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Single-player games like Reverse: 1999

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Reverse: 1999, 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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    Prison Notes — Steam game cover

    Prison Notes

    Single-player alternative to Reverse: 1999 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Reverse: 1999.

    Prison Notes is a RPG with text-based ADV and cultivation elements. You act as a young migrant worker, wrongly imprisoned in the prison known as "The Coral Reef".What challenges and adventures are awaiting? Will you finally find a way out? Your choices and actions will decide the end of your story.

    2025StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Elegy of St. Godhrkar — Steam game cover

    Elegy of St. Godhrkar

    Single-player alternative to Reverse: 1999 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Reverse: 1999.

    Elegy of St. Godhrkar is an narrative-driven game with a multi-perspective POV system. By uncovering lies hidden within the tale, you gain the power to rewrite characters’ fates and shape the story’s outcome.  Where stories LIE, the answer waits for your EYE.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    侠影痴剑录 — Steam game cover

    侠影痴剑录

    Single-player alternative to Reverse: 1999 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Reverse: 1999.

    《侠影痴剑录》是一款武侠剧情冒险游戏,故事讲述南北朝末年至隋朝统一这段动荡乱世中的江湖传奇。 在战乱频仍、王朝更迭的时代,四位年轻人因战争征发、官府苛政、权贵构陷、王朝篡逆的不同境遇,被迫卷入乱世风暴,机缘巧合下聚首并肩,并最终亲历天下归一的历史洪流。

    2026IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tales Of The Lost: The Stranger — Steam game cover

    Tales Of The Lost: The Stranger

    Single-player alternative to Reverse: 1999 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG and Free To Play with Reverse: 1999.

    After being hunted by a mysterious figure, the last of the elves must fight for their lives in this story based RPG.

    AdventureRPGFree To PlayFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    山河小侠 — Steam game cover

    山河小侠

    Single-player alternative to Reverse: 1999 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Reverse: 1999.

    这是一款以【江湖恩怨】与【侠义之道】为核心的【回合制】【武侠】角色扮演游戏,玩家将化身初入江湖的无名侠客,潜心修炼各类内功心法与外功招式,解锁剑、刀、拳、掌等不同武学流派的专属技能。游戏中,你可通过打坐调息滋养内力、下山历练偶遇奇遇、参与武林大会与各路高手切磋较量,逐步提升自身修为与江湖声望。过程中,你将结交性情各异的红颜知己与江湖挚友,他们不仅能与你并肩作战,更会解锁专属剧情支线;同时需在正邪抉择中坚守本心,化解门派间的百年纷争,缉拿危害江湖的恶人败类,破解隐藏的江湖秘辛,在刀光剑影的回合对决中,一步步褪去青涩,最终铸就属于自己的江湖传奇,成为受人敬仰的一代侠者。

    2026IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Limbus Company — Steam game cover

    Limbus Company

    Single-player alternative to Reverse: 1999 — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    As the Executive Manager of Limbus Company, lead your group of twelve Sinners, venture into the buried facilities of Lobotomy Corporation, and lay claim on the Golden Boughs.

    2023FreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Saga · The Circle — Steam game cover

    Saga · The Circle

    Single-player alternative to Reverse: 1999 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Reverse: 1999.

    The Holy Sword has been drawn. Now gather the Knights of the Round Table to rebuild the kingdom. Explore and investigate war-torn Britain, and fight in tactical battles where stealing turns matters. In this Literary CRPG, every choice shapes your values, your allies, and the fate of Britain itself.

    StrategyIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Necromancer's Tale — Steam game cover

    The Necromancer's Tale

    Single-player alternative to Reverse: 1999 — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Reverse: 1999.

    A story-rich gothic RPG. Master the rituals of an ancient spellbook. Raise an undead army to march against your enemies. Commune with the realm of the dead & struggle with your descent into madness. Progress through secrecy, diplomacy, blackmail, coercion & seduction until ready to reveal yourself.

    2025StrategyAdventureRPG24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →