Single-player games like Ascension: Deckbuilding Game
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game, 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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Star Realms
Single-player alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!
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Dominion
Single-player alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
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.
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Duelyst
Single-player alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
The depth of CCG meets the strategy of tabletop gaming in Duelyst! Every choice matters, from your General and deck to positioning on the 9x5 battleboard. Competitive head-to-head turn-based battles at its best!
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Concordia: Digital Edition
Single-player alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style board game. 🏺 Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses. 🏛️
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Space Food Truck
Single-player alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
Space Food Truck is a cooperative, culinary scifi adventure. 1-4 players take on unique roles aboard the Galaxy Gourmet. Their mission: explore a vast, procedurally-generated galaxy in search of exotic ingredients, craft delicious recipes, and withstand the untold dangers of deep space.
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Small World
Single-player alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
CONTROL FANTASY RACES, SET OFF TO CONQUER NEW LANDS, OVERTHROW YOUR ENEMIES AND CLAIM THE VICTORY! In this digital adaptation of the legendary board game, dive into a world inhabited by whimsical fantasy races.
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Mystic Vale
Single-player alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
Are you ready to lead your druidic clan and cleanse the Valley of Life? Mystic Vale is a stunning digital version of the Origins award-winning AEG card game. Debuting the unique Card Crafting System, players take turns building powerful combos in order to stop the curse. Play online or local hotseat.
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Twilight Struggle
Single-player alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
Twilight Struggle is a two-player game where players play as either the US or USSR during the Cold War. Using actual events from history, players must plan out their strategies in order to obtain world dominance. Play Twilight Struggle and change the course of history.
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Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013
Single-player alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
Play with friends or AI as you travel across fantastic planes to take on new encounters & opponents. Magic 2013 features ten customizable decks, individual records, new items & more!
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Yu-Gi-Oh! Legacy of the Duelist : Link Evolution
Single-player alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Build your Deck from over 10,000 cards and take on the most iconic Duelists from the Yu-Gi-Oh! universe. Relive the stories from the original Yu-Gi-Oh! animated series through Yu-Gi-Oh! VRAINS!
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D&D Lords of Waterdeep
Single-player alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
Lords of Waterdeep is an award winning strategy board game, set in the Dungeons & Dragons world of Waterdeep. Play as one of the masked Lords of the City of Splendor. Intrigue abounds as you recruit adventurers, via your agents, to quest on your behalf and spread your influence.
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Labyrinth: The War on Terror
Single-player alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
Face the global war on terror in this engaging 2 player strategy game. Set against recent world events, Labyrinth portrays the U.S. efforts to counter extremists’ use of terrorist tactics, as well as the wider ideological struggle – guerrilla warfare, fundamentalist rule, regime change and more.
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Agricola Revised Edition
Single-player alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
Enter the life of medieval farmers! Enhance your farms to stone houses, breed your animals and stack food before the cold winters! So prepare yourself to plow, till and harvest your fields in the official digital adaptation of the acclaimed board game!
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Fort Sumter: The Secession Crisis
Single-player alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
Can you drive the Secessionist into the Fort Sumter trap that gave Lincoln his historic victory? Can you successfully use the issue of States Rights to divide Northern opinion? Fort Sumter let’s you explore this seminal moment in American history in a fast-playing, easy-to-learn card driven game.
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Twilight Struggle: Red Sea
Single-player alternative to Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Ascension: Deckbuilding Game.
Answer the summons of the trumpets and bear the burden of the Twilight Struggle. Set during the ideological tension of the Cold War, Twilight Struggle: Red Sea places the United States and the Soviet Union at odds in the Horn of Africa. Every choice you make will impact the balance of power.