Single-player games like Joy Malignant
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Joy Malignant, 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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Aphantasia
Single-player alternative to Joy Malignant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joy Malignant.
Aphantasia is an Indie RPG created in the RPG Maker engine with a surreal art style.
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The Secret of Weepstone
Single-player alternative to Joy Malignant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Joy Malignant.
In a hand-drawn black and white dungeon crawler RPG inspired by classic D&D of the 80’s - Roll Dice, Fight Monsters, Loot Dungeons, Embrace Death, and unravel The Secret of Weepstone.
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Moves Of The Diamond Hand
Single-player alternative to Joy Malignant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joy Malignant.
Immerse yourself in a first-person urban RPG, powered by dice and intrigue. Along the way, you might even shape the fate of a city. Become a Master of Disguise, a Master Sandwich Maker or ... something else. Whatever it takes to get the gig, right?
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人类动物园 Human Zoo
Single-player alternative to Joy Malignant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joy Malignant.
Beautiful teenagers, dreams, grotesque orgies. When no one in the world is awake anymore, is your sanity an alternative madness? A turn-based surrealist psychological horror game with beautiful L2D combat artwork and a deep, philosophical plot.
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Citizen Sleeper 2: Starward Vector
Single-player alternative to Joy Malignant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joy Malignant.
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.
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Citizen Sleeper
Single-player alternative to Joy Malignant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joy Malignant.
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.
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
Single-player alternative to Joy Malignant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joy Malignant.
Explore the myths and monsters of Europe’s last primeval wilderness. Play as Maia, who arrives at the ancient Białowieża Forest looking to explore her family history. Discover Rage in an adventure game inspired by the experience of the legendary tabletop roleplaying game Werewolf: The Apocalypse.
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The Nameless: Slay Dragon
Single-player alternative to Joy Malignant — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Joy Malignant.
The Nameless: Slay Dragon is like a mix of CRPG and JRPG. In short - how to slay the immensely powerful and cunning evil dragon? You will play as a young man having a bloody feud with a dragon, and face powerful, sinister and tricky enemies with friends....