Single-player games like Dawnmaker
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dawnmaker, 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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Isles & Tiles
Single-player alternative to Dawnmaker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dawnmaker.
Isles & Tiles is a turn-based colony builder with terraforming and deck-builder elements. Balance resource production and demands while raising your island, growing a colony, and providing for the needs of your settlers.
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Demiurges
Single-player alternative to Dawnmaker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dawnmaker.
I mixed a classic turn-based strategy game (Heroes of Might and Magic 3) with deck building game like Slay the Spire. Also added a lot of reptiles :) Immerse yourself in a rich fantasy world. Develop your town and armies. Collect cards to create new crazy strategies.
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dotAGE
Single-player alternative to Dawnmaker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dawnmaker.
Village elder, help us! The Apocalypse is approaching, and we need your guidance to survive. Assign your workers and build a thriving village against the pending doom. DotAGE is the merciless survival roguelite turn-based city builder. Will you fulfill the Prophecy?
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TerraScape
Single-player alternative to Dawnmaker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dawnmaker.
Build gorgeous kingdoms on floating islands by strategically placing buildings in this cozy, medieval City-Puzzler. Discover secret combinations, take on weekly challenges and explore randomly generated maps in various single- and multiplayer game modes.
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Conquest Tactics : Realm of Sin
Single-player alternative to Dawnmaker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dawnmaker.
Conquest Tactics: Realm of Sin is a dark-fantasy roguelite tactics game. Command your army and engage in turn-based battles on a hex-based board as you advance step by step to conquer a land shrouded in sin. Your choices carry weight: will you restore order… or allow eternal darkness to reign?
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Cardboard Town
Single-player alternative to Dawnmaker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dawnmaker.
Cardboard Town is a city-building card game. Manage your resources, obtain upgrades, draw your cards and thrive! Random events, quest cards, and game modes make each run different.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Dawnmaker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dawnmaker.
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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As Far As The Eye
Single-player alternative to Dawnmaker — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dawnmaker.
Build a mobile village and travel with your tribe toward the center of the world, called The Eye. This roguelike turn-based resource-management game is made of procedural situations, natural events, skill-trees and hard choices. Ready to move?