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Single-player games like More BrainZ

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to More BrainZ, 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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    SURVIVAL ARCHIVE — Steam game cover

    SURVIVAL ARCHIVE

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

    In this world consumed by chaos, there is no savior. Only you and your cards—explore the vast world, encounter NPCs by chance, battle enemies, plant and harvest, and discover how to make tomorrow better.

    StrategyIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Terminus: Zombie Survivors 2 — Steam game cover

    Terminus: Zombie Survivors 2

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

    The dead won. Terminus: Zombie Survivors 2 is an open-world survival game: your past life shapes your second one – a nurse survives one way, a cop another. Scavenge, craft, build, farm, alone or with friends. The dead don't starve, don't tire, don't freeze. You do. Reach the Terminus, or die trying.

    ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vicelock - Tactical Roguelite RPG — Steam game cover

    Vicelock - Tactical Roguelite RPG

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

    Build a team, loot gear in turn-based tactical combat, then extract or push deeper and risk losing it all. Forge, craft and trade your haul on a real player-driven market. A tactical roguelite where your loot actually has value.

    2026StrategyIndieMassively MultiplayerSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sovereign Hand : The Last Enclave — Steam game cover

    Sovereign Hand : The Last Enclave

    Single-player alternative to More BrainZ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with More BrainZ.

    Build and defend your fantasy city in a strategic roguelike deckbuilding experience. Manage resources, upgrade your enclave, and choose your cards wisely to survive the encroaching darkness. Every decision shapes the fate of your sovereignty in Sovereign Hand: The Last Enclave.

    StrategySimulationRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tango Mortal — Steam game cover

    Tango Mortal

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

    A roguelike deckbuilder set in zombie-infested 1925 Buenos Aires. Build your deck, master turn-based combat, evolve through four archetypes, recruit undead companions, collect gear and relics, and survive a deadly journey through the night.

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zector 7 — Steam game cover

    Zector 7

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

    Craft, Build and Fight alongside your friends across this deadly open-world. Use both modern day and sci-fi tech as you Loot, Harvest and Trade for resources, gear and vehicles in order to survive the wasteland.

    2024ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse — Steam game cover

    Shambles: Sons of Apocalypse

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

    “The world you knew is already collapsed.”As an explorer in a bunker, explore a new world 500 years in the future and decide its fate. You can lead the world back to doom or bring it to peace. It all depends on your choices.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    As We Descend — Steam game cover

    As We Descend

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

    The apocalyptic roguelike deckbuilder with squad sculpting and deep tactics. Recruit the right units and outmaneuver titanic foes on dangerous expeditions. Build up allies and resources in the feudal Vault-City. Can you survive all the perils that await the last bastion of humanity?

    2025StrategyIndieRPG13.39 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    SIN CARDS: Welcome to the Netherworld — Steam game cover

    SIN CARDS: Welcome to the Netherworld

    Single-player alternative to More BrainZ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with More BrainZ.

    SIN CARDS is a permadeath Horror Deckbuilder. Craft powerful items, master the dark power of Sin Cards, and shape your build through a skilltree. Every decision counts. The Netherworld awaits you...

    2025RPG3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    PLAYNESE: Master Japanese — Steam game cover

    PLAYNESE: Master Japanese

    Single-player alternative to More BrainZ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with More BrainZ.

    🎌 Learn Japanese in a massive open world full of adventure. Learn through stories, voiced NPCs, lyrics, JLPT quizzes, mnemonics, then explore space, craft, fish, trade, and battle using Japanese-themed cards. Major weekly updates expand the world while helping you learn Japanese. =^.^=

    2025IndieAdventureRPG13.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    FACTOVIVAL — Steam game cover

    FACTOVIVAL

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

    Build your factory before the government and gangsters raid you. Earn money to buy machines, gear, and guns. Manage resources to keep the operation running. How long can you survive before your factory is taken down?

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation3.59 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    GLADIATOR: Survival Simulator — Steam game cover

    GLADIATOR: Survival Simulator

    Single-player alternative to More BrainZ — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with More BrainZ.

    Experience a physics-based action gladiator game where skill, timing, and chaos decide your fate. Fight in the Colosseum before the Emperor, earn coin, and spend your rewards on powerful upgrades and gear to protect yourself from deadly arrows and swords in brutal arena battles.

    2026ActionIndieSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →