Single-player games like Roots Devour
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Roots Devour, 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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Menace from the Deep
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots Devour.
Menace from the Deep is an enthralling Roguelike Deckbuilding card game that unfolds in a dark world, drawing inspiration from Howard Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.Set against the backdrop of 1920s USA, the narrative revolves around a clandestine occult society.
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Deck of Haunts
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots Devour.
Deck of Haunts invites you to become a malevolent Haunted House. Lure humans into your cursed halls, manipulate their fears, and drain their essence to grow your power. Use strategy to build your mansion and expand your dark influence, turning your home into a terrifying, inescapable nightmare.
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Decktamer
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Roots Devour.
Deck-building meets monster catching in this turn-based roguelike. Recruit enemy cards to your party as you dive into the depths of the abyss. Will you kill them or will you tame them?
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Cultist Simulator
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Roots Devour.
Seize forbidden treasures. Summon alien gods. Feed on your disciples. Cultist Simulator is a game of apocalypse and yearning. Play as a seeker after unholy mysteries, in a 1920s-themed setting of hidden gods and secret histories.
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Sultan's Game
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots Devour.
Survive a mad Sultan's reign in this brutal resource management RPG. Draw a card every seven days and complete its challenge. Make dreadful choices to stay alive: will you die a loyal servant, become a kingslayer, or call down the gods' judgement?
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Out Of Hands
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots Devour.
Out of Hands is a bizarre card-based adventure game that blends video-collage graphics with gripping psychological horror. Will you seek the truth lurking in this wicked, warped world—and can you bear its weight? Misty memories threaten to tear you apart, contorting you into a being... Out of Hands.
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Darkwood
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Roots Devour.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
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Morimens
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Roots Devour.
Morimens is a roguelite card-building game inspired by the Cthulhu mythos, where you craft a versatile and intricate deck tailored to your playstyle. The choice is yours to embark on a climb up treacherous towers or engage in tactical battles. Explore misty maps and uncover the truth of the world.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots Devour.
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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CARRION
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Roots Devour.
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
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Inscryption
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots Devour.
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...