Single-player games like The Heart of Darkness
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to The Heart of Darkness, 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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Kamikaze Kommittee Ouka 2
Single-player alternative to The Heart of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Heart of Darkness.
A classic style turn-based RPG. After a spike in crime in the neighborhood of Danmura, "Kamikaze Ouka" is asked to deal with the problem. Seeing how bad the situation has gotten, she agrees to fight the roaming gangs and restore peace to the neighborhood.
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Evening Starter
Single-player alternative to The Heart of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Heart of Darkness.
A classic dungeon crawler RPG. When Ren Nosogi gets caught up in an incident that puts her in massive debt, she must use her skills as a Sweeper to take down an evil cult in order to pay it off.
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Serafina and the Key to the Egg
Single-player alternative to The Heart of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Heart of Darkness.
After receiving a challenge which could determine the future of her village, if not the whole world, Serafina sets out for the city of Mirado. There she will have to do anything she can to take part in auction to win treasure of great power, the Key to the Egg.
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Obscurite Magie: The City of Sin
Single-player alternative to The Heart of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Heart of Darkness.
A classic-style, turn-based RPG. After her precious family dagger is stolen, Louise tracks the thieves to the infamous town of Ruedidalia. But her situation becomes even more difficult when she is tasked with incredibly tough bounties.
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Psychic Guardian Super Splendor
Single-player alternative to The Heart of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Heart of Darkness.
After being captured by a mysterious group, university student Nagisa Kujo hears a voice in her head telling her she needs to escape. She also discovers that when she presses a button on her belt, she becomes clad in combat gear. With her newfound power, Nagisa fights to stop evil.
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Sylphy and the Sleepless Island
Single-player alternative to The Heart of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Heart of Darkness.
One day, professional thief Sylphy learns of the mystical and valuable artifact of the Kingdom of Diezel, but the mission goes sideways and she ends up robbing the island of its night! She has one week to right her wrongs in this action-filled RPG!
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Explorers of the Abyss
Single-player alternative to The Heart of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Heart of Darkness.
After Princess Ovelia's father falls ill, it's now up to her to explore the labyrinth known as "the Abyss" and seek a way to restore order to the kingdom.
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Apostle: Rebellion
Single-player alternative to The Heart of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Heart of Darkness.
A sci-fi, turn-based RPG. Humanity has reached a point where the majority of people opt to become cyborgs called Roids. However, social inequality is once again at a breaking point.
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Nother: an indie souls-like
Single-player alternative to The Heart of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Heart of Darkness.
Enter the dangerous open world of Nother.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to The Heart of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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Fear & Hunger
Single-player alternative to The Heart of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Heart of Darkness.
Fear & Hunger is a horror dungeon crawler set in the dark and hopeless dungeons of fear and hunger. The game is a hybrid of survival horror and dungeon crawler genres with its influences ranging from Silent Hill to Nethack. There are roguelike elements to the game as well as a heavy foundation of a j-RPG.
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BLACK SOULS
Single-player alternative to The Heart of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Heart of Darkness.
Long, long ago, there existed a kingdom shrouded in dense mist: the Lost Empire. This mist twisted humans into terrifying beasts, plunging the world into despair. War raged endlessly. Heroes rose, seeking fame and glory. It is in this place you awaken—a nameless undead.
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Legend of the Master Baiter
Single-player alternative to The Heart of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Heart of Darkness.
Since ancient times, the Inzu Peninsula has been home to a variety of fish. Legend tells of a mysterious fish known as the Goddess of Inzu, and as the story reaches your ears, you've decided to make it your life goal to catch this mystical fish!
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Legend of the Master Baiter Origins: Gills Gone Wild
Single-player alternative to The Heart of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Heart of Darkness.
Discover and catch various species of fish as you travel up the Megami River in intense fishing battles, where timing and perseverance are key.