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Single-player games like DESOLATIUM: Prologue

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to DESOLATIUM: Prologue, 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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    Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft — Steam game cover

    Dagon: by H. P. Lovecraft

    Single-player alternative to DESOLATIUM: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DESOLATIUM: Prologue.

    Face unspeakable horrors. Succumb to madness. Welcome to a free daemonic narrative experience inspired by H. P. Lovecraft.

    2021IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DESOLATIUM — Steam game cover

    DESOLATIUM

    Single-player alternative to DESOLATIUM: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DESOLATIUM: Prologue.

    DESOLATIUM is a first-person point & click Graphic Adventure based on Lovecraft Mythos. Live this horror story where you will have to visit mysterious locations, face lovecraftian creatures, find clues and combine objects to solve puzzles.

    2024IndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TEMPUS — Steam game cover

    TEMPUS

    Single-player alternative to DESOLATIUM: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DESOLATIUM: Prologue.

    TEMPUS is a puzzle adventure game with time travel. Each time you advance, you will see the island where you live change over thousands of years. You can only travel forward so it is a one way trip, how far will you go?

    2022IndieAdventureCasual6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dark Trip — Steam game cover

    Dark Trip

    Single-player alternative to DESOLATIUM: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DESOLATIUM: Prologue.

    Psychedelic horror escape room where you eat pills and see hallucinations to solve puzzles of an eerie crime case. The most unique and bizarre gaming experiences, where you take on the role of an investigator searching for a missing woman — and are forced to consume drugs during your mission.

    2025IndieAdventureSimulationSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hong Kong Obscure — Steam game cover

    Hong Kong Obscure

    Single-player alternative to DESOLATIUM: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DESOLATIUM: Prologue.

    The year was 1999. Something happened that shook the world and it all ended up in the 2nd Dust district of Hong Kong. Big Pharma, Influential Political figures, OP-SEC Corporations, webs of spies with absence of allegiance. The truth is there, its all documented. Just have to connect the dots...

    2023ActionIndieAdventure3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Saint Kotar — Steam game cover

    Saint Kotar

    Single-player alternative to DESOLATIUM: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with DESOLATIUM: Prologue.

    Saint Kotar is a psychological horror detective game set in a cursed valley in rural Croatia. Investigate the disappearance of your relative in the occult-ridden town of Sveti Kotar as you switch between conflicting realities through the eyes of two godly men.

    2021IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Call of Cthulhu® — Steam game cover

    Call of Cthulhu®

    Single-player alternative to DESOLATIUM: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DESOLATIUM: Prologue.

    1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.

    2018AdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Wolf Among Us — Steam game cover

    The Wolf Among Us

    Single-player alternative to DESOLATIUM: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with DESOLATIUM: Prologue.

    From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.

    2013ActionAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Magical Bakery — Steam game cover

    Magical Bakery

    Single-player alternative to DESOLATIUM: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with DESOLATIUM: Prologue.

    Experience a life full of magic, challenges, and the joy of creating sweets that will leave a spellbinding impression on your customers. Become the ultimate magical baker and prove yourself worthy to inherit the Magical Bakery!

    2024ActionIndieCasual19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →