Single-player games like Hollow Descent
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Hollow Descent, 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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Epsylon - The Guardians of Xendron
Single-player alternative to Hollow Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hollow Descent.
A private eye mystery game where you decide how to solve the case. Use your detective skills to solve the case or rely on the abilities of your little dragon partner to see things from a new angle.
- 2
The Gods of the Red Planet
Single-player alternative to Hollow Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hollow Descent.
Your team must uncover the secrets of the Terraforming Center on Mars and face an overwhelming battle for the future of the Red Planet. But remember: every choice you make will shape the outcome of this fight.
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Mandated Fate
Single-player alternative to Hollow Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Hollow Descent.
A dystopian future-noir social thriller. As an Imperial Inspector, navigate a towering technocratic empire where loyalty is survival. Investigate secrets, manipulate factions, and make brutal moral choices. In this alternate history, will you uphold the regime or subvert the truth?
- 4
Inspector Schmidt - The Ebbing
Single-player alternative to Hollow Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Hollow Descent.
In this detective RPG, you untangle a thick web of intrigues, lies, and secrets that surround a mysterious death. Find the origin of eerie telegraph signals, question the villagers, decipher the strange symbols that are suddenly appearing all over town - and hide from the danger lurking in the moor.
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The Jewel of Monostructure
Single-player alternative to Hollow Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hollow Descent.
Sanator: The Jewel of Monostructure is a dark fantasy visual novel that combines deep lore with exciting adventures. Who is behind the mysterious thefts and why are the gates of the Monostructure open again? Take control of Richard Murdock, the plague doctor, and find the answer.
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Agarta
Single-player alternative to Hollow Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hollow Descent.
Agarta has been designed to show you how valuable and important every decision you make in your individual life, every choice you make is. Because every choice you make is also a renunciation and you cannot undo any decision.
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好久不见 - Long Time No See
Single-player alternative to Hollow Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Hollow Descent.
The story centers around a frustrated middle-aged man named Yu Kaijie. Along with his friend Ma Zhigao, they participated in a class reunion and used the chance to rob the safe of their rich classmate. But against all expectations, the tranquil villa turned into a closed-off crime scene...
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A Case of Distrust
Single-player alternative to Hollow Descent — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Hollow Descent.
A Case of Distrust is a narrative mystery from 1924 San Francisco. Play as private investigator Phyllis Cadence Malone in this historical 2D adventure game.