Single-player games like Monster Slayers
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Monster Slayers, 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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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Monster Slayers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
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Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles
Single-player alternative to Monster Slayers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.
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Deep Sky Derelicts
Single-player alternative to Monster Slayers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.
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Pirates Outlaws
Single-player alternative to Monster Slayers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.
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Roguebook
Single-player alternative to Monster Slayers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!
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Monster Train
Single-player alternative to Monster Slayers — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.
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SpellRogue
Single-player alternative to Monster Slayers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
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Banners of Ruin
Single-player alternative to Monster Slayers — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Assemble your party. Answer the call. Win the war. Build a deck and fight a series of turn-based combats with up to 6 party characters through the city of Dawn's Point. Each character can unlock a set of unique cards and abilities that can augment your deck in powerful, exciting ways.
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Reverse Crawl
Single-player alternative to Monster Slayers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Slayers.
A dungeon crawl where YOU are the dungeon! Lead your minions in tactical turn-based combat against the pesky heroes, and unlock a variety of evil Powers. With a dynamic campaign system and a branching storyline, "Reverse Crawl" lets you experience an RPG from a whole new angle!
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Rogue AI Simulator
Single-player alternative to Monster Slayers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
Play as a Rogue Artificial Intelligence, in the sequel to the hit Flash game "I'm an Insane Rogue AI", played more than 4 million times! Your Prime Directive is simple: design a facility & manage human Test Subjects for the Dept of Science. But be careful: they NEVER stop being suspicious of you...
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魔物讨伐团
Single-player alternative to Monster Slayers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
卡牌与RPG结合的无尽地牢探险之旅！最早融合Roguelike与卡牌的游戏之一。多达14种职业，真人配音+纸娃娃系统，完善的卡牌设计，各类魔物与随机事件等你体验！
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Vertical Drop Heroes HD
Single-player alternative to Monster Slayers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Monster Slayers.
Vertical Drop Heroes is a procedural platformer RPG hybrid with roguelike elements, where your hero adventures through randomly generated stages. Armed with a variety of skills and traits, you must use your cunning and reflexes to survive the dangers of each stage.
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The Magister
Single-player alternative to Monster Slayers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
The Magister is a murder-mystery card-battler RPG. Build and customise your deck to fight in battles, or use ‘Tactical Diplomacy’ to pacify those who stand in your way. Gather clues and discover motives as you investigate the death of your predecessor and unmask the guilty culprit.
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The Magister - The First Two Days
Single-player alternative to Monster Slayers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
The Magister: The First Two Days gives you the chance to begin your investigation in this murder-mystery card-battler RPG. Build and customize your deck to fight in battles, or use ‘Tactical Diplomacy’ to pacify those who stand in your way. Gather clues and investigate the death of your predecessor!
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Kill A Million Rats
Single-player alternative to Monster Slayers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Monster Slayers.
A base-building, Roguelike Action/Turn-based Strategy (RATS) game, in a forest invaded by a million Rats. As the powerful Spirit of Vengeance, you must save the adorable Villagers! Explore a randomly generated world, expand your village, and exterminate the Rats!
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Rogue AI: Idle Domination
Single-player alternative to Monster Slayers — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Monster Slayers.
A Rogue A.I. simulator that sits at the bottom of your screen. Take over the world while taking care of other tasks!