Single-player games like Starving Shadows
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to Starving Shadows, 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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DEORUM
Single-player alternative to Starving Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Starving Shadows.
Descend into the forsaken dungeon and fight the horrors in the dark. Gather occult materials, craft nightmarish coins, and settle your debt to the cosmic powers. Obey the Divine Festival.
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Last Ascender
Single-player alternative to Starving Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Starving Shadows.
Last Ascender is a 1st-person turn-based strategy RPG combining classic RPG progression with roguelike tension and deckbuilding depth. In a world shrouded in darkness, you must end this desperate journey using only your unique builds and strategic choices.
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DeAnima
Single-player alternative to Starving Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Starving Shadows.
DeAnima is a brutal yet rewarding dungeon crawler steeped in classic roguelike tradition. Set in a sprawling, medieval dungeon, you embody a lone wanderer seeking the fabled Crown of Nivek.
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Azure Ember
Single-player alternative to Starving Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Starving Shadows.
Azure Ember is a fast-paced crafting roguelike that thrusts you into a dangerous, ever-changing dungeon. Break objects and defeat enemies to collect materials, then forge powerful, one-of-a-kind weapons to overcome relentless foes and towering bosses.
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Shadowlight
Single-player alternative to Starving Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Starving Shadows.
A turn-based stealth roguelike with classic ASCII graphics where light and shadow decide who lives. Slip through procedurally generated dungeons as a thief who strikes from the dark for triple damage, dodges torch-carrying guards, and loots a manor heist — or dies in the light..
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Evercrown
Single-player alternative to Starving Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Starving Shadows.
A turn-based tactical roguelike where your heroes’ actions are decided by a slot machine. Spin, lock, and reroll abilities, read enemy intentions, build powerful synergies, and push your run into explosive late-game scaling.
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Jester's Dungeon
Single-player alternative to Starving Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Starving Shadows.
An Obscure Dungeon Crawler where you a wizard, Dives into a dungeon to reclaim your stolen Toy from a wicked Jester. Sacrifice your blood to the Black Eye and use it's powers to survive, slay monsters and master the dungeon .
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Mind Hole
Single-player alternative to Starving Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Starving Shadows.
Mind Hole is an experimental nightmare insanity simulator where there is no hope. A surreal experience with procedural generation elements, puzzle elements and more questions than answers.
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I live under your house.
Single-player alternative to Starving Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with Starving Shadows.
You are a monster under someone's house.
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EVIL
Single-player alternative to Starving Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Starving Shadows.
You are a priest who has gone into the dark forest for a final battle against evil.
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My monstrous roommate. (étude)
Single-player alternative to Starving Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Starving Shadows.
There is a monster living in your apartment.
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Pyramid Curse
Single-player alternative to Starving Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Starving Shadows.
Research materials about the explorers of the mysterious underground pyramid. An analog horror game about found footage tapes.
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MY ADAPTATION IN(TO) HUMAN
Single-player alternative to Starving Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Starving Shadows.
You are a body snatching creature. Capture the body, explore the environment, reproduce.
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A THOUSAND MOUTHS TO SCREAM
Single-player alternative to Starving Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Starving Shadows.
Psychological Body Horror visual novel in a space setting with different endings depending on your actions.
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Please, Explode Me, Senpai!
Single-player alternative to Starving Shadows — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with Starving Shadows.
During your first night together, your girlfriend inexplicably exploded. Now you have to live with it...