Single-player games like Dark Forest
Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Dark Forest, 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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ホロダンジョン 博衣こよりとホロウライブ in ホンシャタワー
Single-player alternative to Dark Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Dark Forest.
Wonderful maze “HoloDungeon” changes form with each challenge—within it lurks Hollow, beings not unlike Holomen. To rescue her snatched friends and make special Live a success, Hakui Koyori tries an unknown adventure! Roguelike RPG where you play using wisdom and brains remain even after down.
- 2
Onychomp : Lush journey
Single-player alternative to Dark Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Dark Forest.
Run, dig, howl, and devour in this real-time dungeon crawler where hunger and night chase you. Each night, a new mountain awaits. Can you reach the summit before dawn?
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Saucy Succubus
Single-player alternative to Dark Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Dark Forest.
A cute BL game made for my OCs. The gameplay is simple: guide these two cuties through dessert mazes ~ ⚠️NO art theft / AI-feeding. Offenders inherit all my family's sickness and misery. ⚠️NO using my OCs as a素材库 (collage/mashup) or tracing AI art. Offenders owe my parents 10 years of your life.
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NeonSync
Single-player alternative to Dark Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Dark Forest.
Explore cyberspace, destroy malware in tactical turn-based combat, and cover your tracks before the system finds you.
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Depths of Providence
Single-player alternative to Dark Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Dark Forest.
Depths of Providence is a turn-based roguelike JRPG through 100 procedurally generated floors. Your party enters at level 1 with empty pockets. Fight down through instant-death depths and escape with rare loot before you lose it all. Bank blue-chest relics forever and climb the daily leaderboard.
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SALT SWEEPER
Single-player alternative to Dark Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Dark Forest.
SALT SWEEPER is a roguelite twist on minesweeper. Sweep corrupted desert mines, fight enemies in turn-based combat, and grow more powerful with weapons and spells you find along the way.
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COLD HUSK
Single-player alternative to Dark Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dark Forest.
A research station spans the Moon's surface, humanity's last monument to forbidden DNA experimentation. Read the final thoughts of deceased crew members, uncover a species-ending catastrophe, and navigate cold metallic corridors using only terminal commands. In COLD HUSK, knowledge is power.
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Dungeon Drafters
Single-player alternative to Dark Forest — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Dark Forest.
Dungeon Drafters is a mystery dungeon adventure set in a world where magic is cards, and cards are magic. Explore ancient ruins, loot rare cards and employ clever combos to defeat your foes and build the legendary spell deck that could save the world.