Single-player games like Rogue Waves
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Rogue Waves, 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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Hi-Lo: Card Roguelike
Single-player alternative to Rogue Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rogue Waves.
A cozy roguelike deckbuilder where every card flip is a bet. Predict if the next card is Higher, Lower, or Equal, stack jokers, build score combos, survive story-driven events. One deck. Endless decisions. Will you bet it all?
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THORNSPELL
Single-player alternative to Rogue Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Waves.
Embody a magical florist by placing plants strategically in your garden, and watering them to score points. THORNSPELL is a garden-building roguelike where you will create and unleash chains of magical effects, dispelling the corruption spreading through your home.
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Random Dragons
Single-player alternative to Rogue Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Waves.
A chance-based roguelike deckbuilder with silly, chaotic dragons. Spin the roulette wheel to multiply your card effects, manipulate the odds, and unleash ridiculous combos. Build a synergistic deck, outsmart RNG, and climb your way to the Boss Dragons.
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Lights, Cards, Action!
Single-player alternative to Rogue Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rogue Waves.
A theatrical roguelike where the deck you build becomes a game of solitaire. Fight your plushies and cardboard puppets on a handcrafted stage. Unleash wild combos against your enemies, or just throw all your cards and everything explodes
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Revolith
Single-player alternative to Rogue Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rogue Waves.
A roguelike reel-builder where synergies spiral out of control. Build and upgrade your machine, then spin, nudge, and hold your way into absurd combo chains. Every reel matters, every decision compounds - can you beat the house before it breaks you?
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Dicevaders
Single-player alternative to Rogue Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Waves.
Dicevaders is a dice-based roguelike deckbuilder about leading the ultimate alien invasion. Set in the StarVaders universe, draft and manipulate the dice row, build an unstoppable army, and unleash adrenaline pumping combos through powerful synergies and strategic play.
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Gambeat
Single-player alternative to Rogue Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Waves.
Start with pawns, end with clowns. Build a roster of evolving pieces, stack game-breaking stickers, and chain together absurd high scores in this chess roguelike deckbuilder.
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Fragment Collapse
Single-player alternative to Rogue Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Rogue Waves.
Fragment Collapse is a satisfying tile matching rogue-like deck-builder where you defragment your hard drive by matching clusters of files. Discover powerful cartridges to upgrade your computer, boost your files with enhancements and build massive combos for file-busting mayhem!
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Outlanders
Single-player alternative to Rogue Waves — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Rogue Waves.
Outlanders is a town-building strategy game, populated by hard-working, charming folk in search of a simpler life. Some just want to survive off the land, others want to create amazing things.