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Single-player games like Tides of Caldmere

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Tides of Caldmere, 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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    Mistworld — Steam game cover

    Mistworld

    Single-player alternative to Tides of Caldmere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tides of Caldmere.

    Mistworld is a fantasy RPG that embraces the classic spirit of the genre while offering a rich and expansive world.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dreadloop — Steam game cover

    Dreadloop

    Single-player alternative to Tides of Caldmere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tides of Caldmere.

    Dreadloop is a turn-based RPG set in a dark-fantasy world, where life is bound by memories - etched in text, captured in paint and sculpted by hand - a gift turned curse, that must be broken. Gather a team, claim powerful gear and kill anyone in your way.

    StrategyIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Noite Sem Fim — Steam game cover

    A Noite Sem Fim

    Single-player alternative to Tides of Caldmere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tides of Caldmere.

    A Noite Sem Fim é uma aventura com elementos de RPG e combate por turnos por um reino de fantasia medieval onde um conflito entre deuses e ambições humanas marcam a terra.

    2022StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mordheim: City of the Damned — Steam game cover

    Mordheim: City of the Damned

    Single-player alternative to Tides of Caldmere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Tides of Caldmere.

    Mordheim: City of the Damned is the first video game adaptation of Games Workshop's cult classic tabletop game Mordheim. Set in the Warhammer World's decimated Empire city, Mordheim: City of the Damned is a turn-based tactical game where you lead warbands into bloody and lethal skirmishes.

    2015StrategyRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monsters' Den: Book of Dread — Steam game cover

    Monsters' Den: Book of Dread

    Single-player alternative to Tides of Caldmere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tides of Caldmere.

    Enter the Monsters' Den, a place of endless adventure, battle and reward! Lead your party of four heroes through each level of the ever-changing dungeon, fighting in turn-based battles and hunting for that elusive rare loot. The web-game classic comes to Steam!

    2016StrategyIndieRPG4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Last Spell — Steam game cover

    The Last Spell

    Single-player alternative to Tides of Caldmere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tides of Caldmere.

    Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Darkest Dungeon® — Steam game cover

    Darkest Dungeon®

    Single-player alternative to Tides of Caldmere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tides of Caldmere.

    Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?

    2016StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fight Life: Vanguard — Steam game cover

    Fight Life: Vanguard

    Single-player alternative to Tides of Caldmere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Tides of Caldmere.

    Engage in tactical turn-based combat, manage and upgrade each character, and strive to reclaim harmony in a world on the brink of oblivion. Take on the mantle of leadership as you guide a mercenary squad through perilous landscapes, selecting your comrades from a diverse pool of skilled recruits.

    2026StrategyRPG11.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hexhorde — Steam game cover

    Hexhorde

    Single-player alternative to Tides of Caldmere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Tides of Caldmere.

    A pixel-art horde survivor. Pick a hero, wade into the swarm, and let your weapons fire while you move, level up, and shape a build — stacking upgrades, chasing synergies, and evolving your gear across stages full of enemies.

    2026ActionIndieRPG7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Ancient Caverns — Steam game cover

    The Ancient Caverns

    Single-player alternative to Tides of Caldmere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Tides of Caldmere.

    A dark-fantasy roguelite dungeon crawler. Choose a class and descend through ever-shifting caverns, battling tier-scaled monsters floor by floor. Death takes your gear, but the artifacts you recover are yours forever. Loot, craft, and return to town to grow stronger.

    2026ActionIndieRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bagatto — Steam game cover

    Bagatto

    Single-player alternative to Tides of Caldmere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tides of Caldmere.

    Bagatto is a pixel-art poker roguelike. Score with poker hands, multiply them with a growing arsenal of Jokers, and blow past every blind by absurd margins. Buy, sell and stack wild synergies through escalating antes and cunning boss battles — the best trick is the one you build yourself.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Bulwark Tower Defense — Steam game cover

    Bulwark Tower Defense

    Single-player alternative to Tides of Caldmere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tides of Caldmere.

    Bulwark Tower Defense is a competitive team tower-defense: wall your lane with auto-fighting units to hold back the waves, then spend essence to send monsters that break your rivals' defenses. Grow your economy, upgrade a shared King, and outlast the enemy team across 1v1–4v4.

    2026StrategyIndie17.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Twigs and Firewood — Steam game cover

    Twigs and Firewood

    Single-player alternative to Tides of Caldmere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Tides of Caldmere.

    A cozy first-person woodland game. Wander autumn glades gathering twigs and firewood, tend a crackling campfire, cook hearty meals, and travel between peaceful areas — buying tools, comforts and campsites to make each spot your own. No pressure, no fail states: just gentle days by the fire.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual5.98 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Crownhold — Steam game cover

    Crownhold

    Single-player alternative to Tides of Caldmere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tides of Caldmere.

    Crownhold is a cozy storybook tower defense. Line winding roads with archers, mages, artillery and barracks, upgrade them into 12 mighty specializations, lead a hero and rain meteors on the goblin horde across 21 hand-painted levels — then hold on in Endless mode.

    2026StrategyIndieCasual12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Verlicia Saga — Steam game cover

    Verlicia Saga

    Single-player alternative to Tides of Caldmere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tides of Caldmere.

    Verlicia Saga is a fantasy, turn-based tactical RPG. Command a growing army across a branching campaign of grid battles: master the weapon triangle, promote and reclass your soldiers, forge bonds and marriages, and face permadeath where every fallen hero stays lost.

    2026StrategyIndieRPG19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Antler and Ale Inn — Steam game cover

    The Antler and Ale Inn

    Single-player alternative to Tides of Caldmere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Tides of Caldmere.

    A cozy fantasy tavern-building sim. Lay the floors, raise the walls, and furnish every corner — then cook, brew, and pour for a village of hungry guests. Hire your crew, run the inn upstairs, and grow a four-table taproom into a legendary multi-storey estate. No timers — play at your own pace.

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →