Single-player games like Highlands
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to Highlands, 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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Overfall
Single-player alternative to Highlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Highlands.
Set sail in Overfall, a whimsical roguelike turn-based RPG of diplomacy and danger. Recruit unlikely heroes, forge alliances or crush your foes across ever-shifting seas to find a lost king. Every run is fresh with procedural worlds, permanent death, branching story encounters, and hand-drawn art.
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Crowntakers
Single-player alternative to Highlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Highlands.
Crowntakers combines turn-based strategy with RPG elements and takes you at the behest of the crown into a medieval fantasy world full of challenging encounters and epic adventures. With its randomly generated world, Crowntakers offers a varied gaming experience every time you set out to fight evil.
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Lords of Xulima
Single-player alternative to Highlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Highlands.
Lords of Xulima is a challenging Role-playing game set on the mythical continent of Xulima, where Gods and humans once walked side by side. Experience a genuine RPG featuring over 100 hours of gameplay, and discover one of the most epic sagas ever told.
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Skyshine's BEDLAM
Single-player alternative to Highlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Highlands.
BEDLAM is a strategic turn-based strategy game set in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Now with more battle strategy!!
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Children of Zodiarcs
Single-player alternative to Highlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Highlands.
A story-driven, tactical RPG set in the fantasy realm of Lumus; a world divided by affluence and poverty. Take control of Nahmi and her fellow outcasts, utilising a brand new deck and dice based combat system to strike a blow to the noble Lords’ and Ladies’ unquenchable thirst for profit.
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MASSIVE CHALICE
Single-player alternative to Highlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Highlands.
MASSIVE CHALICE is a tactical strategy game set on an epic timeline from Double Fine Productions. As the Immortal Ruler of the nation, you'll take command of its heroes, forge heroic marriages to strengthen your Bloodlines, and battle a mysterious enemy known as the Cadence in a 300 year war.
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For The King
Single-player alternative to Highlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Highlands.
For The King is a strategic RPG that blends tabletop and roguelike elements in a challenging adventure that spans the realms. Set off on a single player experience or play cooperatively both online and locally.
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Druidstone: The Secret of the Menhir Forest
Single-player alternative to Highlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Highlands.
A tactical, turn-based RPG from the makers of Legend of Grimrock games. Every action, every turn counts as you control your party of heroes through challenging, handcrafted missions in the ancient, mist-clad Menhir Forest.
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X-COM: UFO Defense
Single-player alternative to Highlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy with Highlands.
You are in control of X-COM: an organization formed by the world's governments to fight the ever-increasing alien menace.
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Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville
Single-player alternative to Highlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Highlands.
Rebuild a ruined city in this post-apocalyptic mix of strategy and simulation. Manage survivors, scavenge for food and supplies, deal with rival gangs, illness, interpersonal strife and zombie attacks.
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The Banner Saga
Single-player alternative to Highlands — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Highlands.
Live through an epic role-playing Viking saga where your strategic choices directly affect your personal journey. Make allies as you travel with your caravan across this stunning yet harsh landscape. Carefully choose those who will help fight a new threat that jeopardizes an entire civilization.