Single-player games like Black River
Below are 10 single-player Steam games similar to Black River, 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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OFF
Single-player alternative to Black River — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Black River.
“I’m the Batter. I’ve been entrusted with a sacred mission.” -- One of the most influential RPGs of the last 20 years is finally coming to Steam. Take control of the Batter as he seeks to purify an uncanny and hopeless world haunted by specters, guided by a cryptic, grinning cat called The Judge.
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Choose Wisely
Single-player alternative to Black River — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black River.
This game features no specific hero. You, as the player, can decide who makes it out alive. Your actions determine the outcome of the game. In total there are 9 playable characters and more than 50 different paths.
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Thorne - Death Merchants
Single-player alternative to Black River — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Black River.
Play as an infamous mercenary known as "The Crow" in a decayed and corrupt world, find your way out of chains and get paid for your contract, in this enthralling Action-RPG with high production values.
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Scarlet Hollow
Single-player alternative to Black River — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Black River.
Your aunt’s dead, your cousin hates you, and you’re stuck in the dead-end town of Scarlet Hollow. Choose your path through a branching narrative so dense that you'll see less than 1/5 of the game on a single playthrough. You won't be able to save everyone. Good luck, and welcome home.
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Transparent Black
Single-player alternative to Black River — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Black River.
When the school is over, by sunset glow covered. Eight girls still hover, the ones without a lover. How come a girl suffers, in such a Ivory Tower? With feathers shorn and shaven, raucously quoth the raven.
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Darkwood
Single-player alternative to Black River — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Black River.
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
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Pathologic 3
Single-player alternative to Black River — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Black River.
In this psychological horror game, you are a doctor with only 12 days to save a town from a mysterious plague. Make ruthless decisions and diagnose with precision. Shape the town's future and rewrite the past. Hold yourself together while it all falls apart.
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Gleaner Heights
Single-player alternative to Black River — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Black River.
Experience the old-school charm of classic farming games with the suburban gothic atmosphere of certain 90's TV shows, along with contemporary game mechanics. Farming, crafting, combat, romantic relationships and mysterious events await!
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Thorne - Son of Slaves (Ep.2)
Single-player alternative to Black River — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Strategy with Black River.
Play as the infamous mercenary known as "The Crow" in a decayed and corrupt world, find your way out of chains and get paid for your contract, in this enthralling Action-RPG with high production values.
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Lycah
Single-player alternative to Black River — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with Black River.
Lycah - The Enchantress is an exciting game from the team behind the Thorne series that puts you in the role of Lycah, a young woman troubled by her past.