Single-player games like Shadows Over Loathing
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Shadows Over Loathing, 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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Festival
Single-player alternative to Shadows Over Loathing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadows Over Loathing.
Party-Based RPG at a Music Festival & Renaissance Faire
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Travelling At Night
Single-player alternative to Shadows Over Loathing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadows Over Loathing.
CONJURE. CONFESS. DISAPPEAR. Be an exorcist, a stage magician, or - worse yet - a writer, in this globe-trotting choices-matter CRPG. In a very alternate 1940s Europe, choose sides; choose motives; choose your History.
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Single Malt Apocalypse
Single-player alternative to Shadows Over Loathing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadows Over Loathing.
Save the sleepy mining town from a cosmic threat in this late 80s-style adventure with RPG elements. Retro to the core!
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The Broken Ceiling
Single-player alternative to Shadows Over Loathing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadows Over Loathing.
The Broken Ceiling is a hand-drawn, 2D, top-down eldritch horror adventure where the player must use a fragile light, which constantly needs to be recharged, to hold back the darkness, explore alien caverns, and uncover why fate has summoned a little rabbit into a pit of incomprehensible beings.
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Sovereign Syndicate
Single-player alternative to Shadows Over Loathing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Shadows Over Loathing.
A Victorian steampunk RPG with tarot cards instead of dice. Investigate the disappearance of society’s most vulnerable to uncover a mysterious cult. Play as three characters, each with their own skills and motivations. Customize your characters with narrative choices to unlock new tarot cards.
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Football Story
Single-player alternative to Shadows Over Loathing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadows Over Loathing.
Football Story is a cozy football RPG and life sim about growing up, friendship, and a dream. Develop your skills, explore the town of Lumen Bay, help its residents, and build your own street football team. Rise from your first neighborhood matches to victory over the pros!
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Divinity: Original Sin 2 - Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to Shadows Over Loathing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Shadows Over Loathing.
The critically acclaimed RPG that raised the bar, from the creators of Baldur's Gate 3. Gather your party. Master deep, tactical combat. Venture as a party of up to four - but know that only one of you will have the chance to become a God.
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Solasta II
Single-player alternative to Shadows Over Loathing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadows Over Loathing.
In a Mana-infused land, a dark force led by the enigmatic Shadwyn threatens Neokos. Bring your party of adventurers together across perilous realms in this Turn-Based Tactical RPG based on the SRD 5.2 ruleset. You make the choices, dice decide your destiny.
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West of Loathing
Single-player alternative to Shadows Over Loathing — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Shadows Over Loathing.
West of Loathing — a slapstick comedy stick-figure wild west adventure role-playing game.