Single-player games like Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword, 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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Dungeon Deathball
Single-player alternative to Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword.
🏆🏀💀 TACTICS, TERROR & TOUCHDOWNS. Turn-based roguelike meets arcade death-sport, where every dungeon is a unique gauntlet of brutal challenges. Can you survive the trials of Dungeon Deathball and win back your freedom?
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Rack and Slay
Single-player alternative to Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword.
The roguelike dungeon crawler where you're a billiard ball! Push monster balls into holes or traps in randomly generated levels. Stack up countless game-changing items to create broken builds. Find combos to create your own synergies and customize your playstyle. Rack and Slay!
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Warhounds
Single-player alternative to Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword.
Warhounds is a turn-based tactical game about an elite mercenary squad with an old-school action movie vibe, inspired by XCOM and Jagged Alliance. Recruit unique fighters, upgrade your base, and fight for Africa’s future. Less fake RNG, more true ballistics and lethal tactics.
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The Last Spell
Single-player alternative to Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
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Dark Deity
Single-player alternative to Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword.
Step into the world of Terrazael and lead soon-to-be legendary heroes in a quest to restore a land fractured by broken oaths, reckless wars, and untamed magic. Fight back in turn-based battles, manage character relationships, collect dangerous artifacts, and hopefully restore the world...
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Crowntakers
Single-player alternative to Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword.
Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.
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Into the Breach
Single-player alternative to Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
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Demeo
Single-player alternative to Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword.
Adventurers, it’s time to unite! Gather your friends and battle the dark forces that have overtaken the world of Resolution Games' award-winning RPG dungeon crawler, Demeo. The next generation of tabletop adventure has arrived!
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Unknown Castle
Single-player alternative to Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword.
Unknown Castle is a puzzle adventure, where you explore your old family castle, controlling 2 characters helping each other.
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Dr. Atominus
Single-player alternative to Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword.
Dr. Atominus is a short platformer with metroidvania elements and a cool sci-fi story.
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New Supper Banana!
Single-player alternative to Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword.
Adventure! Drama! New Supper Banana! is a funny adventure platformer drawn entirely in a notebook!
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Doctor Kairokos
Single-player alternative to Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Strategy game but with a penguin who has a sword.
Play as scientist Doctor Kairokos, use a time machine remote controller and find your missing assistant in this 3D adventure game.