Single-player games like The Drifter
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to The Drifter, 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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Victorian Dread
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
In this gothic point-and-click adventure, Eleanor Rosewood must confront a vampire haunting Victorian London. Gather evidence and seek help from the city’s diverse populace, each hiding their own secrets, in this atmospheric mystery.
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Sleepytime Village
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Drifter.
Sleepytime Village is the story of a workaholic father who makes one wrong choice too many and becomes trapped in a children’s storybook reality, haunted by the residents of Sleepytime Village, its formless narrator and visions of his childhood. What is the Village and what does it want from him?
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Apestin Explorer
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
In the early 2000s, a series of horrifying incidents shattered countless lives across the world. No one truly understood the purpose behind them. Some called it corruption, others called it power beyond humanity. The real monsters were never demons, but humans with absolute control over others.
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Kamiya Detective Agency: High School Girl Vanished in The Summer
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
A mystery set in Fukuoka, Japan. Former cop Kengo Kamiya and assistant Hikaru tackle a high school girl's disappearance. A "Photoreal Novel" fully utilizing actual photos and AI. Enjoy snappy banter and unexpected twists in this simple, choice-driven mystery visual novel.
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The Séance of Blake Manor
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Drifter.
The Séance of Blake Manor is a supernatural detective mystery, set in 1897 Ireland, where you investigate the disappearance of Evelyn Deane in a remote hotel full of secrets and other-worldly occurrences.
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Still Life
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Drifter.
Still Life 2 also now available!
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Tails Noir
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
Tails Noir is a post-noir narrative adventure. Become raccoon private eye Howard Lotor and explore dystopian Vancouver inhabited by animals as you uncover a deeply personal story of change and transformation.
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Loco Motive
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
There's been a murder aboard the Reuss Express, and you're the suspects! Prove your innocence in this comedy 'point n' click' murder mystery - packed with twists, laughs, and larger-than-life characters!
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Return to Monkey Island
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Drifter.
Return to Monkey Island is an unexpected, thrilling return of series creator Ron Gilbert that continues the story of the legendary adventure games.
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Unforeseen Incidents
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
Unforeseen Incidents is a classical style interactive mystery set in a beautifully hand-painted world. Join Harper Pendrell and experience a challenging investigation, smart dialog and a rich cast of characters in this thrilling new adventure game.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
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Anodyne
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
A 2D action-adventure through a surreal, subconscious world. Explore moody dungeons, buildings, and atmospheric lands, evoked by dreamy music and visuals. Help the human Young awaken from their dream!
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BATTLETECH
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Drifter.
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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Death's Door
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Drifter.
Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.
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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Drifter.
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
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The Outer Worlds
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The Outer Worlds is an award-winning single-player RPG from Obsidian Entertainment and Private Division. As you explore a space colony, the character you decide to become will determine how this player-driven story unfolds. In the colony's corporate equation, you are the unplanned variable.
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Crawl
Single-player alternative to The Drifter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Drifter.
Crawl is the local multiplayer dungeon crawler where your friends control the monsters! Battle through dungeons and power up your hero - if a friend kills you they take your place and it’s their turn to crawl. It's a race to gain enough XP and loot to take on the hulking final boss!