Single-player games like Petrified Pawns
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Petrified Pawns, 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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Pieces of the Kingdom
Single-player alternative to Petrified Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Petrified Pawns.
What if Chess…was a roguelite? Assemble your party and battle your way across a broken kingdom in a fantastical, tactical take on Chess. Loot epic gear, recruit powerful pieces with unique abilities, and strategize your way to victory.
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Check and Slash
Single-player alternative to Petrified Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Petrified Pawns.
Check and Slash combines the action and combat of a hack and slash game with the movement patterns of chess pieces. Find your way through a maze of boards, slash your enemies, dodge attacks, rescue black pieces to receive upgrades and fight against formidable opponents until you find the enemy king.
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Sitback Saga
Single-player alternative to Petrified Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
An idle party ARPG where you sit back and watch your heroes explore the world, clear dungeons, and complete side quests. Equip & upgrade your party, set their tactics, and cast spells yourself to turn the tide of battle.
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Quartermark
Single-player alternative to Petrified Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Petrified Pawns.
Your party fights on its own. You decide who is in it and what they carry — and that decision is the whole game. 12 heroes, 9 keywords that chain into gold-starred combos, 150 dungeons, and an upgrade ladder that can shatter your best item. Buy once. No ads, no gacha, no energy.
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Lootbane
Single-player alternative to Petrified Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Petrified Pawns.
Lootbane is a minimalistic ARPG of risk and reward where insatiable greed drives every decision. Explore shifting regions, build synergistic warbands, and descend into dangerous dungeons for legendary loot
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Backpack Syndicate
Single-player alternative to Petrified Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Petrified Pawns.
Your backpack is your build. Explore first-person dungeons, take on enemies in this backpack auto-battler, and unlock new characters as your syndicate grows.
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Abalon: Roguelike Tactics CCG
Single-player alternative to Petrified Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Petrified Pawns.
Abalon is a roguelike adventure that fuses tactical turn-based combat and card strategy. Choose your summoner and explore a tabletop world to discover its secrets. Build the perfect deck, outsmart your enemies and become legend!
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Underboard
Single-player alternative to Petrified Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Petrified Pawns.
Tactical team-building roguelike auto-battler with active and passive playstyles. Draft a team as you explore maps full of monsters, build synergies, equip items and cast spells to support your team during battles and help them escape the Underboard.
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Ogre Stampede
Single-player alternative to Petrified Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Petrified Pawns.
Ogre Stampede is a physics-based bullet heaven with incremental upgrades set in a chaotic mosh pit. Waves of hopelessly stupid trolls and ogres are running wild and pushing and shoving each other around. Level up your strength and fight to be the last one standing and become the new chieftain!