Single-player games like Crimson Desert
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Crimson Desert, 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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Dragon's Dogma 2
Single-player alternative to Crimson Desert — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Crimson Desert.
Dragon’s Dogma 2 is a single player, narrative driven action-RPG that challenges the players to choose their own experience – from the appearance of their Arisen, their vocation, their party, how to approach different situations and more - in a truly immersive fantasy world.
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Save Princess Torosso
Single-player alternative to Crimson Desert — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
Save Princess Torosso is a fantasy 3D action adventure with ranged magic combat, skill card progression, and 3D platforming obstacles. Instead of complex builds, it focuses on intuitive controls and stage clearing like a classic arcade game.
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Monster Hunter Wilds
Single-player alternative to Crimson Desert — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
The unbridled force of nature runs wild and relentless, with environments transforming drastically from one moment to the next. This is a story of monsters and humans and their struggles to live in harmony in a world of duality.
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Lords of the Fallen
Single-player alternative to Crimson Desert — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
A vast world awaits in the medieval, dark fantasy action-RPG, Lords of the Fallen. As a fabled Dark Crusader, embark on an epic quest to overthrow Adyr, the demon God. The final major update Version 2.5 is out now: features deadlier boss battles and all-new Veteran Mode.
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Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™
Single-player alternative to Crimson Desert — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
Experience an epic open-world brought to life by the award-winning Nemesis System. Forge a new Ring of Power, conquer Fortresses in massive battles and dominate Mordor with your personal orc army in Middle-earth™: Shadow of War™.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Single-player alternative to Crimson Desert — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!
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Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR'S CUT
Single-player alternative to Crimson Desert — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
A storm is coming. Venture into the complete Ghost of Tsushima DIRECTOR’S CUT on PC; forge your own path through this open-world action adventure and uncover its hidden wonders. Brought to you by Sucker Punch Productions, Nixxes Software and PlayStation Studios.
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Mount & Blade II: Bannerlord
Single-player alternative to Crimson Desert — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Crimson Desert.
A strategy/action RPG. Create a character, engage in diplomacy, craft, trade and conquer new lands in a vast medieval sandbox. Raise armies to lead into battle and command and fight alongside your troops in massive real-time battles using a deep but intuitive skill-based combat system.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Single-player alternative to Crimson Desert — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
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Red Dead Redemption 2
Single-player alternative to Crimson Desert — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
Arthur Morgan and the Van der Linde Gang are outlaws on the run. With federal agents and bounty hunters massing on their heels, the gang must rob, steal, and fight their way across the rugged heartland in order to survive.
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Assassin's Creed™: Director's Cut Edition
Single-player alternative to Crimson Desert — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Crimson Desert.
Assassin's Creed™ is the next-gen game developed by Ubisoft Montreal that redefines the action genre. While other games claim to be next-gen with impressive graphics and physics, Assassin's Creed merges technology, game design, theme and emotions into a world where you instigate chaos and become a vulnerable, yet powerful, agent of...
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Starfield
Single-player alternative to Crimson Desert — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.
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Red Dead Redemption
Single-player alternative to Crimson Desert — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Crimson Desert.
Experience the story of former outlaw John Marston as he tracks down the last remaining members of the notorious Van der Linde Gang in the PC debut of the critically acclaimed predecessor to Red Dead Redemption 2.
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Single-player alternative to Crimson Desert — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.