Single-player games like Sliding Swords
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Sliding Swords, 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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Trials of Fire
Single-player alternative to Sliding Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sliding Swords.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
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Black Book
Single-player alternative to Sliding Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sliding Swords.
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.
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Banners of Ruin
Single-player alternative to Sliding Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Sliding Swords.
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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Popup Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Sliding Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sliding Swords.
A tactical roguelike RPG inspired by our favorite tabletop games that lets you create any ability, item, villain, hero, and game imaginable.
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Rogue Waters
Single-player alternative to Sliding Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Sliding Swords.
Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.
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Monster Train
Single-player alternative to Sliding Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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Roguebook
Single-player alternative to Sliding Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sliding Swords.
Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!
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Deep Sky Derelicts
Single-player alternative to Sliding Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Sliding Swords.
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.
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Node Farm
Single-player alternative to Sliding Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Sliding Swords.
Node Farm is a game about building a fully automated farm using nodes. Connect nodes, harvest and sell veggies, buy new islands, discover new nodes, and automate the process - all in a cozy farm simulation formula!
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Node Math
Single-player alternative to Sliding Swords — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Sliding Swords.
Node Math is a simple, idle-factory game about combining numbers with math operators, unlocking new stuff, and making money go brrr!