Single-player games like Paperback Adventures
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Paperback Adventures, 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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Desert Revenant
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paperback Adventures.
Desert Revenant is a strategic Roguelike Deck Building RPG packing a huge variety of cards to do battle with. Think about your every move and make careful decisions in hand-crafted encounters as you cut deals with Jinn and humans alike in your adventures amongst the dunes of Elmyr.
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Hell Shuffle
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paperback Adventures.
A driving mix of rogue-like card deckbuilder and turn-based strategic combat. Join one of the three factions, craft a unique deck, set up a squad, use a variety of talents, trinkets, items, and a perk tree to wipe out the debauched angelic Protectors again and again.
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The Looking Glass Wars: House of Cards
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paperback Adventures.
We built a solitaire game around a darker version of Alice in Wonderland that you won't put down. Draw cards, build runs and sets across 140+ handcrafted quests. It's the kind of game you play for one more quest at midnight.
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The Simulacrum
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paperback Adventures.
The Simulacrum is a deckbuilder with procedurally generated cards. Obtain cards through a roguelite mode, acquire a large collection and challenge the hidden guardians of The Simulacrum.
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Epic Auto Towers
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paperback Adventures.
Epic Auto Towers is a turn-based strategy game combining elements of autobattler, deckbuilder and roguelike. Purchase uncommon and rare Towers and build the strongest combo to withstand the monster assault! Discover unusual new Tower combinations as you come back for more.
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Deep Sky Derelicts
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paperback Adventures.
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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Ratropolis
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paperback Adventures.
A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!
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卡牌缔造者-CardMaker
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Paperback Adventures.
This is a Rogue + Hearthstone like card game, but also a card making tool, you can play in addition to the official cards, creative workshop players a variety of card DIY.
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Scrabble
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Paperback Adventures.
The fantastically fun crossword game is now specially designed for your PC or Mac. Build words using letter tiles and enjoy quick, easy-to-learn controls and fantastic features. Play solo, compete with the computer, or challenge up to three friends in a Hot Seat challenge. Choose from a variety of game styles.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paperback Adventures.
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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Inscryption
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paperback Adventures.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
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Chiasm
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Paperback Adventures.
Chiasm blends mind-bending time puzzles with a unique, pensive aesthetic. Learn how to work when time is flowing backwards.
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Now Boarding
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Paperback Adventures.
Now Boarding is an action-tycoon game focused on running an airport. Create calm from chaos in a busy airport. Get your passengers to the correct destination before they freak out!!
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Stepwell
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Paperback Adventures.
Stepwell is a microscopic dimension where you build optical illusions that defy the laws of physics. Snap together impossible geometry to create twisting, mind-bending paths for your Quarks. Relax in a vibrant, zen-like puzzle, and watch your creations come alive as a hypnotic, bustling colony.