Single-player games like The Hand of Merlin
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Hand of Merlin, 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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Trials of Fire
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Merlin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Hand of Merlin.
A Tactical, Deck-Building Roguelite. Choose 3 Heroes and adventure into a post-Cataclysmic wasteland. Engage enemies in a unique meld of card-play and tactical, positional combat. Level up and scavenge what you can to customise your decks and build a party to take on any challenge!
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MASSIVE CHALICE
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Merlin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Hand of Merlin.
MASSIVE CHALICE is a tactical strategy game set on an epic timeline from Double Fine Productions. As the Immortal Ruler of the nation, you'll take command of its heroes, forge heroic marriages to strengthen your Bloodlines, and battle a mysterious enemy known as the Cadence in a 300 year war.
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Rogue Waters
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Merlin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with The Hand of Merlin.
Rogue Waters is a Pirate Tactical Turn-Based Rogue-lite. Play as Captain Cutter, commanding your ship and crew through procedurally generated encounters to seek revenge. Recruit, train, and upgrade crew, use powerful sea creatures, and engage in dynamic naval and melee combat to gain the upper hand.
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The Last Spell
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Merlin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Hand of Merlin.
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.
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Lost Eidolons
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Merlin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Hand of Merlin.
Lost Eidolons is a turn-based tactical RPG with a gripping cinematic narrative, set in a waning empire riven by civil war. Take on the role of a charming mercenary captain, Eden, and lead his band of allies through epic encounters on a classic turn-based battlefield.
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Invisible, Inc.
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Merlin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Hand of Merlin.
Take control of Invisible's agents in the field and infiltrate the world's most dangerous corporations. Stealth, precision, and teamwork are essential in high-stakes, high-profit missions, where every move may cost an agent their life.
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Trash of the Titans
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Merlin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Hand of Merlin.
It's turn-based fantasy tactics with trash animals. Defend your trash from invading rats, and eat your trash to upgrade your team. Think your way out of ruin by using the shape of each level to your advantage. Be creative, and try to not die.
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Crowntakers
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Merlin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Hand of Merlin.
Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.
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The Bureau: XCOM Declassified
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Merlin — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The year is 1962 and the Cold War has the nation gripped by fear. A top-secret government unit called The Bureau begins investigating a series of mysterious attacks by an enemy more powerful than communism.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to The Hand of Merlin — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Hand of Merlin.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!