Single-player games like Northern Journey
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Northern Journey, 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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Tiny Archers VR
Single-player alternative to Northern Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Draw your bow and defend your kingdom in this immersive VR tower defense archery game! Step into the role of the realm's finest archer as you face waves of attacks from cunning goblins and ruthless orcs. Test your skills, compete on leaderboards, and be part of the evolving community!
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DragonHill VR
Single-player alternative to Northern Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
This is an action-adventure game built for virtual reality. You play as an adventurer, freely roam and explore in a medieval open world. Complete a series of quests to unlock skills and upgrade equipment, and finally defeat the dragon in the hill cave.
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Bunny Hurling
Single-player alternative to Northern Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Hunt the bunnies, load the catapult and hurl them… The King demands.
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The Lost
Single-player alternative to Northern Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
You survive a bombing from enemy planes, you are knocked out and on an island with no contact to the outside world.
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City of Graves
Single-player alternative to Northern Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
As a soldier in a lifeless city after a disease outbreak, fight creatures and hunt for what will save the city.
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Rain of Arrows
Single-player alternative to Northern Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Fight for your life in this archery shooter! You will need all of your speed and skills as you block arrows, dodge fireballs, and battle your way through a horde of enemies and bosses. Use a variety of magical powers, purchase upgrades, and battle your way to survival!
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Skeletons
Single-player alternative to Northern Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Regurgitated into a cursed, dying world – endure peril and contend against fleeting time to fulfil your ordered purpose, in this gruelling first-person exploration game.
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Breath of Spirits
Single-player alternative to Northern Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
With the power of the Spirit, defeat the enemies and purify the land of elves. Gain different elemental abilities and various Elf`s costumes in single play mode, or cooperate with other players and survive the horde in multiplayer mode.
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Lunacid
Single-player alternative to Northern Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Cast into the Great Well, unwanted by the world above. You delve the dark in search of the Old One, your last salvation. Lunacid is a dark fantasy dungeon crawler inspired by Shadow Tower and King’s Field.
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Dread Delusion
Single-player alternative to Northern Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.
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Pathologic 2
Single-player alternative to Northern Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Pathologic 2 is a groundbreaking open-world horror RPG. Resist the plague. Make medicine. Heal people. Perform an autopsy. Trade to get what you need. Fight and kill if necessary. Survive. Struggle with an outbreak in a secluded rural town that is rapidly turning into hell.
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Betrayer
Single-player alternative to Northern Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Betrayer is a first person action adventure game that takes you to the New World at the turn of the 17th century.The year is 1604. You sailed from England expecting to join a struggling colony on the coast of Virginia. Instead, you find only ghosts and mysteries. What catastrophe blighted the land and drained it of color and life?
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In Verbis Virtus
Single-player alternative to Northern Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Use your real voice to cast spells in In Verbis Virtus, a fantasy adventure unlike any other. Step into the shoes of a wizard in search of an ancient power. Explore a lost temple, making your way through forgotten chambers brimming with unspeakable beauty and terror.
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The Banner Saga
Single-player alternative to Northern Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
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Mundaun
Single-player alternative to Northern Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Northern Journey.
Mundaun is a lovingly hand-penciled horror tale set in a dark, secluded valley of The Alps. Explore various areas full of secrets to discover, survive hostile encounters, drive vehicles, fill your inventory, and solve a variety of handcrafted puzzles.
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Arx Fatalis
Single-player alternative to Northern Journey — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
This critically acclaimed first-person RPG from Arkane Studios takes the player on an amazing journey into the fantasy world of Arx. Arx is wrought with turmoil, brought to the brink of destruction by a violent war.