Single-player games like Balatro
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Balatro, 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 Balatro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Balatro.
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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Monster Train
Single-player alternative to Balatro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Balatro.
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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Inscryption
Single-player alternative to Balatro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Balatro.
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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Wildfrost
Single-player alternative to Balatro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Balatro.
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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Dicey Dungeons
Single-player alternative to Balatro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Balatro.
Become a giant walking dice, explore dungeons and defy Lady Luck in this dice powered roguelike! Now featuring "Reunion", a free DLC with six brand-new episodes!
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Luck be a Landlord
Single-player alternative to Balatro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Balatro.
Luck be a Landlord is a roguelike deckbuilder about using a slot machine to earn rent money and defeat capitalism. This game does not contain any real-world currency gambling or microtransactions.
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Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
Single-player alternative to Balatro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual and Indie with Balatro.
Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.
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Nubby's Number Factory
Single-player alternative to Balatro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Balatro.
A plinko-style roguelike where you work at a number factory. Launch your spherical friend, Nubby, down a pegboard to make bigger and bigger numbers! But beware, if you fail to meet your number quota, the sun will explode.
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Solitaire
Single-player alternative to Balatro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Balatro.
The classic card game is back in a digital version that everyone can play! Enjoy a quick game or chase after points to climb up the world rankings. 4 different settings and 3 popular game modes. Quite simply, Solitaire.
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DAVE THE DIVER
Single-player alternative to Balatro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Balatro.
DAVE THE DIVER is a casual, singleplayer adventure RPG featuring deep-sea exploration and fishing during the day and sushi restaurant management at night. Join Dave and his quirky friends as they seek to uncover the secrets of the mysterious Blue Hole.
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to Balatro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Balatro.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.
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Noita
Single-player alternative to Balatro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Balatro.
Noita is a magical action roguelite set in a world where every pixel is physically simulated. Fight, explore, melt, burn, freeze and evaporate your way through the procedurally generated world using spells you've created yourself.
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Monster Train 2
Single-player alternative to Balatro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Balatro.
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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FTL: Faster Than Light
Single-player alternative to Balatro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Balatro.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
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Dungeon Clawler
Single-player alternative to Balatro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Balatro.
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!
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Shogun Showdown
Single-player alternative to Balatro — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Balatro.
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!