Single-player games like Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate, 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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Check and Slash
Single-player alternative to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
Check and Slash combines the action and combat of a hack and slash game with the movement patterns of chess pieces. Find your way through a maze of boards, slash your enemies, dodge attacks, rescue black pieces to receive upgrades and fight against formidable opponents until you find the enemy king.
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Chessplosion
Single-player alternative to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
Chessplosion is an arcade action puzzle game where you drop chess piece bombs to create chain reactions and trap opponents. Defeat enemies and bosses in Adventure Mode and the roguelike-inspired Dungeon Mode, break targets with limited bombs in Puzzle Mode, or fight friends and AI in Battle Mode.
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Nuclear Throne
Single-player alternative to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
Nuclear Throne is a post-apocalyptic roguelike-like top-down shooter. Not 'the final hope of humanity' post-apocalyptic, but 'humanity is extinct and mutants and monsters now roam the world' post-apocalyptic. Can you reach the Nuclear Throne?
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Run Build Pew!
Single-player alternative to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
You’re being Bounty-Hunted! Run, Build your ship piece-by-piece and make it work with the parts you find, Destroy outposts and waves of fleets, and Pick your battles carefully to overcome your hunters in this Fast-Paced Top-Down Action Roguelite Shooter.
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The Ouroboros King
Single-player alternative to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
The Ouroboros King combines the strategic depth of chess with the build variety and replayability of roguelikes. Assemble a formidable army, discover powerful relics, and buy surprising gadgets to defeat the Coven.
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For The King
Single-player alternative to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
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For The King II
Single-player alternative to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
Battle against Fahrul's tyrannical Queen alone or as a party of four players in the sequel to For The King, the massively popular turn-based roguelite tabletop RPG. Will you unravel the once beloved Queen's terrible secret?
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Inkbound
Single-player alternative to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.
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The Wratch's Den
Single-player alternative to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
A byte-sized Dungeon Keeping roguelike: dig out your lair, populate it with monsters and protect the Wratch from heroes come for easy prestige.
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MOONPONG: Tales of Epic Lunacy
Single-player alternative to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
Psychedelic Roguelite Pong 'em up where you go to bring back the Moon. A crazy, addictive, and hilarious arcade-action game based on the granddad of all video games.
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Metavaxx
Single-player alternative to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
The world's first minesweeper shooter. Identify infected cells, peacefully clear your way around them... or shoot 'em down and face the consequences.
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Spectrum Forces
Single-player alternative to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
Make up your squads out of 9 unique spaceships and go clear 3 planets from hordes of robots in not-so-classic horizontal shoot-em-up style!
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Scavenger of Dunomini
Single-player alternative to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
The world's first match-3 trash pile defender! Protect and manage your pile of garbage while recycling it into deadly defenses against thieving drones.
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Rush for the Ages
Single-player alternative to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
Remake history and race your opponents for a complete and glorious timeline in this lightning-fast card game.
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Ecstatic
Single-player alternative to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
Rave spider goes to the bullet-hell ball: shoot rockets out of your butt, dodge and destroy waves upon waves of drones, slow down time whenever you don't move.
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Pigments
Single-player alternative to Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate.
Be a fruit locked in a room, dodge circular saws and paint as much of the level as you can.