Single-player games like Pelican Empyrean
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Pelican Empyrean, 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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Faryloopa
Single-player alternative to Pelican Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pelican Empyrean.
Build the board. Play the cards. Roll the dice. Faryloopa is a roguelike deckbuilder meets boardbuilder where every run is a new layout, new synergies, and bigger scores to chase.
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Handmancers
Single-player alternative to Pelican Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pelican Empyrean.
Handmancers is a Rock, Paper, Scissors Roguelite deckbuilder with a first-person twist where clear tactical choices meet deck-building depth. Craft your deck, enhance your cards, equip tricky artifacts and face powerful enemies in strategic fights
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Relief
Single-player alternative to Pelican Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pelican Empyrean.
Relief is a deckbuilding roguelike featuring a post-Journey to the West urban legend setting! In a bizarre world of corrupted deities, harness overpowered tech to enhance your deck and forge custom affixes onto your cards. Combine over 1,000 cards and 300 artifacts to create your ultimate OP build!
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The Royal Writ
Single-player alternative to Pelican Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Pelican Empyrean.
Sacrifice creates stories in this medieval roguelike deckbuilder. Watch your cards march to glory or permanent death as they battle toward the enemy. Each fallen hero becomes part of your kingdom's legend. Command wisely... some sacrifices are necessary.
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Become the Moon
Single-player alternative to Pelican Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pelican Empyrean.
Become the Moon is a challenging, deckbuilding auto battler. Choose from 10 unique characters, each with their own distinct playstyles. Assemble a team of powerful minions & cast cosmic spells where every run takes you one step closer to the moon.
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Replicat
Single-player alternative to Pelican Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pelican Empyrean.
A roguelike memory deckbuilder where you bend the rules of card matching with wild combos, strategy-defining items and cards featuring some personality-packed cats.
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Neon Village
Single-player alternative to Pelican Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pelican Empyrean.
This game is a fusion of a "roguelike deck-builder" and "match-3 puzzle". Collect unique residents to create explosive synergies and develop a village glittering with neon!
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RACCOIN: Coin Pusher Roguelike
Single-player alternative to Pelican Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pelican Empyrean.
A coin-pushing dopamine machine. RACCOIN is a roguelike deckbuilder where you combine special coins with powerful items to trigger wildly satisfying combos. Stack shiny towers, spin the lucky wheel, and shake the machine until all the coins drop.
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Joon Shining
Single-player alternative to Pelican Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pelican Empyrean.
Master the elements. Explore mystical worlds. Harness ancient powers. Joon Shining is an enchanted golf-like platformer with a fantasy twist. Use magic to bend physics, influence environments, and make impossible shots, as you puzzle your way through a strange & mythic multiverse
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After Light Fades
Single-player alternative to Pelican Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pelican Empyrean.
Solve, evolve, and let go. In this mystical, magical sokoban puzzle journey, each artefact you master must eventually be left behind. Explore seven emotionally resonant fantasy worlds, casting away artefacts tied to grief, memory, and transformation.
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Dream of the Star Haven
Single-player alternative to Pelican Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Pelican Empyrean.
A giant-leap 1st person platforming journey through islands in the sky! Recover your stolen body parts, gaining new powers for each part you find. Delve into the strange gilded-cage secrets of the conscious place known as Star Haven