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Single-player games like XenoShyft

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to XenoShyft, 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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    Aeon's End — Steam game cover

    Aeon's End

    Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with XenoShyft.

    Deck building with a twist! Lead a team of mages against the Nameless in this magic-based card battle game and save the city of Gravehold!

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure2.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ascension: Deckbuilding Game — Steam game cover

    Ascension: Deckbuilding Game

    Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with XenoShyft.

    Ascension: Deckbuilding Game is now available for your PC and Mac, complete with 9 full expansion decks! Play alone or with friends to battle against the Fallen One for honor and victory. Conceived and designed by Justin Gary, Ascension will provide hours of engaging and strategic game play for enthusiasts and experienced gamers alike.

    2014StrategyCasual4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rento Fortune: Online Dice Board Game (大富翁) — Steam game cover

    Rento Fortune: Online Dice Board Game (大富翁)

    Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with XenoShyft.

    Rento is multiplayer business dice game. It is board game for 2 to 8 players.Trade lands, build houses, win auctions, roll wheel of fortune, risk in Russian Roulette and have fun.Play with your friends and acquire a monopoly over the game board :)

    2017StrategyIndieMassively Multiplayer4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Concrete Jungle — Steam game cover

    Concrete Jungle

    Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with XenoShyft.

    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.

    2015StrategyIndie3.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition — Steam game cover

    The Lord of the Rings: Adventure Card Game - Definitive Edition

    Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XenoShyft.

    Build a deck of iconic heroes and challenge the forces of Sauron in this thrilling tactical card game. Travel through famous locations, complete story-driven quests and forge a new legend of Middle-earth on your own or with a friend in cooperative mode.

    2019StrategyAdventureRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tabletop Simulator — Steam game cover

    Tabletop Simulator

    Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with XenoShyft.

    Tabletop Simulator is the only simulator where you can let your aggression out by flipping the table! There are no rules to follow: just you, a physics sandbox, and your friends. Make your own online board games or play the thousands of community created mods. Unlimited gaming possibilities!

    2015StrategyIndieSimulation19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Gremlins, Inc. — Steam game cover

    Gremlins, Inc.

    Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with XenoShyft.

    This is an intense strategy board game in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins who compete for money, political power and prestige. Save and invest, steal and extort, arrest and get arrested – in single-player and multiplayer, with ranks and ladders, team mode and spectator mode.

    2016StrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Talisman: Digital Classic Edition — Steam game cover

    Talisman: Digital Classic Edition

    Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with XenoShyft.

    The complete 4th Edition experience of the classic fantasy adventure board game, Talisman. On your travels, you will need strength, courage and some good dice rolls to survive the dangers you face and beat your opponents to the centre of the board!

    2014StrategyIndieRPG6.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Chainsaw Warrior (Classic) — Steam game cover

    Chainsaw Warrior (Classic)

    Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with XenoShyft.

    Chainsaw Warrior from Games Workshop is the classic game for one strong-nerved player! It's 2032 and spatial warping has opened a hole into another dimension in the midst of the old municipal buildings at the heart of Manhattan. Bizarre and dangerous creatures are flooding into our dimension.

    2013StrategyIndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Alien — Steam game cover

    Alien

    Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with XenoShyft.

    Alien is a visual novel exclusively for adults! This story is about a guy who has been dreaming of having sex with an alien woman for a very long time. At some point, this dream comes true and the guy finally fucked an alien woman!

    2022IndieSimulationCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Grizzled: Armistice Digital — Steam game cover

    The Grizzled: Armistice Digital

    Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with XenoShyft.

    Try to survive the trenches as a team during the evolving nightmare of WW1 in this award-winning cooperative card game!

    2022IndieCasual6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →