Single-player games like The Council
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to The Council, 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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The Wolf Among Us
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Council.
From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.
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Pentiment
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Council.
Step into a living illustrated world in a time when Europe is at a crossroads of great religious and political change. Walk in the footsteps of Andreas Maler, a master artist who finds himself in the middle of murders, scandals, and intrigue in the Bavarian Alps.
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Sherlock Holmes: Crimes and Punishments
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Council.
Become the most celebrated detective of all time: Sherlock Holmes! Use your impressive talents as a detective to solve six thrilling and varied cases: murders, missing persons, spectacular thefts and numerous investigations that sometimes lead you into the realms of the fantastic.
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Return of the Obra Dinn
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Council.
Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.
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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Council.
A School Prefect has been pushed out of a window, and everyone's blaming YOU. Can you find the culprit - or someone to take the fall - before you get EXPELLED? Mystery with a wicked twist, from the creators of Overboard!, 80 Days, Heaven's Vault and A Highland Song.
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Blacksad: Under the Skin
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Council.
BLACKSAD: Under the Skin - A dark corruption scandal in the heart of the New York City's underworld for charismatic detective John Blacksad!
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Call of Cthulhu®
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Council.
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
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Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Council.
Disco Elysium - The Final Cut is a groundbreaking role playing game. You’re a detective with a unique skill system at your disposal and a whole city to carve your path across. Interrogate unforgettable characters, crack murders or take bribes. Become a hero or an absolute disaster of a human being.
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Oxenfree
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Council.
Oxenfree is a supernatural thriller about a group of friends who unwittingly open a ghostly rift. You are Alex, and you’ve just brought your new stepbrother Jonas to an overnight island party gone horribly wrong.
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The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Council.
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
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Detroit: Become Human
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Council.
Detroit: Become Human puts the destiny of both mankind and androids in your hands, taking you to a near future where machines have become more intelligent than humans. Every choice you make affects the outcome of the game, with one of the most intricately branching narratives ever created.
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Firewatch
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Council.
Firewatch is a single-player first-person mystery set in the Wyoming wilderness, where your only emotional lifeline is the person on the other end of a handheld radio.
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Martha Is Dead
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Council.
Set in 1944 Italy, Martha Is Dead is an award-winning dark psychological thriller where the lines between truth, superstition, and tragedy blur. Explore a haunting countryside, uncover disturbing memories, and peel back layers of mystery. Every choice shapes the nightmare…are you ready to face it?
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The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Council.
Back by popular demand, The Secret of Monkey Island™: Special Edition faithfully re-imagines the internationally-acclaimed classic game (originally released in 1990) for original and new audiences alike.
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The Walking Dead
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Council.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
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The Banner Saga
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Council.
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.
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Vampire: The Masquerade – Swansong
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Council.
Play as 3 vampires, wield their powers wisely, and strike the right balance between your human and animal side in a heart-pounding story in which your choices will decide the fate of Boston.
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Cthulhu: The Cosmic Abyss
Single-player alternative to The Council — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Council.
A mining station in the Pacific abyss is no longer responding. As an investigator of the occult, unravel the mysteries of the deep. Test your wits and sanity in this lovecraftian thriller.