Single-player games like Hard to Be a God
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to Hard to Be a God, 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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Breath Of The Depth
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hard to Be a God.
The crew of Project Flounder is lost in a mysterious shipwreck, and only L survives. When he escapes the submarine, he finds himself in a mysterious and lost country. It was full of never-seen sights, ancient ruins and unknown artifacts, and it made him want to explore every corner, every secret.
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Dungeons Of Honor
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hard to Be a God.
Dungeons Of Honor is a Wave Based First Person survival game, with map and weapon selection, fight to survive for as long as possible in medieval history, but, not all is what it seems in these times.
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Bones&Darks
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hard to Be a God.
A souls-like adventure in the medieval world. Fight against tough creatures to escape the cave and escape the curse that imprisons you in a bone body.
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Shadow Angel
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hard to Be a God.
This game is a domestic third person RPG action soul game with female protagonists. In the process of fighting against the dark forces, you will continue to become stronger. Use multiple skills flexibly to defeat the enemy in bloody battle.
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Project Dark
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hard to Be a God.
Project Dark is an episodic, narrative-driven audio game that uses binaural sound and "choose your own adventure" style storytelling to immerse players in its varied worlds. Close your eyes, and see.
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Heroes of Time - Aizack's Return
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hard to Be a God.
This sequel is in the MV version. Totally revamped and faithful to the previous game made on VX Ace. Everything you experienced in the 1st and 2nd game is redone with MV graphics.
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Tahira: Echoes of the Astral Empire
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hard to Be a God.
Guide Tahira, the 20-year old princess of Avestan, through the most challenging night of her life in this epic tactical turn-based adventure. You must fight to save your people from the genocidal Astral Empire on a world fallen into a medieval dark age after the collapse of a spacefaring civilisation.
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LIVE A LIVE
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hard to Be a God.
The legend is alive! LIVE A LIVE, originally only released for the Super Famicom in Japan, is being revived on Steam! Experience this legendary RPG, brought alive in the same HD-2D visual style as OCTOPATH TRAVELER.
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S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hard to Be a God.
S.T.A.L.K.E.R.: Shadow of Chernobyl tells a story about survival in the Zone – a very dangerous place, where you fear not only the radiation, anomalies and deadly creatures, but other S.T.A.L.K.E.R.s, who have their own goals and wishes.
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Gothic 1
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hard to Be a God.
War has been waged across the kingdom of Myrtana. Orcish hordes invaded human territory and the king of the land needed a lot of ore to forge enough weapons, should his army stand against this threat. Whoever breaks the law in these darkest of times is sentenced to serve in the giant penal colony of Khorinis, mining the so much needed...
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hard to Be a God.
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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Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Hard to Be a God.
Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!
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H.E.N.T.A.L.K.E.R.
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Forget about the rules, there are none here. Just you, your weapon and the endless, ominous wastelands waiting for you to plunge into them. So, are you ready to become a predator among predators? Then welcome to H.E.N.T.A.L.K.E.R.. It will hurt, but damn it will be fun!
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UberSoldier II
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Deal another deadly blow to fascism!
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UberSoldier
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Get ready for an epic World War II adventure like no other with UberSoldier! Immerse yourself in a gripping first-person shooter that will transport you to the heart of the action. This game developed by Burut Creative Team will have you on the edge of your seat.
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Cannon Fodder 3
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Cannon Fodder 3 is a tactical action game, which inherited the style and traditions of the original game. The war goes on and its scale is nearly the same as before. 500 conscripts are sent to meet their destiny. What awaits them? A general's stars or a bed of honor?
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Kreed: Battle for Savitar
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Before you lies the story of a legendary Legion, destined in the distant future to reshape Earth’s civilization and lead its mission among the stars. A future in which humanity will achieve victory in the decisive battle for the Savitar space station.
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Kreed
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Kreed, a massive gravity field of unknown proportions, is threatening to swallow the galaxy whole. As a soldier marooned there, you must fight for your survival against hordes of alien marauders and unearth the dark secret behind the mysterious space anomaly.
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M.I.A.: Mission in Asia
Single-player alternative to Hard to Be a God — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Tensions were growing on the border of Slaviya. Secret service of Primorye put subversive activities on a wide scale confronted by Federal Security Service (FSS) of Russian Federation. FSS receives information that one of FSS agents was over-recruited by Secret service of Primorye.