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Single-player games like Griftlands

Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Griftlands, 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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    Fight with love - deckbuilder datingsim — Steam game cover

    Fight with love - deckbuilder datingsim

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

    We combined card games, dating sim and roguelikes to create the most unique game about love and sex. Date your lover in turn based card combat, have sex in rhythm game boss battles and Fight with love!

    2021ActionStrategyIndie1.39 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monster Train — Steam game cover

    Monster Train

    Single-player alternative to Griftlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Monster Train is a strategic roguelike deck building game with a twist. Set on a train to hell, you’ll use tactical decision making to defend multiple vertical battlegrounds. With real time competitive multiplayer and endless replayability, Monster Train is always on time.

    2020Strategy4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deep Sky Derelicts — Steam game cover

    Deep Sky Derelicts

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

    Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.

    2018StrategyIndieRPG2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Slay the Spire — Steam game cover

    Slay the Spire

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

    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!

    2019StrategyIndie6.24 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles — Steam game cover

    Astrea: Six-Sided Oracles

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

    Astrea is a DICE-deck-building roguelike that flips the script on deckbuilders by using dice instead of cards and a unique dual “damage” system: Purification vs Corruption. Build a dice pool strong enough to purify Astrea's out-of-control corruption and save the Star System.

    2023StrategyIndieCasual24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Roguebook — Steam game cover

    Roguebook

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

    Embrace the challenge of a roguelike deckbuilder with unique mechanics from the developers of Faeria and Richard Garfield, creator of Magic: The Gathering™. Build a team of two heroes, unleash powerful combos and defeat the legends of the Roguebook!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monster Slayers — Steam game cover

    Monster Slayers

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

    Monster Slayers is a rogue-like deck-building RPG adventure. Create a hero and choose your path through the perilous Northern Valley as you battle to become a true Monster Slayer.

    2017ActionIndie8.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Black Book — Steam game cover

    Black Book

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

    “Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Knock on the Coffin Lid — Steam game cover

    Knock on the Coffin Lid

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

    Investigate your own death, find ways to break free from a time loop, choose a hero who will ascend to the throne and rule the Northern gate! The fates of whole nations of the land of Midian depend on your choices.

    2024StrategyIndieAdventure16.24 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mark of the Ninja — Steam game cover

    Mark of the Ninja

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

    In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.

    2012ActionIndieAdventureDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Balatro — Steam game cover

    Balatro

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

    The poker roguelike. Balatro is a hypnotically satisfying deckbuilder where you play illegal poker hands, discover game-changing jokers, and trigger adrenaline-pumping, outrageous combos.

    2024StrategyIndieCasual11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Peglin — Steam game cover

    Peglin

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

    Peglin is a Pachinko Roguelike - Fight enemies by collecting special orbs and popping pegs to deal damage. Acquire special relics that radically change the game and ensure no two runs are the same. Aim carefully to survive in this unique turn-based RPG!

    2024StrategyIndieRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wildermyth — Steam game cover

    Wildermyth

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

    Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.

    2021StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fights in Tight Spaces — Steam game cover

    Fights in Tight Spaces

    Single-player alternative to Griftlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    A stylish blend of deck-building, turn-based tactics, and thrilling animated fight sequences in classic action-movie settings. Learn to balance your hand, momentum, and positioning to overcome the odds to defeat your adversaries. Build your deck, control the space and live to fight another day.

    2021ActionStrategy4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Don't Starve Together — Steam game cover

    Don't Starve Together

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

    Fight, Farm, Build and Explore Together in the standalone multiplayer expansion to the uncompromising wilderness survival game, Don't Starve.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Oxygen Not Included — Steam game cover

    Oxygen Not Included

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

    Oxygen Not Included is a space-colony simulation game. Deep inside an alien space rock your industrious crew will need to master science, overcome strange new lifeforms, and harness incredible space tech to survive, and possibly, thrive.

    2019IndieSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Don't Starve — Steam game cover

    Don't Starve

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

    Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.

    2013IndieAdventureSimulation9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rotwood — Steam game cover

    Rotwood

    Single-player alternative to Griftlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    The world has been thrown into chaos, and it's up to you and your friends to battle the corrupted beasts of the Rotwood. Upgrade your gear, choose your preferred weapon, and hone your skills to defend your safe haven.

    2026ActionAdventureRPG29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mark of the Ninja: Remastered — Steam game cover

    Mark of the Ninja: Remastered

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

    In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation.

    2018ActionIndie19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hot Lava — Steam game cover

    Hot Lava

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

    The Floor is Hot Lava! Run, jump, climb, and surf across nostalgia-packed environments flooded with hot molten lava. Explore alone, or join your friends. And whatever you do, don’t touch the floor.

    2019ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Invisible, Inc. — Steam game cover

    Invisible, Inc.

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

    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.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →