Single-player games like Vlad the Impaler
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to Vlad the Impaler, 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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Vampyr
Single-player alternative to Vlad the Impaler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Vlad the Impaler.
London, 1918. You are newly-turned Vampyr Dr. Jonathan Reid. As a doctor, you must find a cure to save the city’s flu-ravaged citizens. As a Vampyr, you are cursed to feed on those you vowed to heal.
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Cabernet
Single-player alternative to Vlad the Impaler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
Single-player alternative to Vlad the Impaler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
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Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives
Single-player alternative to Vlad the Impaler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
Dominate undead politics through cunning and violence! Will a missing Prince give you the opening to betray your sire and seize power?
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Single-player alternative to Vlad the Impaler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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Swordbreaker The Game
Single-player alternative to Vlad the Impaler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
The Swordbreaker game is interactive fiction with lots of illustrations where you and you alone get to choose the storyline and the ending!
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Single-player alternative to Vlad the Impaler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Vlad the Impaler.
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.
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Hunter: The Reckoning — A Time of Monsters
Single-player alternative to Vlad the Impaler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Vlad the Impaler.
Topple the vampires from the streets below! Will you unite the homeless, the gangs, and the secret hunter societies to defy vampiric rule? An interactive novel set in the World of Darkness extended universe.
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Tinertia
Single-player alternative to Vlad the Impaler — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Vlad the Impaler.
Action-platformer set on a dying planet. Main protagonist - Weldon - must climb a vast expanse of ruins and tackle deadly sentient machines if he hopes to survive.