Single-player games like The Memory Library
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Memory Library, 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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Dala and the Cursed Forest
Single-player alternative to The Memory Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Memory Library.
Fuse cards. Evolve your build. Break the cycle. Dala and the Cursed Forest is a roguelike deckbuilder rooted in Southeast Asian forest mythology. Every card combination reshapes how you fight. Lift the curse before the forest consumes you.
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Silence Forest 静默森林
Single-player alternative to The Memory Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with The Memory Library.
In this narrative-driven Roguelike deckbuilder, explore an unknown forest through multi-perspective storytelling. Build unique decks for each character and fight to survive amid clashes of magic, science, and rival factions at the Edge of Civilization.
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Recall Rogue
Single-player alternative to The Memory Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Memory Library.
The knowledge roguelite. Answer questions to hit harder, skip them to die faster. The deeper you go, the more the dungeon punishes ignorance. Bosses shrug off everything but proven knowledge. 98 decks, 7 languages, 67,000 real facts. Guilt-free gaming.
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Spirit Dungeon
Single-player alternative to The Memory Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Memory Library.
Party building × deckbuilding × auto battle. As a summoner, collect spirits, choose your cards, and brave the depths of a dark forest dungeon in this roguelike RPG.
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Low Magic They Said
Single-player alternative to The Memory Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Memory Library.
A dark fantasy roguelike deckbuilder where broken builds are a feature, not a bug. Think Slay the Spire meets the unforgiving difficulty of Dark Souls, with Diablo 2's philosophy of letting you discover ridiculously powerful builds yourself. They lied about the magic being low.
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Whispers of Elenrod
Single-player alternative to The Memory Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with The Memory Library.
Deck-building meets strategy map exploration. Craft powerful decks. Discover mysterious artifacts on procedurally generated maps. Defeat enemies in turn-based combat and gain experience to evolve your hero. Create your best build…and find all the Whispers of Elenrod!
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Pyrene
Single-player alternative to The Memory Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Memory Library.
Defeat hellish monsters and rebuild your home in Pyrene, a fast paced roguelike dungeon-crawler. Play with different heroes & spells, collect powerful relics to upgrade your deck while uncovering the mysteries behind your village’s destruction.
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Black Book
Single-player alternative to The Memory Library — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Memory Library.
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.