Single-player games like Dead Man's Draw
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Man's Draw, 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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Pirates Outlaws
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual and Indie with Dead Man's Draw.
Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.
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Floppy Knights
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Dead Man's Draw.
Meet the Floppy Knights: tangible projections summoned from floppy disks! Tactics fuse with card game mechanics as Phoebe and Carlton, a brilliant young inventor & her robot-arm bestie, square off in turn-based battles. Select your Knights, hone your deck, and execute your strategy for victory!
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Monster Slayers
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dead Man's Draw.
Monster Slayers is a rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure. Create a hero and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you battle to become a true Monster Slayer.
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Balatro
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Man's Draw.
The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.
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Duelyst
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Dead Man's Draw.
The depth of CCG meets the strategy of tabletop gaming in Duelyst! Every choice matters, from your General and deck to positioning on the 9x5 battleboard. Competitive head-to-head turn-based battles at its best!
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Ash of Gods: The Way
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Dead Man's Draw.
Solve tactical puzzles in constantly changing battles and overcome circumstances that are NEVER in your favor. Defend your commander, win duels, capture points, experiment with your strategy to defeat a superior enemy, and make decisions that affect your story.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Man's Draw.
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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Ironclad Tactics
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Man's Draw.
Ironclad Tactics is a fast-paced, card-based tactics game set in an alternate history Civil War - with steam-powered military robots!
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Love Letter
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dead Man's Draw.
The princess has several suitors... but which of them will manage to charm her? Choose a strategy, be it through bluffing or power of deduction, to win your beloved's heart. The official adaptation of the renowned card game.
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Sins of a Solar Empire®: Rebellion
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Man's Draw.
Command a space-faring empire in Sins of a Solar Empire: Rebellion, the new stand-alone expansion that combines 4X depth with real-time strategy gameplay.
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Galactic Civilizations III
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dead Man's Draw.
Build a civilization that will stand the test of time in the largest space-based strategy game ever! Choose from dozens of unique races and make a name for yourself across the galaxy through diplomacy, espionage, technological advances, and more.
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Sins of a Solar Empire II
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dead Man's Draw.
Battle for galactic dominance in this real-time 4X strategy game with unrivaled scale! You’ll explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate through military force, diplomacy, trade, culture, influence, and other underhanded tactics.
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Ashes of the Singularity: Escalation
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dead Man's Draw.
A massive-scale real-time strategy game where you command entire armies on a dynamic battlefield. Conquer multiple worlds across several single-player campaigns; or play with your friends in multiplayer combat.
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Galactic Civilizations IV
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dead Man's Draw.
Take command of a civilization that has just achieved faster-than-light travel in Galactic Civilizations IV, the newest entry in the award-winning space 4X strategy game series. Explore the galaxy, colonize worlds, shape cultures, make alliances, fight wars and pioneer new technologies.
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Star Control®: Origins
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Star Control is a space role-playing game in which you command Earth's first interstellar starship on a mission to save the Earth from hostile alien empires.
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Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Man's Draw.
Fallen Enchantress is 4X strategy game from the makers of Sins of a Solar Empire and Galactic Civilizations. Build a civilization in the magical world of Elemental. Recruit heroes, train armies, build cities, forge alliances and save the world in this rich world where it's never the same game twice.
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Galactic Civilizations® II: Ultimate Edition
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Man's Draw.
Get the complete GalCiv II saga including Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!