Single-player games like The Outbound Ghost
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Outbound Ghost, 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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Spriters, Hopes Blooming Dawn
Single-player alternative to The Outbound Ghost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Outbound Ghost.
Spriters: Hopes Blooming Dawn is an RPG-style game that takes you on an epic adventure through a world filled with magic, mystery, and danger. Battle dangerous creatures, collect Gems with unique powers, and uncover the mysteries of your past in this engaging and innovative game.
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Chinese Strange Stories
Single-player alternative to The Outbound Ghost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Outbound Ghost.
Step into a living Chinese painting that blends the mystical, supernatural, and the struggles of daily life in the final years of the Ming dynasty. Experience a unique mix of classic turn-based RPG mechanics and dynamic card battling, where strategy and fate intertwine.
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Beggar's Road
Single-player alternative to The Outbound Ghost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Outbound Ghost.
A darkly comic medieval roguelike where you travel between towns, recruit desperate companions, and survive strange encounters through difficult choices, scarce resources, and shifting alliances with bishops, merchants, and bandits.
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Alter Animus
Single-player alternative to The Outbound Ghost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Outbound Ghost.
Alter Animus is a turn-based RPG with horror elements, mysteries to unveil and a character-driven narrative. It's up to you if these unforeseen and unthinkable circumstances make these people truly come together or if they succumb to the consequences of their actions.
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Beast Saga
Single-player alternative to The Outbound Ghost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Outbound Ghost.
Beast Saga is an open-world RPG set in a martial arts universe where you play as a young wolf tribe member named Lang Jiusi. Immerse yourself in a world of free exploration, gathering, crafting, life skills, martial arts cultivation, forming alliances and experiencing unique Jianghu adventures.
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The NOexistenceN of Morphean Paradox : The Forest of Silver Shallots
Single-player alternative to The Outbound Ghost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Outbound Ghost.
You awaken in the Forest of Silver Shallots, setting out to uncover the secret of the Morphean Paradox. Above, factions weave their schemes; below, the black mist hides a swelling undercurrent. Time never stands still, and truth wears many faces. Not everyone can return to their fate…
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Monster Crown: Sin Eater
Single-player alternative to The Outbound Ghost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Outbound Ghost.
Hand-craft your team of perfect Monsters and wage a one-man war against fate and the world in the Crown Nation! With a True Crossbreeding system, every Monster is entirely your own!
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Shores Unknown
Single-player alternative to The Outbound Ghost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Outbound Ghost.
A turn-based RPG with deep character-driven combat, and a story written by Final Fantasy veterans. Finding yourself on the wrong side of the Crown, you and your companions must fight or perish. Build a team of mercenaries, forge alliances, and explore distant lands.
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Desktop Defender
Single-player alternative to The Outbound Ghost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Outbound Ghost.
An idle auto-battler that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.
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Lootbox Lyfe
Single-player alternative to The Outbound Ghost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Outbound Ghost.
Explore a desolate world in the genre defining platformvania. Lootbox Lyfe is a Metroidvania with Movement Option Progression. Save your species through delving into an interconnected world riddled with platforming obstacles. Unlock new areas as you obtain new movement options.
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Girabox
Single-player alternative to The Outbound Ghost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Outbound Ghost.
A minimalist puzzle game in which you rotate the world instead of controlling the player. Play through the many level packs and compare your score to others in the leaderboards.
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Soul Stalker
Single-player alternative to The Outbound Ghost — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A bullet heaven roguelike where you assume the role of the steward of ghosts bound to eternal life on earth. Wield 4 to 6 weapons simultaneously to fend off waves of apparitions determined to defeat your spirited friends.
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Wanted Shadows
Single-player alternative to The Outbound Ghost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Outbound Ghost.
Decimate thousands of demons on All Hallows' Eve to protect your infernal home. Wanted Shadows is a bullet heaven roguelite where the difference between overpowering and being overpowered lies in your skill and wit.
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Little Laps
Single-player alternative to The Outbound Ghost — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Race through minimalist tracks designed for precision and flow. Master the one-button controls, beat your best times, and experience racing distilled to its purest form. Can you perfect your little laps?
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Wanted Shadows: Unchained
Single-player alternative to The Outbound Ghost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Outbound Ghost.
A survivors-like game where you defeat creatures of the night trying to take over the underworld. Vanquish the invasion, perfect your build, and become purgatory's master.
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Card Corner
Single-player alternative to The Outbound Ghost — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Outbound Ghost.
An idle poker game that sits in the corner of your screen while you do other things.