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Single-player games like 1930: Ink & Bullets

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to 1930: Ink & Bullets, 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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    Pay the House — Steam game cover

    Pay the House

    Single-player alternative to 1930: Ink & Bullets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with 1930: Ink & Bullets.

    You owe The House, and the only trade you have is cigarette cards. Rip packs, complete sets, and cover a payment that doubles every third time. Pawn what you need, borrow from the shark, keep opening. A Prohibition-era pack-opening roguelike about a debt that grows every time you pay it off.

    2026StrategyCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cartagol: Football Card Career — Steam game cover

    Cartagol: Football Card Career

    Single-player alternative to 1930: Ink & Bullets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 1930: Ink & Bullets.

    A football career sim where every match is a card battle. Build joker combos, chase form, survive the press, sign transfers and fill your trophy cabinet — all from your own room. Deckbuilding meets the beautiful game.

    SportsStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Excava — Steam game cover

    Excava

    Single-player alternative to 1930: Ink & Bullets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 1930: Ink & Bullets.

    Uncover forgotten relics and ancient creatures as you outsmart your opponent in this strategic archaeological card game. Excava, where the past is your greatest weapon.

    StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SeedGod — Steam game cover

    SeedGod

    Single-player alternative to 1930: Ink & Bullets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 1930: Ink & Bullets.

    In SeedGod, your mission is to strategically plant in a field full of bugs. Choose the best positions, and you can discover unique plants, capture bugs, find tools, and access areas that will challenge your survival tactics.

    StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Scarlet Thread — Steam game cover

    Scarlet Thread

    Single-player alternative to 1930: Ink & Bullets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with 1930: Ink & Bullets.

    Scalet Thread is a deck building game. Our core game is based on PVP ranked game .More postion strategy, More resource management ,Fight at winning blocks and get more resource at "Jungle".PVE Mode provided is a roguelike deck building game. you could pick up random cards during the PVE sessions .

    2024StrategyAdventureFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Smash & Grab — Steam game cover

    Smash & Grab

    Single-player alternative to 1930: Ink & Bullets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 1930: Ink & Bullets.

    A five-minute heist card game. Flip mugshot cards against a rival crew, ride one shared alarm, and bag it before it blows. Every take you earn comes back graded, slabbed, and Steam-tradable.

    StrategyIndieFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    KNUCKLEBOUND — Steam game cover

    KNUCKLEBOUND

    Single-player alternative to 1930: Ink & Bullets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 1930: Ink & Bullets.

    KNUCKLEBOUND is a turn-based roguelite deckbuilder. Choose your fighter, build your deck, combine punches, kicks, bleed and poison, collect equipment, and fight your way through the streets to take down the Crime King.

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Back of Beyond — Steam game cover

    Back of Beyond

    Single-player alternative to 1930: Ink & Bullets — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with 1930: Ink & Bullets.

    An occult strategy card roguelike. Recruit animal villagers, build a follower deck, and place facilities to turn Faith and Devotion into Eldritch Power. Defend Mist Town from invading Eldritch Gods and grow your secret cult.

    2027StrategyIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →