Single-player games like Card-en-Ciel
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Card-en-Ciel, 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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Agestan
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Card-en-Ciel.
Build your base in Agestan, form your army with cards, and crush your rivals. Conquer all lands solo or clash with a friend in PvP... Choose a blind spot, fire the catapult, and destroy their base. Remember: you can only see each other on the battlefield!
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Friend and foe
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A sci-fi deckbuilding roguelike with a twist: play solo or with bots through four floors of rogue AI and war machines, or team up online — cooperate to survive, or sabotage your friend to stay on top.
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StarVaders
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
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Doors of Insanity
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Card-en-Ciel.
Cards and Chaos await you in Doors of Insanity, a Deck Building RPG roguelike with a focus on character creation and incredible loot!
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Monster Train
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
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Clutchtime™: Basketball Deckbuilder
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Build your perfect deck and become a Champion.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
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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SpellRogue
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Card-en-Ciel.
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
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One Step From Eden
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Build a powerful deck, cast spells on the fly, battle evolving enemies, find game-changing artifacts, make friends or make enemies, just make it to Eden.
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Library Of Ruina
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Card-en-Ciel.
"May you find your book in this place." Combat between the guests and the librarians breaks out as if it were on a stage. Defeated guests turn into books, and the Library grows onward. And eventually, get your hands on… The one singular, perfect book.
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Mega Man Battle Network Legacy Collection Vol. 1
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Card-en-Ciel.
The renowned Mega Man Battle Network series is back! Vol. 1 contains Mega Man Battle Network 1-3, including both versions of Mega Man Battle Network 3 for a total of four titles, plus additional features like a gallery of illustrations and music! In addition, online play is supported!
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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Battle with swords and whips in this retro-style action game brought to you by game creator Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates! Play as Zangetsu, a demon slayer bearing a deep grudge, who must travel through perilous lands to defeat a powerful demon lurking in a dark castle.
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Gal*Gun 2
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Notoriously lewd first-person shooter, where you find yourself irresistible to every girl in school! Fend off their advances as you explore the school grounds. Use gadgets to expel mischievous demons and upgrade kit like the 'Demon Sweeper' to suck the skirts clean off your suitors!
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Gal*Gun: Double Peace
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A rail shooter, with a difference, replacing bullets with pheromone shots, and enemies with giddy love-obsessed school girls. Every love letter and advancing kiss drains your energy! Repel them while upgrading your power ups and take part in outrageously lewd mini-games to find your true love!
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Azure Striker Gunvolt
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A 2D action game featuring a young man with the power of lightning who stands for freedom against the evil ambitions of a massive organization. When lightning strikes, a new legend is born.
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Bloodstained: Curse of the Moon 2
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Koji Igarashi and Inti Creates are back with more retro sword-and-whip action! Curse of the Moon 2 brings classic 2D action and a dark, 8-bit aesthetic together with modern playability.
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Gal Guardians: Demon Purge
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
In order to save their school after it turns into a massive demonic castle, two "Demon Hunter" sisters slash and shoot their way through this 2D action adventure. Players can swap between control of both characters on the fly, each with entirely different skillsets.
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Blaster Master Zero
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Mutant scum never learn! Blaster Master Zero makes its Steam debut! Blaster Master Zero is a 8-bit style top-down & sideview 2D action-adventure game that hearkens back to the golden age of the NES. The game features new gameplay elements such as improved gameplay, and a more robust scenario.
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Dragon Marked For Death
Single-player alternative to Card-en-Ciel — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Card-en-Ciel.
Dragon Marked For Death is a 2D side-scrolling action RPG game where up to 4 players can play together in online multiplayer. The characters, known as the Dragonblood Clan, have forged a pact with the Astral Dragon, which granted them special new powers.