Single-player games like The Pigment
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to The Pigment, 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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The Meridian
Single-player alternative to The Pigment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pigment.
Step into the high-stakes world of journalism in this Playbook! As a reporter at the "The Meridian" newsroom, YOU are the hero. Chase a massive investigative scoop, navigate ruthless office politics, and build deep relationships. Will you break the story, or will the deadline break you?
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Omen Exitio: Hunger
Single-player alternative to The Pigment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pigment.
A Lovecraftian investigative gamebook. New York, 1927. A case pulled from real history, wrapped in cosmic horror. His name was Billy Gaffney. The man who took him was real. But his purpose was from another plane of existence. You play a journalist. You make choices. The story remembers all of them.
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Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
Single-player alternative to The Pigment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Pigment.
A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!
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Roadwarden
Single-player alternative to The Pigment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pigment.
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 Passenger
Single-player alternative to The Pigment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with The Pigment.
Your eldritch existence is threatened when another abomination tries to feast on you. You flee, trapping yourself in human flesh, but will that be enough?
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Suzerain
Single-player alternative to The Pigment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pigment.
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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Enelia: Dawn of Madness
Single-player alternative to The Pigment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pigment.
Immerse yourself in the enigmatic world of Nauris, where enchanting landscapes hide terrifying secrets: the strange behavior of elders, sinister rituals of priests, and the disappearance of citizens. Madness lurks everywhere – will you master it or become its victim? The choice is yours.
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Omen Exitio: Plague
Single-player alternative to The Pigment — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Pigment.
Investigate a paranormal disease that threatens to eradicate humanity in this unsettling Lovecraftian adventure, inspired by the choose-your-own-adventure gamebooks of the 80s and 90s. Your choices will determine the story, your character’s destiny… and the future of humanity.