Single-player games like Death Howl
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Death Howl, 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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Wildfrost
Single-player alternative to Death Howl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Death Howl.
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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Black Book
Single-player alternative to Death Howl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Death Howl.
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.
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He is Coming
Single-player alternative to Death Howl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Death Howl.
Deep in the forgotten corners of the world, a dark force stirs – the Demon King rises once more. Sharpen your wits, seek out powerful artifacts, and stand firm in the face of the apocalypse in this roguelite RPG auto battler.
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StarVaders
Single-player alternative to Death Howl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Death Howl.
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 Death Howl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Death Howl.
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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Slay the Spire 2
Single-player alternative to Death Howl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Death Howl.
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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Decktamer
Single-player alternative to Death Howl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Death Howl.
Deck-building meets monster catching in this turn-based roguelike. Recruit enemy cards to your party as you dive into the depths of the abyss. Will you kill them or will you tame them?
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Necroking
Single-player alternative to Death Howl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Death Howl.
Necroking is a turn-based tactics roguelite with vast deckbuilding. You play as a Master of Necromancy. Build your skulls deck, raise skeletons and other scum to defeat settlements desecrated by life.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Death Howl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Death Howl.
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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Into the Breach
Single-player alternative to Death Howl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Death Howl.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
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Hyper Light Drifter
Single-player alternative to Death Howl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Death Howl.
Explore a beautiful, vast and ruined world riddled with dangers and lost technologies.
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Mewgenics
Single-player alternative to Death Howl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Death Howl.
Build the ultimate cat army through tactical breeding and send them into deep, challenging turn-based adventures. Draft abilities, collect items, and manipulate genetics across generations in this roguelike tactics game from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh.
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Blasphemous
Single-player alternative to Death Howl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Death Howl.
Blasphemous is a brutal action-platformer with skilled hack’n slash combat set in the nightmare world of Cvstodia. Explore, upgrade your abilities, and perform savage executions on the hordes of enemies that stand between you and your quest to break eternal damnation.
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Mind Scanners
Single-player alternative to Death Howl — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Death Howl.
Greetings. Your Mind Scanner request has been approved. Your duty is to diagnose and treat the citizens of The Structure. The patient list is long so don't waste your time. We’ll let you see your daughter soon...