Single-player games like Holder of Place
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Holder of Place, 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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Topdeck Automat
Single-player alternative to Holder of Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Holder of Place.
The roguelike auto-battler where your deck prints itself! Supply a brave worker droid with synergistic blueprints to defend the planet against hordes of alien invaders. Combine hundreds of cards with custom upgrades and infinitely stackable modules to discover broken builds.
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Against the Horde
Single-player alternative to Holder of Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Holder of Place.
A PvE roguelike deckbuilder where you can customise your deck with thousands of unique cards. Upgrade, draft, and buy new cards to field a respectable army on unique battlefields that favour tactical movement and card play. Master the five factions and stand Against the Horde.
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Renegade Run
Single-player alternative to Holder of Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Holder of Place.
Renegade Run is an immersive deckbuilder that puts you in the pilot seat of an experimental starship. Discover anomalies, carve your path, and face powerful enemies as you battle your way back to Sector 0.
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Chibits: The King's Tomb
Single-player alternative to Holder of Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Holder of Place.
Collect, train, and battle Chibits in a fast-paced roguelike card game. Manage your creatures between runs, master tactical combat, and travel through a branching galaxy where every choice shapes your destiny.
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Become the Moon
Single-player alternative to Holder of Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Holder of Place.
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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There Is No Lore
Single-player alternative to Holder of Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Holder of Place.
Collect Cards, build Decks, alter with Trinkets, discover Synergies, win Locations, beat Bosses. All this and more await you in this roguelite deckbuilding auto-battler, but please remember - There Is No Lore, stop looking.
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Fortuna
Single-player alternative to Holder of Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Holder of Place.
A roguelite deck-builder based on "Daifugo". If you can't play a card, you take damage: (Field Total) x (Multiplier). Use battle rewards to customize your deck and special cards in the shop. Strategize and upgrade to defeat even stronger enemies!
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Dead Star Prison
Single-player alternative to Holder of Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Holder of Place.
Dead Star Prison is a unique combination of Deck Building and strategy based Auto-Battling. Build you deck of prisoners and be sure to place them in the most strategic position on the battleground to conquer your enemies in either PVP mode or the single player story mode.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Holder of Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Holder of Place.
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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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to Holder of Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Holder of Place.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
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Risk of Rain 2
Single-player alternative to Holder of Place — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Holder of Place.
Escape a chaotic alien planet by fighting through hordes of frenzied monsters – with your friends, or on your own. Combine loot in surprising ways and master each character until you become the havoc you feared upon your first crash landing.