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Single-player games like Depth of Extinction

Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Depth of Extinction, 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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    Mystical Tactics — Steam game cover

    Mystical Tactics

    Single-player alternative to Depth of Extinction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Depth of Extinction.

    Mystical Tactics is a turn-based tactical-RPG roguelike in which you control a squad of adventurers in a mystical world. Train your heroes in fast-paced tactical battles, equip them with powerful items and lead them to repel the Dark Lord and his legions.

    2026StrategyRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Last Spell — Steam game cover

    The Last Spell

    Single-player alternative to Depth of Extinction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    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.

    2023ActionStrategyIndie24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pathway — Steam game cover

    Pathway

    Single-player alternative to Depth of Extinction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Explore the strange unknown with Pathway, a strategy adventure set in the 1930s great wilderness. Unravel long-forgotten mysteries of the occult, raid ancient tombs and outwit your foes in turn-based squad combat!

    2019StrategyIndieAdventure15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mortal Glory — Steam game cover

    Mortal Glory

    Single-player alternative to Depth of Extinction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Mortal Glory is a fantasy-themed tactical roguelike game about recruiting a team of gladiators and pitting them against brutal competition in a blood-soaked tournament. Train your gladiators, find a legendary sword, learn ancient spells, recruit a celebrity, cheat - do whatever it takes to bring glory to your name!

    2020StrategyIndieSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming — Steam game cover

    The Storm Guard: Darkness is Coming

    Single-player alternative to Depth of Extinction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    The Storm Guard is a challenging turn-based roguelike role-playing game inspired by the Night’s Watch in the Game of Thrones. You assume the role of the Lord Commander of the Storm Guard leading the order during difficult times. An ancient dragon and its minions have returned, threatening the realm of men.

    2016ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Twilight Wars — Steam game cover

    Twilight Wars

    Single-player alternative to Depth of Extinction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Twilight Wars is a tactical dungeon crawler set in a neon-drenched cyberpunk future. Corporations rule the world. Rebuild a shattered spy agency, assemble a team of elite operatives, and wage a covert war to reclaim the world from the shadows.

    2025StrategyIndieRPG11.54 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Templar Battleforce — Steam game cover

    Templar Battleforce

    Single-player alternative to Depth of Extinction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    An addictive mix of strategic combat and army building, with the precision of an RPG. Design your squad members' exact build of equipment and talents to create unique fireteam combinations. Step into the pilot suit of a Leviathan mech, lead the Templar Knights in turn-based tactical warfare.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Those Who Rule — Steam game cover

    Those Who Rule

    Single-player alternative to Depth of Extinction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Join three fresh recruits caught in a web of betrayal as war looms over the land. Lead your band of heroes through tactical turn-based battles, master unique abilities, and forge powerful gear to turn the tide of battle. Will you unravel the conspiracy driving the conflict—or be consumed by it?

    2025StrategyIndieRPG17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    X-COM: Terror From the Deep — Steam game cover

    X-COM: Terror From the Deep

    Single-player alternative to Depth of Extinction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Depth of Extinction.

    The war continues... X-COM: UFO Defense brought you to a galactic battlefield. X-COM: Terror from the Deep brings the alien terror into a totally new dimension.Seeking to take advantage of a weakened Earth, X-COM's deep space foes unexpectedly change strategy and launch a powerful second front against planet Earth.

    2007Strategy4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stirring Abyss — Steam game cover

    Stirring Abyss

    Single-player alternative to Depth of Extinction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Stirring Abyss is an indie tactical squad-based game with strong RPG elements in which you uncover the ancient mysteries of the depths depicted in the classic vein of Lovecraftian horror.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE — Steam game cover

    METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE

    Single-player alternative to Depth of Extinction — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Developed by Kojima Productions and PlatinumGames, METAL GEAR RISING: REVENGEANCE takes the renowned METAL GEAR franchise into exciting new territory with an all-new action experience. The game seamlessly melds pure action and epic story-telling that surrounds Raiden – a child soldier transformed into a half-human, half-cyborg ninja who...

    2014Action29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Halfway — Steam game cover

    Halfway

    Single-player alternative to Depth of Extinction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Halfway is a turn-based strategy RPG taking place a few hundred years into the future. Humanity has started colonising new worlds. Until now, they were alone ...

    2014ActionStrategyIndie12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    XCOM® 2 — Steam game cover

    XCOM® 2

    Single-player alternative to Depth of Extinction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Depth of Extinction.

    XCOM 2 is the sequel to XCOM: Enemy Unknown, the 2012 award-winning strategy game of the year. Earth has changed and is now under alien rule. Facing impossible odds you must rebuild XCOM, and ignite a global resistance to reclaim our world and save humanity.

    2016Strategy2.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    X-COM: UFO Defense — Steam game cover

    X-COM: UFO Defense

    Single-player alternative to Depth of Extinction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Depth of Extinction.

    You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.

    2008Strategy4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Xenonauts — Steam game cover

    Xenonauts

    Single-player alternative to Depth of Extinction — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Depth of Extinction.

    Xenonauts is a strategy game in which you control a multi-national military organisation defending a Cold War-era Earth from alien invasion, using small squads of persistent soldiers to eliminate the extraterrestrials and recover their technology in turn-based ground combat.

    2014StrategyIndieSimulation24.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →