Single-player games like DARK
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to DARK, 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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Murdered: Soul Suspect
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with DARK.
MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK.
Vampire®: The Masquerade-Bloodlines™ delivers a new type of RPG experience-one that blends all the core elements of a traditional RPG with the graphical richness, immediacy and brutal combat of a first-person action game. The game plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern-day L.A. as a creature of the night.
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Vampyr
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with DARK.
London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.
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The Midnight Walk
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Follow The Midnight Walk in a dark adventure from the minds behind Lost in Random. Befriend a lost lantern creature and light your way through a world of wonder and terror. Outsmart monsters and marvel at details in a landscape handcrafted with real clay and animated in a stop motion style.
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BloodRayne (Legacy)
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK.
In the years between the World Wars, Agent BloodRayne works as a killing machine for The Brimstone Society--a top secret fraternity that hunts down and destroys supernatural threats. Starring heroine Rayne, this original action horror game unleashed the red headed dhampir on the world.
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Dishonored
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
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DYSTHANASIA
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with DARK.
You awaken in a cold unfamiliar building crawling with grotesque creatures. Stave off terror using your wits and anything you can find, then try to make it out alive in this highly atmospheric environmental horror game.
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Thief: Deadly Shadows
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK.
You are Garrett, the master thief. Rarely seen and never caught, Garrett is the best that ever was. Able to sneak past any guard, pick any lock, and break into the most ingeniously secured residences. Garrett steals from the wealthy and gives to himself, making his living in the dark and foreboding City.
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HITMAN™
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK.
There is a world beyond ours. Beyond nations, justice, ethics. It never sleeps. It exists everywhere. And once you enter....there is no going back. Welcome to the World of Assassination. You are Agent 47, the world's ultimate assassin.
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Styx: Master of Shadows
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK.
Styx: Master of Shadows is an infiltration game with RPG elements taking place in a dark fantasy universe, where you sneak, steal and assassinate your way through as Styx, a Goblin two-centuries of age.
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PROTOTYPE
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK.
In the neon-lit world of PROTOTYPE, 07Vanguard, a powerful AI prototype, battles hordes of menacing robots. Equipped with combat techniques and a vast arsenal, it faces increasingly challenging enemies. Power-ups aid its survival, but the ultimate test comes with the appearance of formidable Bosses.
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Tropico 6
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
El Presidente is back! Prove yourself once again as a feared dictator or peace-loving statesman on the island state of Tropico and shape the fate of your very own banana republic through four distinctive eras.
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Dungeons 3
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
At last, the Dungeon Lord has successfully united the forces of evil and established his dark empire. Time for the next step in his most diabolical quest: expansion!
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Dungeons 4
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The Absolute Evil and its trusted *cough* servant, the Dark Elf Thalya, return in Dungeons 4 after the events of its fabulous predecessor to bring about their triumph over the forces of good once more.
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Dungeons 2
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with DARK.
The Dungeon Lord is back – and this time he’s serious! In Dungeons 2, fulfil the Dungeon Lord’s insatiable quest for vengeance by recruiting fearsome new monsters from all corners of the underworld in order to undertake his evil bidding.
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Dungeons
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with DARK.
Assume the role of a mighty (and mighty evil) Dungeon Lord and create your own diabolical demesnes underground. 10 different classes of heroes dare to enter your dungeon where 15 different monsters lurk in the dark.
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Spacebase Startopia
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Spacebase Startopia captivates with its original mixture of economic simulation and empire building strategy paired with classic RTS skirmishes and a good dose of humor.
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Dungeons - The Dark Lord
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with DARK.
Dungeons: The Dark Lord is the sequel to Dungeons, the game where the more evil you are, the better! There are a slew of exciting new features, including four-player multiplayer in four modes!
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Ceville
Single-player alternative to DARK — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK.
The mean cruel cold blooded tyrant Ceville ruthlessly rules the beautiful kingdom of Faeryanis. Or rather, he used to rule the beautiful kingdom of Faeryanis, until the brave people revolted against his regime and drove him out of the palace.