Single-player games like Nightpiercer
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Nightpiercer , 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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The Last Archive
Single-player alternative to Nightpiercer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nightpiercer .
Step into the Great Library where knowledge is fading! In this turn-based deck-building rogue-lite, use your dual-purpose cards to survive tactical battles and solve enigmatic puzzles. Are you the last True Librarian who can stop the Censor Entity?
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Slimestone
Single-player alternative to Nightpiercer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nightpiercer .
Slimestone is a coop deck building adventure cardbattler about a tiny slime in a big world. Absorb defeated enemies, gain their powers, and use them to explore hand crafted dungeons filled with traps and treasures.
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Dark Cards of Candlewood
Single-player alternative to Nightpiercer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nightpiercer .
A solo collectible card game with the soul of a classic JRPG. Embark on replayable dungeon runs with deceptively deep, two-choice card combat. Draft items for your backpack, master chain attacks, and even crack a few card packs...then save the world from eternal darkness!
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Arcanium: Rise of Akhan
Single-player alternative to Nightpiercer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Nightpiercer .
Arcanium is an Open-world, Strategy Card Adventure that merges Roguelite and Deckbuilding genres like never before. Control your party of three heroes, craft your deck, unlock a vast amount of cards and items and save the world of Arzu from corruption!
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Journey to the West
Single-player alternative to Nightpiercer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nightpiercer .
A challenging rogue-like deck building game about a legendary adventure in the Realm of Divinity. Lead your team, build your unique deck, gather powerful relics and consumables to confront legendary creatures and eventually discover the truth behind the omen of darkness.
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Isle of Swaps
Single-player alternative to Nightpiercer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nightpiercer .
Grab your cards, it's time to swap! Battle your school pals in this roguelite deckbuilder where you'll trade for new cards when you win defeat them and rip open booster packs looking for rare cards. Conquer everyones dungeon decks to become Critter Champion of the Playground!
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The Amazing American Circus
Single-player alternative to Nightpiercer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nightpiercer .
Roll up and play a deck building game like no other! Gather weird and wonderful performers, amaze audiences, explore Gilded Age America, and transform your run down circus into an entertainment empire. Play your cards right and you could claim the crown of greatest showman from P.T .Barnum!
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Children of Zodiarcs
Single-player alternative to Nightpiercer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Nightpiercer .
A story-driven, tactical RPG set in the fantasy realm of Lumus; a world divided by affluence and poverty. Take control of Nahmi and her fellow outcasts, utilising a brand new deck and dice based combat system to strike a blow to the noble Lords’ and Ladies’ unquenchable thirst for profit.