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Single-player games like Empty Handed

Below are 8 single-player Steam games similar to Empty Handed, 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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    MYSTERY HOUSE : SECRET STEALTH — Steam game cover

    MYSTERY HOUSE : SECRET STEALTH

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

    There are lots of exciting experiences and tasks waiting for you in the game. Do you like the tasks to be solved? Do you like excitement when someone is chasing you and you need to find the key to the mystery? Then this game is for you. We are continually developing and engaging in more and more puzzles and tasks.

    2018ActionStrategyIndie2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Age Of Forays — Steam game cover

    Age Of Forays

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

    Feel yourself in the role of warrior. Do raids, improve your ship, improve your hero, control your combat unit. Become a part of the great history of the northern kingdom

    2018ActionIndieAdventure1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DUNGEONS OF CHAOS — Steam game cover

    DUNGEONS OF CHAOS

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

    Retro turn-based 2D pixelart RPG. Exploration, character choices, riddles and challenges. 80+ hours of gameplay.

    2017IndieAdventureRPG8.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    绝境幸存者 Escape Zombie Land — Steam game cover

    绝境幸存者 Escape Zombie Land

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

    This is a side scrolling platform game that includes multiple story lines, puzzle solving and levels, also it has Semi-RPG elements which brins more fun to the gamer, the game is presented in retro piexel art.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Silver Island — Steam game cover

    Silver Island

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

    The hood has been infested with a plague of creeps and uglies. Zombies ate your cat and you're out for revenge. However, what started as a simple mission to bludgeon, dismember and hack to pieces the hordes of hell unfolds into an epic quest through the slums, graveyards, 99-cent stores, whorehouses and polluted lakes of Silver island in...

    2017ActionIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Pocket Universe : Create Your Community — Steam game cover

    Pocket Universe : Create Your Community

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

    Prepare for a brand new adventure in Pocket Universe, a game which combines adored mechanics from strategy and RPG genres. Our vision is an experience which does not solely revolve around the player, but also the world itself which is inhabited by artificially intelligent agents.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Brave — Steam game cover

    Brave

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

    This is a MOD game, different MOD will have different gameplay, RPG/FPS, and so on.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie0.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stay Woke Etheral Edition — Steam game cover

    Stay Woke Etheral Edition

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

    After experiencing a traumatic accident, you awake to find yourself in a strange, new, and dynamic foggy town, that is filled to the brim with oddities and quirks. Players will experience a little yet big tale about what goes on in the afterlife.

    2017ActionStrategyIndie1.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →