Single-player games like Eldritch Empathy
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Eldritch Empathy, 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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Curious Expedition
Single-player alternative to Eldritch Empathy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Eldritch Empathy.
Curious Expedition is a roguelike expedition simulation set in the late 19th century. Together with famous personalities you will venture on unprecedented expeditions to regions never explored before for fame, science and treasures.
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Unknown Darkness
Single-player alternative to Eldritch Empathy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Eldritch Empathy.
Unknown Darkness is a Lovecraftian story-driven tactical RPG with roguelite deck-building, set in a twisted version of 1920s America. Command America's shadow agency, born from the horrors of WWI, as a forgotten cult tries to wake a sleeping god. Can you keep the chaos from swallowing the world?
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Echoes of the Abyss
Single-player alternative to Eldritch Empathy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eldritch Empathy.
A weird action roguelike, where world changes based on your Sanity meter. It’s a fast-paced 90-2000s style action adventure. Eat or be eaten. Grow from Prey into Hunter. Build ability-combos to survive. Uncover secrets of your lost humanity.
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Pool of Madness
Single-player alternative to Eldritch Empathy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eldritch Empathy.
A Lovecraftian roguelite pool. Shoot some balls. Unleash horrors from beyond. Go insane. Try again.
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CHANGE: A Homeless Survival Experience
Single-player alternative to Eldritch Empathy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Eldritch Empathy.
CHANGE is an award nominated homeless survival experience set in a randomly created city with rogue-like elements. Explore, survive, earn perks, find items & kindness to develop your character & escape to a new life. Over 7 years of development & over 200 updates so far!
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Reverse Collapse: Code Name Bakery
Single-player alternative to Eldritch Empathy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Eldritch Empathy.
Experience the newest tactical RPG from the creators of Girls’ Frontline. Some 30 years in the future, AU agent Mendo and the mysterious girl Jefuty find themselves in gruesome battles against armed URNC forces…
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Curious Expedition 2
Single-player alternative to Eldritch Empathy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Eldritch Empathy.
Curious Expedition 2 is a turn-based narrative roguelike set in a reimagined version of the late 19th century that uses procedural gameplay and story elements to create completely unique and epic adventures every time you play.
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Eldritch
Single-player alternative to Eldritch Empathy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eldritch Empathy.
Eldritch is the original imsim roguelike: a first-person action game inspired by roguelikes, immersive sims, and H. P. Lovecraft.
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I doesn't exist - a modern text adventure
Single-player alternative to Eldritch Empathy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Eldritch Empathy.
Classic Zork meets Existential Crisis. A modern text adventure that explores themes of control, isolation and mental health while levelling up the genre with beautiful pixel art.