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Single-player games like The Ouroboros King

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to The Ouroboros King, 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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    Usurper — Steam game cover

    Usurper

    Single-player alternative to The Ouroboros King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Ouroboros King.

    A turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where your King is your strongest weapon. Play cards from your deck to drop units onto the battlefield and checkmate your opponent. Build your Deck, Upgrade your Ruler, and Claim the Throne.

    2024Strategy6.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    CHESS CROWN — Steam game cover

    CHESS CROWN

    Single-player alternative to The Ouroboros King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Ouroboros King.

    CHESS CROWN- chess in a medieval fantasy theme and with the opportunity to compete with other players on the network.

    2021StrategyIndie3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mad Chess — Steam game cover

    Mad Chess

    Single-player alternative to The Ouroboros King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Ouroboros King.

    Mad Chess is a turn-based strategy game that vastly expands on the classic game of chess. Explore a colorful fantasy world, recruit up to 20 unique factions, fight-off an alien invasion in a single-player story mode or battle your friends online!

    2027StrategyIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel — Steam game cover

    5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel

    Single-player alternative to The Ouroboros King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Ouroboros King.

    It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!

    2020Indie11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dark Chess — Steam game cover

    Dark Chess

    Single-player alternative to The Ouroboros King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Ouroboros King.

    THIS IS NOT CLASSIC CHESS! Dark Chess is an asymmetric puzzle-strategy game featuring fog of war. Survive a story-driven campaign filled with custom boards, traps, and rule-breaking Kings and Queens of the past. Stealth, calculated risks and outsmarting the unknown are your only ways to win.

    2023StrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pawnbarian — Steam game cover

    Pawnbarian

    Single-player alternative to The Ouroboros King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Ouroboros King.

    Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!

    2021StrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    StarVaders — Steam game cover

    StarVaders

    Single-player alternative to The Ouroboros King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Ouroboros King.

    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.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure17.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    For The King — Steam game cover

    For The King

    Single-player alternative to The Ouroboros King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Ouroboros King.

    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.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure3.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slay the Spire — Steam game cover

    Slay the Spire

    Single-player alternative to The Ouroboros King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Ouroboros King.

    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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    Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate — Steam game cover

    Shotgun King: The Final Checkmate

    Single-player alternative to The Ouroboros King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Ouroboros King.

    Chess, but you replace your entire army with a royal shotgun. A unique strategy roguelike based on the timeless checkboard classic.

    2022ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Riding Shotgun — Steam game cover

    Riding Shotgun

    Single-player alternative to The Ouroboros King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Ouroboros King.

    Just you, the road, and 40,000 demons. Drive and shoot your way through an endless hoard of satanic spawns in this adrenaline fueled road trip from Hell. keep your wits about you to reach your destination; the City of Sin - Las Vegas.

    ActionIndieRacingSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gods vs Horrors — Steam game cover

    Gods vs Horrors

    Single-player alternative to The Ouroboros King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Ouroboros King.

    A drafting roguelike focused on synergies and scaling, with short enjoyable runs. Recruit Gods from different mythologies, buff and upgrade them, arrange them in perfect formation, and fight cosmic Horrors in no-RNG autobattler combat to defend the Earth!

    2025StrategyCasual9.74 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monshifter — Steam game cover

    Monshifter

    Single-player alternative to The Ouroboros King — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Monshifter is an action-adventure monster tamer where you bond with creatures and shapeshift into them, gaining their powers to fight, traverse, and unravel a world with a dark past.

    ActionAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →