Single-player games like Roots Devour
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Roots Devour, 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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Memories Loaming
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Roots Devour.
A horror anthology about people working along a remote highway in Labrador, Canada. Try to remain balanced and lucid at your normal job. Also, there's a bear.
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SOMA
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Roots Devour.
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
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WAGON
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots Devour.
WAGON is a 1-bit card game where you make tough decisions to try and survive winter on the Oregon Trail.
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Death Trials (Director's Cut)
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Roots Devour.
An action horror game about scientific trials gone wrong! Run and hide or FIGHT your way to escape. Plenty of jump-scares and perfect for streaming!
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Darkwood
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Roots Devour.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
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Dark ill 暗黑蛊国
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots Devour.
This card adventure game combines elements of darkness, card and roguelike. Upgrading the cards will bring random attributes, creating various and unique adventure experiences. Design your custom card sets to defeat the decaying monsters, face the darkness and break the curse!
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Menace from the Deep
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots Devour.
Menace from the Deep is an enthralling Roguelike Deckbuilding card game that unfolds in a dark world, drawing inspiration from Howard Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos.Set against the backdrop of 1920s USA, the narrative revolves around a clandestine occult society.
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Evil Nightmares
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Roots Devour.
The Bell is ringing and there is no escape. The world is quickly shrouded in darkness and horrifying creatures lurk for Marv. He must face his fears and find a way out of this nightmare or he will be trapped in hellfire forever.
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots Devour.
We fused card games and roguelikes together to make the best single player deckbuilder we could. Craft a unique deck, encounter bizarre creatures, discover relics of immense power, and Slay the Spire!
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CARRION
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Roots Devour.
CARRION is a reverse horror game in which you assume the role of an amorphous creature of unknown origins, stalking and consuming those that imprisoned you.
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Inscryption
Single-player alternative to Roots Devour — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Roots Devour.
Inscryption is an inky black card-based odyssey that blends the deckbuilding roguelike, escape-room style puzzles, and psychological horror into a blood-laced smoothie. Darker still are the secrets inscrybed upon the cards...