Single-player games like Dark City
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dark City, 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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Citizen Sleeper
Single-player alternative to Dark City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark City.
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
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Curse of the Sea Rats
Single-player alternative to Dark City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark City.
Embark on an epic, hand-animated, ‘ratoidvania’ adventure, where your crew has been turned into rats by a pirate witch! Explore a rich non-linear world, enjoy fun action platforming, face challenging bosses, and unlock unique abilities - either alone or in local co-op!
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ITORAH
Single-player alternative to Dark City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark City.
Discover the world of Nahucan in this 2D action platformer. You are Itorah, the only human in this strange place. Explore, fight and survive to uncover your past and save Nahucan from its biggest threat, a mysterious plague!
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SCARLET NEXUS
Single-player alternative to Dark City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark City.
Choose between Yuito and Kasane, elite psionics each armed with a talent in psychokinesis and their own reason to fight. Complete both of their stories to unlock all the mysteries of a Brain Punk future caught between technology and psychic abilities.
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Worldless
Single-player alternative to Dark City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dark City.
Worldless is a stylised 2D platformer with a unique combat system and a mind-bending interpretative narrative. Players embark on a journey of self-growth and understanding, pushing the limits of their nature in a newly born and abstract universe.
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Twilight Monk
Single-player alternative to Dark City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark City.
Embark on a quest to recover the Three Rings of the Triskelion, as the last descendant of ancient Kung Fu warriors in Twilight Monk!. Experience a richly crafted Metroidvania, RPG, with intricately crafted dungeons, linked across a vast overworld spanning multiple continents.
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Pentiment
Single-player alternative to Dark City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dark City.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
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Ghost Song
Single-player alternative to Dark City — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dark City.
On the desolate moon of Lorian, a long-dormant Deadsuit awakens from slumber. Journey beneath the surface on an atmospheric 2D adventure of self-discovery, ancient mysteries, and cosmic terror. Explore winding caverns and acquire new abilities to unearth this alien world’s long-buried secrets.