Single-player games like The Road of Dust and Sorrow
Below are 9 single-player Steam games similar to The Road of Dust and Sorrow, 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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Pulsebreaker
Single-player alternative to The Road of Dust and Sorrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Road of Dust and Sorrow.
Pulsebreaker is a single-player survival horror game. Manage your scarce resources such as ammo, medicine, and tools to survive. Skill-based precision tactical combat utilizing headshots, contextual dodges, and melee attacks help beat back the undead. Explore a city teetering on the brink of doom.
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Recurrence
Single-player alternative to The Road of Dust and Sorrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Road of Dust and Sorrow.
"Something is broken... and it keeps repeating."A classic survival horror set in a cyberpunk world corrupted by a strange signal. Solve puzzles, face terrifying creatures, and try to escape a nightmare that seems endless
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Desolate City: Last Show
Single-player alternative to The Road of Dust and Sorrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Road of Dust and Sorrow.
It's the last concert of his tour, and Don Aitor will have to survive the horror. Discover the consequences of the strange virus threatening the pixelated city of Gray Bay in this survival horror/action RPG.
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Departure of Darkness
Single-player alternative to The Road of Dust and Sorrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Road of Dust and Sorrow.
Pure determination to save her brother keeps Emma in this parasite-infected airport. Scavenge, unravel, and slaughter your way through Departure of Darkness, a 90s survival-horror throwback. Tread lightly when rescuing the survivors or you’ll succumb to the hive mind…
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Zombies In The Dark
Single-player alternative to The Road of Dust and Sorrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Road of Dust and Sorrow.
Alan Rogers, who survived the zombie apocalypse since childhood, thanks to the invention of serum against the virus, follows a new order, allowing to seize any real estate if it is cleared of undead and goes to one of the three-storey mansions by the ocean to take possession of it.
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Hashiko
Single-player alternative to The Road of Dust and Sorrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Road of Dust and Sorrow.
Hashiko is an action-adventure game with a heavy, solitary atmosphere, inspired among others by Silent Hill, Days Gone and Slitterhead. Explore a post-apocalyptic Japan altered by psychoannexion, survive a hostile world, and embody multiple characters across different eras.
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PHASE ZERO
Single-player alternative to The Road of Dust and Sorrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Road of Dust and Sorrow.
A grotesque illness binds the town of Flint Peak. Several survivors try to escape with their lives as mysterious creatures roam the streets. Face horrific monsters, solve puzzles and uncover the truth in this classic survival horror. Can you escape the nightmare?
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PSYCHO DEAD
Single-player alternative to The Road of Dust and Sorrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Road of Dust and Sorrow.
A third-person survival horror game that you play as a girl with psychic power who tries to escape from a secret lab and is pursued by deadly stalkers.
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The Long Reach
Single-player alternative to The Road of Dust and Sorrow — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with The Road of Dust and Sorrow.
At its heart The Long Reach is an adventure game. Closer inspection also reveals it’s a thrilling horror story, flavoured with sci-fi ideology, psychological context and a skeptical view on the human psyche.