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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Skydeck Swords
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Man's Draw.
Bring a sword to a ship fight! Become a pirate and command a fleet of ships armed with massive, hull-mounted swords in this unique roguelike deckbuilder. Navigate across the stars to rescue your crew and steal all the riches!
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Rookspell
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Man's Draw.
Rookspell is a roguelike chess deckbuilder where tactical positioning meets chaotic card play. Outmaneuver your opponents with grandmaster strategy or break the board entirely with powerful card combos. Win through pure skill or draft an unstoppable play. The choice is yours!
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Eternal Skies TCG
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Man's Draw.
Eternal Skies is a fully customizable single player TCG RPG, similar to old handheld titles like the Pokemon Trading Card Game for GBC. The cards and story are inspired by Skies of Arcadia and Slavic mythology, and there are a variety of modes + difficulty options as well as a card creator.
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Crowned
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dead Man's Draw.
Lead legendary medieval armies in a turn-based card strategy game set during the conflicts of the Middle Ages. Choose your King, build your deck, and outmaneuver your enemies on the battlefield. Every card is earned through battle. Every decision matters.
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Truco Argentino
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Dead Man's Draw.
The Truco you played in school or at a friend’s house — now with bots that trash talk you. You shout “I’m in,” lose with the four of cups, and hit rematch anyway. Because if it doesn’t hurt a little, it’s not Truco.
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Ancient Gods
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dead Man's Draw.
Ancient Gods is a fusion of hero collector and deck-building rogue-lite where you collect your character, fight, and experience exciting events. Any character can use all the cards, combine them with the character's passive for ultimate power on your exploration.
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Pirates Outlaws
Single-player alternative to Dead Man's Draw — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy 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 Strategy and Indie 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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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!