Single-player games like Cardstronaut
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cardstronaut, 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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Renegade Run
Single-player alternative to Cardstronaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cardstronaut.
Renegade Run is an immersive deckbuilder that puts you in the pilot seat of an experimental starship. Discover anomalies, carve your path, and face powerful enemies as you battle your way back to Sector 0.
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Near Nobit
Single-player alternative to Cardstronaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cardstronaut.
Collision-triggered Card Combos. Near Nobit is a deckbuilding roguelike centered around an auto-activating card system. Perfect your deck’s sequence to trigger near-infinite combos, then witness the chaotic and unpredictable dance of nobits.
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白蛇之子 | The Son of White Snake: Roguelike Deckbuilder
Single-player alternative to Cardstronaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cardstronaut.
Leifeng Pagoda is no tower—it is an ancient serpent still breathing. Read enemy intent and forge card–relic engines in this Chinese cosmic-horror deckbuilder. Descend alone or online with up to 4 players, then reshape the tower through Steam Workshop.
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Guaxiang Lu: Trigram Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Cardstronaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cardstronaut.
Guaxiang Lu: Trigram Chronicles is a Five Elements & Eight Trigrams roguelike deckbuilder. Rise from Qi Refining to ascension: channel coins into Yin and Yang, play cards in the elemental cycle to trigger combos, and collect eight trigram discs to challenge the Heavenly Dao. Your journey begins now！
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THORNSPELL
Single-player alternative to Cardstronaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cardstronaut.
Embody a magical florist by placing plants strategically in your garden, and watering them to score points. THORNSPELL is a garden-building roguelike where you will create and unleash chains of magical effects, dispelling the corruption spreading through your home.
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Apawcalypse: Corrupted Brain
Single-player alternative to Cardstronaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cardstronaut.
Lead a team of three animal survivors in a roguelike deckbuilder where every character has their own deck. Coordinate a shared Action Point pool, Intercept attacks to protect allies, and build powerful team synergies to survive the corruption.
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Zodiac Mountain
Single-player alternative to Cardstronaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cardstronaut.
Ascend Zodiac Mountain in a roguelike deckbuilder with two-sided cards. Build Yin & Yang hands, discover powerful relics, and create satisfying synergies to defeat mythical enemies.
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Hell Deck
Single-player alternative to Cardstronaut — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Cardstronaut.
Collect units and build powerful synergies on a restricted grid in Hell Deck, a dark roguelike deckbuilder defense game. Construct your own bizarre, twisted ecosystem through a brutal cycle of predation and sacrifice, and defend hell from the holy swarm