Single-player games like Island Off Outer Darkness
Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Island Off Outer 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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Mayfly
Single-player alternative to Island Off Outer Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Island Off Outer Darkness.
Mayfly is an eerie story-based quiet horror set aboard a narrowboat in Northern England. Upon waking alone to find your husband is missing you find yourself weaving through a shifting, unstable reality as you search your confined surroundings in this focussed narrative exploration game.
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NOEMA
Single-player alternative to Island Off Outer Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Island Off Outer Darkness.
Take your place at the terminal. Follow the procedures, process the records, and read messages never meant for you. NOEMA is a quiet, unsettling narrative experience about work, obedience, human connection, and what routine teaches us not to see.
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Été
Single-player alternative to Island Off Outer Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Island Off Outer Darkness.
Été (summer) is a relaxing painting game set in Montréal. Color the city to explore, create artworks on canvas, collect stamps in your album, decorate your studio, fulfill commissions from your neighbors, and unleash your inner artist!
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Xuan-Yuan Sword: Mists Beyond the Mountains
Single-player alternative to Island Off Outer Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Island Off Outer Darkness.
This Game is one of the most popular RPGs in the Chinese Speaking Area and has won many awards around Asia. The game story takes place in an era of collision between East and West, covering a wide range, spanning Eurasia, the Arab World, Francia, and China.
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Pendragon: Narrative Tactics
Single-player alternative to Island Off Outer Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Island Off Outer Darkness.
AD 673. Camelot has fallen. The Round Table must rally to save King Arthur. Narrative strategy game from the creators of 80 DAYS, with elegant tactics and a unique, dynamic story every time you replay.
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Thirty Flights of Loving
Single-player alternative to Island Off Outer Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Island Off Outer Darkness.
This surprising first-person story tells the tale of a heist gone wrong. Encounter high-flying schemers, lovelorn criminals, and more stray kittens than you can shake a stick at.
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Before Your Eyes
Single-player alternative to Island Off Outer Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Island Off Outer Darkness.
Embark on an emotional first-person narrative adventure where you control the story—and affect its outcomes—with your real-life blinks. With this innovative technique you will fully immerse yourself in a world of memories, both joyous and heartbreaking, as your whole life flashes before your eyes.
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Empathy: Path of Whispers
Single-player alternative to Island Off Outer Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Island Off Outer Darkness.
Empathy: Path of Whispers is an atmospheric and story-driven adventure game where you explore a seemingly abandoned world through the emotions and memories of the people who once inhabited it, trying to restore the world’s lost balance by journeying through its past.
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to Island Off Outer Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Island Off Outer Darkness.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition includes Morrowind plus all of the content from the Bloodmoon and Tribunal expansions. The original Mod Construction Set is not included in this package. An epic, open-ended single-player RPG, Morrowind allows you to create and play any kind of character imaginable.
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Twin Peaks VR
Single-player alternative to Island Off Outer Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Island Off Outer Darkness.
Twin Peaks VR brings people into the world of Twin Peaks using the immersive technology of VR. Based on the iconic television series created by David Lynch and Mark Frost, players will be able to experience several locations from the show including the Red Room, Glastonbury Grove, Sheriff's Department, Glass Box Observation and more.
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NieR:Automata™
Single-player alternative to Island Off Outer Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Island Off Outer Darkness.
NieR: Automata tells the story of androids 2B, 9S and A2 and their battle to reclaim the machine-driven dystopia overrun by powerful machines.
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Island Off Outer Dancing
Single-player alternative to Island Off Outer Darkness — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Island Off Outer Darkness.
A narrative rhythm game taking place shortly after the first ending of Island Off Outer Darkness. Meet the new Postman, Utah, as a fresh mystery envelops Rekkieg...