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Single-player games like smoke.exe

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to smoke.exe, 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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    Topdeck Automat — Steam game cover

    Topdeck Automat

    Single-player alternative to smoke.exe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with smoke.exe.

    The roguelike auto-battler where your deck prints itself! Supply a brave worker droid with synergistic blueprints to defend the planet against hordes of alien invaders. Combine hundreds of cards with custom upgrades and infinitely stackable modules to discover broken builds.

    StrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fire Burning City — Steam game cover

    Fire Burning City

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

    Turn-Based + Survivor-Like?Play as a agent in a burning cyberpunk city! Strategize grid-by-grid, unleash skills to clear waves of enemies, and survive escalating challenges. Uncover secrets behind the chaos with simple, tactical moves. Can you outsmart the flames?

    StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Red Rocket Defencism — Steam game cover

    Red Rocket Defencism

    Single-player alternative to smoke.exe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with smoke.exe.

    You, a military officer from our great autocratic motherland, must protect our precious rockets from the evil capitalist enemy in this revolutionary base building strategy game. Bribe! Surveil! Purge! Imbibe! The end justifies the means when you have to protect our invaluable rockets!

    2026ActionStrategyIndie7.03 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Borrow or Rob — Steam game cover

    Borrow or Rob

    Single-player alternative to smoke.exe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with smoke.exe.

    The Pantheon sends armies back from the future; humanity has never won. Now you fight backwards too. Two agents: one fights Phase 1 forward, the other refights it in reverse, where your past agent returns as a hologram to strike with you: the TEMPORAL PINCER. A retro future roguelike deckbuilder.

    2026StrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    S4NCTU4RY — Steam game cover

    S4NCTU4RY

    Single-player alternative to smoke.exe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with smoke.exe.

    S4NCTU4RY — a bar set in the heart of a cyberpunk city. Outside, the world is loud, exhausting, and never stops. Your job is to offer shelter from the chaos, and craft the one drink that makes people forget it all.

    2026StrategyIndieCasualSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dog in the Machine — Steam game cover

    Dog in the Machine

    Single-player alternative to smoke.exe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with smoke.exe.

    Train an AutoDog to escape a dystopian mecha-city in this tactical roguelite. Craft powerful modular attacks, plan every move with stress-free real-time previews, and unleash devastating chain reactions to outsmart hordes of killjoy robots!

    2026StrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Flowers and Deities — Steam game cover

    Flowers and Deities

    Single-player alternative to smoke.exe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with smoke.exe.

    Flowers and Deities is a strategy deckbuilder roguelite where you command a blood-soaked lizardkin army through escalating arena battles, spending every drop of spilled blood to cast spells, summon creatures, and survive long enough to claim the favor of the Gods

    2026StrategyIndieSimulation12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Brawl To The West — Steam game cover

    Brawl To The West

    Single-player alternative to smoke.exe — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with smoke.exe.

    "Join this hilarious auto-battler! Equip gear, grow fruit trees, and tame monsters to build your team. Choose unique characters or battle others in ranked mode—every run is fresh! Weaklings perish; victors take all. Will you go the farthest? Dive in now!"

    2025StrategyIndieCasual8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →