Single-player games like Black & White
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Black & White, 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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Star Shift Origins
Single-player alternative to Black & White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black & White.
Star Shift Origins tells the story of the first crew of the Dauntless. Trapped in an alternate reality and on the run, the crew desperately searches for answers while being hunted by the relentless Earth Systems Alliance (ESA).
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Fantasy Maiden Wars - DREAM OF THE STRAY DREAMER -
Single-player alternative to Black & White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Black & White.
Command a legion of more than 70 beloved Touhou Project heroines on an expansive quest to uncover the cause of mysterious incidents blossoming throughout Gensokyo. Deploy units on grid-based maps to battle monsters with flashy Spell Cards, and conquer each stage with strategic mastery.
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Restart your life Adventures of Tainuote
Single-player alternative to Black & White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black & White.
Embark on your adventures in the fantastical land of Tainuote. The mystical power of tarot will guide you to eradicate evil and darkness after your reincarnation. To be a great warrior, to increase your strength, to explore the unknown, to give you infinite joy. A Rougelike turn-based FTB game.
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Interregnum: False Prophet
Single-player alternative to Black & White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Black & White.
A tactical, turn-based strategy game in a post-apocalyptic world of eternal winter. As the titular False Prophet, recruit and lead a group of survivors to a promised land. Loot, craft, and make the best of what you find.
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Super Robot Wars 30
Single-player alternative to Black & White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Black & White.
30 years on, the battle for our world's future continues. Super Robot Wars is a tactical RPG that brings characters and robots from a variety of mecha anime together to battle their mutual foes.
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Utawarerumono: Prelude to the Fallen
Single-player alternative to Black & White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Black & White.
The first game in the Utawarerumono trilogy of story-rich tactics RPGs. Into a world filled with verdant nature, populated by folk with fluffy ears and fuzzy tails, awakens Hakuowlo, a man of masked mien and missing memory.
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Valkyria Chronicles 4 Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to Black & White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Black & White.
A Continent Engulfed in the Bitter Flames of War! Commander Claude Wallace and his childhood friends set out to fight in a desperate war, but bone-chilling blizzards, waves of imperial soldiers, and the godlike powers of the Valkyria stand between them and victory.
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Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless
Single-player alternative to Black & White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Black & White.
Disgaea is back and better than ever in Disgaea 7: Vows of the Virtueless! Join Fuji as he embarks on a perilous journey of redemption, and experience unique features new to the Disgaea series!
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Unending War: Grand-Strategy Chess
Single-player alternative to Black & White — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Black & White.
Chess. The Unending War. But why are these battles being fought? And what really happens when two knights do battle? Enter the world of Chess. Where Seven Gods vie for power and worship in a never-ending war!