Single-player games like Forged Cards
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Forged Cards, 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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Kingdom of Ashes - Fallen Era
Single-player alternative to Forged Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Forged Cards.
A single-player roguelike deck-builder set in a fallen kingdom. Draft cards, chain elemental resonances, fight through procedural maps of battles, shrines, and bosses. Spend Ash at the Forge for permanent upgrades. Eight heroes, brutal Ascension tiers.
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INFERIUS
Single-player alternative to Forged Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Forged Cards.
Descend through nine dominions of Hell in a first-person horror roguelike deckbuilder. Wield Major Arcana tarot cards, upgrade your deck between deaths, use your lantern to survive the dark, and defeat each ruler before your sanity breaks.
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Ledgermain
Single-player alternative to Forged Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Forged Cards.
A roguelite deckbuilder about one thing: watching the numbers go up. Stack cards, chain jokers, and stamp your deck into an engine that snowballs from thousands into the billions.
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AI Apocalypse
Single-player alternative to Forged Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Forged Cards.
A cyberpunk roguelike deckbuilder. Fight the AI apocalypse with melee, magic, or rifle — 3 weapon classes, 9 build paths, 120+ cards. Every run is a new tactical puzzle of stance, distance, and deck synergy.
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Crownbreakers
Single-player alternative to Forged Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Forged Cards.
Tyrants keep the magical city of Cascade in a chokehold. They grow fat by grinding everyone else's soul into profit. ✊ENOUGH! Crash into their districts and build your deck as you push forward. Use your champions and cards to pummel some demonic billionaires in this turn-based card-game brawler.
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Topdeck Automat
Single-player alternative to Forged Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Forged Cards.
The roguelike auto-battler where your deck prints itself! Supply a brave worker droid with synergistic blueprints to defend the planet against hordes of alien invaders. Combine hundreds of cards with custom upgrades and infinitely stackable modules to discover broken builds.
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Epic Action Packs
Single-player alternative to Forged Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Forged Cards.
Become a master of Deckscovery when you combine cards, build your Master Deck and defeat the Deck Master while avoiding elemental weaknesses!
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13 BONES
Single-player alternative to Forged Cards — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Forged Cards.
A fast-paced card battler. Like BLACKJACK, but with added MONSTERS and VIOLENCE. Build your DECK and push your LUCK to earn your freedom !