Single-player games like Waiting For The Raven
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Waiting For The Raven, 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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Shadows of Forbidden Gods
Single-player alternative to Waiting For The Raven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Waiting For The Raven.
Take on the role of a Dark Elder God and lead your agents to bring about an apocalypse in a fantasy world. Work in the shadows, avoiding the heroes who will try to stop you, as you bring about plague and famine, ice age and volcanic destruction, madness and never ending night.
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SpellForce: Conquest of Eo
Single-player alternative to Waiting For The Raven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Waiting For The Raven.
On a journey to great magical might, explore and control the lands of Eo in this ever-changing turn-based strategy role-playing game. Field armies and heroes in tactical combat, finish hundreds of quests, and gather spells and artefacts to become the most powerful mage of all.
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Dead in Antares
Single-player alternative to Waiting For The Raven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Waiting For The Raven.
Dead in Antares is a turn-based survival management game with RPG elements, set on an alien planet. Lead a crew of survivors sent on a mission to save humanity. Manage their needs, strengthen their teamwork, and explore this mysterious world to find a way back home.
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Epic Manager - Create Your Own Adventuring Agency!
Single-player alternative to Waiting For The Raven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Waiting For The Raven.
Epic Manager is a unique crossover between Sports Management and classic JRPGs. Experience an addictive “one more turn” mix of tycoon strategy, roguelike elements, roster management, combat and character progression, all rooted in an epic yet light-hearted fantasy setting. Rated ‘E’ for EPIC!
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Plebby Quest: The Crusades
Single-player alternative to Waiting For The Raven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Waiting For The Raven.
Survive ambitious rulers dreaming of an empire, outsmart treacherous neighbors longing to burn your spoils, and navigate the religion’s predictably unreasonable demands; you need ask only one question as you build your legacy – “Will you burn them, or be burnt?”
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BLACKSHARD
Single-player alternative to Waiting For The Raven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Waiting For The Raven.
BLACKSHARD is a first-person exploration game. Wander through a strange megastructure, the Labyrinth, to unravel its mysteries... Your behavior within the Labyrinth will define the outcome of your journey. What path will you choose to take?
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Knights of Honor II: Sovereign
Single-player alternative to Waiting For The Raven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Waiting For The Raven.
Become the king and fight over Europe in this fresh take on medieval real-time grand strategy. Manage provinces, gather armies, initiate diplomacy, and dabble in espionage. The path is open: become the true Sovereign of your people and bring them to glory.
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Buzz Aldrin's Space Program Manager
Single-player alternative to Waiting For The Raven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Waiting For The Raven.
Space Program Manager (SPM) is the ultimate game of space exploration. It is the mid 1950s and the race for dominance between the US and the Soviet Union is about to move into a new dimension: space.
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Crusader Kings II
Single-player alternative to Waiting For The Raven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Waiting For The Raven.
Explore one of the defining periods in world history in an experience crafted by the masters of Grand Strategy.
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Dwarf Fortress
Single-player alternative to Waiting For The Raven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Waiting For The Raven.
Build a fortress and try to help your dwarves survive against a deeply generated world. Keep your dwarves happy, grow their community and beware of digging too deeply. The deepest, most intricate simulation of a world that's ever been created.
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Campido
Single-player alternative to Waiting For The Raven — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Waiting For The Raven.
Campido is a unique card game which challenge your wits, strategy, memory and management skills. The game is set in a fantasy universe, in which humanoid mammals are replacing the regular and normal human characters you are always used to see.