Single-player games like Avadon: The Black Fortress
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Avadon: The Black Fortress, 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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Avernum: Escape From the Pit
Single-player alternative to Avadon: The Black Fortress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avadon: The Black Fortress.
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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Avadon 2: The Corruption
Single-player alternative to Avadon: The Black Fortress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avadon: The Black Fortress.
Avadon 2: The Corruption is a huge, indie fantasy role-playing adventure, the second chapter in the epic Avadon trilogy. You will serve the keep of Avadon, working as a spy and warrior to fight the enemies of your homeland. As a servant of the Black Fortress, your word is law.
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Avernum 2: Crystal Souls
Single-player alternative to Avadon: The Black Fortress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avadon: The Black Fortress.
Huge indie fantasy role-playing adventure in a massive, underground land. Packed with over 100 towns and dungeons and an epic story. Fight to complete up to three distinct game-winning quests. Master over 60 spells and abilities. Hunt for hundreds of magical artifacts. Over 50 hours of gameplay.
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Avadon 3: The Warborn
Single-player alternative to Avadon: The Black Fortress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avadon: The Black Fortress.
Huge, old-school, indie fantasy role-playing adventure. Features an epic story and tactical, turn-based combat. Explore cunning dungeons, hunt for 100s of magical artifacts, and use dozens of magical abilities. Many different endings. Will you save your people or betray them? It's up to you.
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Geneforge 1 - Mutagen
Single-player alternative to Avadon: The Black Fortress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avadon: The Black Fortress.
Unique, truly open-ended fantasy adventure in a strange, new world. Use battle or cunning to change the world, served by your own army of custom-made mutant monsters. Over 80 zones to explore and 50+ hours of gameplay. Multitudes of skills, abilities, factions, treasures, and servants to create.
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Geneforge 1
Single-player alternative to Avadon: The Black Fortress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avadon: The Black Fortress.
Geneforge is an Indie fantasy role-playing game, the first game in the five-part Geneforge Saga. It features an enormous world, the ability to create your own army of lethal, totally obedient creatures, and a cunning enemy AI with foes who can go on patrols, stalk you, and run for help. Geneforge has a huge and open storyline.
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Avernum 3: Ruined World
Single-player alternative to Avadon: The Black Fortress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avadon: The Black Fortress.
Wander free through this epic, indie fantasy adventure. Explore a huge world that evolves as time passes. Towns fight battles. Refugees flee. Disasters happen. Features cunning adventures, great depth, and unlimited freedom. Be a merchant or bounty hunter, buy a home, save the world!
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Queen's Wish: The Conqueror
Single-player alternative to Avadon: The Black Fortress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avadon: The Black Fortress.
At last, the Queen has given you power and freedom! The cost? You must rebuild her Empire. Will you? In this epic, indie fantasy adventure, you are free to explore, fight for fame and power, and shape the world as you choose. Escape into an unpredictable open-ended story and cunning tactical combat.
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Avernum 4
Single-player alternative to Avadon: The Black Fortress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avadon: The Black Fortress.
Avernum 4 is the first chapter in the Great Trials Trilogy, three games that tell the tale of your land’s struggles in the face of powerful forces that seek to destroy it.
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Redbeard's Recoil
Single-player alternative to Avadon: The Black Fortress — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Fire forward. Bounce back. Traverse tricky traps to take treasure. Seek seagull's sagacious skepticism. Discuss deep dilemmas: destiny, desire, despair.
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Richard
Single-player alternative to Avadon: The Black Fortress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Avadon: The Black Fortress.
Welcome to Rose Academy, home to the brightest students in the world! Play as the new transfer student, George, as he embarks on his campaign against Richard, the most popular kid in school. Develop friendships, master your grades, and talk your way to earning the title of Prom King!
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Avernum 4: Greed and Glory
Single-player alternative to Avadon: The Black Fortress — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avadon: The Black Fortress.
The cult-classic saga is back! Battle for fame, power, and wealth in the subterranean nation of Avernum. Conquer an enormous underworld in this epic turn-based fantasy RPG. Features huge, clever dungeons, varied and cunning foes, 100s of artifacts to find or craft, and a really cool story.