Single-player games like Pocket Pawns
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Pocket Pawns, 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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HUEMON
Single-player alternative to Pocket Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pocket Pawns.
Discover and collect HUEMON, and lead your full team into tactical turn-based battles. Journey through a world powered by color, experiment with team compositions, positioning, and synergies to overcome every challenge.
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Crystal Project
Single-player alternative to Pocket Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pocket Pawns.
Crystal Project is a non-linear JRPG where you are the maker of your own adventure. Explore the world while you find Crystals, unlock classes, learn abilities, and create a strategy capable of taking down the world's toughest bosses. Or just stick to exploring; it's up to you.
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Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan
Single-player alternative to Pocket Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pocket Pawns.
Rainbow Billy: The Curse of the Leviathan is a wholesome, creature capture, 2.5D Adventure-Puzzle-Platformer with over 30 hours of gameplay!
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Siralim Ultimate
Single-player alternative to Pocket Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pocket Pawns.
Siralim Ultimate is a monster-catching, dungeon-crawling RPG with a ridiculous amount of depth. Summon over 1200 different creatures and travel through randomly generated dungeons to acquire resources, new creatures, and loot.
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Stories of Somnia
Single-player alternative to Pocket Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pocket Pawns.
Stories of Somnia is an exploration-first JRPG with the bones of a Metroidvania. Use spells to grapple across gaps, change the rules of combat, and reshape the world around you. Collect memory-born companions called Dreamkin and uncover a story about grief, time, and the courage to rest.
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Critterrupters
Single-player alternative to Pocket Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Pocket Pawns.
Choose your new buddy and set off on a Critterbyte adventure on Nikkolo Island! Capture Critterbytes by fulfilling their conditions and master time based battles by interrupting your opponent's turns. Assemble your team to challenge the Island's Clubs and gain new buddy abilities to explore further.
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Fantorob
Single-player alternative to Pocket Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Pocket Pawns.
Fantorob is a futuristic take on classic monster-taming genre. Build robots and fight against your opponents to collect components and upgrade your team in this thrilling turn-based combat RPG with brain-twisting puzzles. Join the journey to become the greatest robot master!
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For The King II
Single-player alternative to Pocket Pawns — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Pocket Pawns.
Battle against Fahrul's tyrannical Queen alone or as a party of four players in the sequel to For The King, the massively popular turn-based roguelite tabletop RPG. Will you unravel the once beloved Queen's terrible secret?