Single-player games like The House Never Wins
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The House Never Wins, 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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K.H.L.E.E
Single-player alternative to The House Never Wins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The House Never Wins.
Retro roguelike deckbuilder meets corporate dystopia. In 1982, AGI runs the world, you're just a cog. Log into your K.H.L.E.E. terminal, arrange tiles to meet shifting quotas, and survive the week. Fail once - your profile is wiped. Endless candidates are waiting.
- 2
Deadhand Theater
Single-player alternative to The House Never Wins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with The House Never Wins.
A dark, turn-based roguelike deckbuilder where poker hands are your weapons and your own puppet body is fair game to sacrifice. Rip off a limb for a desperate edge, refine your deck, and survive one more fight.
- 3
Insurance Fraud
Single-player alternative to The House Never Wins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The House Never Wins.
A blackjack roguelike where hands pay for their shape, not just their total. Build absurd combos from upgrades and cards that have no business in a deck, then take five dealers for everything they’ve got. The insurance is not entirely legal.
- 4
Chinese Newcomer
Single-player alternative to The House Never Wins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The House Never Wins.
"Chinese Newcomer" blends deck-building with career simulation. Players choose one of three cards to collect, manage stamina. Use "Legacy Points" to grant Five-Elements talents to descendants, rectifying past regrets. Make choices along paths and embarking on a multi-generational journey.
- 5
PegPegBall
Single-player alternative to The House Never Wins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The House Never Wins.
PegPegBall is a casual strategy game blending marble dropping and roguelike builds. Set up your board, buy marbles, launch relentlessly and watch them bounce freely. Gain steady funds among wondrous pegs. Mix special effects to trigger wild chain multipliers and multiply your wealth nonstop!
- 6
RogueHanafuda
Single-player alternative to The House Never Wins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The House Never Wins.
Hanafuda meets roguelike deckbuilding. Rent comes due every month, and hanafuda is how you make it. Call "Go" (Koi-Koi), push your luck, and pay up. Fall behind on the rent and you're evicted. Twelve months to survive!
- 7
Cheat Death
Single-player alternative to The House Never Wins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The House Never Wins.
Play dice poker with the Grim Reaper in a dark strategic roguelite. Build powerful poker hands from cursed dice, stack upgrades, rig the odds, sabotage Death, and survive deadly mini-games with your life on the line.
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Against the Dark Moon
Single-player alternative to The House Never Wins — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The House Never Wins.
The poker roguelike, reimagined as 1980s heroic fantasy. Play poker hands as combat as you lead a party of five heroes to hold back the rising Dark Moon. Use Divine Intervention cards that bless your heroes. Fight the Dark Moon curses that take cards and points away from you.