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Single-player games like Backpack Dungeon

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Backpack Dungeon, 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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    Food Fight — Steam game cover

    Food Fight

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

    Snack brawling autobattler roguelike: draft 200+ battling bites, pick from 14 classes, and fight down eight floors of a possessed kitchen. Shops, themed crates, relics, boss hazards, a debuff rank ladder · Linux + Windows Early Access.

    StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Free of the Land — Steam game cover

    Free of the Land

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

    A tactical roguelike deckbuilder of misfits and monsters. Build your deck, summon your minions, cast your spells and survive long enough to claim the land.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rogue Paper Scissors — Steam game cover

    Rogue Paper Scissors

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

    What if Rock-Paper-Scissors became a roguelite extraction deckbuilder? You'll build a deck of deadly choices, master bizarre traits, and craft powerful hybrid cards. Extract your loot, or risk everything for the next floor. Sometimes, the best strategy is knowing when to run.

    2025StrategyIndieEarly Access3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Topdeck Automat — Steam game cover

    Topdeck Automat

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

    The roguelike auto-battler where your deck prints itself! Supply a brave worker droid with synergistic blueprints to defend the planet against hordes of alien invaders. Combine hundreds of cards with custom upgrades and infinitely stackable modules to discover broken builds.

    StrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Folklore War Game — Steam game cover

    Folklore War Game

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

    The folklore war. Build a deck, pick a folklore, and settle the fights the legends never had. A roguelike deckbuilder about dying, rebuilding, and one more run.

    2027StrategyIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Brofish — Steam game cover

    Brofish

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

    Brofish is an autobattler roguelite with Tower Defense elements. Catch and upgrade bizarre fish, combine items, effects, and hold back waves of undead to save the village from the Sea King!

    2026StrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    深渊书简 — Steam game cover

    深渊书简

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

    深渊之书是一款克苏鲁风格的多人组队冒险类卡牌构筑Rouguelike游戏。每个角色除自身卡牌构筑外,还可以通过游戏特有的深渊“书简”和“追忆”形成技能连携、给予敌人额外伤害。玩家将组织一支自杀探险小队,接受女伯爵委托,前往神秘的深渊群岛去探寻疯狂黑公爵的秘密。

    StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Recall Rogue — Steam game cover

    Recall Rogue

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

    The knowledge roguelite. Answer questions to hit harder, skip them to die faster. The deeper you go, the more the dungeon punishes ignorance. Bosses shrug off everything but proven knowledge. 98 decks, 7 languages, 67,000 real facts. Guilt-free gaming.

    2026StrategyIndieRPGFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →