Single-player games like Scarlet Sails
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Scarlet Sails, 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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Diaspora
Single-player alternative to Scarlet Sails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Sails.
Navigate unknown waters, deadly politics, and ancient magic in this low-fantasy adventure. Can you turn the tides of war and forge a future for your clan? A text-based interactive novel, 1 million words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
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Keeper's Vigil
Single-player alternative to Scarlet Sails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Sails.
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."
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Whiskey-Four
Single-player alternative to Scarlet Sails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Sails.
Never stop running, not with the galaxy at stake. Save it at all costs, and save yourself if you can.
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Dawn of Heroes
Single-player alternative to Scarlet Sails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Sails.
By day, you're just another citizen. By night, you defend the city. But don’t quit your day job, hero. A text-based superhero novel, 450,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
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Scales of Justice
Single-player alternative to Scarlet Sails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Sails.
Travel across a magical kingdom with four eccentric individuals! Will you find your destiny—or will you write it for yourself? A text-based interactive fantasy novel, 600,000 words and hundreds of choices, without graphics or sound effects.
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Message in a Melody
Single-player alternative to Scarlet Sails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Sails.
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.
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Dragon of Steelthorne
Single-player alternative to Scarlet Sails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Sails.
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.
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Life as a Lich
Single-player alternative to Scarlet Sails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Sails.
Embrace lichdom: research powerful spells, recruit undead legions, manage your domains, rule the underworld, and become a demigod!
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Fallen Hero: Rebirth
Single-player alternative to Scarlet Sails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Sails.
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!
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Fallen Hero: Retribution
Single-player alternative to Scarlet Sails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Sails.
So you're a villain now? Let's see if you survive the experience.
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Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
Single-player alternative to Scarlet Sails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Sails.
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.
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Tin Star
Single-player alternative to Scarlet Sails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Scarlet Sails.
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.
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Community College Hero: Trial by Fire
Single-player alternative to Scarlet Sails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Scarlet Sails.
Outwit your professors at superpower school! Ace your exams, date classmates, and bring down the nation’s most wanted villains to earn your degree.
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Zombie Exodus: Safe Haven
Single-player alternative to Scarlet Sails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Sails.
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?
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Lords of Infinity
Single-player alternative to Scarlet Sails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Scarlet Sails.
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.
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Wayhaven Chronicles: Book Two
Single-player alternative to Scarlet Sails — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Scarlet Sails.
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.