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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TECHNOPHOBIA: DO ANDROIDS GO TO HEAVEN?
Single-player alternative to The Faraway King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Faraway King.
"Technophobia: DAgtH" is a Narrative FPS Adventure where you're tasked with rescuing FESAC Engineers kidnapped by terroristic androids in a dark forest, all while discussing the ethics of using androids and AI in our daily lives. Is AI truly better than humans?
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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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VIDEOVERSE
Single-player alternative to The Faraway King — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Faraway King.
Relive the days of the early internet and dive into this fictional video game era, where the 'Kinmoku Shark’ gaming system and its online social network 'Videoverse' were still popular…