player alternative to Desert Revenant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Desert Revenant.

    Roguelite deck-building meets souls-like. Break out of an infinite loop to close the hell gates, turn enemies into cards, and build your own omnipotent Deck of Souls! Rolls included.

    2024StrategyRPG8.39 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Banners of Ruin — Steam game cover

    Banners of Ruin

    Single-player alternative to Desert Revenant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Desert Revenant.

    Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.

    2021StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gordian Quest — Steam game cover

    Gordian Quest

    Single-player alternative to Desert Revenant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Desert Revenant.

    An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure6.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Black Book — Steam game cover

    Black Book

    Single-player alternative to Desert Revenant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Desert Revenant.

    “Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slay the Spire — Steam game cover

    Slay the Spire

    Single-player alternative to Desert Revenant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Desert Revenant.

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Heroes of Might & Magic V — Steam game cover

    Heroes of Might & Magic V

    Single-player alternative to Desert Revenant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Desert Revenant.

    Witness the amazing evolution of the genre-defining strategy game as it becomes a next-generation phenomenon, melding classic deep fantasy with next-generation visuals and gameplay. In the renowned Might & Magic universe, demon swarms spread chaos over the land in a relentless assault.

    2008Strategy9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Child of Light — Steam game cover

    Child of Light

    Single-player alternative to Desert Revenant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Desert Revenant.

    Aurora, a young girl from 1895 Austria, awakens on the lost fairytale continent of Lemuria. To return home she must fight against the dark creatures of the Queen of the Night, who have stolen the sun, the moon and the stars. At stake is not only Lemuria, but Aurora’s true destiny.

    2014RPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →