Single-player games like Road to Empress I
Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Road to Empress I, 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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Road to Empress Ⅱ
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Road to Empress I.
Play as the protagonist in this live-action interactive palace survival drama! Take a dynasty's fate into your own hands in Road to Empress II, the new content of the global hit. Defy fate, navigate intrigue, and claim the throne of power. You decide it all!
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Road to Empress I.
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.
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Mandate Of Heaven
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Road to Empress I.
You will take on the role of the Second Prince of Xuan, heir of the Southern Regime. With foreign invaders entrenched in the north and a complacent court content to linger in the south, you face a defining choice:The choice… is yours!
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Vanity Fair: The Pursuit
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Road to Empress I.
Players follow Lu Yuan through important stages of his life and experience his growth trajectory from youth to maturity. It will take you to relive those decisions that you have never tried to make in reality, and feel the different life brought about by each choice.
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Revenge on gold diggers
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Road to Empress I.
In this first FMV game about emotional fraud, you’ll face their true colors. As a hunter of hearts, strike back against a secret network of gold diggers. Unmask lies, evade traps, and let revenge ignite. Will they burn—or you? Or could love still rise from the ashes? The choice is yours to make.
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I've Fallen For You!
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation and RPG with Road to Empress I.
Eight women simultaneously appear in your life, offering you unconditional love and support! Will you choose to uphold your beliefs and become a good man, or give in to human temptations and become a bad man?
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Love Is All Around
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Road to Empress I.
The player becomes Gu Yi, uses the first-person perspective to immerse himself in meeting six beauties, and embarks on a joyful and sweet love journey with them. Six girls that are charming, innocent, intelligent, wild, sexy, glamorous, who will go to the end with you is up to you to decide.
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Game of Fate 2: A Century's Promise
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Road to Empress I.
Transported back a century by fate, you find yourself in a legendary tale of vengeance. Amidst powerful enemies in a tumultuous era, your mission is to assist those around you. Experience this immersive epic from a first-person perspective—authentic, weighty, yet brimming with hope.
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Phantasmagoria
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Road to Empress I.
Master storyteller Roberta Williams challenges you to experience the ultimate interactive nightmare.
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Dispatch
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Road to Empress I.
Dispatch is a superhero workplace comedy where choices matter. Manage a dysfunctional team of misfit heroes and strategize who to send to emergencies around the city, all while balancing office politics, personal relationships, and your own quest to become a hero. All episodes out now!
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神都不良探 Underdog Detective
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Road to Empress I.
Underdog Detective is a video-based playable, interactive story Set in the reign of Empress Wu Zetian of ancient China, you will play as a slum dweller in the imperial capital of Luoyang and embark on a thrilling yet comedic adventure! Traps and conspiracies, comradery and your unknown origin...
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Long Live The Queen
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Road to Empress I.
Rule the world or die trying!Being a Princess is not an easy job. Being a Queen is even harder. Especially when you're only fourteen years old, and the reason you've inherited the throne is that your royal mother has just met an untimely end.Now power is up for grabs.
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The Walking Dead
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Road to Empress I.
A five-part adventure horror series set in the same universe as Robert Kirkman’s award-winning comic book series.
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Phantasmagoria 2: A Puzzle of Flesh
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Road to Empress I.
All Curtis wants is to live a normal, happy life, but something seems to have other plans...
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The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Road to Empress I.
The Walking Dead: The Telltale Definitive Series contains all 4 Seasons, 400 Days, and The Walking Dead: Michonne, which includes over 50 hours of gameplay across 23 unique episodes.
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even if TEMPEST
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Road to Empress I.
Raging flames sear her flesh as scolding laughter weighs her down as lead. She dies with naught but regret, and is granted the Fatal Rewind. "This time, I will transform into the ideal version of myself." Yet this resolve will only lead to further misfortune.