Single-player games like DARK SOULS™ III
Below are 18 single-player Steam games similar to DARK SOULS™ III, 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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ELDEN RING
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.
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Sekiro™: Shadows Die Twice - GOTY Edition
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
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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Lies of P
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
Lies of P is a thrilling soulslike that takes the story of Pinocchio, turns it on its head, and sets it against the darkly elegant backdrop of the Belle Epoque era.
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Nioh 2 – The Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
Battle hordes of yokai in this masocore Action RPG. Create your protagonist and embark on an adventure through a myriad of locales across Japan during the Sengoku period. Utilize the new Yokai Shift ability to defeat even the most ferocious yokai and be prepared to brave through Dark Realms created by your enemies.
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DARK SOULS™: REMASTERED
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
Then, there was fire. Re-experience the critically acclaimed, genre-defining game that started it all. Beautifully remastered, return to Lordran in stunning high-definition detail running at 60fps.
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DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
DARK SOULS™ II: Scholar of the First Sin brings the franchise’s renowned obscurity & gripping gameplay to a new level. Join the dark journey and experience overwhelming enemy encounters, diabolical hazards, and unrelenting challenge.
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The First Berserker: Khazan
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
The First Berserker: Khazan is a hardcore action role-playing game. The player will become Khazan, the great general of the Pell Los Empire, who overcame death, and sets out to reveal the incidents that led to his downfall and seek vengeance on his enemies.
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WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
WUCHANG: Fallen Feathers is a soulslike, action RPG set in the land of Shu during the dark and tumultuous late Ming Dynasty, plagued with warring factions and a mysterious illness spawning monstrous creatures.
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Armored
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
It's time for you to prove yourself in the management of armored vehicles. You have to perform many operations from liberating the territory to escorting VIP and battling against enemy armored vehicles.
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NAMELESS
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
Psychological shooter. Mania. Disorder. Brokenness.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.
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Stellar Blade™
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
Save humanity from extinction in post-apocalyptic action-adventure Stellar Blade™. Experience blistering combat and a twisting storyline as you unravel the mysteries of Earth’s downfall.
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Salt and Sanctuary
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
Explore a haunting, punishing island in this stylized 2D action RPG. Salt and Sanctuary combines fast and brutal 2D combat with richly developed RPG mechanics in a cursed realm of forgotten cities, blood-soaked dungeons, and desecrated monuments.
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Rain World
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
You are a nomadic slugcat, both predator and prey in a broken ecosystem. Grab your spear and brave the industrial wastes, hunting enough food to survive, but be wary— other, bigger creatures have the same plan... and slugcats look delicious.
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Nioh: Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
Ready to die? Experience the newest brutal action game from Team NINJA and Koei Tecmo Games. In the age of samurai, a lone traveler lands on the shores of Japan. He must fight his way through the vicious warriors and supernatural Yokai that infest the land in order to find that which he seeks.
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The Surge 2
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
In a bid to survive, explore the sprawling, devastated Jericho City. Fight ferocious threats in brutal, unforgiving combat, slashing and tearing the limbs off your opponents to steal their equipment.
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ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
ELDEN RING NIGHTREIGN is a standalone adventure within the ELDEN RING universe, crafted to offer players a new gaming experience by reimagining the game’s core design.
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ARMORED CORE™ VI FIRES OF RUBICON™
Single-player alternative to DARK SOULS™ III — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with DARK SOULS™ III.
A new action game based on the concept of the ARMORED CORE series that uses the knowledge gained from FromSoftware's recent action game development.