Single-player games like Despotism 3k
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Despotism 3k, 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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Despot's Game: Dystopian Battle Simulator
Single-player alternative to Despotism 3k — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Despotism 3k.
Guide puny humans through Despot's Game - a rogue-like tactics army battler. Equip your team and sacrifice them through procedural dungeons as you fight enemies, and other players!
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Slime 3K: Rise Against Despot
Single-player alternative to Despotism 3k — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Despotism 3k.
Welcome to Slime 3K, an unhinged roguelite bullet-heaven set in the Despot’s Game universe! Build a deck of crazy weapons, grow stronger and devour hordes of pink puny humans as a murderous jelly blob on a warpath of death, violence and pretzels.
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Othercide
Single-player alternative to Despotism 3k — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Despotism 3k.
As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.
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Party Hard
Single-player alternative to Despotism 3k — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Despotism 3k.
It's 3:00 a.m. Your neighbours are having a loud party. Stop them. Party Hard is tinyBuild's award-winning stealth strategy game about ruining parties by any means.
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Desktop Dungeons
Single-player alternative to Despotism 3k — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Despotism 3k.
Each step into the unknown heals you and reveals new obstacles as you guide fresh heros to glorious retirement or ignominious death. Master tactical spells, appease ancient gods and get rich through taxidermy in this award-winning quick-play puzzle-roguelike.
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StarVaders
Single-player alternative to Despotism 3k — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Despotism 3k.
Pilot a powerful mech to fight off the alien invasion in this ULTIMATE fusion of deckbuilding and grid-based tactics. Discover game-breaking combos, rewind time to alter your fate, and protect the future of humanity in this endlessly replayable roguelike.
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Balatro
Single-player alternative to Despotism 3k — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Despotism 3k.
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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Void War
Single-player alternative to Despotism 3k — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Despotism 3k.
Command an ancient starship and fight your way to the heart of a dying Empire. Fend off attacks from demented cultists, craven space pirates, and xenophobic Imperial soldiers. Discover powerful artifacts and use them to build your ship into a fearsome war engine.
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FTL: Faster Than Light
Single-player alternative to Despotism 3k — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Despotism 3k.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
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Hull Rupture
Single-player alternative to Despotism 3k — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Despotism 3k.
If the ship stops, humanity ends. Manage a spaceship, treat puny humans as resources, and repel relentless alien assaults in a base-management tower-defense roguelite where every choice seemed reasonable at the time.