Single-player games like Once Upon
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Once Upon, 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
- 1
KORA
Single-player alternative to Once Upon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Once Upon.
In a "perfect" city governed by AI, you're just an ordinary repair technician trying to survive. Then a routine job goes wrong, you get kidnapped, and the woman who taught you everything you know seems to have known it would happen all along.
- 2
Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Single-player alternative to Once Upon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Once Upon.
A dice-driven RPG, in a human and heartfelt sci-fi world. You are an escaped android, with a malfunctioning body, a price on your head and no memory of your past. Get a ship, find a crew, and take on contracts while you navigate across the Starward Belt.
- 3
Citizen Sleeper
Single-player alternative to Once Upon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Once Upon.
Roleplaying in the ruins of interplanetary capitalism. Live the life of an escaped worker, washed-up on a lawless station at the edge of an interstellar society. Inspired by the flexibility and freedom of TTRPGs, explore the station, choose your friends, escape your past and change your future.
- 4
DREAMIO: AI-Powered Adventures
Single-player alternative to Once Upon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Once Upon.
DREAMIO is a 'choose-your-own-adventure' game where stories and visuals are dynamically created through the power of generative AI in response to your decisions. Explore endless worlds with limitless possibilities; go anywhere, do anything.
- 5
AI Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Once Upon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Once Upon.
An AI-powered text-based RPG like you've never played before. Write stories, interact with realistic characters, and experience virtually infinite worlds and genres. Escape to alternate universes where you direct the action and anything is possible!
- 6
Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
Single-player alternative to Once Upon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Once Upon.
A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!
- 7
Suzerain
Single-player alternative to Once Upon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Once Upon.
Assume the role of President Anton Rayne and guide the nation of Sordland. Amidst brewing international conflicts, need for reform, deep-seated corruption, and economic recession, you must make the decisions in this political drama. How will you lead?
- 8
Roadwarden
Single-player alternative to Once Upon — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Once Upon.
Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.