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Single-player games like The Tavern

Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Tavern, 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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    Ritual on the Eve 前夜祭 — Steam game cover

    Ritual on the Eve 前夜祭

    Single-player alternative to The Tavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Tavern.

    学园祭的前夜,据说时不时会出现名为【爱丽丝幻境】的怪异现象,过去的死者在虚假的幻境中, 向生者叙述怨念,企图寻求解脱,亦或者是报复。

    2018ActionStrategyIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Boy VS Genius 贫穷少年与校园名人的生死对决 — Steam game cover

    Boy VS Genius 贫穷少年与校园名人的生死对决

    Single-player alternative to The Tavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Tavern.

    主角高村进是一个出生平凡的普通少年,家人去世,又遭遇劫匪。生无可恋的他准备前往学校的天台跳楼,结束自己的人生。当他到达天台时,遇到了站在天台边缘同样想跳楼的少女……从此,他的人生彻底地改变了……

    2019StrategyIndieSimulation0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The King's Heroes — Steam game cover

    The King's Heroes

    Single-player alternative to The Tavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Tavern.

    Choose among a knight, a witch, a minister even, and several others, and try to find out what happened to the King's daughter. Composing a well balanced party is important. Will they end up heroes, or zeros?

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Cavern of Time — Steam game cover

    Cavern of Time

    Single-player alternative to The Tavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Tavern.

    The Cavern of Time is an RPG/Adventure game where you guide the journey of a young girl. Can you find the magical locket in this perilous realm and cure your beloved grandmother's illness? Visit the Cavern of Time and find out!

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    WhiteLily 1:丽丽公主 — Steam game cover

    WhiteLily 1:丽丽公主

    Single-player alternative to The Tavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Tavern.

    男主角君彦是一名年轻的圣骑士,在一次返程归来时,他碰巧路过被恶魔入侵后的爱露村,同时巧遇了被恶魔追赶的丽丽。随着剧情的深入,君彦越来越意识到丽丽和整件事情的密切联系,而和丽丽在迷失小镇的冒险中,他逐渐明白了整件事情的始终,并决心一定要保护好丽丽(本游戏剧情有剧毒)。

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure2.54 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NVL — Steam game cover

    NVL

    Single-player alternative to The Tavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Tavern.

    NVL - an amazing adventure game in the genre of RPG. An interesting combat turn-based system as in JRPG. Beautiful anime girls with pantsu.

    2017StrategyIndieAdventure1.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    NALOGI 2 — Steam game cover

    NALOGI 2

    Single-player alternative to The Tavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Tavern.

    NALOGI 2 - new satirical game in the genre of RPG. The emperor became emperor after the election. Again. For eternity. PAY TAXES!

    2018StrategyIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    浮世万千之前世今生 — Steam game cover

    浮世万千之前世今生

    Single-player alternative to The Tavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Strategy and Indie with The Tavern.

    "Floating world before the world this life" is an independent stand-alone game, this game is floating world myriad game series in the second.The game is a full-length xiuxian novel stream game, using the traditional turn-based combat system.

    2020StrategyIndieAdventure10.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Roadwarden — Steam game cover

    Roadwarden

    Single-player alternative to The Tavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tavern.

    Roadwarden is an illustrated text-based RPG that uses isometric pixel art and combines mechanics borrowed from RPGs, Visual Novels, adventure games and interactive fiction.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG10.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Tales From Windy Meadow - Legacy Edition — Steam game cover

    Tales From Windy Meadow - Legacy Edition

    Single-player alternative to The Tavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Tavern.

    A slice-of-life interactive story about choosing your path and living in a community. Help three protagonists make the most important choices of their lives. A unique fantasy Visual Novel blending coziness and melancholy.

    2018IndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Windy Meadow - A Roadwarden Tale — Steam game cover

    Windy Meadow - A Roadwarden Tale

    Single-player alternative to The Tavern — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Tavern.

    Windy Meadow – A Roadwarden Tale is an interactive slice-of-life visual novel about choosing your own path. Help three protagonists make the most important choices of their lives. Featuring a multitude of hand-crafted characters and a richly detailed village set in the Roadwarden story world.

    2023Adventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →