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Single-player games like Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition

Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition, 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 Play's the Thing — Steam game cover

    The Play's the Thing

    Single-player alternative to Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition.

    Win fame as a playwright before dark forces bring the curtain down for good! In a city stalked by a deadly curse, how will the power of your pen change the world?

    2021ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vampire Therapist — Steam game cover

    Vampire Therapist

    Single-player alternative to Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition.

    Guide vampires through centuries of emotional baggage, decades of delusions and the odd bout of self-loathing with real cognitive behavioral therapy concepts and become a Vampire Therapist! Even vampires need a shoulder to cry on when a neck to bite just won’t do.

    2024IndieSimulation14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nantucket — Steam game cover

    Nantucket

    Single-player alternative to Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition.

    Chase after Moby Dick, and live through the Golden Age of American whaling in this seafaring strategy game. Set sail around the world, manage your ship and crew, and live Ishmael's story, the sole survivor of the Pequod, a few years after the events narrated by Herman Melville in his masterpiece.

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure17.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Sigh of the Abyss — Steam game cover

    Sigh of the Abyss

    Single-player alternative to Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition.

    Embrace the monster within in this dark fantasy visual novel with inclusive romances. Befriend charming allies, defy bitter rivals, fall in love. Your choices will save or condemn mortals, shaping the fate of a city as beautiful as it is cruel.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG13.49 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Herald: An Interactive Period Drama - Book I & II — Steam game cover

    Herald: An Interactive Period Drama - Book I & II

    Single-player alternative to Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition.

    Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on colonial tides. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.

    2017IndieAdventure11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dustborn — Steam game cover

    Dustborn

    Single-player alternative to Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition.

    Ragtag crew? Check. Musical gear? Check. Tour bus and robot driver? Check. Stolen package? Check! Embark on a perilous road-trip across a Divided States of America. Use the power of words to shape relationships with your crew, get out of trouble and reach your final destination.

    2024ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ambition: A Minuet in Power — Steam game cover

    Ambition: A Minuet in Power

    Single-player alternative to Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition.

    18th century Paris - a city of love, lies and revolution. You are a woman of fashion trying to survive the political turmoil. Date a cast of unforgettable characters. Amass the wealth and respect you deserve. Engage in gossip that can alter the course of history, or lead you to the guillotine.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation20.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Blood and Gold: Caribbean! — Steam game cover

    Blood and Gold: Caribbean!

    Single-player alternative to Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition.

    'Blood & Gold: Caribbean!' is a blend of economic strategy and open-world RPG, set in the pirate era of XVII Century Caribbean. The game is based on the significantly improved Mount & Blade: Warband engine.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Red Kiss — Steam game cover

    Red Kiss

    Single-player alternative to Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Dispatch a team of vampire spies through the tense and fractured streets of Cold War Berlin. Fulfill your darkest impulses as you tap into their powers, gain their trust, and manipulate your way through this (blood)thirsty Tactical Narrative RPG.

    StrategyRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →