Single-player games like Styx: Shards of Darkness
Below are 22 single-player Steam games similar to Styx: Shards of Darkness, 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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Styx: Master of Shadows
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Styx: Shards of Darkness.
Styx: Master of Shadows is an infiltration game with RPG elements taking place in a dark fantasy universe, where you sneak, steal and assassinate your way through as Styx, a Goblin two-centuries of age.
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Styx: Blades of Greed
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Styx: Shards of Darkness.
The master of stealth is back! Explore the dizzying heights of the Iserian Continent and cunningly eliminate your enemies. Thanks to your Quartz powers, you are freer than ever. Be creative: Never has it felt so good to be greedy.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Styx: Shards of Darkness.
Game of the Year - The Game Awards 2019 Best Action Game of 2019 - IGN Carve your own clever path to vengeance in the award winning adventure from developer FromSoftware, creators of Bloodborne and the Dark Souls series. Take Revenge. Restore Your Honor. Kill Ingeniously.
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HITMAN™ 2
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Styx: Shards of Darkness.
Travel the globe and track your targets across exotic sandbox locations in HITMAN™ 2. From sun-drenched streets to dark and dangerous rainforests, nowhere is safe from the world’s most creative assassin, Agent 47 in the ultimate spy thriller story.
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Middle-earth™: Shadow of Mordor™
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Fight through Mordor and uncover the truth of the spirit that compels you, discover the origins of the Rings of Power, build your legend and ultimately confront the evil of Sauron in this new chronicle of Middle-earth.
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Assassin's Creed 2
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Styx: Shards of Darkness.
An epic story of family, vengeance and conspiracy set in the pristine, yet brutal, backdrop of a Renaissance Italy. New low price!
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Assassin's Creed Mirage
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Styx: Shards of Darkness.
Become a deadly Master Assassin in this action-adventure game. Explore the streets of ninth-century Baghdad through the eyes of Basim. Take down your targets while seeking justice as part of the Hidden Ones.
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Assassin’s Creed® Brotherhood
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Styx: Shards of Darkness.
It’s time to join the Brotherhood.
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Splinter
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A first-person psychedelic movie embedded in a 3D environment
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Thief
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Styx: Shards of Darkness.
Garrett, the Master Thief, steps out of the shadows into the City. In this treacherous place, where the Baron’s Watch spreads a rising tide of fear and oppression, his skills are the only things he can trust. Even the most cautious citizens and their best-guarded possessions are not safe from his reach.
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Sniper Elite
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Styx: Shards of Darkness.
As World War II draws to a close, the first covert battles of the Cold War begin. Caught in the life and death struggle between Soviets and Germans in war-torn Berlin, you control the fate of a lone American OSS Sniper.
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Dishonored
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Styx: Shards of Darkness.
Dishonored is an immersive first-person action game that casts you as a supernatural assassin driven by revenge. With Dishonored’s flexible combat system, creatively eliminate your targets as you combine the supernatural abilities, weapons and unusual gadgets at your disposal.
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Robin Hood: The Legend of Sherwood
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Roam the dense foliage of Sherwood, come face to face with royal trouble and battle against Prince John’s forces as you take on the role of legendary nobleman, Robin Hood.
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Mark of the Ninja
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Styx: Shards of Darkness.
In Mark of the Ninja, you'll know what it is to truly be a ninja. You must be silent, agile and clever to outwit your opponents in a world of gorgeous scenery and flowing animation. Marked with cursed tattoos giving you heightened senses, every situation presents you with options.
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Of Orcs And Men
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with Styx: Shards of Darkness.
You have been appointed to fulfill an extremely dangerous mission, deep in enemy territory: to kill one man... the Emperor himself. Lead the revolution of the Orcs and Goblins!
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Tom Clancy’s Splinter Cell Blacklist
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Styx: Shards of Darkness.
In this stealth-action thriller, a terrorist group known as the Engineers launches the Blacklist, a series of escalating attacks on US interests. Only one man can stop them: legendary covert agent Sam Fisher.
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Call of Cthulhu®
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Styx: Shards of Darkness.
1924. Private Investigator Pierce is sent to look into the tragic death of the Hawkins family. Plunge into a world of creeping madness and cosmic horror. Cryptic clues, shadowy figures, and pure terror bar your way as you fight to retain your sanity and solve an otherworldly mystery.
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Blood Bowl 3
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Brutal, crazy, tactical… this is BLOOD BOWL! The iconic death sport returns with the new video game of fantasy football faithfully using the latest board game rules and new content. Create your team, then crush, mulch and cheat your way to the top... leaving your opponents in the graveyard.
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Chef Life: A Restaurant Simulator
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Create and manage your dream restaurant! Menus, purchasing, décor, staff, equipment, customers… and don't forget the actual cooking! Experience the daily life of a restaurateur and earn your awards from the Michelin Guide.
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Rogue Lords
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
A dark fantasy roguelike where you play as the Devil! Lead famous evil geniuses through events and turn-based fights to spread terror and corruption. Create synergies between your disciples, use your evil powers and take revenge on those miserable Demon Hunters.
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse - Earthblood
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Styx: Shards of Darkness.
You are Cahal, a powerful Garou who chose to go into exile after losing control of his destructive rage. He can transform into a wolf and a Crinos, a huge ferocious beast. Master your three forms and their powers to punish those who defile Gaia.
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Space Hulk: Tactics (Classic)
Single-player alternative to Styx: Shards of Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Space Hulk: Tactics is a faithful adaptation of the board game Space Hulk, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe, bringing a unique twist to the cult classic formula. Engage in bloody battles as either a squad of Terminator Space Marines or the deadly alien Genestealers.