Single-player games like Cardness
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cardness, 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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Throne of Cards
Single-player alternative to Cardness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cardness.
A survival deckbuilder where you stack cards to raise a kingdom—and lead its armies to war. Feed your people, build and master customizable decks, repel deadly raids, and make hard choices on the road to reclaim your crown.
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Stacklands
Single-player alternative to Cardness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cardness.
Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!
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Factory Planner
Single-player alternative to Cardness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cardness.
Factory Planner is a card-based simulation/strategy game that lets you build a factory using cards. The main goal of the game is to make combinations with different cards so that each player can build different factories and feel the sandbox experience to the fullest.
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Last Call BBS
Single-player alternative to Cardness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cardness.
Boot up your Z5 Powerlance and dial into Last Call BBS, the last game from Zachtronics! The Barkeep’s loaded up his retro computer with a full set of puzzle games for you to download and play. No need to worry about copy protection, they’re all fully cracked and ready to enjoy!
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Timberborn
Single-player alternative to Cardness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Cardness.
Humans are long gone. In a world struck by droughts and toxic waste, will your lumberpunk beavers do any better? A sandbox city-building game featuring ingenious animals, vertical architecture, water physics, and terraforming. Contains high amounts of wood.
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The Wandering Village
Single-player alternative to Cardness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Cardness.
The Wandering Village is a city-building simulation game on the back of a giant, wandering creature. Build your settlement and form a symbiotic relationship with the colossus. Will you survive together in this hostile, yet beautiful post-apocalyptic world, contaminated by poisonous plants?
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The Crust
Single-player alternative to Cardness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Cardness.
Build and automate a lunar colony that Earth depends on. Mine regolith, run conveyor-and-drone factories above and below the surface, manage colonists, trade with rival Earth factions — and play a story campaign with multiple endings.
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Desynced
Single-player alternative to Cardness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Cardness.
Desynced is a sci-fi strategy game with fully customizable units and behaviors. Gather, build, research, and explore the unknown. Alone or with friends, unveil the mystery of an AI on the edge of self-awareness and uncover the hidden truth in this blend of strategy, automation, and exploration.