Single-player games like Monarchy
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Monarchy, 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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Kingdom Eighties
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monarchy.
Kingdom Eighties is a short story-based standalone expansion set in the Kingdom universe. A rad adventure of micro-strategy and base building in vivid ‘80s neon. Defend your town against the mysterious Greed and discover the secrets of your family lineage!
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Stellar Initiative
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monarchy.
Stellar Initiative is a roguelike tower defense game where you land on the planet and use your orbit ship to deliver buildings and support you with fire. Complete missions, install new upgrades, discover powerful artifacts, and find the best strategy!
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Diplomacy is Not an Option
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monarchy.
Diplomacy is Not an Option is a strategy game set in a medieval fantasy world. Build your town and defenses, raise huge armies and fight against massive hordes of enemies. How long can you survive?
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The King is Watching
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monarchy.
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
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Tower Dominion
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monarchy.
Build and design the terrain while defending your stronghold against alien invasion in this unique Roguelike tower defense. Choose from 30 heroes, survive enemy waves, and upgrade a variety of destructive towers to hold the line!
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Settlements Rising
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monarchy.
Settlements Rising is a medieval city building and colony management game. It offers a lively colony experience with simulated villagers, dozens of professions and resources, natural disasters, and raids, while providing full control over the colony through trade, production chains and datas.
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Thronefall
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monarchy.
A minimalist game about building and defending your little kingdom.
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Islets Defense
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monarchy.
Islets Defense is a turn-based tower defense game in which you build a small village to gather resources and defend your castle. Carefully plan your actions, as each move brings the enemy waves closer! Strategize building placements and play your cards wisely, as timing and order are key.
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Kingdom Two Crowns
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monarchy.
Gather coins, build defenses and reclaim your fallen Kingdom. Explore and uncover secrets, unlock new technologies and protect your crown versus waves of Greed monsters that come at night. Kingdom is a solo or co-op micro-strategy and tower defense game set in an atmospheric pixel world.
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Dark Quest 2
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monarchy.
Dark Quest 2 is a turn based RPG where you control a party of heroes on your epic quest to defeat the evil sorcerer and his minions.
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Dark Quest 3
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monarchy.
A rogue-lite tabletop that mixes card based exploration with turn based combat. Create your party, draw adventure cards, roll dice and fight monsters to defeat the sorcerer and his magic.
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Dark Quest
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monarchy.
Dark Quest is a turn-based dungeon crawler where you command a party of heroes on an epic quest to defeat the dark sorcerer and his minions, and save the land from his dark magic.
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Story of a Gladiator
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Story of a Gladiator is an arena beat 'em up where you take the role of a man in search of his destiny. Fight against waves of enemies in the arena to earn coin and fame until you are strong enough to enter the colosseum and become champion.
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Dark Quest 4
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monarchy.
A turn based dungeon crawler where you create a party of heroes to go on epic quests.
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Blow it up
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Blow it up is a physics destruction game. Unlock new bombs, explore the world and go on an epic journey of destruction.
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Geometry Survivor
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Geometry Survivor is rogue-lite survival where you fight waves of enemies. Unlock innovative upgrades in the shop, acquire new ships and conquer the unforgiving grid world.
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Dominus Gladiatus
Single-player alternative to Monarchy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monarchy.
Dominus Gladiatus is a brutal gladiator management simulator where you recruit, train and equip gladiators and make life or death decisions throughout a deadly tournament against rival Domini.