Single-player games like Knightstones
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Knightstones, 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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Shrike
Single-player alternative to Knightstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Knightstones.
Pickpocket rival birds to build a deck. A turn-based roguelike deckbuilder about a tiny bird's grim migration north through a wretched medieval kingdom. Steal abilities, chart your migratory route, survive.
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天雨粟
Single-player alternative to Knightstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Knightstones.
Break glyphs into radicals, compose them into Chinese characters, and cast every word as a card. An ink-wash roguelike deckbuilder: five script styles, a three-act campaign, hanging characters that live between turns, and verse-linked combos against demons born from corrupted ink.
- 3
Ember Covenant
Single-player alternative to Knightstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Knightstones.
A dark-fantasy roguelike deckbuilder where burning cards fuels your power—and your enemies. Build a deck, master five Sigils, complete Litanies, break four Seals, and decide how much Heat you are willing to unleash.
- 4
天机：大唐重构
Single-player alternative to Knightstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Knightstones.
Tianji: Reforging Tang is a 2D side-view deckbuilding rogue-like set in an alternate late Tang Dynasty. Play as a modern science student, build Physics and Chemistry decks, break enemy armor, read hidden intents, and reshape the fate of Tang.
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Grid Guardian
Single-player alternative to Knightstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Knightstones.
A turn-based rogue-like where you defend a castle against incoming hordes of enemies using an attack-grid that you build and expand throughout your run.
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Sunken Stones
Single-player alternative to Knightstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Knightstones.
A turn based Puzzle-Strategy game about pirates and cursed treasure. Choose a captain, gather your crew and defeat monsters by strategically placing units on a 5x5 grid.
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Guaxiang Lu: Trigram Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Knightstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Knightstones.
Guaxiang Lu: Trigram Chronicles is a Five Elements & Eight Trigrams roguelike deckbuilder. Rise from Qi Refining to ascension: channel coins into Yin and Yang, play cards in the elemental cycle to trigger combos, and collect eight trigram discs to challenge the Heavenly Dao. Your journey begins now！
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Alegraz
Single-player alternative to Knightstones — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Knightstones.
In this card game, you are the creator of your own deck. Alegraz is a roguelite strategy card game where you personally shape your cards in every run. Each run progresses with a deck built entirely from scratch, driven by the choices you make along the way.