Single-player games like The Simulacrum
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to The Simulacrum, 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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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to The Simulacrum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Simulacrum.
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!
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Balatro
Single-player alternative to The Simulacrum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Simulacrum.
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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Monster Train 2
Single-player alternative to The Simulacrum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Simulacrum.
Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
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Inscryption
Single-player alternative to The Simulacrum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with The Simulacrum.
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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Gods vs Horrors
Single-player alternative to The Simulacrum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with The Simulacrum.
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!
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Nowhere Prophet
Single-player alternative to The Simulacrum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Simulacrum.
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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Wildfrost
Single-player alternative to The Simulacrum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with The Simulacrum.
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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Ratropolis
Single-player alternative to The Simulacrum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Simulacrum.
A fusion of roguelite, tower defense, city-building, and deck-building! We created a new kind of real time strategy game filled with addictive and fast-paced gameplay. Create your deck, defend your city, and build the largest Ratropolis in history!
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Monster Train
Single-player alternative to The Simulacrum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Simulacrum.
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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Spirit Island
Single-player alternative to The Simulacrum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with The Simulacrum.
Become the spirits of the land, and defend the island from colonizing Invaders spreading blight and destruction! Your spirits work with the native islanders to increase your power and drive the invading colonists from your island in this strategic area-control game.
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SolForge
Single-player alternative to The Simulacrum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with The Simulacrum.
SolForge is a free-to-play digital collectible game in which players construct their own decks to challenge their friends or battle against the computer. The current open beta version includes deckbuilding, collection management, online play, AI opponents, tournaments, drafts, and more.
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Gloomhaven
Single-player alternative to The Simulacrum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Simulacrum.
Lead your band of mercenaries in the land of Gloomhaven, work with unsavoury individuals, shape the fate of the region, fight your way through horrific places and get rich or die trying in this ruthless Tactical-RPG.
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Across the Obelisk
Single-player alternative to The Simulacrum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Simulacrum.
Set forth in a co-op roguelite deckbuilder where every choice matters! Craft decks of breathtaking power. Journey alone or with up to three friends. Plot your party’s path to glory and face powerful enemies in deep tactical combat on your quest to save the kingdom of Senenthia in Across the Obelisk!
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Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013
Single-player alternative to The Simulacrum — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with The Simulacrum.
Play with friends or AI as you travel across fantastic planes to take on new encounters & opponents. Magic 2013 features ten customizable decks, individual records, new items & more!