Single-player games like Beyond Shadowgate
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Beyond Shadowgate, 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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Shadowgate
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
Thrust into the role of "The Seed of Prophecy," players travel deep into the living castle, in hopes of defeating the evil that dwells within – the dreaded Warlock Lord.
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Chicken Police: Into the HIVE!
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
A wild tale of conspiracy, loss, friendship, and... chickens?! Two rooster detectives are about to venture into the insect underworld to uncover a worldwide conspiracy, while also battling their inherent demons in this animal noir adventure satire.
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Tormenture
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
Tormenture is a psychological horror game where you play as a child trapped in a cursed 8-bit game with a dark secret. To survive, you must find four relics and solve reality-blurring puzzles. But beware—some creatures may escape the game and haunt you in the real world. A game within a game.
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Broken Sword - Shadow of the Templars: Reforged
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
The classic multi-award winning adventure "Broken Sword - the Shadow of the Templars" returns with glorious 4K visuals and iconic remastered audio, pitching intrepid tourist George Stobbart and fearless journalist Nico Collard into a journey of perilous adventures and ancient conspiracies.
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Grunn
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
A gardener gets hired for maintenance work over the weekend. A simple task, but strangely some tools are missing… The owner of the garden isn't around, and their house is off-limits. Perhaps new tools can be found in the mysterious town, or maybe some of the reserved townsfolk have seen them?
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The Book of Unwritten Tales
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
In a world torn by war, the aged gremlin archaeologist Mortimer MacGuffin harbors the dark secret of a powerful artifact.
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Amanda the Adventurer 3
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
In the thrilling conclusion of the Amanda the Adventurer trilogy, follow Riley as they uncover the ultimate secrets behind Amanda, Hameln, and mysteries that have plagued Kensdale for decades.
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An English Haunting
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
While looking for the existence of the Great Beyond, Professor Patrick Moore, aided by a fake medium, will build a device to see the other side, embark on a search for a millenary artifact, and investigate the most haunted manor of 1907 England.
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The Uninvited: MacVenture Series
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
Relive the original MacVenture Series version of The Uninvited! Play through the Mac and Apple IIGS versions and survive the supernatural dangers of the haunted mansion.
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Uninvited Guest
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
Uninvited Guest is a first-person psychological horror game set in 1930. You play as a villager who was destined to end up in an old mansion.
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Unwelcome
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
Stay alive in this weird and peculiar horror experience. What begins as a game between friends turns into a race for your life. Take a breath and enter the house.
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Shadowgate 2
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
The sequel to the critically acclaimed, re-imagined, point-and-click adventure game is now available for preorder! Shadowgate 2 leaves 2D adventuring behind, expanding its horizons, and letting you lift the veil on the mysterious castle once again!
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Shadowgate VR: The Mines of Mythrok
Single-player alternative to Beyond Shadowgate — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Beyond Shadowgate.
The first book in the Shadowgate Saga, Shadowgate VR: The Mines of Mythrok brings the hit adventure series to virtual reality! Step into the fantasy world of Kal Torlin like never before and immerse yourself in this exciting action/adventure game made for PCVR!