Single-player games like Starless Abyss
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Starless Abyss, 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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Menace from the Deep
Single-player alternative to Starless Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starless Abyss.
Menace from the Deep is an enthralling Roguelike Deckbuilding card game that unfolds in a dark world, drawing inspiration from Howard Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.Set against the backdrop of 1920s USA, the narrative revolves around a clandestine occult society.
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Dungeons & Degenerate Gamblers
Single-player alternative to Starless Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starless Abyss.
Battle your way through a seedy tavern filled with gambling addicted townspeople in this Blackjack Roguelike Adventure. From aces and face cards to tarot cards, business cards and more, create your unique deck to beat the house.
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StarVaders
Single-player alternative to Starless Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starless Abyss.
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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Deep Sky Derelicts
Single-player alternative to Starless Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Starless Abyss.
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.
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Draft of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Starless Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Starless Abyss.
Draft of Darkness is a survival horror RPG with deck building and roguelike dungeon exploration. Recruit allies, synergize their decks to create powerful card combos. Manage your limited resources and explore procedurally generated maps to determine the story's outcome.
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Trials of Fire
Single-player alternative to Starless Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Starless Abyss.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
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Balatro
Single-player alternative to Starless Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starless Abyss.
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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Monster Train 2
Single-player alternative to Starless Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starless Abyss.
Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Starless Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starless Abyss.
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 Starless Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Starless Abyss.
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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Dominion
Single-player alternative to Starless Abyss — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Starless Abyss.
Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.