Single-player games like Monads
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Monads, 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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Blightstone
Single-player alternative to Monads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monads.
A challenging, turn-based strategy with a roguelike edge. Lead a team of adventurers to destroy the Blightstone and free the world from corruption. Use free movement, dynamic environments and collectable skills to save the crystal, and save the world.
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Crawl Tactics
Single-player alternative to Monads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monads.
Crawl Tactics combines classic turn-based tactics with roguelike progression. In Dungeon Mode, face challenging, ever-changing encounters as you explore procedurally generated maps. In Quest Mode, develop your village, train your mercenaries, and defend against growing enemy invasions.
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Grimshade
Single-player alternative to Monads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monads.
Grimshade is a party-based role-playing game inspired by JRPG of the 90s, featuring a tactical turn-based combat system and a grim story of war and personal choices.
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XCOM® 2
Single-player alternative to Monads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Monads.
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.
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Skyward Collapse
Single-player alternative to Monads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monads.
How do you balance -- and indeed encourage -- a war between factions without letting either side obliterate the other? How do you rule over gods, creatures, and men who refuse to obey you? How do you build a landscape of villages when bandits and mythology are conspiring to tear it down?
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Tactics Ogre: Reborn
Single-player alternative to Monads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Monads.
Tactics Ogre, crown jewel of the tactical role-playing genre, is reborn! Based on the 2010 release, the game features improved graphics and sound, as well as updated game design, bringing to life a new Tactics Ogre that remains true to its roots.
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SD GUNDAM G GENERATION CROSS RAYS
Single-player alternative to Monads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Monads.
Beyond creation, four eras come together as one! Discover the latest entry in this iconic Tactical RPG series. Form your own team of SD Gundams and deploy for battle -- with units from Mobile Suit Gundam Wing, SEED, 00, and Iron-Blooded Orphans!
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Avernum: Escape From the Pit
Single-player alternative to Monads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monads.
Avernum is a land underground, a subterranean nation full of rogues, misfits, and brigands, struggling for survival in the monster-infested darkness. Hunt for glory, treasure, and justice in the underworld. Fight for survival, freedom, and even vengeance in the epic indie cult-classic.
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Monads II
Single-player alternative to Monads — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Monads.
The second work following [Monads], released in 2019.This is a puzzle-tactics game without RNGs, so you can revert your action anytime. Find your own solution of prepared stages, following the story of 6 protagonists.