Single-player games like Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower, 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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Darkest Dungeon®
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower.
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
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BATTLETECH
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower.
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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Bionic Dues
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower.
Bionic Dues is a tactical, turn-based roguelite with mech customization. Out-think wide-ranging tactical situations featuring robots with bad GPS, terrible aim, insecurity, a lack of focus, a tendency to backstab, and dozens of other maladies to exploit.
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The Surge
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower.
Welcome to CREO, the megacorporation saving the world! A catastrophic event has knocked you out during the first day on the job… you wake up equipped with a heavy-grade exoskeleton, in a destroyed section of the complex.
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Vaporum: Lockdown
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower.
Vaporum: Lockdown, a prequel to Vaporum, is a grid-based dungeon crawler RPG in an original steampunk setting, inspired by old-school classics of the genre. Follow the story of Ellie Teller, a scientist struggling to survive disastrous events that happened in the tower of Arx Vaporum.
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Ghostrunner
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Ghostrunner offers a unique single-player experience: fast-paced, violent combat, and an original setting that blends science fiction with post-apocalyptic themes. It tells the story of a world that has already ended and its inhabitants who fight to survive.
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Chained Echoes
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower.
Take up your sword, channel your magic or board your Mech. Chained Echoes is a 16-bit style RPG set in a fantasy world where dragons are as common as piloted mechanical suits.
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Wizardry: Labyrinth of Lost Souls
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower.
The magic torches are lit, the monsters are ravenous, and the kingdom is waiting for a new hero. Experience the legendary Wizardry series’ modern rebirth as you traverse perilous dungeons and take on hordes of fantastic enemies. Are you up to the challenge?
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System Shock
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower.
A first-person fight to the death in the depths of space!
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Legend of Grimrock
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower.
Use the Dungeon Editor to build entirely new adventures and challenges for other players to solve.
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Das Geisterschiff / The Ghost Ship
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower.
Das Geisterschiff is a cyberpunk dungeon crawler where you play as a mecha pilot working for one of the megacorps.
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Dragon Ruins
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower.
A dungeon crawling microgame for tired people.
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Dragon Ruins II
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower.
A dungeon crawler for tired people.
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Demon Lord Reincarnation
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower.
Assemble a party, explore the dungeon, fight your way through hordes of monsters, and defeat the Demon Lord in this brutal dungeon crawler. Are you up to the challenge?
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Phantom 3D
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower.
A haunted maze game.
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Der Geisterjäger / The Ghost Hunter
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower.
Pilot your own mech, explore the dungeon set in a dying sci-fi world, and survive through harsh turn-based battles in this brutal dungeon crawler.
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NeuroWorm
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A 6DoF take on the classic game concept set in cyberpunk future, where sentient programs escape the grasp of their creators.
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Ringlorn Saga
Single-player alternative to Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Der Geisterturm / The Ghost Tower.
Ringlorn Saga is an adventure RPG inspired by the Japanese PC classics. Prince Gerhard the Brave embarks on a journey to the neighboring land to investigate the appearance of a magic barrier and his father's disappearance.