Single-player games like The Backworld: Prologue
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Backworld: Prologue, 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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The Backworld
Single-player alternative to The Backworld: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Backworld: Prologue.
Slip between the cracks of reality into a world where danger awaits at every turn. Survive with strategy, battling when necessary or fleeing when the odds are stacked against you. Collect strange items, unlock new abilities, and recruit unique companions. Forge your own path; every choice matters.
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Glory's Fools
Single-player alternative to The Backworld: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Backworld: Prologue.
A retro RPG set in the mythic Age of Greece. Find allies, choose your path to glory, fighting monsters, men, or even Gods and become a true hero!
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START AGAIN: a prologue
Single-player alternative to The Backworld: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Backworld: Prologue.
timeloop depression station ✦ In Stars and Time's prototype-thingy-thing
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LISA: The Painful
Single-player alternative to The Backworld: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Backworld: Prologue.
The miserable journey of a broken man...
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Corpse Party (2021)
Single-player alternative to The Backworld: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Backworld: Prologue.
Explore the haunted halls of Heavenly Host Elementary in Corpse Party (2021), the horror cult classic now updated for the next generation.
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Athenian Rhapsody
Single-player alternative to The Backworld: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Backworld: Prologue.
Forge your own story and explore the world of Athens in Athenian Rhapsody, a souls-like platonic dating simulator with cooking-mama and WarioWare style battle mechanics... and by that I mean it's a choose-your-own-adventure action RPG with the ability to trade ENTIRE PLAYTHROUGHS between friends!!
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OMORI
Single-player alternative to The Backworld: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Backworld: Prologue.
Explore a strange world full of colorful friends and foes. When the time comes, the path you’ve chosen will determine your fate... and perhaps the fate of others as well.
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YIIK: A Postmodern RPG
Single-player alternative to The Backworld: Prologue — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Backworld: Prologue.
Experience YIIK: A Postmodern RPG 1.5 (I.V) update with revamped battles and cutscenes. A child relinquishes her name for a birthday invite, hoping to find her brother. Alex's reality unravels, guided by a mysterious cat, witnessing a woman vanish, igniting an obsession that threatens his world.