Single-player games like Gomoku
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Gomoku, 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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Gomoku Let's Go
Single-player alternative to Gomoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Gomoku.
Gomoku: One of the most popular classic board games for all ages. Experience Zen style visuals, various levels of AI, seamless online multiplayer and Endgame challenges!
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Quilts and Cats of Calico
Single-player alternative to Gomoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Gomoku.
Quilts and Cats of Calico is a wholesome, award-winning complex puzzle game for 1 to 4 players. Meet adorable cats and sew the coziest quilts. Compete with other players in multiplayer mode, play solo, or delve into the story of a quilter sewing their way through the city of cats.
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Warhammer 40,000: Regicide
Single-player alternative to Gomoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gomoku.
Warhammer 40,000: Regicide is a brutal take on one of the greatest turn based strategy games of all time. Regicide fuses multiple phases of gameplay with dynamic action. Maneuver your army into place and unleash a devastating array of tactical abilities to crush your enemies.
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The Conquest of Go
Single-player alternative to Gomoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gomoku.
Learn and play Go, the classic board game that has been played for thousands of years, and compete in the race to conquer the most land in the in-game world, or compete online against opponents around the real world.
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Wargroove 2
Single-player alternative to Gomoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gomoku.
Trouble stirs on the shores of Aurania. An ambitious new faction has unearthed forbidden relics capable of catastrophic consequences. But how far will they go to achieve glory? Take to the battlefield, sea, and sky with a cast of new Commanders, using your wits to wage turn-based war!
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Check vs Mate
Single-player alternative to Gomoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Gomoku.
Commanders, assemble your armies! CHECK vs. MATE calls for an interactive feather duster, chartering the successful chess game principle into the present day multimedia world. Animated fantasy figurines assemble in magical worlds and await your command!
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5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel
Single-player alternative to Gomoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
It's the first ever chess variant with spatial, temporal, and parallel dimensions. It's 5D Chess With Multiverse Time Travel! Move pieces back in time to create branching timelines. Send a rook to a parallel dimension. Protect your kings in the present and in the past!
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Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition (Classic)
Single-player alternative to Gomoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Gomoku.
Blood Bowl 2 smashes Warhammer and American football together, in an explosive cocktail of turn-based strategy, humour and brutality, adapted from Games Workshop’s famous boardgame.
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Chess
Single-player alternative to Gomoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Gomoku.
Chess: The Grand Strategy Game - Your Pocket Edition for Mastery and Fun!
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Shogi
Single-player alternative to Gomoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Gomoku.
Master the art of Shogi! Dive into Japan's classic strategy board game.
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Go
Single-player alternative to Gomoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Gomoku.
Classic Weiqi, Igo, Baduk, 圍棋 Discover Go Like Never Before! Welcome to a world where strategy and skill meet in the ancient game of Go, now available at your fingertips.
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Chinese Chess - Xiangqi
Single-player alternative to Gomoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Gomoku.
Master Xiangqi anytime! Thrilling games, custom boards & challenging AI.
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Lines 98
Single-player alternative to Gomoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Gomoku.
Rediscover a Classic: Color Lines Reimagined
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Reversi
Single-player alternative to Gomoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Gomoku.
Reversi - A Board Game of Strategy and Tactics!
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Dyno Burst: Bubble Shooter
Single-player alternative to Gomoku — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual with Gomoku.
Shoot, match, and burst colorful eggs in a dinosaur bubble puzzle.