Single-player games like Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura, 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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Sovereign Syndicate
Single-player alternative to Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
A Victorian steampunk RPG with tarot cards instead of dice. Investigate the disappearance of society’s most vulnerable to uncover a mysterious cult. Play as three characters, each with their own skills and motivations. Customize your characters with narrative choices to unlock new tarot cards.
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Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
Rediscover the beloved RPG classic— now enhanced for modern adventurers! Gather your party of heroes and continue the legendary adventure in this story-rich fantasy epic where every choice matters.
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Shattering Obsidian
Single-player alternative to Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
An RPG inspired by the classics, and based upon a series of published stories. A deep, character-driven adventure, in a Fantasy-Steampunk world of betrayal and intrigue.
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Black Geyser: Couriers of Darkness
Single-player alternative to Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
Black Geyser is an isometric, party-based fantasy RPG inspired by genre classics. Recruit characters with unique personalities and explore a land ravaged by civil war and a mysterious curse of greed. Your choices, good or evil, will decide the fate of the Kingdom of Isilmerald.
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Pillars of Eternity II: Deadfire
Single-player alternative to Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
Patch 5.0 - Turn-based mode and The Ultimate challenge out now! Pursue a rogue god over land and sea in the sequel to the multi-award-winning RPG Pillars of Eternity. Captain your ship on a dangerous voyage of discovery across the vast unexplored archipelago region of the Deadfire.
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Pillars of Eternity
Single-player alternative to Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
Prepare to be enchanted by a world where the choices you make and the paths you choose shape your destiny. Obsidian Entertainment, the developer of Fallout: New Vegas™ and South Park: The Stick of Truth™, together with Paradox Interactive is proud to present Pillars of Eternity.
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Pathfinder: Kingmaker — Enhanced Plus Edition
Single-player alternative to Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
Pathfinder: Kingmaker - Enhanced Plus Edition is the first isometric party-based cRPG set in the Pathfinder fantasy universe. Enjoy a classic RPG experience inspired by games like Baldur's Gate, Fallout 1 and 2 and Arcanum. Explore and conquer the Stolen Lands and make them your kingdom!
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Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
Gather your party and get ready for the kick-ass new version of GameSpot's PC Game of the Year 2014. With hours of new content, new game modes, full voiceovers, split-screen multiplayer, and thousands of improvements, there's never been a better time to explore the epic world of Rivellon!
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The Temple of Elemental Evil
Single-player alternative to Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
Years ago a demoness’s elemental cult ruled from a temple near Nulb until the Circle of Eight razed it. Now bandits stalk Hommlet and dark forces gather at the ruins. In this classic party‑based D&D RPG, unmask their true purpose and confront the reborn evil before chaos engulfs the land.
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Fallout 4
Single-player alternative to Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
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Planescape: Torment: Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
Uncover secrets of past lives in this story-rich, tactical roleplaying game set in Sigil, a dark fantasy city at the heart of the Dungeons & Dragons multiverse. Explore the planes, survive combat alongside a party of bizarre companions, and solve puzzles unlike any ever seen in the genre.
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Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
The classic adventure returns! Baldur’s Gate: Enhanced Edition includes the original Baldur’s Gate adventure, the Tales of the Sword Coast expansion, and all-new content including three new party members.
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Wasteland 1 - The Original Classic
Single-player alternative to Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura.
For the first time in over 20 years, we are heralding the return of a much loved piece of gaming history with the classic RPG, Wasteland! Mutants. Again. Even more than there were last time: they seem to materialize out of the very grains of the radioactive desert sand. Venomous yellow eyes.
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Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines
Single-player alternative to Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura — playable solo, no multiplayer required.
Vampire®: The Masquerade-Bloodlines™ delivers a new type of RPG experience-one that blends all the core elements of a traditional RPG with the graphical richness, immediacy and brutal combat of a first-person action game. The game plunges players into the dark and gritty vampire underworld of modern-day L.A. as a creature of the night.