Single-player games like Unrest
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Unrest, 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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Expelled!
Single-player alternative to Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unrest.
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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Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Unrest.
Uncover secrets of past lives in this story-rich, tactical roleplaying game set in Sigil, a dark fantasy city at the heart of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse. Explore the planes, survive combat alongside a party of bizarre companions, and solve puzzles unlike any ever seen in the genre.
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Gerda: A Flame in Winter
Single-player alternative to Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unrest.
You have five days to save your husband, who has just been arrested by the Gestapo. Investigate, explore and form allegiances in this story-rich RPG-lite. Who will you trust?
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Sovereign Syndicate
Single-player alternative to Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Unrest.
A Victorian steampunk RPG with tarot cards instead of dice. Investigate the disappearance of society’s most vulnerable to uncover a mysterious cult. Play as three characters, each with their own skills and motivations. Customize your characters with narrative choices to unlock new tarot cards.
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Pentiment
Single-player alternative to Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Unrest.
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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Disco Elysium - The Final Cut
Single-player alternative to Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Unrest.
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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Sector Unknown
Single-player alternative to Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Unrest.
Sector Unknown is a solo-developed, isometric sci-fi RPG set in a shadowy expanse of space. Begin on a desolate planet, establish a stronghold, explore space, ally with or dominate local factions, and combat a despotic organization set on ruthlessly exploiting the sector's resources and inhabitants.
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The King's Dilemma: Chronicles
Single-player alternative to Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Unrest.
Lead the King’s Council for generations as the consequences of your decisions decide the kingdom’s resources and political standing. Form alliances, solve dilemmas, and prepare for the final uprising that was foretold by an ancient prophecy
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Torment: Tides of Numenera
Single-player alternative to Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Unrest.
Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.
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Good Robot
Single-player alternative to Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Unrest.
Good Robot is a fast-paced roguelike shoot-em-up that pits you against thousands of robots out to violate your warranty. Explore a procedurally generated sci-fi metropolis and the depths of corporate depravity, but never stop shooting...unless, of course, you're a Bad Robot. You're not, are you?
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Will Fight for Food: Super Actual Sellout: Game of the Hour
Single-player alternative to Unrest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Unrest.
Kill, steal, and tread the tender fields of diplomacy in this RPG Brawler with a ridiculously complicated conversation system - or you can just beat up everyone you meet, you psycho.