Single-player games like Takara Cards: Academy
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Takara Cards: Academy, 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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Takara Cards
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards: Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Takara Cards: Academy.
Takara Cards is a unique tactical deck-builder RPG about chasing space dragons in a sci-fi fantasy universe. Create your deck as you explore sectors, fighting your way in deep puzzly combat. Every decision you make affects your Ship and Character: Each new adventure offers new surprises!
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Monster Slayers
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards: Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Takara Cards: Academy.
Monster Slayers is a rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure. Create a hero and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you battle to become a true Monster Slayer.
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Nowhere Prophet
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards: Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Takara Cards: Academy.
Prepare your decks and go on a pilgrimage through the wasteland! Nowhere Prophet is a unique single-player card game. Travel across randomly generated maps and lead your followers in deep tactical combat. Discover new cards and build your deck as you explore this strange, broken world.
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Trials of Fire
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards: Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Takara Cards: Academy.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
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Children of Zodiarcs
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards: Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Takara Cards: Academy.
A story-driven, tactical RPG set in the fantasy realm of Lumus; a world divided by affluence and poverty. Take control of Nahmi and her fellow outcasts, utilising a brand new deck and dice based combat system to strike a blow to the noble Lords’ and Ladies’ unquenchable thirst for profit.
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Few Nights More: Genesis
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards: Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Takara Cards: Academy.
The Few Nights More is a roguelike turn-based RPG based in a world where Vampire Lords seek to conquer lost territories and their place in the world. Design and defend your stronghold, slay your enemies with traps, and fulfill your Lord’s true potential, slowly conquering what is rightfully yours.
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Ash of Gods: The Way
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards: Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Takara Cards: Academy.
Solve tactical puzzles in constantly changing battles and overcome circumstances that are NEVER in your favor. Defend your commander, win duels, capture points, experiment with your strategy to defeat a superior enemy, and make decisions that affect your story.
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Arcanium: Rise of Akhan
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards: Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Takara Cards: Academy.
Arcanium is an Open-world, Strategy Card Adventure that merges Roguelite and Deckbuilding genres like never before. Control your party of three heroes, craft your deck, unlock a vast amount of cards and items and save the world of Arzu from corruption!
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Talk to Strangers
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards: Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Takara Cards: Academy.
Talk to Strangers is a game of everyday survival. Survive door to door conversations ranging from bizarre to mundane (in this order) while trying to sell products to strangers. But beware: nothing is what it seems in this neighborhood.
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NEXT JUMP: Shmup Tactics
Single-player alternative to Takara Cards: Academy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Takara Cards: Academy.
NEXT JUMP is a turn-based, tactics Shoot 'em up. Do space-jumps on procedurally generated boards and chase the vicious Dragons who stole all the stock of Beverage from the Galaxy!