Single-player games like Dark Scavenger
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Dark Scavenger, 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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Kill The Dragon
Single-player alternative to Dark Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Scavenger.
A unique choices matter adventure with horrific deaths and wonderful choices!
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Joyfess Ep1: Martin's Secret Recipe
Single-player alternative to Dark Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Scavenger.
Joyfess Tidesman, a fearless sailor from the Caribbean, decides to take a break from his sea adventures by participating in a cooking contest, only to realize that the most exciting of his adventures is yet to come as he tries to fetch a recipe and gather its contents.
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Tango: The Adventure Game
Single-player alternative to Dark Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Scavenger.
A point & click adventure based on the legendary life of the greatest Tango singer, Carlos Gardel. With a strong grasp on Argentinean culture, it guides the player through a very charming story full of rich details of an early twentieth century Buenos Aires.
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Assassin at Crimson Keep
Single-player alternative to Dark Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Scavenger.
Assassin at Crimson Keep is a short, point and click visual novel set in a dark, quasi-fantasy world. After a botched assassination attempt, you pursue the King into his lair known as the Crimson Keep. Your small choices can have great consequences, either for good or for evil.
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Non-Linear Text Quests
Single-player alternative to Dark Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Scavenger.
Non-Linear Text Quests is a bundle of text games of various genres. Here you can find interactive stories with branching plots and text-only versions of classic Point & Click quests, where you can communicate with different characters, use your inventory and combine items in various locations.
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Prism: Master Tape
Single-player alternative to Dark Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Scavenger.
This is a dystopian soft sci-fi game. One day, you and your family received a flyer from the community to watch a movie for free. Your family has already set off, and you arrived later – but you find out that they are not there. After that, you discover the untold secrets of the medium of "video".
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The Bread Must Rise
Single-player alternative to Dark Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Scavenger.
The Great Godstone Bake-off has arrived! As a hapless baker deeply in debt, you finally have the opportunity to rise to fame and fortune! Under the tutelage of famous chefs , you will learn the arts of baking, breading, and dare you whisper it...necromancy?
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Shadows Over Loathing
Single-player alternative to Dark Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Scavenger.
Shadows over Loathing — a slapstick-figure comedy adventure-RPG full of mobsters, monsters, and mysteries.
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Wizardry 8
Single-player alternative to Dark Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Dark Scavenger.
A New Wizardry for a New GenerationThe universe is in the throes of violent upheaval and change. Vast and mysterious forces are preparing for the final confrontation. A small group of heroes from distant lands must plunge into the heart of the maelstrom, to uncover long-forgotten secrets, and bring about a new era.
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Resident Evil
Single-player alternative to Dark Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dark Scavenger.
The game that defined the survival-horror genre is back! Check out the remastered HD version of Resident Evil.
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Star Control I and II
Single-player alternative to Dark Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Scavenger.
Explore a vast universe with pulse-pounding action, side-splitting humor, and hair-raising plot twists in these 2 classic space adventure games.
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Manual Samuel - Last Tuesday Edition
Single-player alternative to Dark Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Scavenger.
Wealthy, handsome, and... dead? Samuel strikes a deal with Death for one last shot at life, but only if he can survive a day doing everything manually. Blink, breathe, walk, and work - Guide Sam in this darkly humorous and brutally difficult adventure!
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Zork Nemesis: The Forbidden Lands
Single-player alternative to Dark Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dark Scavenger.
Travel through five mind-bending worlds to discover the ancient secret of Alchemy that will free the trapped souls from evil’s grip…Do you dare enter the Forbidden Lands?
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Super Hero League of Hoboken
Single-player alternative to Dark Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Dark Scavenger.
The U.S. is a nightmare of toxic waste, melted ice caps, and desperate shortages of oat bran. Horrible mutations roam the countryside. Monsters spawned of radiation, environmental toxins, and unregulated bio-engineering. But a small group of Superheroes band together to the rebirth of a new society.
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Mike Dies
Single-player alternative to Dark Scavenger — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Dark Scavenger.
After flying his spaceship into an asteroid field, Spaceman Mike finds himself fighting for survival against hostile aliens, a ruthless kingpin and his own personal demons. Haunted by his past and hunted by his enemies, can Mike escape in one piece?