Single-player games like Dungeons - The Dark Lord
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Dungeons - The Dark Lord, 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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Dungeons 2
Single-player alternative to Dungeons - The Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dungeons - The Dark Lord.
The Dungeon Lord is back – and this time he’s serious! In Dungeons 2, fulfil the Dungeon Lord’s insatiable quest for vengeance by recruiting fearsome new monsters from all corners of the underworld in order to undertake his evil bidding.
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Dungeons 3
Single-player alternative to Dungeons - The Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dungeons - The Dark Lord.
At last, the Dungeon Lord has successfully united the forces of evil and established his dark empire. Time for the next step in his most diabolical quest: expansion!
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War for the Overworld
Single-player alternative to Dungeons - The Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dungeons - The Dark Lord.
War for the Overworld is an unholy union of Dungeon Management and Strategy that rewards all those villainous thoughts you’ve been having. Craft your own perilous dungeon and defend it against pesky heroes who keep exploring it and taking your stuff.
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King's Bounty: Dark Side
Single-player alternative to Dungeons - The Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dungeons - The Dark Lord.
Time has come to begin a Dark Journey to the other side of Teana and explore a mysterious region never before seen by royal bounty hunters. King’s Bounty: Dark Side lets you play as the villains in a full standalone campaign with new heroes, dark factions, and a fresh tactical perspective.
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Iratus: Lord of the Dead
Single-player alternative to Dungeons - The Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dungeons - The Dark Lord.
Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!
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MachiaVillain
Single-player alternative to Dungeons - The Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dungeons - The Dark Lord.
Machiavillain is an evil mansion management and strategy game, inspired by Dungeon Keeper, Prison Architect and all the horror movie clichés! Build your own manor, raise your monsters, set up your traps, and exterminate your victims. But to gain reputation you'll have to slay by the horror movie rules!
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Overlord II
Single-player alternative to Dungeons - The Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Dungeons - The Dark Lord.
Overlord II, sequel to the critically acclaimed cult hit, sees the return of the chaotic Minions and their new Dark Master. Bigger, badder and more beautifully destructive, Overlord 2 has a Glorious Empire to smash, a massive Netherworld to revive, Minion mounts to mobilize, a trio of mistresses to woo, War Machines to crush opposition...
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Evil Genius
Single-player alternative to Dungeons - The Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dungeons - The Dark Lord.
Everybody wants to rule the world! Achieve global power with EVIL GENIUS, the one and only complete world domination simulator. All the everyday tasks of the deliciously wicked mastermind are available to experience and master from building your ultra-secret base to developing spectacular super-weapons to carry out your nefarious master...
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Dungeon Keeper™ 2
Single-player alternative to Dungeons - The Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dungeons - The Dark Lord.
Bad guys have all the fun. Discover your dark side as you build an evil underground kingdom and defend it against the forces of good.
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Tropico 6
Single-player alternative to Dungeons - The Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dungeons - The Dark Lord.
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
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Dungeons 4
Single-player alternative to Dungeons - The Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dungeons - The Dark Lord.
The Absolute Evil and its trusted *cough* servant, the Dark Elf Thalya, return in Dungeons 4 after the events of its fabulous predecessor to bring about their triumph over the forces of good once more.
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DARK
Single-player alternative to Dungeons - The Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Dungeons - The Dark Lord.
DARK is a unique stealth-action game with RPG elements in which you take on the role of the ultimate hunter: a vampire. Ambush your enemies from the shadows, roam the darkness and use powerful vampire skills to dispatch your opponents.
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Dungeons
Single-player alternative to Dungeons - The Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and RPG with Dungeons - The Dark Lord.
Assume the role of a mighty (and mighty evil) Dungeon Lord and create your own diabolical demesnes underground. 10 different classes of heroes dare to enter your dungeon where 15 different monsters lurk in the dark.
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Spacebase Startopia
Single-player alternative to Dungeons - The Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Simulation with Dungeons - The Dark Lord.
Spacebase Startopia captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor.
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Ceville
Single-player alternative to Dungeons - The Dark Lord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Dungeons - The Dark Lord.
The mean cruel cold blooded tyrant Ceville ruthlessly rules the beautiful kingdom of Faeryanis. Or rather, he used to rule the beautiful kingdom of Faeryanis, until the brave people revolted against his regime and drove him out of the palace.