Single-player games like Hardland
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Hardland, 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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Parallel
Single-player alternative to Hardland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardland.
Parallel is a first-person (third-person optional) RPG adventure game, you will explore a parallel world with a new civilization. Each player will go through different environments, from mysticism, paradise to claustrophobic and destruction scenes. Your choices can change the course of story.
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Mycorrhiza
Single-player alternative to Hardland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardland.
A love letter to horror manga in the form of a visual novel. Welcome to a world of distorted minds.
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Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
Single-player alternative to Hardland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hardland.
A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!
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Gloom and Doom
Single-player alternative to Hardland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Hardland.
Gloom and Doom is a visual novel throwback to 90s slacker movies - complete with the solitude and sarcastic retorts - but with a supernatural twist. Push a powerful but unmotivated wraith to complete his stagnated quest to enter heaven, while trying to kill the suicidal but unkillable Doom Bringer.
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The Tau Experiment
Single-player alternative to Hardland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardland.
The Tau Experiment is an MMORPG where you play as an employee with the Tau Corporation. Group up with other players and complete thousands of quests as you work to help put an end to the company's plans.
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As Dusk Falls
Single-player alternative to Hardland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hardland.
Explore the entangled lives of two families across thirty years in an original interactive drama from INTERIOR/NIGHT. Starting in 1998 with a robbery-gone-wrong, the character's lives depend on the choices you make.
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Lake
Single-player alternative to Hardland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardland.
It's 1986 - Meredith Weiss takes a break from her career in the big city to deliver mail in her hometown. How will she experience two weeks in beautiful Providence Oaks, with its iconic lake and quirky community? And what will she do next? It's up to you.
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Paradise Killer
Single-player alternative to Hardland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Hardland.
Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.
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The Last of Us™ Part I
Single-player alternative to Hardland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hardland.
Discover the award-winning game that inspired the critically acclaimed television show. Guide Joel and Ellie through a post-apocalyptic America, and encounter unforgettable allies and enemies in The Last of Us™.
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Fable
Single-player alternative to Hardland — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hardland.
Become the Hero you want to be in an immersive open-world action-RPG where each choice shapes your journey, reputation is everything, and fairytale endings are never guaranteed.
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Death Rally
Single-player alternative to Hardland — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Load your guns, start your engines...THE CLASSIC IS BACK! Brought to you from Remedy, renowned developers of Max Payne and Alan Wake, Remedy's Death Rally classic top down racer is back, stronger and more vicious than ever.