Single-player games like DarkFighter
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to DarkFighter, 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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Overfall
Single-player alternative to DarkFighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DarkFighter.
Set sail in Overfall, a whimsical roguelike turn-based RPG of diplomacy and danger. Recruit unlikely heroes, forge alliances or crush your foes across ever-shifting seas to find a lost king. Every run is fresh with procedural worlds, permanent death, branching story encounters, and hand-drawn art.
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Black Book
Single-player alternative to DarkFighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DarkFighter.
“Black Book” is a dark RPG Adventure, based on Slavic myths, in which you play as a young sorceress. Fight evil forces in card-based battles and explore the world, where humans live alongside mythological creatures.
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Space Prison
Single-player alternative to DarkFighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with DarkFighter.
Survive the galaxy's toughest prison and rise to the top of a space gang! Explore, fight, craft, trade and learn convicts' stories to escape the facility. Space Prison is a turn-based tactical survival game with deep strategy and social RPG elements.
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Touhou: Lost Branch of Legend
Single-player alternative to DarkFighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DarkFighter.
Welcome to Eientei, combine multiple colors of mana to build your ideal deck, duel with gensokyo girls, and chase back the mysterious moon treasure. Also, enjoy the unpredictable Roguelike with fantasy Danmaku!
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Deep Sky Derelicts
Single-player alternative to DarkFighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DarkFighter.
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.
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MISTOVER
Single-player alternative to DarkFighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with DarkFighter.
''MIST-ical' RPG with expeditions for finding the key to survival. Choose your next step wisely and keep in mind that your every move will change the future. Create your own 'Corps' and explore through various regions in the Pillar of Despair: forests, lakes, mountains, cities, cathedrals, castles, and much more.
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HELLCARD
Single-player alternative to DarkFighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DarkFighter.
Hellcard is a unique cooperative deck builder rogue-like game. Descend into the paper dungeons on your own, recruit computer-controlled companions or join other players' lobbies in fast-paced tactical card battles against the armies of darkness and the Archdemon himself!
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Kyvir: Rebirth
Single-player alternative to DarkFighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with DarkFighter.
Kyvir: Rebirth is a single player card game that combines elements of RPG, deck building, and roguelike gameplay. This game features an original dual deck mechanism, hundreds of distinctive items, skills, and cards for you to experiment with.
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OCTOPATH TRAVELER™
Single-player alternative to DarkFighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with DarkFighter.
Eight travelers. Eight adventures. Eight roles to play. Embark on an epic journey across the vast and wondrous world of Orsterra and discover the captivating stories of each of the eight travelers.
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Hades
Single-player alternative to DarkFighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with DarkFighter.
Defy the god of the dead as you hack and slash out of the Underworld in this rogue-like dungeon crawler from the creators of Bastion, Transistor, and Pyre.
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OCTOPATH TRAVELER II
Single-player alternative to DarkFighter — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with DarkFighter.
This game is a brand-new entry in the OCTOPATH TRAVELER series, the first installment of which was initially released in 2018 and sold over 3 million copies worldwide.