Single-player games like Backroom
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Backroom, 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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Monster Train
Single-player alternative to Backroom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Backroom.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
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Cobalt Core
Single-player alternative to Backroom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Backroom.
A sci-fi roguelike deckbuilder with a deep new single-axis spin on tactics games! Dodge missiles, line up your cannons, and blast 'em out of the sky... Then get to the bottom of these time loops, before it's too late!
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StarVaders
Single-player alternative to Backroom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Backroom.
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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Balatro
Single-player alternative to Backroom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Backroom.
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.
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Inscryption
Single-player alternative to Backroom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Backroom.
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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Backpack Hero
Single-player alternative to Backroom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Backroom.
The inventory management roguelike! Collect rare items, organize your backpack, and vanquish your foes!
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Wildfrost
Single-player alternative to Backroom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Backroom.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
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Banners of Ruin
Single-player alternative to Backroom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Backroom.
Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.
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SCP
Single-player alternative to Backroom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Backroom.
Explore, craft, and survive in a post-apocalyptic world where SCP anomalies roam freely. Brace yourself for nightly assaults as SCP-049's twisted creations close in.
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Truck
Single-player alternative to Backroom — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Backroom.
Survive endless hordes of zombies by driving over them and upgrading your truck with weapons. The only way out is to keep driving. Survive 30 minutes in each of the five maps, collect coins and unlock new trucks!