Single-player games like Play the Wor!d
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Play the Wor!d, 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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Pokermancer
Single-player alternative to Play the Wor!d — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Play the Wor!d.
A roguelike deckbuilder where poker hands are scored on a grid, not played from a hand. Link neighboring cards across a 4x4 grid into pairs, straights and flushes, then slide, swap and delete cards to bypass hazards that block the paths you need.
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Ludus Deceptor
Single-player alternative to Play the Wor!d — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Play the Wor!d.
Ludus Deceptor is a dark roguelike card game about risk, deception, and cursed bets. Battle at the card table, build powerful combinations, use bonuses, curses, interactive cards, and various items to escape prison, survive the royal court, and claim the throne.
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Fragment Collapse
Single-player alternative to Play the Wor!d — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Play the Wor!d.
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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Infinidice
Single-player alternative to Play the Wor!d — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Play the Wor!d.
Infinidice is an incremental game about buying new dice, unlocking upgrades, and optimizing unique effects to maximize your profits.
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Laurus
Single-player alternative to Play the Wor!d — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Play the Wor!d.
Rig the machine until it pays out wrong. Draw symbols from your bag across five reels, chain paylines, and slot circuit-board artifacts into combos the house never accounted for. A roguelike deckbuilder about the arithmetic of very bad odds.
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SORTALIS
Single-player alternative to Play the Wor!d — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Play the Wor!d.
A pixel-art dice roguelike. Roll six honest dice, then spend eight Antes engraving their faces, swapping their materials and stacking Charms into a machine that cannot lose - while the House keeps changing the rules. Push your luck. Break the math.
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Tower's Gambit
Single-player alternative to Play the Wor!d — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Play the Wor!d.
A card-based roguelike where every flip could be your fortune — or your doom. Descend a pyramid of cards, dodge deadly matches, play face cards at the perfect moment, and risk your score against 10 brutal boss towers. No two runs are the same.
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Rogue Reels
Single-player alternative to Play the Wor!d — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Play the Wor!d.
Rogue Reels is a pirate roguelike where you build a slot machine to survive the Flying Dutchman’s toll. With over 100+ symbols and unique mechanics you can create combos to outrun a ghostly toll, and climb the global leaderboards. No real-money gambling included