Single-player games like Project Dark
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Project 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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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Single-player alternative to Project Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Dark.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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Roadwarden
Single-player alternative to Project Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Dark.
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.
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Crown Gambit
Single-player alternative to Project Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Dark.
Play as three intrepid paladins through a terrible war of succession to save a sinister medieval kingdom from political turmoil. Pick a side amongst noble families to choose the future monarch and crush those who stand in your way through board-shattering tactical card combat!
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Single-player alternative to Project Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Dark.
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.
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Overboard!
Single-player alternative to Project Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Dark.
GET AWAY WITH MURDER. Highly replayable detective game where you're the one whodunnit. From the creators of 80 Days and Heaven's Vault.
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
Single-player alternative to Project Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Dark.
Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
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Suzerain
Single-player alternative to Project Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Dark.
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Project Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Dark.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Cube Samurai: RUN!
Single-player alternative to Project Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Run, jump and slash your way through this endless runner! Race through galactic environments as you try to stop the Evil Pyramid and his Cone Trooper army. Earn, purchase and upgrade your hero’s costumes, weapons, and special powers to help you be the greatest warrior in all of space and time!
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Steel & Steam: Episode 1
Single-player alternative to Project Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Project Dark.
Steel & Steam takes the best elements from the fantasy JRPG’s of old, such as great stories, awesome characters, and classic monsters, and combines them with a touch of steampunk. It’s like taking Lord of the Rings and mixing in the Wild West.
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First Impact: Rise of a Hero
Single-player alternative to Project Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Dark.
First Impact: Rise of a Hero immerses you in a beautiful comic book world where you can run, jump, fly, and summon elemental powers to protect citizens. Experience a lush array of islands and cityscapes and uncover the truth about a mysterious force sending meteors to Earth. For PC & VR!
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Bring to Light
Single-player alternative to Project Dark — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Project Dark.
Trapped in the city subway system due to a sudden disaster, you explore the depths of the tunnels to find your way out. The further you explore, the more you realize there is more to this disaster...and the lurking shadows are following your every move.