Single-player games like Monster Train 2
Below are 20 single-player Steam games similar to Monster Train 2, 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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Monster Train
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train 2.
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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9 Kings
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train 2.
A fast-paced roguelike kingdom builder. Grow your empire and fight massive battles against powerful rival kings. Break the game with thousands of insane builds to become the King of Kings.
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StarVaders
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
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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Balatro
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
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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FAIRY TAIL: DUNGEONS
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Monster Train 2.
Fairy Tail: Dungeons is a deck-building rogue-lite featuring characters from the Fairy Tail series. Collect Magic Cards based on moves from the series to build your own unique deck and take down powerful monsters as you head for the dungeon depths!
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
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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Wildfrost
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Monster Train 2.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
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Montabi
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Monster Train 2.
Tame, collect, fight! Assemble an unstoppable team of unique Montabi in this Creature-Collector Roguelike Deckbuilder. Master their awesome abilities, synergize their strategic strengths and save the city in tactical turn-based combat!
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Roguebook
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Monster Train 2.
Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!
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Slay the Spire 2
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
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Ring of Pain
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Monster Train 2.
Enter the Ring of Pain, a roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you. Each step around the ring a dire decision. Go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? Meet strange friends bearing gifts and treasure. Choose your gear wisely to survive and discover the secrets of the Ring of Pain.
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SpellRogue
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
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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Shogun Showdown
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
Shogun Showdown is a turn-based combat game with rogue-like and deck-building elements. Position yourself and attack at the right time, upgrade your tiles and combo them to get ready to face the Shogun!
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Slice & Dice
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Tactical dice-rolling roguelike combat. Take control of 5 heroes, each with their own unique dice. Fight your way through 20 levels of monsters and try to take on the final boss. If you lose a single fight you have to start over so be careful (and lucky!).
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Inscryption
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Monster Train 2.
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...
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Darkest Dungeon®
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
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Grim Fandango Remastered
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
One of the most acclaimed adventure games of all time is now back, better than ever. Grim Fandango Remastered has the all the beautiful art and engaging story fans remember, but has also been remastered to look, sound, and control even better than the award-winning original release.
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Inkbound
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Monster Train 2.
A turn-based tactical roguelike from the creators of Monster Train. Play solo or co-op, create powerful builds, and save the Atheneum.
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Day of the Tentacle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1993 as a sequel to Ron Gilbert’s ground breaking Maniac Mansion, Day of the Tentacle is back in a remastered edition that features all new hand-drawn, high resolution artwork, with remastered audio, music and sound effects.
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Full Throttle Remastered
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Originally released by LucasArts in 1995, Full Throttle is a classic graphic adventure game from industry legend Tim Schafer, telling the story of Ben Throttle; butt-kicking leader of biker gang the Polecats, who gets caught up in a tale of Motorcycles, Mayhem and Murder.