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Single-player games like Relentless

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Relentless, 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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    Civil Purgatory — Steam game cover

    Civil Purgatory

    Single-player alternative to Relentless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Relentless.

    Interrogate, investigate, and judge in an authoritarian regime. In Civil Purgatory, real-time AI-generated role-playing dialogue adds depth and dynamism to this narrative simulation full of moral dilemmas, where you decide who walks free… and who doesn’t.

    2025StrategyIndieSimulation3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    File Under Kingdom — Steam game cover

    File Under Kingdom

    Single-player alternative to Relentless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Relentless.

    File Under Kingdom is a mix of city builder, puzzle game, and interactive story. How you build the kingdom will alter events and/or influence the choices of its leaders. Use a variety of buildings to satisfy the kingdom's needs. See if you have what it takes to be the kings new Royal Planner.

    2022StrategyIndieSimulation9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Next Patient — Steam game cover

    Next Patient

    Single-player alternative to Relentless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Relentless.

    As the checkpoint guard in the only safe zone of the dystopian Republic of Valdoria, you decide who survives.

    2026IndieSimulationCasual4.79 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Starvedge — Steam game cover

    Starvedge

    Single-player alternative to Relentless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Relentless.

    Cruel 2037. Starvation. Repression. Fear. You decide who gets a ration and who remains starving. Survival is almost impossible.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ministry of Order — Steam game cover

    Ministry of Order

    Single-player alternative to Relentless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Relentless.

    Match babies to their parents by solving genetics puzzles. Get paid for being right, fined for mistakes. Each choice in branching dialogues has different consequences. Immerse yourself in the atmosphere of the gloomy 1920s totalitarian state.

    2026StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Beholder: Conductor — Steam game cover

    Beholder: Conductor

    Single-player alternative to Relentless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Relentless.

    A Beholder series spin-off. Become a conductor of the Determination Bringer train: monitor passengers, report incidents, and carry out important Ministry assignments — whose level of secrecy depends only on your loyalty. And remember: mission success is very important to you!

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure13.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wait! Life is beautiful! — Steam game cover

    Wait! Life is beautiful!

    Single-player alternative to Relentless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Relentless.

    W!LiB! is an interactive psychological thriller about suicide, based on personal experience. This is a story about a void in the soul, about search and loss of the life purpose in trying to save oneself and others. This is a life that can be lived your own way. For any life is beautiful... isn’t it?

    2020IndieAdventureCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lil' Guardsman — Steam game cover

    Lil' Guardsman

    Single-player alternative to Relentless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Casual with Relentless.

    Imagine you're a 12 year old, suddenly in charge of the guard shed at the castle gate, where you decide if elves, goblins and 100+ other characters should be admitted. It's a wonderful combination of deduction, narrative and puzzle games.

    2024IndieAdventureCasual3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    MANIFESTO — Steam game cover

    MANIFESTO

    Single-player alternative to Relentless — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Relentless.

    Welcome, CEO. Our company exists for one reason: To make money. Lots of it. Employees are resources. Stress is productivity. Burnout is growth. Money is happiness. Don't you want to be happy?

    StrategySingle-playerSimilar games →