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
Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy 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!
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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.
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Deep Sky Derelicts
Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with XenoShyft.
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.
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Star Realms
Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with XenoShyft.
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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Evolution Board Game
Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with XenoShyft.
Predators lurk, food is scarce, you must adapt - or go extinct. Evolve your species to survive and dominate as you explore the campaign or go head-to-head with the skill-based matchmaker.
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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.
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Ironclad Tactics
Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with XenoShyft.
Ironclad Tactics is a fast-paced, card-based tactics game set in an alternate history Civil War - with steam-powered military robots!
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StarVaders
Single-player alternative to XenoShyft — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with XenoShyft.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
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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.
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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!
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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!