Single-player games like Slay the Spire
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Slay the Spire, 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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Slay the Spire 2
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Slay the Spire.
The iconic roguelike deckbuilder returns. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, and discover relics of immense power in Slay the Spire 2!
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Balatro
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Slay the Spire.
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.
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Monster Train
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Slay the Spire.
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.
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Inscryption
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Slay the Spire.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...
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Griftlands
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Slay the Spire.
Griftlands is a deck-building roguelite where you negotiate, fight, steal or otherwise persuade others to get your way. Every decision is important, be it the jobs you take, the friends you make, or the cards you collect.
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Vault of the Void
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Slay the Spire.
Vault of the Void is a fast-paced roguelike deckbuilder where the power is in your hands. Continuously customise your deck, crafting powerful combos and ingenious strategies. Upgrade your cards with Void Stones, infusing them with new abilities to help defeat the minions of The Void!
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Wildfrost
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Slay the Spire.
Take on the elements in Wildfrost, a tactical roguelike deckbuilder! Journey across a frozen tundra, collecting cards strong enough to banish the eternal winter…
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Dicey Dungeons
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Slay the Spire.
Become a giant walking dice, explore dungeons and defy Lady Luck in this dice powered roguelike! Now featuring "Reunion", a free DLC with six brand-new episodes!
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Pirates Outlaws
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Slay the Spire.
Pirates Outlaws is a roguelike card game in which you navigate dangerous seas and challenge their masters. Your expedition will be full of ambushes and will not be easy. Build your deck and combos to become a reputed pirate.
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Darkest Dungeon®
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Slay the Spire.
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
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Vampire Crawlers: The Turbo Wildcard from Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Slay the Spire.
From the creators of Vampire Survivors comes a turbo-charged, turn-based roguelite deckbuilder! Deal world-ending combos, blitz through infested dungeons, and master the Turboturn to obliterate hordes of familiar foes with a chaotic hand of cards.
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Project Zomboid
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Slay the Spire.
Project Zomboid is the ultimate in zombie survival. Alone or in MP: you loot, build, craft, fight, farm and fish in a struggle to survive. A hardcore RPG skillset, a vast map, massively customisable sandbox and a cute tutorial raccoon await the unwary. So how will you die? All it takes is a bite..
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Magic: The Gathering - Duels of the Planeswalkers 2013
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Slay the Spire.
Play with friends or AI as you travel across fantastic planes to take on new encounters & opponents. Magic 2013 features ten customizable decks, individual records, new items & more!
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Dead Cells
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Slay the Spire.
Dead Cells is a roguelite, metroidvania inspired, action-platformer. You'll explore a sprawling, ever-changing castle... assuming you’re able to fight your way past its keepers in 2D souls-lite combat. No checkpoints. Kill, die, learn, repeat.
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HELLCARD
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Slay the Spire.
Hellcard is a unique cooperative deck builder rogue-like game. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other players' lobbies in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!
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Peglin
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Slay the Spire.
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!