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Single-player games like Mareld

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Mareld, 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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    White Night Dream — Steam game cover

    White Night Dream

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

    White Night Dream is a card-based strategy rogue-lite game where a girl chases after a runaway cat on the streets at midnight. The game cleverly simulates the short yet long night through a simple card-flipping gameplay and a variety of interesting build combinations.

    2023Indie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Game Studio Simulator(我要做游戏) — Steam game cover

    Game Studio Simulator(我要做游戏)

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

    Make a Game Company for your self!Get it work,Run for Rich!

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sunset Routes — Steam game cover

    Sunset Routes

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

    Sunset Routes is an easy and intriguing roguelite game. You can choose your crew, put them in the cabins, select your destination, and set sail. Through a series of choices, you can earn profits during the emergency period of the New World and even decide its fate—unintentionally or on purpose.

    2022StrategyIndie0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chrono Ark — Steam game cover

    Chrono Ark

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

    Chrono Ark is a singleplayer roguelike that combines elements from deckbuilders and party-based RPGs. Recruit, train, and build a team of unique Investigators to restore the Twisted World!

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure17.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NEOVERSE — Steam game cover

    NEOVERSE

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

    Neoverse is a beautiful, fantastic game consisting of adventures with thrilling challenges. It is a strategic, action, rogue-lite, deck building game that will test the player’s skill. Start an adventure with unique heroes to save the world along various timelines.

    2020ActionStrategyIndie5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    纸境英雄 Papercraft — Steam game cover

    纸境英雄 Papercraft

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

    Papercraft is an independent game that beautifully combines Rouguelike, TBS and DBG elements. Heroes from legends holding different cards battle in TBS style. How to play the game is entirely up to you.

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend — Steam game cover

    Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend

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

    Welcome to Eientei, combine multiple colors of mana to build your ideal deck, duel with gensokyo girls, and chase back the mysterious moon treasure. Also, enjoy the unpredictable Roguelike with fantasy Danmaku!

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure23.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project: AHNO's Ark — Steam game cover

    Project: AHNO's Ark

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

    This game merges elements of tactical RPG, Go, and introduces Roguelite features. Players will need to make decisions among numerous random events and capability divergences, trying to survive in an apocalyptic game of mutual destruction.

    2024StrategyIndieRPG8.70 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stacklands — Steam game cover

    Stacklands

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

    Stacklands is a village builder where you stack cards to collect food, build structures, and fight creatures. 🃏 For example, dragging a Villager card on top of a Berry Bush card will spawn Berry cards which the villagers can eat to survive. 🃏 Play your cards right and expand your village!

    2022IndieSimulationCasual7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Flashback — Steam game cover

    Flashback

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

    Flashback is a strategy game oriented to your choices. You will play the role of a deliveryman and live in a turbulent city for a month. You will meet various characters and experience events, and those characters' fates will cross and they will usher in their own futures based on your choices.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Love, Internet, and Murder Magic — Steam game cover

    Love, Internet, and Murder Magic

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

    Love, Internet, and Murder Magic is a Roguelike game. You will role-play an agent of a streamer who died because of a murder. You are trying to "bring her back" through AI technology on the Internet, making her the unique creation of the Internet.

    2025Indie1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sun Halo — Steam game cover

    Sun Halo

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

    Sun Halo is a real-time combat game blending roguelike progression with strategic deck-building. Recruit and develop a roster of distinctive characters, build your own unique deck, and adapt your tactics on the battlefield. Uncover the world’s unfolding story, all the way to its final chapter.

    2025Indie5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →