Single-player games like The Shepherd
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Shepherd, 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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Verfall
Single-player alternative to The Shepherd — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Shepherd.
Verfall is a turn-based tactical RPG where you must strategically form teams to face a decaying world. Explore, uncover secrets, and use Karma-based abilities. Face challenges, make choices, and determine the fate of the world through multiple endings.
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Space Prison
Single-player alternative to The Shepherd — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with The Shepherd.
Survive the galaxy's toughest prison and rise to the top of a space gang! Explore, fight, craft, trade and learn convicts' stories to escape the facility. Space Prison is a turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements.
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觅长生
Single-player alternative to The Shepherd — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Shepherd.
《觅长生》是一款想要还原真实修仙世界的开放世界角色扮演游戏。 在这里，你可以体验到从零开始一步步积攒修为突破境界的逆天修仙之旅，也可以体验到那些充满修仙味的故事和剧情。当然也少不了寻求奇遇、探索秘境，更可以和游戏中的角色互动，与人为善或是杀人夺宝全都由你自己抉择。
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Project Of Cooling The Earth
Single-player alternative to The Shepherd — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Shepherd.
Players must survive in the ruins of the human world and face various survival challenges and dangers. Players need to search for resources in abandoned cities and wilderness, including food, water sources, construction materials, etc., to maintain survival and build safe shelters.
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Star Renegades
Single-player alternative to The Shepherd — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Shepherd.
Star Renegades is a dimension spanning rogue-lite strategy RPG. Outsmart uniquely generated adversaries, forge bonds between heroes and end the cycle!
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无休仙途
Single-player alternative to The Shepherd — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Shepherd.
This is a casual strategic placement game. In the aerial world set in ancient China, players will play the role of a descendant of the Immortal Cultivation Sect. Travel through the barren continent, obtain various resources, build your sect, and ultimately ascend to the immortal realm.
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場外人生
Single-player alternative to The Shepherd — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Shepherd.
一個孤單的人，培養自我，增進事業，買房築巢，尋找伴侶，結婚生子，擴張勢力，建立國家，最終橫跨星海，啟動時光機器......，所謂幽默而真實的沙盒人生模擬器(つд⊂)。
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Multiverse Loot Hunter
Single-player alternative to The Shepherd — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Shepherd.
This is a brush treasure adventure game across the heavens. The protagonist awakens his powers and freely passes through different planes such as Xiuxian, history, Wuxia, magic, and future. Collect equipment, spirits, characters and cheats distributed across all planes through battle.