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Single-player games like High Stakes

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to High Stakes, 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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    Slorbis: Tower Defense — Steam game cover

    Slorbis: Tower Defense

    Single-player alternative to High Stakes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with High Stakes.

    Immerse yourself in the cozy, minimalist world of Slorbis: Tower Defense. Build towers with unique roles, buy modifiers of varying rarities, collect money, and face the unpredictability of procedurally generated maps as you defend the king from dark spirits.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tax On Dice — Steam game cover

    Tax On Dice

    Single-player alternative to High Stakes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with High Stakes.

    Help Gibo to collect the King's taxes. Every season, roll dice to send Gibo in corresponding towns and collect their resources. In your downtime, buy dice and town upgrades to satisfy the ever-growing King's greed.

    2026StrategyCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crystal Core — Steam game cover

    Crystal Core

    Single-player alternative to High Stakes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with High Stakes.

    Crystal Core is a first-person roguelike deckbuilder where every card becomes an action in battle. Build your deck, choose your hero, and descend through the cursed Crystal Caves, battling monsters and growing stronger with every encounter. Can you survive the depths and destroy the Crystal Core?

    StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Terminal Dice — Steam game cover

    Terminal Dice

    Single-player alternative to High Stakes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with High Stakes.

    Terminal Dice is a turn-based roguelike deckbuilder played with physical dice. Roll your hand, spend limited OPS to alter results, then arrange dice in an ordered buffer and compile a score. Win encounters to rewrite die faces, shape your build, and break rule-changing bosses.

    2026StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DinerDeck — Steam game cover

    DinerDeck

    Single-player alternative to High Stakes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with High Stakes.

    A cooking roguelike deckbuilder where you combine ingredient cards from your deck to make recipes, and serve every dish to the right customer to survive seven escalating nights. You can enhance your score by leveling up your cards&recipes, buy new ones and use power items to win the game.

    StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Seed of Light — Steam game cover

    Seed of Light

    Single-player alternative to High Stakes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with High Stakes.

    Seed of Light is a cozy roguelite city builder about bringing light into a world swallowed by a dark fog. Manage your resources, find synergies, generate enough light to overcome the darkness and expand your territory!

    2027StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pelican Empyrean — Steam game cover

    Pelican Empyrean

    Single-player alternative to High Stakes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with High Stakes.

    A roguelike cooking card game about collecting magic artefacts to amplify your culinary powers! Share the magic of abundance by cooking delicious meals for all who come to Pelican's kitchen. Food is love!

    StrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bump Guardian — Steam game cover

    Bump Guardian

    Single-player alternative to High Stakes — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with High Stakes.

    Bump Guardian is a deck-building defense game about protecting a growing life. Build your deck, repel incoming threats, and progress through the stages of pregnancy.

    2026StrategySimulationCasual4.79 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →