Single-player games like Effulgence RPG
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Effulgence RPG, 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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Depth of Extinction
Single-player alternative to Effulgence RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Effulgence RPG.
Explore a flooded world and save humanity from a terrible threat in this turn based, tactical RPG with roguelike elements
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Tactics Ogre: Reborn
Single-player alternative to Effulgence RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Effulgence RPG.
Tactics Ogre, crown jewel of the tactical role-playing genre, is reborn! Based on the 2010 release, the game features improved graphics and sound, as well as updated game design, bringing to life a new Tactics Ogre that remains true to its roots.
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Cell Command
Single-player alternative to Effulgence RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Effulgence RPG.
TURN-BASED TACTICS meets SNAKE: A new roguelike in the Genome Guardian universe. SPLICE DNA to create new units, enhance their genetics, and take on the Abyss virus once more in a variety of different modes & match types.
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For The King
Single-player alternative to Effulgence RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Effulgence RPG.
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
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Mewgenics
Single-player alternative to Effulgence RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Effulgence RPG.
Build the ultimate cat army through tactical breeding and send them into deep, challenging turn-based adventures. Draft abilities, collect items, and manipulate genetics across generations in this roguelike tactics game from the creators of The Binding of Isaac and The End is Nigh.
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Wasteland 3
Single-player alternative to Effulgence RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Effulgence RPG.
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
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Bug Fables: The Everlasting Sapling
Single-player alternative to Effulgence RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Effulgence RPG.
Follow Vi, Kabbu, and Leif as they uncover the secrets of the Land of Bugaria! Explore and combine your team's abilities to solve puzzles, defeat powerful enemies and find ancient treasures!
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Fort Triumph
Single-player alternative to Effulgence RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Effulgence RPG.
A strategy game combining the turn-based combat of XCOM with the world exploration of HOMM. Build towns, collect artifacts, improve your heroes, and influence your tactical surroundings using physics!
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ASCIILL
Single-player alternative to Effulgence RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Effulgence RPG.
Retro dungeon crawler with the crazy minimalist style. Take part in fast-paced encounters with inhabitants of the huge alien temple and pay special attention to numbers to solve puzzles and avoid traps.
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Coin-Op Vice
Single-player alternative to Effulgence RPG — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Effulgence RPG.
2.5D Top-Down retro action with deckbuilding and 100+ arcade mini-games. The feature of Coin-Op VICE is the variety of short mini-games that provide different weapons and enhance the hero's characteristics.