Single-player games like Dead Ink
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Dead Ink, 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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Skjoldur Story
Single-player alternative to Dead Ink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Ink.
In this lighthearted pastoral adventure, explore a vast and whimsical world, confronting dangers in whichever order you choose using nothing but a magical shield.
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PRISON OF HUSKS
Single-player alternative to Dead Ink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Ink.
A nostalgic souls-like set in a painted afterlife. Awaken as a doll and seek your beloved. From parries to pistols, tune your build to overcome adversity. Explore dense, interconnected levels full of secrets and shortcuts as you battle pigment-hoarding bosses and seek your lost love.
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Void Sols
Single-player alternative to Dead Ink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Ink.
Abstract ruins. Hostile shapes. No escape but forward... Death isn’t the end as you know it. Here, it’s how you grow! Each defeat teaches you more as you rise again to defeat foes with stolen blades and bows. Pushing through a broken world warped by cruelty and shadows. Welcome. This is Void Sols.
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TUNIC
Single-player alternative to Dead Ink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dead Ink.
Explore a land filled with lost legends, ancient powers, and ferocious monsters in TUNIC, an isometric action game about a small fox on a big adventure.
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Nine Treasures of Liuyin
Single-player alternative to Dead Ink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Ink.
This is a dark, soul like role-playing game, trying to create a different experience in this genre. The protagonist fights against a powerful enemy in this city in search of a divine artifact.
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Bleak Faith: Forsaken
Single-player alternative to Dead Ink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Ink.
Explore the last remnants of civilization in this vast, unforgiving, and interconnected world. Learn what is left of its history. Discover pockets of natural life in the perpetually expanding Omnistructure. Lose yourself in a journey unlike any other. Find your purpose in the world.
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Tearscape
Single-player alternative to Dead Ink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Ink.
As a hunter, you explore a dark, interconnected world filled with dungeons, relying on precise combat to survive. Battle grotesque monsters, expand your arsenal, and uncover hidden paths in a non-linear, pixel art journey.
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FOUNTAINS
Single-player alternative to Dead Ink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dead Ink.
Master high-skilled combat to uncover the secrets of an ancient, interconnected world.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to Dead Ink — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Dead Ink.
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.