Single-player games like Willow Guard
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Willow Guard, 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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Fire in the Beastlands
Single-player alternative to Willow Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Willow Guard.
Explore the danger and mystery of a fallen land, whose hidden wonders are shrouded and marred by the stranglehold of wickedness. In "Fire in the Beastlands," you are thrust into a world beyond the brink, blamed for its waywardness, and confronted with the choice between revenge and redemption.
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Book of Demons
Single-player alternative to Willow Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Willow Guard.
Book of Demons is a Hack & Slash in which YOU decide the length of quests. Wield magic cards instead of weapons and slay the armies of darkness in the dungeons below the Old Cathedral. Save the terror-stricken Paperverse from the clutches of the Archdemon himself!
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9th Dawn Remake
Single-player alternative to Willow Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Willow Guard.
Rediscover the magic of the 9th Dawn series with this complete re-imagining of the original game. Venture into a massive 2.5D open world. Explore 45 new dungeons in single-player or online/local co-op, craft weapons, raise pets, play a deck-building card game, and take down the Castle of Maltyr!
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Eldest Souls
Single-player alternative to Willow Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Willow Guard.
Fast-paced and brutally challenging, Eldest Souls is a unique Soulslike experience. In a final act of vengeance, the Old Gods have unleashed a great Desolation upon the world. Mankind's only hope lies with a lone warrior… and his greatsword of pure Obsydian.
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Alaloth: Champions of The Four Kingdoms
Single-player alternative to Willow Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Willow Guard.
A hardcore high fantasy isometric action RPG set in a huge sandbox world ruled by magic and monsters. Master deep skill-based combat, forge powerful builds, explore unforgiving lands and dungeons, face brutal boss fights, uncover ancient secrets, and save Plamen from its inevitable doom!
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Hand of Fate 2
Single-player alternative to Willow Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Willow Guard.
A new hero rises to challenge the Dealer in Hand of Fate 2! Master a living boardgame of infinitely replayable quests - unlock new cards, build your adventure, then defeat your foes in brutal real-time combat! Draw your cards, play your hand and discover your fate!
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Death's Door
Single-player alternative to Willow Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Willow Guard.
Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.
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The Slormancer
Single-player alternative to Willow Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Willow Guard.
Fight hordes of enemies led by The Slormancer, an evil warlock from the past, in an absurd yet epic Action RPG! Experience fast-paced gameplay, loads of shiny loot, tons of collectibles, countless hours of content, and carefully crafted pixel art.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Single-player alternative to Willow Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Willow Guard.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
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Roadwarden
Single-player alternative to Willow Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Willow Guard.
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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Vampire Survivors
Single-player alternative to Willow Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Willow Guard.
Mow down thousands of night creatures and survive until dawn! Vampire Survivors is a gothic horror casual game with rogue-lite elements, where your choices can allow you to quickly snowball against the hundreds of monsters that get thrown at you. Be the bullet hell!
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Don't Starve
Single-player alternative to Willow Guard — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Willow Guard.
Don’t Starve is an uncompromising wilderness survival game full of science and magic. Enter a strange and unexplored world full of strange creatures, dangers, and surprises. Gather resources to craft items and structures that match your survival style.