Single-player games like Shards of Order
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Shards of Order, 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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INFERIUS
Single-player alternative to Shards of Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of Order.
Descend through nine dominions of Hell in a first-person horror roguelike deckbuilder. Wield Major Arcana tarot cards, upgrade your deck between deaths, use your lantern to survive the dark, and defeat each ruler before your sanity breaks.
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Chinese Strange Stories
Single-player alternative to Shards of Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of Order.
Step into a living Chinese painting that blends the mystical, supernatural, and the struggles of daily life in the final years of the Ming dynasty. Experience a unique mix of classic turn-based RPG mechanics and dynamic card battling, where strategy and fate intertwine.
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Miners in the Mountain
Single-player alternative to Shards of Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of Order.
“Miners in the Mountain” is a pixel card RPG with Tarkov-like survival. Fight, loot, and build bases in collapsing mines. Failure will cost you everything—food, components, crew members, all vanishes. Meet allies and foes, build your expedition squad deck, dig deeper, and find the Mountain's Heart.
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Shanghai Office Simulator
Single-player alternative to Shards of Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of Order.
What’s really going on in those offices in the Far East? Do they really work 210 hours a week, getting paid pennies on the dollar? Find out the answers to these questions and more, unless of course, you fear KANG GE, overlord of the cubicles, in which case you wouldn’t last a minute in Shanghai...
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Journey to the West
Single-player alternative to Shards of Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of Order.
A challenging rogue-like deck building game about a legendary adventure in the Realm of Divinity. Lead your team, build your unique deck, gather powerful relics and consumables to confront legendary creatures and eventually discover the truth behind the omen of darkness.
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Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder
Single-player alternative to Shards of Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of Order.
Nadir is a roguelike deck-builder with a twist: the cost to play a card is an enemy reaction you can predict. Craft your own cards to slay powerful demons. Gather resources, expand your city, grow in power and conquer the underworld.
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Deepest Chamber: Resurrection
Single-player alternative to Shards of Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of Order.
Delve into the depths of Deepest Chamber: Resurrection, where card boosting is your key to survival. Employ this unique mechanic to augment your abilities, strategize your next moves and endure a series of increasingly perilous descents in this gripping rogue-lite, card-battling adventure!
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Gordian Quest
Single-player alternative to Shards of Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of Order.
An epic deckbuilding RPG inspired by old-school classics like Ultima and D&D, using modern gaming concepts like roguelite elements and turnbased strategic combat. Lead and nurture parties of heroes. Forge bonds and discover new skills among them. Guide them to unravel the curses laid upon the lands.
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Dragon Eclipse
Single-player alternative to Shards of Order — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Shards of Order.
Dragon Eclipse is a roguelite deck-builder with a unique auto-battler twist. Choose your Tamer, team up with powerful Mystlings, and battle fierce foes. Grow and evolve your Mystlings, craft a winning deck, and unleash epic combos to dominate the battlefield. But beware—the Eclipse is close!