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Single-player games like Clockwork Owl

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Clockwork Owl, 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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    Arrogue — Steam game cover

    Arrogue

    Single-player alternative to Clockwork Owl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Clockwork Owl.

    Collect, upgrade and unlock powerful arrows and relics to protect your village. For that you’ll have to fight against procedurally generated hordes of enemies in this turn-per-turn, physics-based, roguelike! Explore the map, find the right path and make decisive choices in random events.

    2025StrategyCasualEarly Access8.39 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Peglin — Steam game cover

    Peglin

    Single-player alternative to Clockwork Owl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Clockwork Owl.

    Peglin is a Pachinko Roguelike - Fight enemies by collecting special orbs and popping pegs to deal damage. Acquire special relics that radically change the game and ensure no two runs are the same. Aim carefully to survive in this unique turn-based RPG!

    2024StrategyIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vasrak Kingdom: Battle on the frontier — Steam game cover

    Vasrak Kingdom: Battle on the frontier

    Single-player alternative to Clockwork Owl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Clockwork Owl.

    A real-time strategy game combining deck-building mechanics. Summon soldiers to control a 3x3 battlefield and deal damage by completing lines using Tic-Tac-Toe rules. Make quick decisions and build your deck strategically to protect the kingdom’s resources.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Exterminant — Steam game cover

    Exterminant

    Single-player alternative to Clockwork Owl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Clockwork Owl.

    Exterminant is a small casual game where you exterminate every bug you find to feed your killing machine. Research new technologies to increase your destruction power and create powerful decks using your new tech.

    2024ActionIndieCasual2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ringer — Steam game cover

    Ringer

    Single-player alternative to Clockwork Owl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Clockwork Owl.

    Ringer reinvents the classic game of marbles with a deckbuilding twist. Discover game breaking synergies and accumulate an ever increasing score in this chill marbles roguelike.

    2025StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Balatro — Steam game cover

    Balatro

    Single-player alternative to Clockwork Owl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Clockwork Owl.

    The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Knight Overloaded — Steam game cover

    Knight Overloaded

    Single-player alternative to Clockwork Owl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Clockwork Owl.

    Knight Overloaded is a roguelight survival game that reinforced strategic choices. Beat enemies falling from the sky endlessly, and expand your inventory!

    2023ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dungeon Clawler — Steam game cover

    Dungeon Clawler

    Single-player alternative to Clockwork Owl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Clockwork Owl.

    Dungeon Clawler is a Roguelike Claw Machine Deckbuilder. Build your deck, grab weapons and items from the claw machine to battle enemies, discover powerful perks that create game-changing synergies and unleash crazy combos as you fight your way through the dungeon!

    2026ActionStrategySimulation9.74 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wildaria — Steam game cover

    Wildaria

    Single-player alternative to Clockwork Owl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Clockwork Owl.

    Use Skill-Based Taming to collect pets to explore a Procedural Action-Adventure RPG World. Progress your character and your pets through fighting, questing, trading. Will you choose to protect nature from mana drills or advance civilization by slaying the Animal Gods?

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
9 Single-Player Games Like Clockwork Owl (2026) · imho.run