Single-player games like Monster Train 2
Below are 19 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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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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Forestygian
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
Tactical Roguelike Deckbuilder with ability-based combat, fueled by card synergies. Build a powerful deck to support your hero. Use abilities to wipe out hordes of enemies. Discover powerful combos within the near-endless variety of composite cards.
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Kingdom of Ashes - Fallen Era
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
A single-player roguelike deck-builder set in a fallen kingdom. Draft cards, chain elemental resonances, fight through procedural maps of battles, shrines, and bosses. Spend Ash at the Forge for permanent upgrades. Eight heroes, brutal Ascension tiers.
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First Age
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monster Train 2.
A turn-based strategy card game set in the Neolithic Age. Sacrifice villagers, tame mammoths, and build powerful card synergies to lead your tribe through the threat of the Dark Ages. Will your people stand the test of time?
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Floppy Knights
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
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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CyberTD
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
Mutant viruses threaten the very heart of cyberspace! You'll need the right tactics and the "help" of your support drone to build a deck of terrific upgrades in this innovative deckbuilding tower defense game packed with roguelite elements!
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Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monster Train 2.
Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!
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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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Roguebook
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie 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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Wildfrost
Single-player alternative to Monster Train 2 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie 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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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 Strategy and Indie 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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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 Strategy and Indie 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.