Single-player games like Malys
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Malys, 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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Hellsino Pokerlike
Single-player alternative to Malys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Malys.
Multiply your way out of debt in a roguelike deckbuilder where poker meets grid tactics. Place cards onto a 5x3 board to trigger vertical and horizontal combos. Master the Nexus Multiplier, outsmart a rigged house, and stack massive scores to save your soul from absolute bankruptcy.
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Burn With Me
Single-player alternative to Malys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Malys.
Burn With Me is a story-centric deckbuilder filled with cozy dread and occultic mysteries. In order to summon a Personal Demon you'll master inventive gameplay with position-based synergies, and permanently burn your cards and your soul.
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Cult Leader Simulator
Single-player alternative to Malys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Malys.
Strategize, discover new cards, control risk, gather followers and increase your power. You are the leader of your own cult!
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IRONHIVE
Single-player alternative to Malys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Malys.
Ironhive is a deckbuilding strategy game about surviving in a dying world. Build your colony, ensure the survival of your people, create a legacy that will be passed on to the next generations. As the Ironlord, you are their only remaining hope.
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Runeborn
Single-player alternative to Malys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Malys.
Runeborn is a dark fantasy roguelike that merges deckbuilding with a slot-machine-like mechanic. Forge your Runebook, crush enemies, and combine Trinkets of boundless power to destroy the forces of Malakar!
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Touhou Rinrinki ~ Crafts of the Lucky Beast
Single-player alternative to Malys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Malys.
Touhou Rinrinki ~ Crafts of the Luck Beast is a Touhou Doujin Card-Strategy Game. Using cards across different seasons, join forces with duelists of unique abilities, face various opponents from all over Gensoukyo, and uncover the truth behind the Card Duel Incident!
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DeckLand
Single-player alternative to Malys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Malys.
DeckLand is a rogue-lite mixing traditional Eastern elements into the deck-building genre. You are a monk returning to the kingdom of morning calm. Use various cards and tools to break through obstacles, defeat strong enemies, and approach the source of the catastrophe plaguing the kingdom!
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Nadir: A Grimdark Deckbuilder
Single-player alternative to Malys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Malys.
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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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Malys — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Malys.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
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Max Payne
Single-player alternative to Malys — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Max Payne is a man with nothing to lose in the violent, cold urban night. A fugitive undercover cop framed for murder, hunted by cops and the mob, Max is a man with his back against the wall, fighting a battle he cannot hope to win. Prepare for pain…
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Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
Single-player alternative to Malys — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Gods. Romance. Murder. Musical Numbers?! Play as Grace in a world where Greek Gods live in hiding among us. Change your fate as you draw friends, foes & lovers into song using your powers of musical persuasion to unravel the mystery of the Last Muse's death.