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Single-player games like The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep

Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep, 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 Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut — Steam game cover

    The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is the triumphant return of one of the most iconic RPG series of all-time. Delve into a tactically rich combat system that rewards creativity, solve puzzles to gain treasure and advantages, and discover a beautifully crafted world.

    2019RPG34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bard's Tale Trilogy — Steam game cover

    The Bard's Tale Trilogy

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    The Bard's Tale Trilogy is a complete remaster of the iconic series that helped define the RPG genre. Featuring updated graphics and optional quality of life gameplay features, this is the ideal way to experience the dungeon crawling challenge that made the original games beloved classics.

    2018RPG14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Paper Sorcerer — Steam game cover

    Paper Sorcerer

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    Paper Sorcerer is a stylish single player turn based RPG focused on strategy, party-building, and environmental puzzles. Fight with the skills and spells you've learned in a battle system that emphasizes strategy over grinding. Assemble a party of monsters and dark creatures to fight alongside you.

    2014IndieAdventureRPG4.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wizardry 8 — Steam game cover

    Wizardry 8

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    A New Wizardry for a New GenerationThe universe is in the throes of violent upheaval and change. Vast and mysterious forces are preparing for the final confrontation. A small group of heroes from distant lands must plunge into the heart of the maelstrom, to uncover long-forgotten secrets, and bring about a new era.

    2013AdventureRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Infinite Adventures® — Steam game cover

    Infinite Adventures®

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    Infinite Adventures® is a turn-based, first-person dungeon crawler with deep party customization, strategic combat, and a fully voiced story. Inspired by classic RPGs for a nostalgic yet modern gameplay experience. Assemble your party and explore the Labyrinth to discover the truths of your past.

    2018IndieRPG14.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wasteland 3 — Steam game cover

    Wasteland 3

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.

    2020StrategyRPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Geneforge 1 - Mutagen — Steam game cover

    Geneforge 1 - Mutagen

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    Unique, truly open-ended fantasy adventure in a strange, new world. Use battle or cunning to change the world, served by your own army of custom-made mutant monsters. Over 80 zones to explore and 50+ hours of gameplay. Multitudes of skills, abilities, factions, treasures, and servants to create.

    2021StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition — Steam game cover

    Divinity: Original Sin - Enhanced Edition

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    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!

    2015StrategyIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dark Messiah of Might & Magic — Steam game cover

    Dark Messiah of Might & Magic

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    Discover a new breed of Action-RPG game powered by an enhanced version of the Source™ Engine by Valve. Set in the Might & Magic® universe, players will experience ferocious combat in a dark and immersive fantasy environment. Swords, Stealth, Sorcery. Choose your way to kill.

    2006ActionRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — Steam game cover

    The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    EPIC FANTASY REBORN The next chapter in the highly anticipated Elder Scrolls saga arrives from the makers of the 2006 and 2008 Games of the Year, Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim reimagines and revolutionizes the open-world fantasy epic, bringing to life a complete virtual world open for you to explore any way you choose.

    2011RPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Legend of Grimrock — Steam game cover

    Legend of Grimrock

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    Use the Dungeon Editor to build entirely new adventures and challenges for other players to solve.

    2012IndieAdventureRPG14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Might & Magic X - Legacy — Steam game cover

    Might & Magic X - Legacy

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    After a decade, a Might & Magic® RPG is back with both the unique core formula and a new set of improved and fine-tuned features. The best RPG of its class!In the wake of the spectacular events in Might & Magic® Heroes® VI, you will play in a party of four adventurers entangled in intrigue and political machinations unfolding in...

    2014RPG5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Path of Exile — Steam game cover

    Path of Exile

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    You are an Exile, struggling to survive on the dark continent of Wraeclast, as you fight to earn power that will allow you to exact your revenge against those who wronged you. Path of Exile is an online Action RPG set in a dark fantasy world. The game is completely free and will never be pay-to-win.

    2013ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pillars of Eternity — Steam game cover

    Pillars of Eternity

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    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.

    2015RPG39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Steam game cover

    The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    You are Geralt of Rivia, mercenary monster slayer. Before you stands a war-torn, monster-infested continent you can explore at will. Your current contract? Tracking down Ciri — the Child of Prophecy, a living weapon that can alter the shape of the world.

    2015RPG39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — Steam game cover

    Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wasteland 2: Director's Cut — Steam game cover

    Wasteland 2: Director's Cut

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.

    2014StrategyIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Torment: Tides of Numenera — Steam game cover

    Torment: Tides of Numenera

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure34.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled — Steam game cover

    The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled

    Single-player alternative to The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Bard's Tale IV: Barrows Deep.

    You are the Bard, a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Now includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3!

    2009ActionAdventureRPG19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →