Single-player games like Runeomicon
Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Runeomicon, 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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The King is Watching
Single-player alternative to Runeomicon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeomicon.
The King is Watching is a roguelite kingdom builder. Rule by the power of your royal gaze! Decide between producing resources, training armies, or balancing both, while adapting to unique events every run
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Darkest Dungeon®
Single-player alternative to Runeomicon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeomicon.
Darkest Dungeon is a challenging gothic roguelike turn-based RPG about the psychological stresses of adventuring. Recruit, train, and lead a team of flawed heroes against unimaginable horrors, stress, disease, and the ever-encroaching dark. Can you keep your heroes together when all hope is lost?
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Nordhold
Single-player alternative to Runeomicon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeomicon.
Enemies are coming! Every decision matters: build your city, grow the economy, and prepare for enemy waves. Strengthen your defenses, adapt your strategy, and unleash your hero’s full potential. This unique Tower Defense will test your skills – are you worthy to claim a place at Valhalla?
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The Gate Must Stand
Single-player alternative to Runeomicon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Runeomicon.
Fend off brutal waves of demonic hordes in this epic fantasy tower defense survivors like! Hack and slash among the action or zoom to strategically control the battlefield. You are the city’s last line of defense, build your base, defend the gate!
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Loop Hero
Single-player alternative to Runeomicon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Runeomicon.
The Lich has thrown the world into a timeless loop and plunged its inhabitants into never ending chaos. Wield an expanding deck of mystical cards to place enemies, buildings, and terrain along each unique expedition loop for the brave hero.
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Risk of Rain (2013)
Single-player alternative to Runeomicon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Runeomicon.
Risk of Rain is an action platformer with roguelike elements. With permanent death as a primary feature, players will have to play their best to get as far as possible. Fight on a mysterious planet with randomly spawning enemies and bosses, either alone or with 3 friends in online co-op.
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Odallus: The Dark Call
Single-player alternative to Runeomicon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Runeomicon.
The old gods have forgotten this land. No one could save our people when darkness started spreading and collecting human souls for its army. Odallus is a classic exploration/action game, inspired by Ghosts’n Goblins, Demon’s Crest and Castlevania.
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Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight
Single-player alternative to Runeomicon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Runeomicon.
Momodora: Reverie Under The Moonlight is the fourth installment in the beloved Momodora series of 2D platformers. Unleash ravaging combos against a variety of formidable monsters and deftly dodge your way through a cursed land to seek audience with the Queen and dispel the evil that threatens all life.
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The Longest Road on Earth
Single-player alternative to Runeomicon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Runeomicon.
A thoughtful and deeply personal title with stripped-down mechanics. The lack of dialogue or text allows you to create your own narrative through your time with four characters. Each short story will allow players to be swept away by the haunting lyrics of over twenty original, nostalgic songs.
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The Rivers of Alice - Extended Version
Single-player alternative to Runeomicon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Runeomicon.
The Rivers of Alice is a classic-style, emotional, graphic adventure set in a universe of puzzles and characters from the imagination of vetusta morla. Every time Alice falls asleep, she enters a fantasy world where the player must help her face her fears.
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IDEA
Single-player alternative to Runeomicon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Runeomicon.
IDEA is a game about discovering and sharing. Explore gorgeous landscapes, roll down highways and stumble upon welcoming cottages and abandoned dumpsters. Help your ideas find their way – and share them with the world when they stop, before beginning your journey anew.
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DELETE AFTER READING
Single-player alternative to Runeomicon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Runeomicon.
Turn on your ghost detector and join your new pals in a funny, thrilling, and lovingly-presented interactive text adventure. Brain-teasing puzzles, a cartoon visual style, and engaging audio design - Delete After Reading weaves a delightful interactive tale.
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Valete vos viatores
Single-player alternative to Runeomicon — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
The ancient Romans erected their tombs and mausoleums along the roads so that travelers could read the inscriptions on their tombstones. The player will be able to learn the techniques used for their realization in the person of a scriptor titulorum.