Single-player games like Paperback Adventures
Below are 11 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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Arcanium: Rise of Akhan
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Paperback Adventures.
Arcanium is an Open-world, Strategy Card Adventure that merges Roguelite and Deckbuilding genres like never before. Control your party of three heroes, craft your deck, unlock a vast amount of cards and items and save the world of Arzu from corruption!
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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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Iris and the Giant
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paperback Adventures.
Iris and The Giant is a fusion of the CCG, RPG and roguelike genres. You play as Iris, who must brave her fears in her imaginary world. Dive into a melancholic and gripping adventure, filled with cute monsters and buried memories. Ready to face your inner demons?
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Monster Train 2
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paperback Adventures.
Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
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Hand of Fate
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Paperback Adventures.
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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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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Knock on the Coffin Lid
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paperback Adventures.
Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.
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StarVaders
Single-player alternative to Paperback Adventures — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Paperback Adventures.
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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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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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!!