Single-player games like Avernum 4
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Avernum 4, 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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Avernum 6
Single-player alternative to Avernum 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Avernum 6 is the final chapter in the Great Trials Trilogy, three games that tell the tale of your weary land’s final destiny.
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Avadon: The Black Fortress
Single-player alternative to Avernum 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Avadon: The Black Fortress is an epic, Indie fantasy role-playing saga. You will serve the keep of Avadon, working as a spy and warrior to fight the enemies of your homeland. As a servant of the Black Fortress, your word is law. Use your power to crush a growing rebellion! (Or join it.)
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Avernum: Escape From the Pit
Single-player alternative to Avernum 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Avernum is a land underground, a subterranean nation full of rogues, misfits, and brigands, struggling for survival in the monster-infested darkness. Hunt for glory, treasure, and justice in the underworld. Fight for survival, freedom, and even vengeance in the epic indie cult-classic.
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Avernum 2: Crystal Souls
Single-player alternative to Avernum 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Huge indie fantasy role-playing adventure in a massive, underground land. Packed with over 100 towns and dungeons and an epic story. Fight to complete up to three distinct game-winning quests. Master over 60 spells and abilities. Hunt for hundreds of magical artifacts. Over 50 hours of gameplay.
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Avadon 2: The Corruption
Single-player alternative to Avernum 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Avadon 2: The Corruption is a huge, indie fantasy role-playing adventure, the second chapter in the epic Avadon trilogy. You will serve the keep of Avadon, working as a spy and warrior to fight the enemies of your homeland. As a servant of the Black Fortress, your word is law.
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Avernum 5
Single-player alternative to Avernum 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Avernum 5 is the second chapter in the Great Trials Trilogy, three games that tell the tale of this land’s struggles in the face of powerful forces that seek to destroy it.
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Avadon 3: The Warborn
Single-player alternative to Avernum 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Huge, old-school, indie fantasy role-playing adventure. Features an epic story and tactical, turn-based combat. Explore cunning dungeons, hunt for 100s of magical artifacts, and use dozens of magical abilities. Many different endings. Will you save your people or betray them? It's up to you.
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Lords of Xulima
Single-player alternative to Avernum 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Avernum 4.
Lords of Xulima is a challenging Role-playing game set on the mythical continent of Xulima, where Gods and humans once walked side by side. Experience a genuine RPG featuring over 100 hours of gameplay, and discover one of the most epic sagas ever told.
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Mass Effect (2007)
Single-player alternative to Avernum 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Avernum 4.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Single-player alternative to Avernum 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Avernum 4.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Single-player alternative to Avernum 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Avernum 4.
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.
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Exile
Single-player alternative to Avernum 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Avernum 4.
A survival city-builder unlike any other—shaped by rolling hills, guide generations, and grow without limits. No cap on scale, no slowdown, just strategy and survival at your pace.
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Geneforge 1 - Mutagen
Single-player alternative to Avernum 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Unique, truly open-ended fantasy adventure in a strange, new world. Use battle or cunning to change the world, served by your own army of custom-made mutant monsters. Over 80 zones to explore and 50+ hours of gameplay. Multitudes of skills, abilities, factions, treasures, and servants to create.
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Geneforge 1
Single-player alternative to Avernum 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Geneforge is an Indie fantasy role-playing game, the first game in the five-part Geneforge Saga. It features an enormous world, the ability to create your own army of lethal, totally obedient creatures, and a cunning enemy AI with foes who can go on patrols, stalk you, and run for help. Geneforge has a huge and open storyline.
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Queen's Wish: The Conqueror
Single-player alternative to Avernum 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
At last, the Queen has given you power and freedom! The cost? You must rebuild her Empire. Will you? In this epic, indie fantasy adventure, you are free to explore, fight for fame and power, and shape the world as you choose. Escape into an unpredictable open-ended story and cunning tactical combat.
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Avernum 3: Ruined World
Single-player alternative to Avernum 4 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Avernum 4.
Wander free through this epic, indie fantasy adventure. Explore a huge world that evolves as time passes. Towns fight battles. Refugees flee. Disasters happen. Features cunning adventures, great depth, and unlimited freedom. Be a merchant or bounty hunter, buy a home, save the world!