Single-player games like Rise of Elements
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Rise of Elements, 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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FIGHT
Single-player alternative to Rise of Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Rise of Elements.
Let's FIGHT. Queue your steps, guards, and strikes, then commit blind and watch both plans collide into skill based warfare. Master over twenty weapon-bound fighters, posture breaks, parries, projectiles with real time replays to watch the battle back in style.
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One Last Hand
Single-player alternative to Rise of Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Elements.
Bid for cards, build your hand, then SLAP YOUR FRIENDS with it. A chaotic 2-6 player online party card battler full of secret bids, unfair Relics, lucky comebacks, and friendships that probably won’t survive the table.
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Battle Runes of Metalaria
Single-player alternative to Rise of Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Rise of Elements.
Battle Runes of Metalaria is an action packed, chaos infused board game for up to four players. Stack your runes on the board to make vertical and horizontal combos or smash your opponents pieces to smithereens
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Echo Seekers
Single-player alternative to Rise of Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Elements.
Echo Seekers is a ruthless turn-based dungeon crawler where every decision counts. Master layers of tactics, learn your enemies, and find combinations strong enough to break the odds. But you’re not alone - other Seekers are fighting their way to the top. Can you outsmart them?
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Exorder
Single-player alternative to Rise of Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Elements.
A fantasy turn-based strategy game, fight for Cerulean and claim the crown as her rightful heir! Enjoy hours of our single-player campaign and battle your friends with cross-platform multiplayer. Expand your skills as a commander with the challenge mode.
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13 柱庭 / Cabal 13
Single-player alternative to Rise of Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Elements.
Welcome to《Cabal 13》— an asynchronous roguelike auto-battler built around hero RPG progression! Every run is a fresh adventure, every choice shapes victory or defeat. Assemble your unique squad, clash with rivals on dynamic battlefields, and dive into deep, hero-focused roguelike auto-battler fun.
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东方幻灵录 ~ Touhou Hakanai Cards
Single-player alternative to Rise of Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rise of Elements.
Touhou Hakanai Cards is an autochess-like leisure game, includes different styles and distinct characteristics roles, you can use these distinctive characters to organize your own team. Structure you battle economics and use the varied and graceful character cards to fight!
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Monster Sanctuary
Single-player alternative to Rise of Elements — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Rise of Elements.
Monster taming meets metroidvania. Collect, train and battle monsters in a lovely side-scroller pixel world.