Single-player games like Darker Tides
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Darker Tides, 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 Faceless Ones
Single-player alternative to Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Darker Tides.
Four of the most capable warriors in the Kingdom of Abrujah are about to commence a journey that will change their lives forever, if they fail, the world is doomed!
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Memento Vivere
Single-player alternative to Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Darker Tides.
Dekar is a noble warrior who has a estranged relationship with his father. After abandoning his rights to the throne and choosing to live a simple life, everything changes for him when a Winged One crashes into his village asking for his help. The fate of the world now lies on his shoulders.
- 3
Moonfall
Single-player alternative to Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Darker Tides.
In this old-school RPG, join three seemingly unrelated characters as their decisions unknowingly intertwines their fate with the fate of the world and all life as they know it.
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Echoes of Numa
Single-player alternative to Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Darker Tides.
Jessabel is the guardian of the next Vessel, Allegra. Responsible for training her, she'll soon find out that there is more to Allegra than she could have ever imagined. This 1 Vessel has the power to change everything. It's Jessabel's duty to make sure Allegra does well. For the sake of humankind.
- 5
Unlikely Heroes
Single-player alternative to Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Darker Tides.
The evil Lich King, lord of the Undead, is rising once more. It weighs upon your shoulders to do what no one before could, defeat it once and for all, and rid humanity of this ultimate evil!
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Skyfall
Single-player alternative to Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Darker Tides.
Play an exciting 2D old-school RPG in the classic style of Valiant - Resurrection by the same developers.
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Above the Skies
Single-player alternative to Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Darker Tides.
Dylan is the head of a small village and captain of The Eagle and he takes it upon himself to find The Grail and stop the Falls, saving those he cares for. The journey will be long and perilous, but the whole world above the skies depends on it.
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Fated Thread
Single-player alternative to Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Darker Tides.
Young Dullahan will have to absorb all that his father ever taught him so that he and his companions can defeat the Grand Witches once more, before they bring the world to an end.
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Onyx
Single-player alternative to Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Darker Tides.
Play as Rowan, a secluded witch with a bad temper, in this intense adventure worth 30-40 hours of gameplay!
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Wind Child
Single-player alternative to Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Darker Tides.
Five souls, brought together in a simple rescue mission, come to learn that they are more connected than they had believed. Classic RPG goodness and intriguing storyline with this RPG from Valkyria Studios.
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IronBorn
Single-player alternative to Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Darker Tides.
What if you discovered that you have the power to stop an evil menace? What if you discovered that to complete that journey, you would have to face your own brother? Join Dale and his friends on a quest of self-discovery, friendship and heroism!
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The Witch Doctor
Single-player alternative to Darker Tides — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Darker Tides.
Lua is a Witch Doctor, a mutated magician that helps those in need, though they only repay her with disdain and prejudice. As one of the last of her kind, Lua finds out a fellow magician has evil plans to ressurrect the Gigantos, she takes it upon herself to stop the rogue magician.