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Single-player games like Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic

Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic, 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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    Anicon - Animal Complex - Cat's Path — Steam game cover

    Anicon - Animal Complex - Cat's Path

    Single-player alternative to Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic.

    A romance, comedy, fantasy Visual Novel - filled with adventures, misadventures, adorable animals, brother conflicts, circus cleaning, collecting puzzle pieces, and more - all in one package!

    2016IndieAdventureSimulation7.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Demonheart — Steam game cover

    Demonheart

    Single-player alternative to Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic.

    Discover the secrets of the witches and demons in this dark fantasy romance game, featuring a female protagonist whose personality is completely up to the player thanks to extensive dialog choices.

    2017AdventureSimulationRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Demonheart: The Ice Demon — Steam game cover

    Demonheart: The Ice Demon

    Single-player alternative to Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic.

    Play as the young witch Shar, as she moves in with a famous witch who keeps demonic prisoners in her basement. Will you find romance or doom?

    2022AdventureSimulationRPG6.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Solstice — Steam game cover

    Solstice

    Single-player alternative to Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic.

    Solstice is a dystopian mystery visual novel about small personal disasters that turn into great catastrophes.

    2016IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Heirs And Graces — Steam game cover

    Heirs And Graces

    Single-player alternative to Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic.

    Play as Marcel and determine whether or not he has the skills to become Lord Sandor's heir and whether or not he forms a romantic attachment to one of four potential love interests: an ex-gladiator turned gardener, a perfectionist butler, the local doctor, or a mischievous elven Lord.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk — Steam game cover

    Psychedelica of the Ashen Hawk

    Single-player alternative to Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic.

    Uncover the secret – Unite the clans In a town ruled by opposing clans and overshadowed by superstition and legend, a child is born with the dreaded mark of a witch. She conceals her identity until the theft of a mysterious relic brings to light a series of staggering revelations.

    2019Adventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Arcadia Fallen — Steam game cover

    Arcadia Fallen

    Single-player alternative to Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Simulation with Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic.

    Play the role of a young alchemist apprentice who is unwillingly bound to an illegal spirit. Suddenly drawn into a war between humanity and magic, they must join a group of unlikely heroes to escape their own doom, hopefully saving the world along the way.

    2021IndieAdventureSimulation24.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cinders — Steam game cover

    Cinders

    Single-player alternative to Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic.

    A mature take on Cinderella that's all about player choices and breaking the classic fairy tale in any way you like.

    2014IndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Adventurers — Steam game cover

    The Adventurers

    Single-player alternative to Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Simulation with Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic.

    The Adventurers is a turn-based tactical RPG where every decision shapes your legacy. Lead your party of heroes in an open world filled with random events that affect your story. Survive a high fantasy landscape where your epic saga is waiting to be written.

    2024StrategyIndieSimulation12.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Embers of Magic — Steam game cover

    Embers of Magic

    Single-player alternative to Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic.

    Embers of Magic is a short, adventure visual novel that tells the story of Liana the witch. She takes an airship down to the surface of the dangerous and corrupt earth beneath her flying city home.

    2017ActionIndieAdventureFreeSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pale Spectrum - Part Two of the Book of Gray Magic — Steam game cover

    Pale Spectrum - Part Two of the Book of Gray Magic

    Single-player alternative to Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic.

    The Ryuusian Royal Cabal thought that the discovery and research of five new forms of magic would be the greatest undertaking of their lives. Unfortunately, they drastically underestimated the difficulties of love, mental health, family, and the occasional mad demigod.

    2017IndieAdventure16.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Perceptions of the Dead — Steam game cover

    Perceptions of the Dead

    Single-player alternative to Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic.

    Follow three stories set in a world where the dead linger, and things far worse wait beyond the veil.

    2017IndieAdventureFree To PlayFreeDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Perceptions of the Dead 2 — Steam game cover

    Perceptions of the Dead 2

    Single-player alternative to Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic.

    Three months ago, Jill learned ghosts are real. Now she has to save the only Acolyte who can help her live in a world of the dead.

    2018IndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stars and Snowdrops — Steam game cover

    Stars and Snowdrops

    Single-player alternative to Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Brilliant Shadows - Part One of the Book of Gray Magic.

    Spend a day in a rainy castle and befriend, or fall for, a non-binary dragon

    2020IndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →