Single-player games like Once a Pawn a King
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Once a Pawn a King, 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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Let's! Revolution!
Single-player alternative to Once a Pawn a King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Once a Pawn a King.
Let’s! Revolution! is a colorful roguelite puzzle mashup about stopping a narcissistic King from ruining your world. Flip tiles to uncover the hidden path to the King. Use deductive reasoning to avoid his cronies or take them all down in strategic turn-based combat.
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Crown Trick
Single-player alternative to Once a Pawn a King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Once a Pawn a King.
Enter a labyrinth that moves as you move, where mastering the elements is key to defeating enemies and uncovering the mysteries of this underground world. With a new experience awaiting every time you enter the dungeon, let the power bestowed by the crown guide you in this challenging adventure!
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Warhammer 40,000: Regicide
Single-player alternative to Once a Pawn a King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Once a Pawn a King.
Warhammer 40,000: Regicide is a brutal take on one of the greatest turn based strategy games of all time. Regicide fuses multiple phases of gameplay with dynamic action. Maneuver your army into place and unleash a devastating array of tactical abilities to crush your enemies.
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Aethermancer
Single-player alternative to Once a Pawn a King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Once a Pawn a King.
Monster Taming meets Roguelite. Become the Aethermancer and fight alongside mythical creatures. Explore the ever-changing Fractured Ruins, plan your moves in challenging turn-based battles, and watch your Monsters grow stronger from previous lives and defy death!
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Crowntakers
Single-player alternative to Once a Pawn a King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Once a Pawn a King.
Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.
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Passant: A Chess Roguelike
Single-player alternative to Once a Pawn a King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Once a Pawn a King.
Passant is a chess roguelike that changes all the rules. Progress through challenging rounds while collecting powerful pieces and game-changing items to seize victory.
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Monster Train 2
Single-player alternative to Once a Pawn a King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Once a Pawn a King.
Monster Train returns with all new clans, new enemy factions, new challenges, new modes and more! Defend your Pyre in the classic three-tiered, vertical gameplay that made the original roguelike deckbuilder a hit.
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Guards II: Chaos in Hell
Single-player alternative to Once a Pawn a King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Once a Pawn a King.
Assemble a squad of four fearless heroes and embark on a deadly journey through the circles of Hell, inspired by dark myths from around the world. Battle legions of demons and challenge the Devil himself!
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Into the Breach
Single-player alternative to Once a Pawn a King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Once a Pawn a King.
Control powerful mechs from the future to defeat an alien threat. Each attempt to save the world presents a new randomly generated challenge in this turn-based strategy game.
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GRIME
Single-player alternative to Once a Pawn a King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Once a Pawn a King.
Destroy... Absorb... Grow... GRIME is a fast and unforgiving Action-Adventure RPG in which you crush your foes with living weapons that mutate form and function, and then consume their remains with a black hole to strengthen your vessel as you break apart a world of anatomical horror and intrigue.
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GRIME II
Single-player alternative to Once a Pawn a King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Once a Pawn a King.
Become the stealer of forms in GRIME II, a surreal action-adventure metroidvania. Launch tendrils made of hands to absorb foes and summon molds in their shape, as you explore a bizarre lived-in-world obsessed with art.
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Slingbot Survivors
Single-player alternative to Once a Pawn a King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Once a Pawn a King.
A fast-paced roguelite auto-shooter where you move using a grappling hook. Swing, sling, and survive against hordes of alien enemies.
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Chef Knight
Single-player alternative to Once a Pawn a King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Once a Pawn a King.
Cook what you kill in this cozy fantasy incremental game! Dive into dangerous dungeons, harvest fresh monster ingredients, and serve delicious dishes to hungry adventurers. Slay, cook, sell and upgrade your way to a sprawling dungeon-food empire!