Single-player games like Darkest Dungeon®
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Darkest Dungeon®, 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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Darkest Dungeon® II
Single-player alternative to Darkest Dungeon® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darkest Dungeon®.
Darkest Dungeon II is a roguelike road trip of the damned. Form a party, equip your stagecoach, and set off across the decaying landscape on a last gasp quest to avert the apocalypse. The greatest dangers you face, however, may come from within...
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Slay the Spire
Single-player alternative to Darkest Dungeon® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darkest Dungeon®.
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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Iratus: Lord of the Dead
Single-player alternative to Darkest Dungeon® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Darkest Dungeon®.
Iratus: Lord of the Dead is a turn-based tactical roguelike RPG set in a dark fantasy universe. Lead an army of undead to help an angry necromancer in his quest to reach the surface world and bring death to the mortal realms!
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The Last Spell
Single-player alternative to Darkest Dungeon® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Darkest Dungeon®.
Defend the last bastion of humanity with your squad of heroes! Exterminate fiendish monsters with magic and brute force by night and re-build your battered city defenses by day in this tactical RPG with rogue-lite mechanics.
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Othercide
Single-player alternative to Darkest Dungeon® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Darkest Dungeon®.
As Humanity’s last hope, lead your army to combat in an intricate dance of spectacular actions and counters, using an original Dynamic Timeline System, and face fearsome bosses in epic battles.
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Tainted Grail: Conquest
Single-player alternative to Darkest Dungeon® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Darkest Dungeon®.
A unique, infinitely replayable, story-driven hybrid between a deck-building Roguelike and an RPG game. Explore the ever-changing maps, fight with deadly enemies, and learn what happened to the cursed island of Avalon.
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Battle Brothers
Single-player alternative to Darkest Dungeon® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG and Strategy with Darkest Dungeon®.
Lead a mercenary company in this tactical RPG set in a medieval fantasy world. Chase fame and fortune as you choose where to go, who to recruit, which contracts to pursue, and how to train and equip your men in a procedurally generated open world campaign.
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Ring of Pain
Single-player alternative to Darkest Dungeon® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Strategy with Darkest Dungeon®.
Enter the Ring of Pain, a roguelike card crawler where encounters come to you. Each step around the ring a dire decision. Go for the loot or backstab a creeping horror? Meet strange friends bearing gifts and treasure. Choose your gear wisely to survive and discover the secrets of the Ring of Pain.
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Phoenix Point
Single-player alternative to Darkest Dungeon® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG and Strategy with Darkest Dungeon®.
The acclaimed strategy game from the creator of X-COM. Fight tactical battles on procedural maps against a foe that adapts to your tactics. Manage diplomacy and economy on a global scale. Research, explore, overcome. Now includes Steam Workshop support for mods!
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Wasteland 3
Single-player alternative to Darkest Dungeon® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG and Strategy with Darkest Dungeon®.
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
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Wartales
Single-player alternative to Darkest Dungeon® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Darkest Dungeon®.
Wartales is an open world RPG in which you lead a group of mercenaries in their search for wealth across a massive medieval universe. Explore the world, recruit companions, collect bounties and unravel the secrets of the tombs of the ancients!
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FTL: Faster Than Light
Single-player alternative to Darkest Dungeon® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darkest Dungeon®.
This "spaceship simulation roguelike-like" allows you to take your ship and crew on an adventure through a randomly generated galaxy filled with glory and bitter defeat.
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Wildermyth
Single-player alternative to Darkest Dungeon® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Darkest Dungeon®.
Wildermyth follows heroes over their whole careers, from their pitchfork days to their powerful primes, and on into old age and memory. It’s a party-based procedural storytelling RPG where tactical combat and story decisions will alter your world and reshape your cast of characters.
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Rogue Lords
Single-player alternative to Darkest Dungeon® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG and Strategy with Darkest Dungeon®.
A dark fantasy roguelike where you play as the Devil! Lead famous evil geniuses through events and turn-based fights to spread terror and corruption. Create synergies between your disciples, use your evil powers and take revenge on those miserable Demon Hunters.
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Menace from the Deep
Single-player alternative to Darkest Dungeon® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Darkest Dungeon®.
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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Deep Sky Derelicts
Single-player alternative to Darkest Dungeon® — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Darkest Dungeon®.
Deep Sky Derelicts is an original combination of turn-based strategy and RPG, enriched with tactical card combat and popular roguelike elements. Explore derelict alien ships, fight, loot and upgrade your gear, all in distinctive retro-futuristic comic book aesthetic style.