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Single-player games like Darkway: Murder of King Mere

Below are 13 single-player Steam games similar to Darkway: Murder of King Mere, 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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    Betrayal At Club Low — Steam game cover

    Betrayal At Club Low

    Single-player alternative to Darkway: Murder of King Mere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkway: Murder of King Mere.

    Tonight you're on a rescue mission, infiltrating a nightclub that was once a coffin factory. Will you succeed? Will you fail? Or will your night take an unexpected detour? Roll the Pizza Dice and find out!

    2022IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Faeborne — Steam game cover

    Faeborne

    Single-player alternative to Darkway: Murder of King Mere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkway: Murder of King Mere.

    Faeborne is a story-driven action-adventure indie game with fast-paced combat, precision platforming, and magical abilities. Explore a cinematic fantasy world, battle stone golems, solve puzzles, and uncover memories to bring your sister home.

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Let Bions Be Bygones — Steam game cover

    Let Bions Be Bygones

    Single-player alternative to Darkway: Murder of King Mere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkway: Murder of King Mere.

    Having lost everything, a retired, hardboiled detective, John Cooper, must take his last case to find a missing upper-class girl among the lowest parts of the dystopian city-planet Terrahive. Choose your unique path in this atmospheric narrative future-noir thriller.

    2024IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales — Steam game cover

    The Bookwalker: Thief of Tales

    Single-player alternative to Darkway: Murder of King Mere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkway: Murder of King Mere.

    The Bookwalker is a narrative adventure in which you play as Etienne Quist, a writer-turned-thief with the ability to dive into books. Use your powers to journey between reality and book worlds, and steal legendary items like Thor's Hammer and Excalibur to restore your ability to write.

    2023IndieAdventure3.74 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora — Steam game cover

    Hot Tin Roof: The Cat That Wore A Fedora

    Single-player alternative to Darkway: Murder of King Mere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkway: Murder of King Mere.

    You’re the Private Investigator on a string of grisly murders, scouring for clues in a 3D side-scrolling world. Grab your fedora and revolver - in Hot Tin Roof you’re on the case! Dive into a noir mystery and become Emma Jones, the only PI partnered to a cat named Franky.

    2015ActionIndieAdventure4.49 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Who's Lila? — Steam game cover

    Who's Lila?

    Single-player alternative to Darkway: Murder of King Mere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkway: Murder of King Mere.

    A reverse-detective adventure, where you control your character's face

    2022IndieAdventureRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Murdered: Soul Suspect — Steam game cover

    Murdered: Soul Suspect

    Single-player alternative to Darkway: Murder of King Mere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Darkway: Murder of King Mere.

    MURDERED: SOUL SUSPECT™ takes players into a whole new realm of mystery where the case is personal and the clues just out of reach, challenging gamers to solve the hardest case of all… their own murder.

    2014ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Wolf Among Us — Steam game cover

    The Wolf Among Us

    Single-player alternative to Darkway: Murder of King Mere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Darkway: Murder of King Mere.

    From the makers of the 2012 Game of the Year: The Walking Dead, comes a thriller based on the award-winning Fables comic books. As Bigby Wolf you will discover that a brutal, bloody murder is just a taste of things to come in a game series where your every decision can have enormous consequences.

    2013ActionAdventureCasual14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Return of the Obra Dinn — Steam game cover

    Return of the Obra Dinn

    Single-player alternative to Darkway: Murder of King Mere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkway: Murder of King Mere.

    Lost at sea 1803 ~ The good ship Obra Dinn.

    2018IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Paradise Killer — Steam game cover

    Paradise Killer

    Single-player alternative to Darkway: Murder of King Mere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkway: Murder of King Mere.

    Paradise Island, a world outside reality. There’s been a murder that only "investigation freak" Lady Love Dies can solve. Gather evidence and interrogate suspects in this open world adventure. You can accuse anyone, but you’ll have to prove your case in trial. It’s up to you to decide who’s guilty.

    2020IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Case of the Golden Idol — Steam game cover

    The Case of the Golden Idol

    Single-player alternative to Darkway: Murder of King Mere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkway: Murder of King Mere.

    A new kind of detective game that allows you to think and investigate freely. Discover clues surrounding 12 strange and gruesome deaths and build your own theory. Pick your suspect, deduce the motive, unmask the awful truth.

    2022IndieAdventure17.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Elysium — Steam game cover

    Elysium

    Single-player alternative to Darkway: Murder of King Mere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkway: Murder of King Mere.

    Wake up on a paradise-like abandoned island with your friends. Explore the lands of an ancient civilization and uncover the mysteries behind their collapse as you build, craft, and tame corrupted machines. Most importantly, survive the unwelcome lands of Elysium!

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    ULTRA — Steam game cover

    ULTRA

    Single-player alternative to Darkway: Murder of King Mere — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkway: Murder of King Mere.

    The Ascendancy inherited the Earth, and gave humanity the ULTRA. Humanity gave you in return: a Runner. Navigate the trails of the Evergrowth with quick feet, rhythm, grappling hooks, ice bombs, and forgotten tech. Race with friends or alone to save humanity.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →