Single-player games like Exark
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Exark, 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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The King is Watching
Single-player alternative to Exark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Exark.
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
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Underboard
Single-player alternative to Exark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Exark.
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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Knightica
Single-player alternative to Exark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Exark.
Recruit powerful units, place them strategically and find the best synergies in this Roguelike Autobattler! Knightica lets you guide a warband through many challenges to free the Kingdoms. Discover optimal combinations, weave powerful enchants, face dangerous monsters and lead your army to victory!
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The Ember Guardian
Single-player alternative to Exark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Exark.
Defend the embers of hope in this roguelike strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic world. Recruit and command workers to gather resources, build your camp and set up your defenses during the day. When night falls, fend off waves of deadly creatures with powerful, upgradable weapons.
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There Are No Orcs
Single-player alternative to Exark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Exark.
An RTS-Roguelike hybrid with auto-battling troops. Master building placement, swarm your enemies, and smash their defenses with unit-commander combos!
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Steel Artery: Train City Builder
Single-player alternative to Exark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Exark.
Build a living city on rails in this steampunk fantasy train-city builder. Manage multiracial colonies with thousands of autonomous citizens, balance their needs, manage the economy, and create logistics as you explore distant regions to ensure the prosperity of your Empire.
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Corsair Cove
Single-player alternative to Exark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Exark.
Build a sprawling pirate haven, raise a fleet to explore the high seas, and take on the Crown to keep the Age of Piracy alive! From ale to flintlock pistols, and from scallywags to swashbucklers, you’ll need to manage complex production chains and govern a rowdy crew to reign supreme over the seas!
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Arrogue
Single-player alternative to Exark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Exark.
Collect, upgrade and unlock powerful arrows and relics to protect your village. For that you’ll have to fight against procedurally generated hordes of enemies in this turn-per-turn, physics-based, roguelike! Explore the map, find the right path and make decisive choices in random events.
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Zero Division
Single-player alternative to Exark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Exark.
A roguelite deckbuilder crossed with a CCG, set in a dark cyberpunk world. You will lead a three-man squad against competing factions fighting among the ashes of a world-wide war. Each operator comes with a unique deck that can be customized and augmented.