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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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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A Love Letter in Snowfall
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Simulation with Road to Empress I.
<A Love Letter in Snowfall> is a live-action, multi-ending interactive romance movie game. As a young B&B keeper in a small southern town, you meet, and fall for a visiting actress—every choice rewrites your love story. Meet someone, and fall in love that trembles in bones.
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天平游戏1:抉择
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Road to Empress I.
《Inner Scales 1:Choice》is a first-person FMV. Set in a sealed cage. It pushes survival, humanity, emotion and moral dilemmas to the extreme. You will face surveillance, cages, and the fates of eight trapped women—every choice you make decides life and death for others and yourself.
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Superscout
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Road to Empress I.
"Superscout" is a live-action interactive movie game where you will unravel the secrets of the girls you meet. The love beyond lifetimes, never let it go; the kindness in this life, engraved in your soul. Your choices will change your loved ones’ fate; those who love you will change yours...
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Game of Fate: Chasing Through Time
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Road to Empress I.
Immerse yourself in the first-person perspective, cross time and space, solve bizarre cases, save innocent victims, and catch a mysterious killer! You will solve murders, uphold justice, and also gain love. Are you ready? Play the "Game of Fate" that crosses time and space, life and death!
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Heartbeat in Thailand
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Road to Empress I.
Freshly graduated, you head to Bangkok’s Chinatown to find your uncle—only to lose contact. Seeking a steady job, you’re mistaken for a gang boss and thrown into chaos. Along the way, you meet a sweet cousin, cold widow, mysterious performer, quirky ghost, and even... someone unexpected.
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The Three Kingdoms: Rebirth
Single-player alternative to Road to Empress I — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Road to Empress I.
You, an ordinary modern person, cross into the Three Kingdoms. There you meet legendary heroes and beauties. Will you retreat with your love, or rise to conquer the land? Every choice rewrites history—or leads to your doom.
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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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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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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.