Single-player games like The Tome of All Tales
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Tome of All Tales, 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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Nasty Zombies
Single-player alternative to The Tome of All Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Tome of All Tales.
Team up with up to 4 players and take on endless waves of Nasty Zombies in a high-intensity, movement-focused boomer shooter. Use agility and smart positioning to survive semi-procedural maps and unlock permanent upgrades like Blessings, Miracles, and cosmetics.
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Impaler Gold
Single-player alternative to The Tome of All Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Tome of All Tales.
Impaler Gold is a fast-paced minimalistic arena shooter - now expanded and improved. Summon spikes to slay monsters, build barriers, and propel yourself into the air. Challenge yourself in this highly replayable rogue-lite shooter inspired by the classics.
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Warhammer 40,000: Boltgun
Single-player alternative to The Tome of All Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Tome of All Tales.
Load up your Boltgun and unleash the awesome Space Marine arsenal to blast your way through an explosion of sprites, pixels and blood in a perfect blend of Warhammer 40,000, frenetic gameplay and the stylish visuals of 90’s retro shooters.
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Hellbound
Single-player alternative to The Tome of All Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Tome of All Tales.
Classic First Person Shooter style game. Like the good old days. An action game focused on speed, gore, guns, and metal music. Inspired by the 90s’ classics with modern visuals and audio!
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Desecrators
Single-player alternative to The Tome of All Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Tome of All Tales.
Desecrators is a retro six-degrees-of-freedom shooter set in a 41st-century galaxy where outlaw hovercraft pilots plunder deep-space installations. Loot destructive weapons and powerful upgrades to take on the ultimate heist: the legendary vaults of the Galactic Treasury.
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DUSK
Single-player alternative to The Tome of All Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Tome of All Tales.
Battle through an onslaught of mystical backwater cultists, possessed militants & even darker forces as you attempt to discover just what lurks beneath the Earth in this retro FPS inspired by the '90s legends.
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Chop Goblins
Single-player alternative to The Tome of All Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Tome of All Tales.
A fast-paced micro FPS in which The Chop Goblins are loose, chopping their way through time itself in their ravenous quest for cheese. And THE CHOP WILL NOT STOP.
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Dread Templar
Single-player alternative to The Tome of All Tales — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Tome of All Tales.
Dread Templar is a fast-paced hardcore old-school FPS, combining classic 90s shooter and modern FPS elements. Unlock and combine dozens of weapon upgrades and skills, embrace the Dread Force and obliterate hordes of fiendish enemies. Become the scariest thing in hell and get your revenge!