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Single-player games like The Butler Did It

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to The Butler Did It, 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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    Dragon of Steelthorne — Steam game cover

    Dragon of Steelthorne

    Single-player alternative to The Butler Did It — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Butler Did It.

    Rule a mighty city, fight battles and go on adventures as the Ardent or Ardessa of the city of Lake Steelthorne. Find love, power, and a secret that could change the world.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Keeper's Vigil — Steam game cover

    Keeper's Vigil

    Single-player alternative to The Butler Did It — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Butler Did It.

    As the Harbinger, you are the only Keeper who can cast spells. Stop a necromantic plague, uncover an Elven conspiracy, and decide the fate of a dying world! A text-based fantasy novel, 193,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects."

    2026IndieAdventureRPG3.95 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Whiskey-Four — Steam game cover

    Whiskey-Four

    Single-player alternative to The Butler Did It — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Butler Did It.

    Never stop running, not with the galaxy at stake. Save it at all costs, and save yourself if you can.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Message in a Melody — Steam game cover

    Message in a Melody

    Single-player alternative to The Butler Did It — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Butler Did It.

    Can music save the human race? You and the Raqullan Empire will soon find out. Decide whether music, and the humans who make it, should survive.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Scarlet Sails — Steam game cover

    Scarlet Sails

    Single-player alternative to The Butler Did It — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Butler Did It.

    Hoist the Jolly Roger and set sail to find the legendary Titan’s Treasure! Do you fight with a cutlass or with magic? Are you biding your time until you can shoot your captain in the back, or are you the reason the rum is gone?

    2025IndieAdventureRPG3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Arcadie: Second-Born — Steam game cover

    Arcadie: Second-Born

    Single-player alternative to The Butler Did It — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Butler Did It.

    In this interactive tale of love and war, be the force of reason that your kingdom needs, or perpetuate its reputation as a force of destruction. Find love and weave friendships, or cast it all away for the sake of retribution.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names — Steam game cover

    Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names

    Single-player alternative to The Butler Did It — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Butler Did It.

    Save the living earth with Rage and spirit! Can your shattered werewolf pack defeat a Wyrm Spirit that manifests as a lie that you want to believe?

    2024IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Roadwarden — Steam game cover

    Roadwarden

    Single-player alternative to The Butler Did It — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Butler Did It.

    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.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG10.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fallen Hero: Rebirth — Steam game cover

    Fallen Hero: Rebirth

    Single-player alternative to The Butler Did It — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Butler Did It.

    They called you a hero; you call them fools. Use your telepathy romance old friends and fight new enemies as you become the greatest villain Los Diablos has ever known!

    2018IndieAdventureRPG6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Fallen Hero: Retribution — Steam game cover

    Fallen Hero: Retribution

    Single-player alternative to The Butler Did It — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Butler Did It.

    So you're a villain now? Let's see if you survive the experience.

    2023ActionIndieAdventure11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One — Steam game cover

    Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One

    Single-player alternative to The Butler Did It — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Butler Did It.

    Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.

    2018IndieAdventureRPG7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tin Star — Steam game cover

    Tin Star

    Single-player alternative to The Butler Did It — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Butler Did It.

    Ride out into the Old West as a U.S. marshal in the biggest interactive novel ever made! Confront outlaws, find romance, defy the elements, and craft an enduring legend as you uncover a conspiracy whose deadly web stretches from San Francisco to New York City.

    2015IndieRPG11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Community College Hero: Trial by Fire — Steam game cover

    Community College Hero: Trial by Fire

    Single-player alternative to The Butler Did It — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Butler Did It.

    Outwit your professors at superpower school! Ace your exams, date classmates, and bring down the nation’s most wanted villains to earn your degree.

    2015IndieRPG4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven — Steam game cover

    Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven

    Single-player alternative to The Butler Did It — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Butler Did It.

    Zombies rise again at the dawn of Apocalypse! In this companion to the smash-hit Zombie Exodus, can you survive the early days of society's collapse?

    2016IndieAdventureRPG7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lords of Infinity — Steam game cover

    Lords of Infinity

    Single-player alternative to The Butler Did It — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Butler Did It.

    Lead an ancient and crumbling noble house in a rich gunpowder fantasy setting. Lie, bribe, and conspire to secure power and prestige – or to save a doomed kingdom from itself.

    2023IndieRPGCasual11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two — Steam game cover

    Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two

    Single-player alternative to The Butler Did It — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Butler Did It.

    Under the lights of the carnival, will romance and adventure bloom anew? The quiet town of Wayhaven is once again the center of supernatural occurrences.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG8.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →