Single-player games like Citadels - Shadow City
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Citadels - Shadow City, 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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Wingspan
Single-player alternative to Citadels - Shadow City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Citadels - Shadow City.
Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.
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Sid Meier's Civilization VII
Single-player alternative to Citadels - Shadow City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Citadels - Shadow City.
The award-winning strategy game franchise returns with a revolutionary new chapter. Sid Meier's Civilization® VII empowers you to build the greatest empire the world has ever known!
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Armello
Single-player alternative to Citadels - Shadow City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Citadels - Shadow City.
Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.
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Gremlins, Inc.
Single-player alternative to Citadels - Shadow City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Citadels - Shadow City.
This is an intense strategy board game in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins who compete for money, political power and prestige. Save and invest, steal and extort, arrest and get arrested – in single-player and multiplayer, with ranks and ladders, team mode and spectator mode.
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StarVaders
Single-player alternative to Citadels - Shadow City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Citadels - Shadow City.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
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Drop Duchy
Single-player alternative to Citadels - Shadow City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Citadels - Shadow City.
Build your duchy piece by piece in this refreshing hybrid rogue-lite game. Use block-dropping mechanics to collect resources, recruit troops to fight against belligerent armies, and let every block shape your realm, leading your path to victory!
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Age of Empires II: Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Citadels - Shadow City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Citadels - Shadow City.
42 Civilizations, 229 Campaign Missions, Singleplayer, Co-Op, Multiplayer, In-Game Editor, Mods, Cross-play...It is good to be the king.
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Trials of Fire
Single-player alternative to Citadels - Shadow City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Citadels - Shadow City.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!