Single-player games like The Depths of Despair
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to The Depths of Despair, 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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DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
Single-player alternative to The Depths of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Depths of Despair.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
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Lords Of The Fallen™ 2014
Single-player alternative to The Depths of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Depths of Despair.
Plunge into a dark fantasy Action-RPG, harnessing powerful magic alongside a satisfying combat system. When the tyrannical god, Adyr, invades the human realm seeking vengeance for his imprisonment, humanity calls upon an unlikely defender… a convicted sinner named Harkyn.
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Nioh 3
Single-player alternative to The Depths of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Depths of Despair.
In the third game in the dark samurai action RPG series Nioh, you will need to use both Samurai and Ninja combat styles in your battles against formidable yokai as you explore a thrilling open field.
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Spark in the Dark
Single-player alternative to The Depths of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Depths of Despair.
The hardcore dark fantasy Dungeon Crawler where you will go to the endless depths of a mysterious grim Dungeon.
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WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers
Single-player alternative to The Depths of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Depths of Despair.
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is a soulslike, action RPG set in the land of Shu during the dark and tumultuous late Ming Dynasty, plagued with warring factions and a mysterious illness spawning monstrous creatures.
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Wo Long: Fallen Dynasty
Single-player alternative to The Depths of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with The Depths of Despair.
A new dark fantasy Three Kingdoms action RPG from Team NINJA, the developers of Nioh.
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CODE VEIN
Single-player alternative to The Depths of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Depths of Despair.
In the face of certain death, we rise. Team up and embark on a journey to the ends of hell to unlock your past and escape your living nightmare in CODE VEIN.
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Blade of Darkness
Single-player alternative to The Depths of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Depths of Despair.
Blade of Darkness is a hardcore fantasy action-adventure with unique combat mechanics and role-playing elements that pioneered the “soulsborne” genre. Pick one of four characters to hack and slash through a gory quest to save the world from the forces of Chaos.
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Depths of Despair
Single-player alternative to The Depths of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Depths of Despair.
Welcome to Depths of Despair, a thrilling solo/multiplayer game where you must fight off waves of enemies to survive for a set amount of time. With each wave, the enemies become stronger and more challenging to defeat. Can you and your team hold out long enough?
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Combat Master: Battle to DEATH
Single-player alternative to The Depths of Despair — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Depths of Despair.
Combat Master: Battle to DEATH is a roguelite game with souls-like combat. Battle against hordes of various dark fantasy monsters and try to survive as long as possible. The game fully focuses on combat, pick a class from 6 different classes and start SMASHING!