Single-player games like The Darkest Road
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to The Darkest Road, 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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Moonfall
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Road — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Darkest Road.
In this old-school RPG, join three seemingly unrelated characters as their decisions unknowingly intertwines their fate with the fate of the world and all life as they know it.
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The Oathkeeper
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Road — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Darkest Road.
Ira is a famed mercenary, called The Oathkeeper. When one of his contracts puts him in the middle of an ancient war of good v. evil and face to face with the woman he begins to fall in love with, he will have to start fighting for more than just money!
- 3
Child of Hope
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Road — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Darkest Road.
In this old-school RPG, you are the Child of Hope.
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The Exodus
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Road — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Darkest Road.
Play an old-school 2D RPG in the vein of Skyfall, Last Heroes and Fantasy Heroes!
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Against All Odds
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Road — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Darkest Road.
Of Arawn is asked something much greater than what he is prepared to give... that's when his true journey begins.
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Chains of Time
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Road — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Darkest Road.
In this 2D RPG, Rollo will have to become much more than a street urchin and care for the survival of all people, instead of only his own.
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Skyfall
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Road — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Darkest Road.
Play an exciting 2D old-school RPG in the classic style of Valiant - Resurrection by the same developers.
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War of the Old Gods
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Road — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Darkest Road.
The country is on the brink of a new war, and Oriana and her brother are caught between that and their own personal safety. Orion will have to learn from his older sister how to properly use his powers, because he knows that ultimately, he won't be able to avoid doing so.
- 9
Baptism of Fire
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Road — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Darkest Road.
What at first was just another ranger duty, becomes the duty of champions trusted to protect the whole country's safety. In a race against time and against the former Champion Jorgen, Zasker and his party must secure all three Volgaia Shards to save the country from total ruin.
- 10
Save the Queen
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Road — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Darkest Road.
The Skull King has risen once more. As the last bastion against evil, it is your duty to stop him and restore the country to it's peaceful form.
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Mother
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Road — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Darkest Road.
A terrible disease knowns as the Spread roams freely through the world of Terra. Moira and her family are the only survivors of their village, in her attempt to flee the sickness by going to a safe haven, she loses her husband, becoming the sole responsible for her children's safety and life.
- 12
A Tale of Brothers
Single-player alternative to The Darkest Road — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Darkest Road.
Caldwell and Caldwyn, two former soldiers in the army of the Ruskin Kingdom, fight together to survive in what used to be their hometown. One day, they find what could be the cure of their world, now full of disease, hunger and suffering. This cure comes in the form of a woman.