Single-player games like The Guiding Spirit
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Guiding Spirit, 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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Metlivi Adventure
Single-player alternative to The Guiding Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Guiding Spirit.
Metlivi Adventure is a private 1–4 player collaborative narrative game where you create a story room, choose a character, write your actions, and shape an evolving shared adventure together with friends.
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Long Shadow
Single-player alternative to The Guiding Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Guiding Spirit.
Guide one family across centuries of collapse, evacuation, settlement and interstellar expansion. Preserve memories, establish laws, command crews, inherit ships and face the Afterless as every choice becomes part of history.
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Raptors of SouthEdge
Single-player alternative to The Guiding Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Guiding Spirit.
A Post-Apocalyptic Gamebook by SouthEdge Studios.
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Crypt of the Shadow King
Single-player alternative to The Guiding Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Guiding Spirit.
A terminal RPG for 1-4 players built on 5E rules. Build a party from 12 classes and races, fight through 100+ rooms of cursed crypts and the Shadowfell, cast 146 spells, and face a villain who won't stay dead. Grid combat, narrated audio, and a three-act campaign dark enough to earn its name.
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Courage and Faith: Into the Dark Woods
Single-player alternative to The Guiding Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Guiding Spirit.
A dark, atmospheric party-based RPG where you form an expedition, make difficult choices, manage tension, and fight tactical turn-based battles. AI-generated narration reacts to your decisions, making each journey into the forest feel distinct.
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Unforetold: Witchstone
Single-player alternative to The Guiding Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Guiding Spirit.
Unforetold: Witchstone is an RPG sandbox with a deep, reactive influence system that allows you to shape the fate of the world.
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Dark Quest 4
Single-player alternative to The Guiding Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Guiding Spirit.
A turn based dungeon crawler where you create a party of heroes to go on epic quests.
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Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
Single-player alternative to The Guiding Spirit — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Guiding Spirit.
A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!