Single-player games like The Meridian
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Meridian, 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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Slay the Princess — The Pristine Cut
Single-player alternative to The Meridian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Meridian.
You're here to slay the princess. Don't believe her lies.
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse — Heart of the Forest
Single-player alternative to The Meridian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Meridian.
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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Roadwarden
Single-player alternative to The Meridian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Meridian.
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.
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The Hungry Lamb: Traveling in the Late Ming Dynasty
Single-player alternative to The Meridian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Meridian.
He is a bandit who sells lives. She is a mute girl seeking revenge. In a famine-ravaged ancient China, a ruthless trafficker escorts four girls to a demon's feast. But when a deadly secret is revealed, a cold transaction turns into a journey of redemption. A dark visual novel about an unlikely bond.
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Suzerain
Single-player alternative to The Meridian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Meridian.
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?
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I Was a Teenage Exocolonist
Single-player alternative to The Meridian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Meridian.
Spend your teenage years on an alien planet in this narrative RPG with card-based battles. Explore, grow up, and fall in love. The choices you make and skills you master over ten years will determine the course of your life and the survival of your colony.
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The Life and Suffering of Sir Brante
Single-player alternative to The Meridian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Meridian.
A narrative-driven hardcore RPG set in a gritty world ruled by real but unrelenting gods. Set out on a challenging lifetime journey, where every choice has a price and entails consequences. Will you become an inquisitor, a judge, or conspire against the old order? Dare to decide!
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Cabernet
Single-player alternative to The Meridian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Meridian.
Cabernet is a 2D narrative RPG set in a 19th century Eastern European inspired world, with a modern twist. Guide Liza, a young vampire in her new unlife among the unsuspecting townsfolk. Will you retain your humanity or descend further into the horror you have become?
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The Pigment
Single-player alternative to The Meridian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Meridian.
Milan, 1963. Inherit your uncle's mysterious studio and discover a color that shouldn't exist. In this cosmic horror gamebook, you must balance your Sanity and Lucidity as you uncover the secret of the 12th canvas. Will you finish the work, or let the pigment consume your mind?
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The Shadow
Single-player alternative to The Meridian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Meridian.
What starts as a simple, highly-paid night shoot in an abandoned marble quarry descends into a psychological nightmare. You are Stefano Caldara, a photographer caught in a web of dark rituals and dangerous secrets. Every choice shapes your morality, your sanity, and your survival...
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The Farm of the Living
Single-player alternative to The Meridian — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Meridian.
A grim, choice-driven interactive gamebook. As the First Ranger of a fortified homestead, you must defend the last survivors from the infected, manage critical resources, and investigate a dangerous internal conspiracy. Every decision shapes the survival of the living.