Single-player games like HexLab
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to HexLab, 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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Nexus 5X
Single-player alternative to HexLab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with HexLab.
eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate, EXPRESS. All of the depth, diplomacy, conflict and conquest of a turn-based 4X epic but played in fast-paced 60-minute competitive sessions. Play Solo or Multiplayer for 2-8 players.
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Armello
Single-player alternative to HexLab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with HexLab.
Armello is a grim fairy-tale board game come to life, with every match combining deep, tactical card play, rich tabletop strategy and RPG elements. Leverage subterfuge, spells and careful strategy to wrangle control of the game's chaotic odds as you quest for the throne.
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BATTLETECH
Single-player alternative to HexLab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with HexLab.
Take command of your own mercenary outfit of 'Mechs and the MechWarriors that pilot them, struggling to stay afloat as you find yourself drawn into a brutal interstellar civil war.
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For The King
Single-player alternative to HexLab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with HexLab.
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
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Blood Bowl 2: Legendary Edition (Classic)
Single-player alternative to HexLab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with HexLab.
Blood Bowl 2 smashes Warhammer and American football together, in an explosive cocktail of turn-based strategy, humour and brutality, adapted from Games Workshop’s famous boardgame.
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Gremlins, Inc.
Single-player alternative to HexLab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with HexLab.
This is an intense strategy board game in a steampunk world of corrupt capitalist gremlins who compete for money, political power and prestige. Save and invest, steal and extort, arrest and get arrested – in single-player and multiplayer, with ranks and ladders, team mode and spectator mode.
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Space Hulk: Tactics (Classic)
Single-player alternative to HexLab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with HexLab.
Space Hulk: Tactics is a faithful adaptation of the board game Space Hulk, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, bringing a unique twist to the cult classic formula. Engage in bloody battles as either a squad of Terminator Space Marines or the deadly alien Genestealers.
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Lock 'n Load Tactical Digital: Core Game
Single-player alternative to HexLab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with HexLab.
Lock 'n Load Tactical is fast and Furious tactical combat that is fast to learn. In LnLT you get squads, weapon teams, armored vehicles, fixed-wing aircraft, and, in the modern-era games, helicopters. Individuals such as Leaders, Medics, Snipers, Chaplains, Advisors, and, of course, Heroes.
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Microcosmum: survival of cells
Single-player alternative to HexLab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with HexLab.
Microcosmum: survival of cells. Join the wonderful and amazing world of microorganisms.
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Aircraft Evolution
Single-player alternative to HexLab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with HexLab.
Take part in aerial battles with warplanes from different eras — from World War I to the future. Drop bombs, upgrade your aircraft, and turn enemy bases into rubble in the explosive action game Aircraft Evolution!
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STELLATUM
Single-player alternative to HexLab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual and Indie with HexLab.
Equip your battleship's guns, install faster engines, and increase the power of your reactor. Throw a barrage of rockets on hordes of enemy ships, burning everything in your path!
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Microcosmum 2
Single-player alternative to HexLab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Casual and Indie with HexLab.
A relaxing strategy game featuring unconventional gameplay. Your objectives include development, evolution, border expansion and protection of your hive.
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Mind Maze
Single-player alternative to HexLab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with HexLab.
MIND MAZE - is a logical competitive game based on capturing of the playing field.
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Sky of Destruction
Single-player alternative to HexLab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with HexLab.
Sky of Destruction is a top-down shooter created by a team of two people. Combine aircrafts in your combat fleet, which will help you during the mission. Your goal is to destroy the enemy aircraft carrier or buildings, breaking through the enemy air armada. Explosions and total destruction!
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Deep, In the Forest
Single-player alternative to HexLab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with HexLab.
Game is a deck building roguelite card game with RPG elements. Save the forest kingdom from the oppression of the Mad King.
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I, AI
Single-player alternative to HexLab — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with HexLab.
Classic scrolling shooter with modern graphics. You are self-aware AI. You were created on space military station developing weapons. Now your goal is to break out of the lab and win your freedom.