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Single-player games like Sylia

Below are 16 single-player Steam games similar to Sylia, 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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    Celestine — Steam game cover

    Celestine

    Single-player alternative to Sylia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylia.

    Celestine, by the makers of Final Battle, features an enthralling story with many twists and turns, and a gameplay to satisfy the itch of RPG players. It is a must-have for fans of the old Final Fantasy, Dragon Quest and Breath of Fire.

    2025IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Damned Daniel — Steam game cover

    Damned Daniel

    Single-player alternative to Sylia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylia.

    The story of a failing business and its owner desperate to pull it out of the gutter. Even if that means turning to an unknown, sinister figure with an even more sinister book. Follow Daniel through shady adventures, battle monsters in turn based combat, and watch as his conscience ebbs away...

    2018IndieAdventureRPG2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tentacle Prawn: (Actually) A Cthulhu Dating Sim — Steam game cover

    Tentacle Prawn: (Actually) A Cthulhu Dating Sim

    Single-player alternative to Sylia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sylia.

    It's got action! It's got romance! In this RPG-Dating Sim, gather your party and try to settle a centuries-old dispute among your monster and human classmates! The fate of Winter Prom is at stake!

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure3.74 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Convict Team Tactics — Steam game cover

    Convict Team Tactics

    Single-player alternative to Sylia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Adventure with Sylia.

    Turn-based tactics. 20 dangerous convicts. Suicide missions.

    2024StrategyAdventureRPG2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Steam Tactics — Steam game cover

    Steam Tactics

    Single-player alternative to Sylia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sylia.

    Welcome aboard your airship, captain! Engage in tactical combats, upgrade your ships and weapons, level up your pilots.

    2017StrategyIndieRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Purrfect Apawcalypse: Love at Furst Bite — Steam game cover

    Purrfect Apawcalypse: Love at Furst Bite

    Single-player alternative to Sylia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylia.

    Olive is trapped in school in the midst of the apocalypse! With demons slaughtering every dog in sight there's only so many left to spend time with! Will their special someone be Brownie the snack-loving corgi, Sparky the sporty husky or Patches the dalmatian bookworm? You decide!

    2021IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Purrfect Apawcalypse: Purrgatory Furever — Steam game cover

    Purrfect Apawcalypse: Purrgatory Furever

    Single-player alternative to Sylia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylia.

    One thousand zombies from the massacre of Hachiko High are crashing Olive's birthday party! Trapped in the Grimalkin Estate they'll have to unravel the mystery behind the zombies, all while making sure their friends are having the Purrfect Apawcalypse!

    2021IndieAdventureRPG5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children — Steam game cover

    TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children

    Single-player alternative to Sylia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sylia.

    TROUBLESHOOTER: Abandoned Children is the first season of a turn-based strategy SRPG that takes place in the world of Troubleshooter.

    2020StrategyIndieRPG24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Millennium - A New Hope — Steam game cover

    Millennium - A New Hope

    Single-player alternative to Sylia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylia.

    Traverse through rich, detailed environments, recruit colorful characters and fight your way through dangerous hordes of enemies in this exciting old-school RPG incorporating 40 quests, 26 secret rooms, 8 animal kings and countless secrets and items to discover.

    2014IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Book of Legends — Steam game cover

    The Book of Legends

    Single-player alternative to Sylia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylia.

    Huge RPG in the 16-bit style (Final Fantasy, Breath of Fire etc.), featuring an epic, exciting adventure in a fantasy world and packed full of characters (more than 30!), quests and secrets.

    2014IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Girlfriend Rescue — Steam game cover

    Girlfriend Rescue

    Single-player alternative to Sylia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sylia.

    Girlfriend Rescue is a thrilling adventure where the gameplay of "Dragon Quest" meets the atmosphere of "Streets of Rage". Innovative, mixing rogue-style RPG and Beat'em Up atmosphere in a unique way, this game features a great deal of strategy through a mix of character selection & creative skills.

    2015ActionStrategyIndie9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Undefeated — Steam game cover

    Undefeated

    Single-player alternative to Sylia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sylia.

    16-bit RPG magic is back! Can you stop the Wastelands from spreading and overtaking the world? Play as Marcus, Bastien and Fela, 3 army conscripts with little liking for their new life, yet who find themselves engulfed in a mystery that could very well cause the demise of their nation.

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dreamscape — Steam game cover

    Dreamscape

    Single-player alternative to Sylia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Sylia.

    Addictive RPG with bits of strategy to enhance the gameplay, Dreamscape can be played in 4 different modes and features different rewards for completing them. You even get bonus heroes if you complete a mode without using the healing goddess!

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    3 Stars of Destiny — Steam game cover

    3 Stars of Destiny

    Single-player alternative to Sylia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylia.

    In this extensive old-school RPG, explore countless unique places, defeat tons of enemies and complete richly developed quests. The game features addictive gameplay and an adventure worth about 40H of playtime.

    2014IndieAdventureRPG2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Millennium 2 - Take Me Higher — Steam game cover

    Millennium 2 - Take Me Higher

    Single-player alternative to Sylia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylia.

    Can Marine, Benoit, Karine and her friends find 12 warriors to confront the 13 dreaded Lords of Mystrock? Will Jeanne the magical fairy still support them and unleash her devastating spells on the foes? Play Millennium 2, live the tale and find out!

    2014IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Millennium 3 - Cry Wolf — Steam game cover

    Millennium 3 - Cry Wolf

    Single-player alternative to Sylia — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Sylia.

    Time is running out for Marine and her friends. She needs to find warriors at all costs, but all she seems to stumble into is a mermaid, a werewolf, a dragon and hordes of crazy orcs... can you get her out of trouble, in one of the best episodes of the award-winning Millennium series?

    2014IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →