Single-player games like Slay the Spire
Below are 14 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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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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Little Adventure Tale
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Slay the Spire.
Little Adventure tale is a Roguelike Deckbuilder set in a cute fantasy world where you can enlist the help of the Guild to Hire companions and manage several Card Decks & Accept Quests to earn more rewards! All this in order to banish the Evil Lord Obradin!
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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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Skogdal
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Slay the Spire.
A deckbuilding adventure card game set in a rustic Norwegian town during the 90's. Recruit followers, draft cards and build powerful combos. Explore a hand-crafted world across multiple runs and uncover an unsettling mystery…
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Neurodeck : Psychological Deckbuilder
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Slay the Spire.
Neurodeck is a psychological deckbuilding card game to challenge your fears. Build your deck & capacities by answering personality tests, visiting rooms or meditating. Face your phobia and defeat them through the power of life-inspired cards.
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Dicey Dungeons
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie 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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SpellRogue
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Slay the Spire.
SpellRogue is the ultimate tactical turn-based roguelike! Draft from over 350 powerful spells to assemble the perfect combination and crush your enemies in 70+ unique encounters. Face brutal choices, adapt to impossible odds, and strike back at the horrors that destroyed the world.
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Destiny or Fate
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Slay the Spire.
Destiny or Fate is a deck-building roguelite game. Choose a hero, build a deck and a party of mythical creatures, and set out on an endless adventure! Are you ready to make your own destiny, or will you succumb to an evil fate?
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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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Pirates Outlaws
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie 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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No Man's Sky
Single-player alternative to Slay the Spire — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
No Man's Sky is a game about exploration and survival in an infinite procedurally generated universe.
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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..