Single-player games like The Faraway King
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Faraway King, 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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Refrain: Verse of Fate
Single-player alternative to The Faraway King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Faraway King.
A garden caught in eternal recurrence. A god who forgets everything. A witness without rest. In this narrative-driven 2D exploration game, walk, listen, and read your way through four cycles to piece together a truth hidden beneath the surface.
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NOX AETERNA - Veil of Darkness
Single-player alternative to The Faraway King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Faraway King.
He’s been searching for his missing friend for days. She’s been searching for her long-lost clan member for decades. Now their paths cross.
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Travelling At Night
Single-player alternative to The Faraway King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Faraway King.
CONJURE. CONFESS. DISAPPEAR. Be an exorcist, a stage magician, or - worse yet - a writer, in this globe-trotting choices-matter CRPG. In a very alternate 1940s Europe, choose sides; choose motives; choose your History.
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SEASON: A letter to the future
Single-player alternative to The Faraway King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Faraway King.
Leave home for the first time to collect memories before a mysterious cataclysm washes everything away. Ride, record, meet people, and unravel the strange world around you in this third-person meditative exploration game.
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Sarawak
Single-player alternative to The Faraway King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Faraway King.
A short literary mystery game set in Oxford and Borneo
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My Dream is a Lost Memory
Single-player alternative to The Faraway King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Faraway King.
My dream is a Lost Memory is a short interactive story about having Déjà vu, realizing that this Déjà vu came to you because of a dream, and then wondering if that dream is actually a memory. It's a story about work, limitations and self-respect.
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I Just Want to be Single!! Season One
Single-player alternative to The Faraway King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Faraway King.
The anti-dating sim where you make friends instead of girlfriends! Balance between heartbreak and heartache! Will you graduate without a single friend? Or will you survive long enough to reject them all?
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Bahnsen Knights
Single-player alternative to The Faraway King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Faraway King.
1986, Tornado Alley, USA… Go undercover as Boulder, an agent infiltrating the notorious religious cult known as the Bahnsen Knights. Face off against occultists, biblical storms, and an enigmatic car salesman turned preacher as you investigate the disappearance of a fellow agent and close friend.