Single-player games like Ark Nova
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Ark Nova, 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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Root
Single-player alternative to Ark Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ark Nova.
Might makes right in the wild wood! The award-winning board game of asymmetrical woodland warfare comes to cross-platform digital play! Combine subtle strategy and bold daring to guide your forest faction to victory!
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Chess Kingdom
Single-player alternative to Ark Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ark Nova.
Chess for every kind of player. Whether you're learning the rules or hunting a Legend rank, there's a place for you in the kingdom.
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Wingspan
Single-player alternative to Ark Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ark Nova.
Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.
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Concordia: Digital Edition
Single-player alternative to Ark Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ark Nova.
Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style board game. 🏺 Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses. 🏛️
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Barrage
Single-player alternative to Ark Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ark Nova.
Embrace the technological evolution and build up your hydroelectric empire in Barrage, a turn-based strategy game where players compete to build majestic dams, exploit the power of running water, and bring their faction to victory!
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Gem Rush
Single-player alternative to Ark Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ark Nova.
The well-loved board game comes to Steam. This mountain is rich in mystic gems. Combine gems to open up new rooms, providing new ways to dig up gems. Race against other players or race together against the clock to dig the greatest mine in this fast-paced, easy-to-learn strategy game.
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Caverna
Single-player alternative to Ark Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ark Nova.
Caverna is the digital adaptation of the board game of the same name created by Uwe Rosenberg developed by "Lookout Games". It can be played with 1-7 players.
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Through the Ages
Single-player alternative to Ark Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ark Nova.
Legendary board game classic from award winning designer Vlaada Chvátil
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Terraforming Mars
Single-player alternative to Ark Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ark Nova.
The taming of the Red Planet has begun! Corporations are competing to transform Mars into a habitable planet by spending vast resources and using innovative technology to raise temperature, create a breathable atmosphere, and make oceans of water.
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Everdell
Single-player alternative to Ark Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ark Nova.
Harvest resources to build a village of woodland critters in this adaptation of the award-winning tabletop board game!
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Clank!
Single-player alternative to Ark Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ark Nova.
Burgle your way to adventure in the award-winning board game!
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Dune: Imperium
Single-player alternative to Ark Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ark Nova.
The award-winning board game of strategy and intrigue in the iconic universe of Dune. The Spice must flow.
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A Game of Thrones: The Board Game - Digital Edition
Single-player alternative to Ark Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ark Nova.
A Game of Thrones: The Board Game – Digital Edition is the digital adaptation of the top-selling strategy board game from Fantasy Flight Games.
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Munchkin Digital
Single-player alternative to Ark Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ark Nova.
Kill the monsters & grab the loot in the classic card game!
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Sagrada
Single-player alternative to Ark Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ark Nova.
A game of dice drafting and window crafting.
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Raiders of the North Sea
Single-player alternative to Ark Nova — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ark Nova.
It's Raiding Season! Plunder your way to Viking adventure in the digital adaptation of the award-winning worker-placement board game!