Single-player games like Darkened
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Darkened, 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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Tower of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Darkened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkened.
TOD(Tower of Darkness) is dungeon exploration RPG. Choose one of the main exorcists and explore the tower to defeat the demons and obtain treasures. But be careful! The number of enemies and treasures in the tower is limited, so make good use of them.
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Grim Wanderings Reborn
Single-player alternative to Darkened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkened.
A grim turn-based tactical RPG. Hire a squad, travel through the cursed lands through battles and unusual encounters, upgrade your fighters and equip your hero with relics. Hundreds of units, events, and artifacts. Each passage will be unique.
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The Inverted Tower
Single-player alternative to Darkened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkened.
A dark fantasy CRPG with multiple routes and endings, all surrounding the hunt for a wish-granting chalice guarded beneath a dungeon known as the INVERTED TOWER.
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Queen Slayer
Single-player alternative to Darkened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Darkened.
A tightly focused, streamlined turn-based roguelike RPG you can finish in 2–3 hours. Challenge the short but razor-sharp journey to slay 8 corrupted queens.
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Bizarre Watch
Single-player alternative to Darkened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Darkened.
Bizarre Watch is a challenging tactical roguelike RPG where you command a party of heroes and fight to save a city trapped in an endless gothic Nightmare. Cards shape each round, while each hero fights with their own abilities.
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DiceVenture Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Darkened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkened.
DiceVenture Dungeon is a roguelike dice-building dungeon crawler. Choose your path, roll and reroll to unleash class skills, and craft your build with dice, relics, and traits. Take on dice challenges for greater rewards—every run brings new choices and combinations.
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LunaQuest
Single-player alternative to Darkened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkened.
This is a medieval fantasy base game with enemies from the future trying to wipe out all of humanity. This is a Turned base JRPG with an Open world concept.
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Demeo: PC Edition
Single-player alternative to Darkened — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Darkened.
It’s dangerous to go alone! Grab your friends and assemble a party, because plumbing the depths of Demeo requires strategy, cunning, and teamwork. An award-winning cooperative tabletop adventure for up to four players.