Single-player games like Plague Inc: The Board Game
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Plague Inc: The Board Game, 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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Wingspan
Single-player alternative to Plague Inc: The Board Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plague Inc: The Board Game.
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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For The King II
Single-player alternative to Plague Inc: The Board Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plague Inc: The Board Game.
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?
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StarVaders
Single-player alternative to Plague Inc: The Board Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plague Inc: The Board Game.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
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Gremlins, Inc.
Single-player alternative to Plague Inc: The Board Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plague Inc: The Board Game.
This is an intense strategy board game in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins who compete for money, political power and prestige. Save and invest, steal and extort, arrest and get arrested – in single-player and multiplayer, with ranks and ladders, team mode and spectator mode.
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Rento Fortune: Online Dice Board Game (大富翁)
Single-player alternative to Plague Inc: The Board Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plague Inc: The Board Game.
Rento is multiplayer business dice game. It is board game for 2 to 8 players.Trade lands, build houses, win auctions, roll wheel of fortune, risk in Russian Roulette and have fun.Play with your friends and acquire a monopoly over the game board :)
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Armello
Single-player alternative to Plague Inc: The Board Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plague Inc: The Board Game.
Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.
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Concrete Jungle
Single-player alternative to Plague Inc: The Board Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plague Inc: The Board Game.
A city planning deck-building game. Place buildings using cards in your deck and earn new ones as you progress! A genre-blending game packed with cool ideas that swaps micro-management for a more puzzle-like approach to city planning.
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Old World
Single-player alternative to Plague Inc: The Board Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plague Inc: The Board Game.
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty — or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
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Plague Inc: Evolved
Single-player alternative to Plague Inc: The Board Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plague Inc: The Board Game.
Plague Inc: Evolved is a unique mix of high strategy and terrifyingly realistic simulation. Your pathogen has just infected 'Patient Zero' - now you must bring about the end of human history by evolving a deadly, global Plague whilst adapting against everything humanity can do to defend itself.
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Rebel Inc: Escalation
Single-player alternative to Plague Inc: The Board Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plague Inc: The Board Game.
A unique and deeply engaging political/military strategic simulation from the creator of Plague Inc. Balance competing civilian and military priorities and deal with a deadly insurgency in order to stabilise a war-torn country.
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After Inc: Revival
Single-player alternative to Plague Inc: The Board Game — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Plague Inc: The Board Game.
Can you rebuild civilisation after a zombie apocalypse? From the creator of Plague Inc. comes a unique blend of strategic simulation, survival city builder and ‘mini 4X’. Build settlements, harvest resources and shape society as you lead Humanity out of the darkness.