Single-player games like Lost Cities
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Lost Cities, 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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Love Letter
Single-player alternative to Lost Cities — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Lost Cities.
The princess has several suitors... but which of them will manage to charm her? Choose a strategy, be it through bluffing or power of deduction, to win your beloved's heart. The official adaptation of the renowned card game.
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Ticket to Ride®
Single-player alternative to Lost Cities — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Casual with Lost Cities.
Discover a fresh adaptation of the iconic, multi-award-winning board game. Play against fellow fans around the world, or take on state-of-the-art AI opponents. Build a railway empire, claim routes and dominate your competitors on the leaderboards in this fan-favourite modern classic!
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Smash Up
Single-player alternative to Lost Cities — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Lost Cities.
Smash Up is the digital adaptation of the award-winning (and totally awesome) card game. Smash together two factions, and destroy your opponent with a wild and wacky combination of pirates, nerds, zombies, wizards and more!
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Hive
Single-player alternative to Lost Cities — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost Cities.
Officially licensed version of the "Mensa Select" award-winning board game! Hive is a board game with a difference. There is no board! The pieces are added to the playing area thus creating the board.
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Wingspan
Single-player alternative to Lost Cities — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost Cities.
Wingspan is a relaxing, award-winning strategy card game about birds for 1 to 5 players. Each bird you play extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your three habitats. Your goal is to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.
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KARDS - The WW2 Card Game
Single-player alternative to Lost Cities — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost Cities.
KARDS, The World War II Card Game, combines traditional CCG gameplay with innovative mechanics inspired by classic strategy games and real battlefield tactics. Take command and challenge other players in grand-scale warfare on the ground, air, or seas.
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Everdell
Single-player alternative to Lost Cities — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost Cities.
Harvest resources to build a village of woodland critters in this adaptation of the award-winning tabletop board game!
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Concordia: Digital Edition
Single-player alternative to Lost Cities — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost Cities.
Concordia is a strategic, Euro-style board game. 🏺 Players take the roles of powerful Roman merchants and follow the Roman expansion with their trade routes, franchises, and production houses. 🏛️
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Khet 2.0
Single-player alternative to Lost Cities — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost Cities.
Officially licensed version of the “Mensa Select” award-winning board game! The Laser Game Khet 2.0: Mind blowing laser fun for players ages 9-99. Using simple rules that can be learned in minutes players alternate turns moving Egyptian themed mirrored pieces, after which they fire their laser with the goal of blasting their opponents...
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Othello
Single-player alternative to Lost Cities — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost Cities.
The classic abstract strategy game comes to Steam! Othello is an ageless game that takes a minute to learn and a lifetime to master. Place tiles surrounding your opponents tiles to flip them to your color. Get to the end with more tiles of your color and you are the winner!
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Simply Chess
Single-player alternative to Lost Cities — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost Cities.
The classic board game comes to Steam with asynchronous online play and 100 levels of AI. If you are a chess enthusiast or someone who just likes to play a game now and again, this is what you've been looking for. This is Simply Chess.
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Tatsu
Single-player alternative to Lost Cities — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Lost Cities.
Japanese legend tells of a great battle between two mighty Dragon Lord armies, locked in combat on the peaks of Mount Hotaka, competing to win the hand of the Princess Kushinada, the last and most beautiful of eight sisters.