Single-player games like BLACKSHARD
Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to BLACKSHARD, 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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Sp(L/R)ite スプライト
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
You awaken in a strange, floating room in another dimension. To escape, you'll need to team up with an energetic goddess and a mysterious girl just beyond the wall. Together, you’ll unravel the secrets of this surreal space in this adventure game. Which door will you choose—and where will it lead?
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"I Know This Place..?" chapter I (prologue)
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
The 1st chapter of mystic trans-media adventure with the atmosphere of Eastern Europe of the last century. After completing the 1st chapter, each player can influence the further plot of the game chapters/short films/visual novel.The plot in your hands...
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Office After Hours
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Spot anomalies and uncover hidden clues to escape an office where overwork turns strange and experiments happen more often than coffee breaks.
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The Old City: Leviathan
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
The Old City: Leviathan is an experiment in first person exploration that focuses entirely on story. All that exists is you and the world. Set in a decaying city from a civilization long past, The Old City: Leviathan puts the player in the shoes of a sewer dwelling isolationist.
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Route8
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with BLACKSHARD.
"You're lost on Route 8. You must find a way to escape. This eerie road is terrifying.""Night falls, the phone rings. Who are you? You find yourself driving along Route 8, repeating endlessly."
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Eschaton
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Eschaton is a short, experimental, surreal first-person exploration game. Explore the 'aftermath' of a cult ritual in the grounds of a manor in the remote and picturesque Scottish Highlands.
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Call of the Elder Gods
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Journey to the far corners of the Earth and unearth ancient horrors in this Lovecraftian narrative puzzle adventure and sequel to 2020’s critically acclaimed Call of the Sea.
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Haven Moon
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Haven Moon will transport you to a mysterious world where you have to explore abandoned islands and solve their secrets to find a treasure. In this Myst-like game inspired by Jules Verne’s universe, use your senses and intelligence to find your way through secret passages and curious machinery.
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NaissanceE
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
NaissanceE is an obscure and magical first person exploration game, a philosophical trip and an artistic experience. The adventure takes place in a primitive mysterious structure and the game mainly consists to explore and feel the deep and strong ambiance of this atemporal world.
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Venineth
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Venineth is a single-player game focusing on unraveling the mysteries of ancient alien technology, somewhere in the universe via exploration, platforming, and puzzle-solving, in a dangerous, distant worlds.
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Stray
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Lost, alone and separated from family, a stray cat must untangle an ancient mystery to escape a long-forgotten cybercity and find their way home.
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Metal Garden
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Travel through an overgrown megastructure, and discover what lies beyond it. Metal Garden is a short, atmospheric singleplayer FPS game.
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Outer Wilds
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Named Game of the Year 2019 by Giant Bomb, Polygon, Eurogamer, and The Guardian, Outer Wilds is a critically-acclaimed and award-winning open world mystery about a solar system trapped in an endless time loop.
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Observation
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Observation is a sci-fi thriller uncovering what happened to Dr. Emma Fisher, and the crew of her mission, through the lens of the station’s artificial intelligence S.A.M.
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ECHO
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
After a century in stasis the girl En arrives at her destination: A Palace out of legend. Out here, using forgotten technologies, she hopes to bring back a life that shouldn’t have been lost. But nothing could prepare her for what she’ll face in the ancient halls below.
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Blame Him
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
Blame Him is true first-person survival horror. A game about surreal atmosphere and dark challenges. A bone-chilling experience made by 2 people from Japan. Loved by and scared many YouTubers and Streamers.
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Shattered - Tale of the Forgotten King
Single-player alternative to BLACKSHARD — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with BLACKSHARD.
The old world is gone, lost with the disappearance of the King. Reforge reality in this dark action RPG through skill-based combat, innovative open-world platforming and the testimonies of survivors… some more trustworthy than others. Are you ready, Wanderer?