Single-player games like Hellmate
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Hellmate, 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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Empire in Decay
Single-player alternative to Hellmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hellmate.
Start a rebellion and fight chess inspired turn-based combats in this roguelike deckbuilder. Upgrade your units and cards wisely. You will need it to progress through the districts of Daandria, the city where the tyrant king awaits you. Save this Empire in Decay.
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Kingfall
Single-player alternative to Hellmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Hellmate.
A roguelike deckbuilder where your cards move like chess pieces. Build an army, bless your troops, and conquer the kingdom one battle at a time.
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Gambition
Single-player alternative to Hellmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hellmate.
A chess-inspired tactical roguelike where every battle becomes a puzzle of sacrifice and manipulation. Evolve chess pieces, build powerful armies, and turn clever sacrifices into devastating synergies.
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Leaf Us Alone
Single-player alternative to Hellmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hellmate.
Build a powerful army with synergistic abilities, and prove your strategic mastery in this unique deckbuilding roguelite. Command your forces in battle, triggering outrageous combo to defeat the invading Voidlings threatening to consume the world.
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Forge the Fates
Single-player alternative to Hellmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hellmate.
Take deckbuilding to the next level. Transform your hand of cards into a tactical grid of runes. Plan, shift, and strike to unleash powerful combos and chain match-3 bonuses. Choose your hero, master their deck, and fight through deadly dungeons to face a mysterious dark overlord.
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Hellmate - Chess Deck Builder
Single-player alternative to Hellmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hellmate.
Roguelike deckbuilding chess in the seven floors of Hell. Each floor belongs to a deadly sin, and every sin crowns its own king. Summon pieces, sling spells, and brand your army with sigils to melt the king's HP before your turns run out. Seven sins, seven kings, one deck.
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Montabi
Single-player alternative to Hellmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hellmate.
Tame, collect, fight! Assemble an unstoppable team of unique Montabi in this Creature-Collector Roguelike Deckbuilder. Master their awesome abilities, synergize their strategic strengths and save the city in tactical turn-based combat!
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Pawnbarian
Single-player alternative to Hellmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hellmate.
Pawnbarian is a quick-playing, turn-based puzzle roguelike. Play cards to move your hero like a chess piece, and conquer challenging dungeons full of cunning monsters!
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Sam, We Talked About This
Single-player alternative to Hellmate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Hellmate.
Every sentence, image and video on the internet will feed Sam's bottomless hunger! Train your models, grow your subscribers, buy new hardware and scrape even more data, all to build a super-duper artificial intelligence and leave every rival behind.