Single-player games like The Darkness Below
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to The Darkness Below, 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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Underkeep
Single-player alternative to The Darkness Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkness Below.
Explore a dangerous fantasy world in this role-playing dungeon crawler with tactical, turn-based combat. Assemble a party of adventurers, upgrade your gear and descend into the depths of the Underkeep to uncover what lies hidden below.
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Dragon Wars
Single-player alternative to The Darkness Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Darkness Below.
From the designer's of Bard's Tale comes a story-telling RPG with over 60 monsters, 65 spells and hours of exploration and turn-based combat where your decisions matter.
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Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees
Single-player alternative to The Darkness Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Darkness Below.
Legends of Amberland II: The Song of Trees is a classic western RPG inspired by great 90s era games such as Might & Magic, Wizardry, Ultima, the Gold Box series. Light, fairy tale, epic, heroic, slightly humorous adventure.
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Archaelund
Single-player alternative to The Darkness Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Darkness Below.
Explore a vast open world and crawl through dungeons in first person, then fight tactical turn-based battles from a top-down perspective. Guide your adventuring party through Archaelund, mankind's last frontier, and uncover its many secrets.
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Aeon of Sands - The Trail
Single-player alternative to The Darkness Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkness Below.
Aeon of Sands – The Trail is a roleplaying game set in a post-apocalyptic desert world. It combines real-time exploration gameplay with classic gamebooks where you create your very own non-linear story adventure.
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Operencia: The Stolen Sun
Single-player alternative to The Darkness Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkness Below.
Operencia: The Stolen Sun embraces everything you love about classic first-person dungeon-crawlers, enhancing the old-school turn-based RPG experience with modern sensibilities. Guide a team of memorable characters through a world inspired by Central European mythology.
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Might & Magic X - Legacy
Single-player alternative to The Darkness Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Darkness Below.
After a decade, a Might & Magic® RPG is back with both the unique core formula and a new set of improved and fine-tuned features. The best RPG of its class!In the wake of the spectacular events in Might & Magic® Heroes® VI, you will play in a party of four adventurers entangled in intrigue and political machinations unfolding in...
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Swords and Sorcery - Underworld - Definitive Edition
Single-player alternative to The Darkness Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkness Below.
Swords and Sorcery - Underworld is a party-based, first person view role-playing game with turn-based combat and a square grid 3D environment. The art was made by a professional comics illustrator.
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Wizardry 8
Single-player alternative to The Darkness Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Darkness Below.
A New Wizardry for a New GenerationThe universe is in the throes of violent upheaval and change. Vast and mysterious forces are preparing for the final confrontation. A small group of heroes from distant lands must plunge into the heart of the maelstrom, to uncover long-forgotten secrets, and bring about a new era.
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The Quest
Single-player alternative to The Darkness Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkness Below.
The Quest is a beautifully hand-drawn open world role playing game with old school grid-based movement, turn based combat and intricate quests. Explore a huge world, full of challenging mysteries and dangerous monsters!
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Heroes of Might & Magic V
Single-player alternative to The Darkness Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Witness the amazing evolution of the genre-defining strategy game as it becomes a next-generation phenomenon, melding classic deep fantasy with next-generation visuals and gameplay. In the renowned Might & Magic universe, demon swarms spread chaos over the land in a relentless assault.
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A Bastard's Tale
Single-player alternative to The Darkness Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkness Below.
A game about parrying, attacking, and overcoming difficult foes
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Grimoire : Heralds of the Winged Exemplar (V2)
Single-player alternative to The Darkness Below — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Darkness Below.
Cleveland Mark Blakemore's Magnum Opus! The ultimate classic style turn-based roleplaying game in the tradition of Wizardry, Might&Magic, Lands Of Lore and Eye of the Beholder! 600+ hours of play with hand-painted graphics and old skool goodness!