Single-player games like The Legacy
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to The Legacy, 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 Forest
Single-player alternative to The Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Legacy.
As the lone survivor of a passenger jet crash, you find yourself in a mysterious forest battling to stay alive against a society of cannibalistic mutants. Build, explore, survive in this terrifying first person survival horror simulator.
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Ars Notoria
Single-player alternative to The Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Legacy.
Ars Notoria is an open-world survival crafting game set in a rich fantasy world. Learn six distinct schools of magic, gather resources, build your base, expand your influence, and stand against the ever-shifting threat of the Enthralled. You are the one destined to change the kingdom.
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Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts
Single-player alternative to The Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Legacy.
Nowhere: Mysterious Artifacts is a Multiplayer Survival Horror game for up to 4 players. Set in the Middle of the Unknown, you can craft, build, explore and discover secrets in the exciting first chapter from EFNSOFT.
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MISERY
Single-player alternative to The Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Legacy.
MISERY is a 1–5 player co-op survival game set in a nuclear disaster zone. Here, every day is a struggle: search radioactive ruins for resources, build your bunker, craft weapons, and explore a weird, procedurally-generated world with your friends. Beware of anomalies, monsters, and armed bandits.
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Whisper of the Swallows
Single-player alternative to The Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Legacy.
Brave a savage, unforgiving procedurally generated world where extreme weather and the nightmares of the dark will hunt you down. Alone or in co-op, survive, build, and explore to turn a cursed hellscape into your sanctuary of light.
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VEIN
Single-player alternative to The Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Simulation with The Legacy.
VEIN is a post-apocalyptic survival multiplayer sandbox game. Gather supplies to survive, explore abandoned buildings, defend your home, and rebuild society, whether alone or with friends.
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Sons Of The Forest
Single-player alternative to The Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Legacy.
Sent to find a missing billionaire on a remote island, you find yourself in a cannibal-infested hellscape. Craft, build, and struggle to survive, alone or with friends, in this terrifying new open-world survival horror simulator.
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Breakwaters: Crystal Tides
Single-player alternative to The Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Legacy.
Survive in a world ravaged by massive Titans and an ever changing ocean sim. Displace water to find resources for building and crafting unique items. Swim, sail, and fly to explore new islands and fight Titans.
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Cafe Owner Simulator
Single-player alternative to The Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Legacy.
Open your dream restaurant at FPP. Create a unique exterior and interior, hire the best workers and chefs, create a place where people will love to eat, spend time and spend their money. Simulation of the restaurant business.
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When They Arrived
Single-player alternative to The Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Legacy.
Alan went hunting in his grandfather's country house. There was an invasion of the aliens. Cities are destroyed. You need to use survival skills and ingenuity to survive and save the planet. Build, explode, explore the world, develop your skills, try all ways to stop the aliens invasion."What would I do after the alien invasion?
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12 HOURS
Single-player alternative to The Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Legacy.
The protagonist was in a very nightmarish and realistic lucid dream, he needed to find a way to wake up, avoiding the creepy creature that was chasing him. Find a way to wake up, each time the level is generated randomly.
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The Searchers of Legends : Origin
Single-player alternative to The Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Legacy.
Psychological, story indie horror, made in the style of Penumbra and Amnesia. An interesting story with a lot of details, the ability to interact with almost all the objects around, the random of some events and the unpredictable behavior of the characters, dangers, riddles and a terrible atmosphere are waiting for you!
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12 HOURS 2
Single-player alternative to The Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Legacy.
You got into an unusual dream. The goal of the game is to wake up, going through difficulties, avoiding the vigilant guard of the museum. The artificial intelligence of the enemy is very developed. How far will you go to unravel the secrets of Douglas? What does he hide from prying eyes?
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Cafe Owner Simulator: Prologue
Single-player alternative to The Legacy — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with The Legacy.
Prologue to the Cafe Owner Simulator, where you can restore your own abandoned building, complete tasks at various levels, and start building a restaurant business from zero.