Single-player games like The Backworld
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Backworld, 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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Carnosis
Single-player alternative to The Backworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Backworld.
Carnosis is a horror dungeon crawler set in a grimdark empire filled with mutated monstrosities and war machines. Sever enemy limbs, steal the flesh of defeated foes, and chain devastating status combos to butcher your way to the emperor.
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Vagrant Shifter
Single-player alternative to The Backworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Backworld.
An RPG about Life, Death, and all that we leave behind...
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Legends of Astravia
Single-player alternative to The Backworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backworld.
Dynamic battles, twisting dungeons, and countless secrets await you in the magical world of Astravia. Journey alongside your companions as you unravel the mystery of your past and uncover the truth behind a mysterious trio’s plot... before the Cataclysm brings forth another age of ruin.
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Sin or Suffer
Single-player alternative to The Backworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backworld.
Sin or Suffer is a brutal mix of survival-horror and JRPG. Locked in a medieval prison, you awake amidst a cold silence. The guards are gone; inmates and madness own the place. Something terrible lurks underground. But the only way to the truth is down.
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Persona 3 Reload
Single-player alternative to The Backworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Backworld.
Dive into the Dark Hour and awaken the depths of your heart. Persona 3 Reload is a captivating reimagining of the genre-defining RPG, reborn for the modern era with cutting-edge graphics and gameplay.
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You Are NOT Bunnygirl
Single-player alternative to The Backworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Backworld.
Guide Bunnygirl through a lab of malfunctioning robots in this RPG about self-care! Learn how to weaponize her emotions in combat and meet unhinged robots who seem to know more about her than she does. Can you protect Bunnygirl? And...who is she, anyway??
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Persona 3 Portable
Single-player alternative to The Backworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Backworld.
If I say there’s an hour “hidden” between one day and the next... would you believe me? Master the power of the heart, Persona, and uncover the tragic truth of the Dark Hour.
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Guild Saga: Vanished Worlds
Single-player alternative to The Backworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Backworld.
On your maiden voyage with the Heroes Guild, your ship was capsized by an enigmatic maelstrom, stranding your party on Respite Island. Navigate your way through pirates, ferocious beasts, and shady alchemists as you unravel its mysteries.
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The Backworld: Prologue
Single-player alternative to The Backworld — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Backworld.
Experience a non-linear turn-based horror RPG. Navigate through eerie corridors and surreal dimensions, while battling and evading terrifying monsters. Grow stronger by exploring every corner, not grinding battles. Forge your own path to find new colorful worlds, and decide the fate of the universe.