Single-player games like Puzzle Strike
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Puzzle Strike, 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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Yomi
Single-player alternative to Puzzle Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
Yomi is a fighting game in card form. Learn your character, practice combos, and read the opponent's tendencies. A strategy card game that has held up to many years of tournaments, Yomi comes from the lead designer of Street Fighter HD Remix, who was also a long-time fighting game tournament player.
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Age of Rivals
Single-player alternative to Puzzle Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
Deep civilization-building strategy in a fast-paced card game! There are many paths to victory in this competitive card drafting game featuring 12 unique characters and hundreds of cards ranging from great pyramids and war elephants to sneaky spies and crafty merchants.
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Star Realms
Single-player alternative to Puzzle Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Puzzle Strike.
Star Realms is a hugely popular space combat deckbuilding game. Download and play today (note: base set is required to play online) to find out why Star Realms is the winner of SXSW 2014 Board Game of the Year, 7 Golden Geek Awards from BoardGameGeek, and 2 Dice Tower awards!
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Drop Duchy
Single-player alternative to Puzzle Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
Build your duchy piece by piece in this refreshing hybrid rogue-lite game. Use block-dropping mechanics to collect resources, recruit troops to fight against belligerent armies, and let every block shape your realm, leading your path to victory!
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Chaos Reborn
Single-player alternative to Puzzle Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
Turn-based wizard combat with the tactical positioning of chess and the bluff of poker. Features wizard customization, 100s of gear items, single player realm adventures, online leagues and co-op play.
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Tumblestone
Single-player alternative to Puzzle Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
Tumblestone is the first original action-puzzle game of the past fifteen years -- completely reinventing the genre into a deep and cerebral puzzle solving experience that you won't forget.
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Terra Mystica
Single-player alternative to Puzzle Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
In a world of fantasy, called Terra Mystica, 14 races are fighting together or individually against their opponents to gain power and territory. Using their resources smartly and terraforming wisely to gain supremacy and lead their own settlers to victory.
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Concrete Jungle
Single-player alternative to Puzzle Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
A city planning deck-building game. Place buildings using cards in your deck and earn new ones as you progress! A genre-blending game packed with cool ideas that swaps micro-management for a more puzzle-like approach to city planning.
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Through the Ages
Single-player alternative to Puzzle Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
Legendary board game classic from award winning designer Vlaada Chvátil
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Dominion
Single-player alternative to Puzzle Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Puzzle Strike.
Expand a small kingdom to a mighty Dominion! Play the Spiel des Jahres winning boardgame beloved by millions around the world. Discover the game that defined a genre, Dominion was first to popularize deck-building and remains a staple of tabletop. This is the officially licensed implementation.
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Fantasy Strike
Single-player alternative to Puzzle Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Puzzle Strike.
A fighting game designed from the ground up to be so easy to control that even non-fighting game players can play it, yet deep enough to play in tournaments. Vibrant graphics and excellent online play.
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Chess 2: The Sequel
Single-player alternative to Puzzle Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
The next step in the evolution of chess tuned for more viable options, strategic interest, and years and years of expert play.
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Yomi 2
Single-player alternative to Puzzle Strike — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Puzzle Strike.
A fighting game in card form. Learn your character, practice combos, and read the opponent's tendencies. Strategic, turn-based card battling that lets you experience the nuances of fighting games like Street Fighter and Fantasy Strike by a lead designer who worked on both.