Single-player games like Cardboard Conquest
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Cardboard Conquest, 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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Vortex Siege
Single-player alternative to Cardboard Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cardboard Conquest.
Defend your city in Vortex Siege, a roguelike collectible card game where you can evolve your cards in unique ways for millions of possibilities. Defeat your enemies in battle, steal their cards, and customize them. Build and defend your town between battles. Collect, customize, and carry on!
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Into the Crypt
Single-player alternative to Cardboard Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cardboard Conquest.
Immerse yourself in solo or co-op first-person deckbuilding where cards are your only weapon. Build complex synergies and use cards to physically unlock doors, chests, and interact with the environment while fighting to survive the crypt's powerful and strange enemies.
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SIDExLINES
Single-player alternative to Cardboard Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cardboard Conquest.
SIDExLINES is a blackjack roguelike deckbuilder where synergistic side bets and card combos are how you clear rising wagers and survive run-ending pit bosses. Play solo or with friends and try to take down the house.
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Firestorm
Single-player alternative to Cardboard Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Early Access with Cardboard Conquest.
Firestorm is a deckbuilding strategy game in a fantasy world of weapons and magic. Compete alone or with friends in campaigns or generated battles managing units and spells on a tabletop hex board.
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Ludaro
Single-player alternative to Cardboard Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cardboard Conquest.
Ludaro is a turn-based Roguelite where the board is your battlefield. Strategically traverse ever-changing board with a unique dice system, outsmart deadly rivals, forge powerful Spirit Card combos, and bend fate as you uncover the secrets of a mysterious world and battle toward fearsome enemies.
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Lagan Salvage Run
Single-player alternative to Cardboard Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cardboard Conquest.
A co-op roguelike deckbuilder about salvaging sunken ships. Loot cards from flooding rooms, break into sealed holds for better treasure, and pick your route across open water. Every run comes from a seed you can share. Get out while there's still a way back.
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Dragonhaul
Single-player alternative to Cardboard Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cardboard Conquest.
Dragonhaul is a retro roguelite autobattler where every step matters. Explore a hand-pixelled overworld, arrange powerful items in an expanding inventory and construct devastating synergies before the boss arrives, no two runs are the same.
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Contested Space
Single-player alternative to Cardboard Conquest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Cardboard Conquest.
Build your own fleet in this space roguelike deckbuilder. Pick your faction, draft cards mid-combat from a rotating market, and fight your way through hostile sectors one run at a time. Can you carve a path to victory through Contested Space?