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Single-player games like Heads Will Roll

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Heads Will Roll, 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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    Wuxia Life — Steam game cover

    Wuxia Life

    Single-player alternative to Heads Will Roll — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heads Will Roll.

    You never truly knew your father. Wuxia Life is a single-player wuxia RPG set on Yingzhou. Investigate his death and your origins, expose the Blacktide Gang's betrayal of Yingzhou, and shape your ending through ATB combat, Five Inner Voices, inner demons, and the Heavenly Storyteller.

    2027StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tales of Anturia: Farathan — Steam game cover

    Tales of Anturia: Farathan

    Single-player alternative to Heads Will Roll — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Heads Will Roll.

    Explore, fight and discover the great conspiracy lingering in the shadows. In this third-person RPG. Pick one of three sides and enjoy the open world.

    2026ActionRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Meridian — Steam game cover

    Meridian

    Single-player alternative to Heads Will Roll — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Heads Will Roll.

    A choice-driven cyberpunk RPG with tactical turn-based combat. Talk, sneak, hack, or fight your way through branching jobs. Solve every job your way, and pay for each upgrade with a piece of who you are.

    2026IndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Into the Evernight — Steam game cover

    Into the Evernight

    Single-player alternative to Heads Will Roll — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Heads Will Roll.

    A retro-styled, tactical RPG with a heavy emphasis on player choice and branching story paths. Long ago, the sun went out and the world went dark. Now, the last remaining sources of light are starting to wane. How will you stop the spreading darkness? Or will you even be able to?

    2025StrategyIndieRPGFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blightfall : The Last Year — Steam game cover

    Blightfall : The Last Year

    Single-player alternative to Heads Will Roll — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heads Will Roll.

    Survive a deadly infection in a decaying world. Absorb your enemies to create powerful ability decks in this fully hand-drawn, turn-based RPG.

    2030StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Birthright — Steam game cover

    Birthright

    Single-player alternative to Heads Will Roll — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Heads Will Roll.

    Try to rise for power in a light fantasy medieval sandbox world. Where Lords and Families battle each other for the ultimate power. Become your own Lord, Merchant or Adventurer getting entangled in the lands history. Dedicated Server support.

    2020IndieSimulationRPG19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blightmarch — Steam game cover

    Blightmarch

    Single-player alternative to Heads Will Roll — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Heads Will Roll.

    A dark fantasy tactical RPG of war, corruption, and impossible choices. Lead a mercenary squad into an Abyss-tainted front, recruit scarred companions, and survive brutal turn-based battles with weapons, terrain, and forbidden power. Victory may save your squad, or make you accept the slaughter.

    2026StrategyIndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    wasteland of east — Steam game cover

    wasteland of east

    Single-player alternative to Heads Will Roll — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heads Will Roll.

    A Chinese style wasteland pixel style role-playing game. The combat mode is turn based combat chess. Can collect resources to manufacture weapons and props. Play the role of an expatriate comrade performing a mission on the abandoned soil of Huaxia.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Legionary's Life — Steam game cover

    A Legionary's Life

    Single-player alternative to Heads Will Roll — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Heads Will Roll.

    A Legionary's Life lets you play as a Roman soldier during the years of the Second Punic War and beyond. Rise up through the ranks and win prestigious awards or just focus on making it home in one piece; it's up to you.

    2019IndieRPG7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante — Steam game cover

    The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante

    Single-player alternative to Heads Will Roll — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Heads Will Roll.

    A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Heads Will Roll: Reforged — Steam game cover

    Heads Will Roll: Reforged

    Single-player alternative to Heads Will Roll — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Heads Will Roll.

    Hardcore survival RPG with non-linear story that lets you play as a young medieval soldier who over the course of battles and adventures becomes the most formidable and respected knight of his era. Or, if he’s not lucky enough, perishes in the chaos of the Hundred Years' War.

    2023RPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Heads Will Roll: Downfall — Steam game cover

    Heads Will Roll: Downfall

    Single-player alternative to Heads Will Roll — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Heads Will Roll.

    Heads Will Roll: Downfall is a combination of a tactical role-playing game and visual novel, in which you will assume the role of a medieval soldier.

    2022AdventureRPGFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →