Single-player games like Empyrean
Below are 14 single-player Steam games similar to Empyrean, 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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Gilded Rails
Single-player alternative to Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empyrean.
It's speed dating for the railway-tycoon monopolist robber baron! To obliterate your competition, you must marry a suitable partner before time runs out.
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Grand Academy for Future Villains
Single-player alternative to Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empyrean.
Congratulations! We are delighted to welcome you to the Grand Academy for Future Villains, the world's finest evil preparatory school, where unimaginable power begins with a world-class education!
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Choice of Robots
Single-player alternative to Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Empyrean.
Your robots will change the world! Will you show them the true meaning of love, or conquer Alaska with your robot army? A 300,000-word epic interactive sci-fi novel.
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Heroes Rise: The Prodigy
Single-player alternative to Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Empyrean.
Do you have what it takes to become a legendary Powered hero? "Heroes Rise" is an epic interactive novel where your choices control the story. The game is entirely text-based--without graphics or sound effects--and fueled by the vast, unstoppable power of your imagination. How high will you rise?
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Champion of the Gods
Single-player alternative to Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Empyrean.
Will you serve the gods or overthrow them? Battle ancient evils and destiny itself in this epic interactive novel inspired by Greek myth.
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Fallen Hero: Rebirth
Single-player alternative to Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empyrean.
They called you a hero; you call them fools. Use your telepathy romance old friends and fight new enemies as you become the greatest villain Los Diablos has ever known!
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Wayhaven Chronicles: Book One
Single-player alternative to Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empyrean.
Your first case as a detective is forcing you to open your eyes to a world bigger than you thought. Or maybe it's better to keep them closed. Seems the supernatural didn’t get the memo that nothing exciting ever happens in the little town of Wayhaven.
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Choice of the Pirate
Single-player alternative to Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empyrean.
Plunder ghost ships for cursed treasure! Battle the Crown Navy, sea monsters, and other bloodthirsty pirates on a quest to rival the Pirate King himself!
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Choice of the Deathless
Single-player alternative to Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Empyrean.
Battle demons and undead attorneys, and win souls to pay back your student loans! At the elite demonic-law firm of Varkath Nebuchadnezzar Stone, you'll depose a fallen god, find romance, and maybe even make partner, if you don't lose your own soul first.
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Vampire: The Masquerade — Night Road
Single-player alternative to Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empyrean.
The elders have entrusted you, an elite vampire courier, to deliver their secrets. Can you outrun the hunters, the other drivers, and the rising sun?
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Vampire: The Masquerade — Parliament of Knives
Single-player alternative to Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empyrean.
Dominate undead politics through cunning and violence! Will a missing Prince give you the opening to betray your sire and seize power?
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Werewolf: The Apocalypse — The Book of Hungry Names
Single-player alternative to Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empyrean.
Save the living earth with Rage and spirit! Can your shattered werewolf pack defeat a Wyrm Spirit that manifests as a lie that you want to believe?
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Vampire: The Masquerade — Out for Blood
Single-player alternative to Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Empyrean.
Gather your allies to hunt the vampires that terrorize your town! Study their ways and exploit their rivalries, or you'll become a vampire yourself.
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Heroes Rise: The Hero Project
Single-player alternative to Empyrean — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and RPG with Empyrean.
The sequel to "Heroes Rise: The Prodigy." It's America's #1 reality show for heroes! As a contestant on "The Hero Project," you'll battle villains and heroes alike with your newly discovered "Infini" powers.