Single-player games like Ctrl Alt Deal
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Ctrl Alt Deal, 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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Keep the Heroes Out
Single-player alternative to Ctrl Alt Deal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ctrl Alt Deal.
An asymmetric, cooperative dungeon defense game for 1-4 players where you play as the monsters protecting their hard earned treasures against invading hordes of looters (so-called heroes) trying to steal it.
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StarVaders
Single-player alternative to Ctrl Alt Deal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ctrl Alt Deal.
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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Nowhere Prophet
Single-player alternative to Ctrl Alt Deal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ctrl Alt Deal.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
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Touhou Rinrinki ~ Crafts of the Lucky Beast
Single-player alternative to Ctrl Alt Deal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ctrl Alt Deal.
Touhou Rinrinki ~ Crafts of the Luck Beast is a Touhou Doujin Card-Strategy Game. Using cards across different seasons, join forces with duelists of unique abilities, face various opponents from all over Gensoukyo, and uncover the truth behind the Card Duel Incident!
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Heroes Wanted
Single-player alternative to Ctrl Alt Deal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ctrl Alt Deal.
"Heroes Wanted" immerses you in a world of endless deck-building possibilities. Over a hundred of heroes and items, combined with elements, unleash powerful synergies. SIMPLE, FUN, and ADDICTIVE! Heroes await your call to deliver the ultimate blow to the Demon Lord.
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Cardboard Town
Single-player alternative to Ctrl Alt Deal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ctrl Alt Deal.
Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.
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NUTMEG! A Nostalgic Deckbuilding Football Manager
Single-player alternative to Ctrl Alt Deal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Ctrl Alt Deal.
NUTMEG! is a nostalgic football manager game with a deckbuilding twist, set in the '80s and '90s. Relive the days when the tackles were as hard as the mullets were long and football was about football.
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Gremlins, Inc.
Single-player alternative to Ctrl Alt Deal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Ctrl Alt Deal.
This is an intense strategy board game in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins who compete for money, political power and prestige. Save and invest, steal and extort, arrest and get arrested – in single-player and multiplayer, with ranks and ladders, team mode and spectator mode.
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Curved Space
Single-player alternative to Ctrl Alt Deal — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Ctrl Alt Deal.
Curved Space is an intense arcade-style twin-stick shooter that takes the classic formula and plunges it into the weirdest reaches of space. Battle cosmic space-invading spiders across curved landscapes where bullets hug the terrain while the horizon drops sharply out of sight.