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Single-player games like The Tales of Bayun

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to The Tales of Bayun, 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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    Argumentum ad culpam — Steam game cover

    Argumentum ad culpam

    Single-player alternative to The Tales of Bayun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tales of Bayun.

    Argumentum ad culpam is a gothic visual novel about the world of eternal agony. A capricious dance of principles and death. Take part in twisted battles of wits, where morality is only a tool for survival, and decide what future that world will have.

    2024IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Project Dark — Steam game cover

    Project Dark

    Single-player alternative to The Tales of Bayun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tales of Bayun.

    Project Dark is an episodic, narrative-driven audio game that uses binaural sound and "choose your own adventure" style storytelling to immerse players in its varied worlds. Close your eyes, and see.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Banishing You — Steam game cover

    Banishing You

    Single-player alternative to The Tales of Bayun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Tales of Bayun.

    Step into the world of Banishing You, a visual novel where choices shape your journey. Accept a mysterious invitation to a dream realm full of enigmatic characters and challenges. Navigate passive-aggressive comments, flirtatious strangers, and unravel a quest that could save or doom both worlds.

    2024IndieRPGCasual4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vogvhathos — Steam game cover

    Vogvhathos

    Single-player alternative to The Tales of Bayun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tales of Bayun.

    As an elf in a panicked flight from home, you discover a more dangerous secret: a human claiming to be a dragon.

    2023IndieAdventureRPG1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Isle of Maligree — Steam game cover

    Isle of Maligree

    Single-player alternative to The Tales of Bayun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tales of Bayun.

    Become an investigator in a dark fantasy story. People keep going missing in Maligree, before being forgotten by all who knew them. Will you solve the case before you forget?

    2024IndieAdventureCasual17.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Murder in Crayontopia — Steam game cover

    Murder in Crayontopia

    Single-player alternative to The Tales of Bayun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tales of Bayun.

    Grab your crayons and delve into the world of Crayontopia in this murder mystery visual novel. Become an adept or inept detective as you gather evidence, get to know your fellow crayon-lovers, and seek to uncover the colorful secrets behind the murders that plague this seemingly perfect world.

    2025IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Deigon Witch — Steam game cover

    Deigon Witch

    Single-player alternative to The Tales of Bayun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tales of Bayun.

    Open your own potion shop in Deigon Forest. Listen to your customers’ stories, prepare the potions they need, and, through the choices you make, forge your own path in the struggle between fate and free will.

    IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ファントムゾーン クリプトファシア — Steam game cover

    ファントムゾーン クリプトファシア

    Single-player alternative to The Tales of Bayun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tales of Bayun.

    The future is just a toe away, where supernatural phenomena are frequent. Two identical twins, Akihito and Fuyuto Shirahane. They are caught up in a strange phenomenon in Yomori City, a town where various legends swirl around them.

    2021IndieAdventure12.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tiny Bunny — Steam game cover

    Tiny Bunny

    Single-player alternative to The Tales of Bayun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tales of Bayun.

    Tiny Bunny is a non-linear horror visual novel. Those, who have heard the voice of the forest, are beyond help.

    2025IndieAdventure7.69 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade — Steam game cover

    Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade

    Single-player alternative to The Tales of Bayun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tales of Bayun.

    "Leviathan: The Last Day of the Decade" is a detective story told by a dweller of a cruel dark fantasy world affected by the pandemic. The world ruled by a five noble-born kins under the suzerainty of the undead Plague King.

    2014IndieAdventure4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tales of Berseria™ — Steam game cover

    Tales of Berseria™

    Single-player alternative to The Tales of Bayun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Tales of Bayun.

    Players embark on a journey of self-discovery as they assume the role of Velvet, a young woman whose once kind demeanor has been replaced and overcome with a festering anger and hatred after a traumatic experience three years prior to the events within Tales of Berseria.

    2017ActionRPG49.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Steam game cover

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    Single-player alternative to The Tales of Bayun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Tales of Bayun.

    You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.

    2015RPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shoresy: Legends of the North — Steam game cover

    Shoresy: Legends of the North

    Single-player alternative to The Tales of Bayun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Tales of Bayun.

    Shoresy: Legends of the North is a fast-paced hockey RPG set in the Shoresy universe. Create your skater and join the Sudbury Blueberry Bulldogs on a quest to save the world from the legendary Hockey Godz, or go head-to-head with friends with a roster of fan-favourite characters.

    2025ActionSportsIndie19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tales of Berseria Remastered — Steam game cover

    Tales of Berseria Remastered

    Single-player alternative to The Tales of Bayun — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Tales of Bayun.

    Tales of Berseria returns with enhanced playability and quality-of-life enhancements! Join Velvet on her journey for vengeance, along with her cast of eccentric companions, as they sail through the archipelago which comprises the kingdom of Midgand.

    2026ActionRPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →