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Single-player games like Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord

Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord, 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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    Golel — Steam game cover

    Golel

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    Immerse yourself in the disturbing world of a first-person, Dungeon Crawler, Golel. Leverage the environment to your advantage, drop a bookshelf on an enemy, or kick them into a pit. Golel brings innovation to turn-based combat.

    2026IndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Monsters of Mican — Steam game cover

    Monsters of Mican

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    A whimsical party-based first person turn-based dungeon crawler RPG. Discover the origin of Monsters in Mican as you explore unique handcrafted dungeons, battle hundreds of diverse monsters, learn dozens of spells, and find tons of secrets and loot!

    2024RPG9.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wizardry: The Five Ordeals — Steam game cover

    Wizardry: The Five Ordeals

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    Welcome to the world of dungeon crawling! The classic dungeon crawler released back in 2006, returns to Steam with improved UI and more.

    2023IndieRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Into the Abyss — Steam game cover

    Into the Abyss

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    You are Sonja, a student of necromancy fighting to rid the world of a terrible illness that's taking the lives of all mankind. Fight alongside a zombie, a witch and even death in this exciting journey of persistence, friendship and determination!

    2020IndieRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Paper Sorcerer — Steam game cover

    Paper Sorcerer

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    Paper Sorcerer is a stylish single player turn based RPG focused on strategy, party-building, and environmental puzzles. Fight with the skills and spells you've learned in a battle system that emphasizes strategy over grinding. Assemble a party of monsters and dark creatures to fight alongside you.

    2014IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    A Quest That Became Legend — Steam game cover

    A Quest That Became Legend

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    A Quest That Became Legend is a game inspired by old school RPG classics, with turn based combat and an open world environment. Set out on an epic quest to defeat the dark conjurers and save your world from destruction.

    2023ActionStrategyAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Demon Rush: Legends Corrupt — Steam game cover

    The Demon Rush: Legends Corrupt

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    The Demon Rush: Legends Corrupt is an action RPG with an ensemble cast and multiple modes (Story Mode, Endless Dungeon, Onslaught, Conquest, Heist, Boulderball, Naval Conquest, Side Stories, RopeRange, Prison Break, Summoner's Onslaught and Counterintelligence).

    2021ActionRPG17.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Midnight's Curse — Steam game cover

    Midnight's Curse

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    Join Luna together with Rez the Werewolf, Frankie the Frankenstein and Mary the Hunter against her former partner Dracula, who is set out to enslave humankind in act of revenge by calling upon the Blood Moon, his most evil ritual.

    2020IndieRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dark Messiah of Might & Magic — Steam game cover

    Dark Messiah of Might & Magic

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    Discover a new breed of Action-RPG game powered by an enhanced version of the Source™ Engine by Valve. Set in the Might & Magic® universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Swords, Stealth, Sorcery. Choose your way to kill.

    2006ActionRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Steam game cover

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.

    2011RPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Arcis Ultima — Steam game cover

    Arcis Ultima

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    Player finds himself in the war between human race and the invading creatures. You must train yourself, get the very best equipment, recall your past and help human efforts. Otherwise; as the time passes, you may find yourself in a hopeless situation.

    2022ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection — Steam game cover

    Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    Celebrate Street Fighter’s historic legacy with the Street Fighter 30th Anniversary Collection. In this collection of 12 Street Fighter games, four groundbreaking titles let you hop online and relive the arcade experience through the online Arcade Mode or play with friends.

    2018Action29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection — Steam game cover

    Mortal Kombat: Legacy Kollection

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    Step into the arena and choose your fighter! Experience the legendary origins of Mortal Kombat with the iconic arcade classics that started it all—alongside a curated selection of most-loved home versions and rare, fan-favorite releases—a celebration of the franchise’s groundbreaking legacy.

    2025Action49.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Disney Afternoon Collection — Steam game cover

    The Disney Afternoon Collection

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    Starring a cast of beloved Disney characters, The Disney Afternoon Collection takes you back to a golden era of gaming and afternoons filled with adventure. All six classic games feature new and improved visuals and include filtering options that replicate a retro look and feel.

    2017Action19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection — Steam game cover

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: The Cowabunga Collection contains thirteen prior released classic games. This collection is a great place for gamers to experience these popular titles on Steam.

    2022Action15.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind — Steam game cover

    Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    In Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Rita's Rewind, the team faces off against a robotic reincarnation of the Power Rangers' long-time nemesis. Robo Rita has conjured a portal to send herself back in time so she can finally vanquish the Power Rangers by forming an alliance with her younger self.

    2024Action34.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration — Steam game cover

    Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    Atari 50: The Anniversary Celebration takes players on an interactive journey through 50 years of video games via interviews with designers, developers and industry leaders, documentary footage, product design documents, high-res original artwork, and a curated list of more than 90 playable games.

    2022ActionAdventureCasual39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Yu-Gi-Oh! EARLY DAYS COLLECTION — Steam game cover

    Yu-Gi-Oh! EARLY DAYS COLLECTION

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    Yu-Gi-Oh! EARLY DAYS COLLECTION is packed with classic Yu-Gi-Oh! games from the very early days of Dueling — bursting with retro RPGs and strategic card games with beloved anime characters!

    2025StrategySimulationRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition — Steam game cover

    Rayman: 30th Anniversary Edition

    Single-player alternative to Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Wizardry: Proving Grounds of the Mad Overlord.

    Celebrate 30 years of Rayman with the definitive edition of the platforming classic, featuring 5 versions, 120+ extra levels, and an exclusive documentary on the creation of the limbless hero.

    2026ActionAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →