Single-player games like A Short Quest
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to A Short Quest, 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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Ignite the Depths
Single-player alternative to A Short Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Short Quest.
Ignite the Depths is an atmospheric dark-fantasy dungeon crawler set within a sprawling, hand-crafted labyrinth. Descend into the darkness alone, or unite with up to four players in co-op. Will you conquer the Abyss?
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Flintlock: The Siege of Dawn
Single-player alternative to A Short Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with A Short Quest.
From games studio A44, makers of Ashen, comes an explosive Souls-lite, where Gods and guns collide in a battle for the future of humanity.
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Death's Door
Single-player alternative to A Short Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Short Quest.
Reaping souls of the dead and punching a clock might get monotonous but it's honest work for a Crow. The job gets lively when your assigned soul is stolen and you must track down a desperate thief to a realm untouched by death - where creatures grow far past their expiry.
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Book of Demons
Single-player alternative to A Short Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Short Quest.
Book of Demons is a Hack & Slash in which YOU decide the length of quests. Wield magic cards instead of weapons and slay the armies of darkness in the dungeons below the Old Cathedral. Save the terror-stricken Paperverse from the clutches of the Archdemon himself!
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Dinoblade
Single-player alternative to A Short Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Short Quest.
Dinoblade is an intense action RPG set in a prehistoric world forever changed by a cataclysmic event. Step into the role of a young Spinosaurus, wielding a colossal Great Sword. Confront rival dinosaurs, some armed with weapons of their own, all in a desperate fight to prevent a looming extinction.
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Baldur's Gate: Dark Alliance
Single-player alternative to A Short Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with A Short Quest.
A new legacy begins...
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Grim Dawn
Single-player alternative to A Short Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Short Quest.
Enter an apocalyptic fantasy world where humanity is on the brink of extinction, iron is valued above gold and trust is hard earned. This ARPG features complex character development, hundreds of unique items, crafting and quests with choice & consequence.
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Into the Necrovale
Single-player alternative to A Short Quest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with A Short Quest.
Into the Necrovale is an Action RPG in which you collect powerful items that interact with one another. You must be clever with your build if you hope to pierce the mysteries and dangers of the Necrovale, where a thousand generations of miscreants and criminals have been banished.