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Single-player games like Dustborn

Below are 17 single-player Steam games similar to Dustborn, 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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    Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden — Steam game cover

    Banishers: Ghosts of New Eden

    Single-player alternative to Dustborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dustborn.

    Hunt ghosts as two memorable characters in a story-driven Action-RPG where your decisions carry dramatic consequences. Torn between honoring your oath to the living and saving your departed partner, how far will you go for love?

    2024ActionAdventureRPG49.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Echo Pandemic — Steam game cover

    Echo Pandemic

    Single-player alternative to Dustborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dustborn.

    You are a bat, and the aliens are afraid of you. Stalk occupied towns by echolocation, bite a single host, and let the virus do the rest. A stealth game where your weapon is a disease. Engineer strains, manage outbreaks, and stay invisible. The hunt starts at dusk.

    2026ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Wonderfall — Steam game cover

    Wonderfall

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

    Paris, 1920. The city is collapsing into sand. Play as Léon, an orphan able to manipulate sand, as you explore a reimagined Paris consumed by Entropy. A story-rich narrative adventure where exploration reveals what happened to the city and what still lies beneath its ruins.

    2026IndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition — Steam game cover

    Herald: The Interactive Period Drama – Complete Edition

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

    Herald is a choice-driven adventure set on the high seas. Board the HLV Herald and uncover its dark secrets in an intriguing tale about tyranny and servitude.

    2025IndieAdventure19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Life is Strange: Double Exposure — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange: Double Exposure

    Single-player alternative to Dustborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dustborn.

    When Max Caulfield finds her friend Safi dead in the snow, she tears open the way to a parallel timeline. Here, Safi is still alive - and still in danger! With her new power to Shift between two timelines – can Max solve and prevent the same murder?

    2024ActionAdventure49.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Glisten to your heart: The courage within you — Steam game cover

    Glisten to your heart: The courage within you

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

    Based on the “Glistening Virtues: Courage finds true courage” novel, embark on an emotional story-focused interactive game about magical beings who live above the clouds and whose purpose is to help us learn how to express virtues like courage or friendship

    2021IndieAdventureRPG2.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Lone Chef — Steam game cover

    Lone Chef

    Single-player alternative to Dustborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dustborn.

    "Who dares to build on my land?!" The Dark Lord destroyed the restaurant the Chef worked so hard to build... And so begins the Chef's deliciously dramatic quest for revenge! But first... an empty stomach makes for a poor adventure. Better grab something to eat before heading out!

    ActionIndieAdventureSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Odd Job Angel — Steam game cover

    Odd Job Angel

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

    A bitter adventure game where you travel the globe helping people.

    IndieAdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The Longest Journey — Steam game cover

    The Longest Journey

    Single-player alternative to Dustborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dustborn.

    The Longest Journey is an amazing graphical adventure, where the player controls the protagonist, April Ryan, on her journey between parallel universes.

    2007ActionAdventureRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series — Steam game cover

    Minecraft: Story Mode - A Telltale Games Series

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

    Episode 1 is now FREE - for a limited time! In Minecraft: Story Mode, playing as either a male or female hero named 'Jesse,' you’ll embark on a perilous adventure across the Overworld, through the Nether, to the End, and beyond.

    2015AdventureDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Draugen — Steam game cover

    Draugen

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

    Draugen is a single-player, first-person Fjord Noir mystery set in 1920s Norway. Explore a forgotten coastal village in your search for your missing sister, accompanied by your independent and enigmatic young ward. Norwegian Game of the Year 2019.

    2019IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Steven Universe: Save the Light — Steam game cover

    Steven Universe: Save the Light

    Single-player alternative to Dustborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dustborn.

    Join the Crystal Gems on the ultimate quest! A mysterious new Gem has stolen a powerful weapon. Only Steven and his friends have what it takes to stop her. “Save the Light” is a unique RPG hybrid that combines real-time and turn-based combat.

    2018ActionIndieAdventureDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Life is Strange Remastered — Steam game cover

    Life is Strange Remastered

    Single-player alternative to Dustborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Adventure with Dustborn.

    Experience the BAFTA award-winning story of Life is Strange now beautifully remastered with enhanced visuals and vastly improved animation using mocap technology.

    2022ActionAdventure39.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    RC Revolution — Steam game cover

    RC Revolution

    Single-player alternative to Dustborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dustborn.

    Immerse yourself in the electrifying world of RC car racing! Experience the thrill of multiplayer mayhem, delve into extensive car customization, unleash your creativity with track design, and embark on a rewarding progression system. Get ready, your track awaits!

    2024ActionSportsIndie14.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    S+ Universe — Steam game cover

    S+ Universe

    Single-player alternative to Dustborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and Indie with Dustborn.

    S+ Universe is a visual novel with action gameplay. Play story chapters, explore community creations, or build and share your own with the level editor and Steam Workshop.

    ActionIndieSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Dreamfall Chapters — Steam game cover

    Dreamfall Chapters

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

    The Final Cut is the ultimate collector's edition of Dreamfall Chapters, a story-driven 3D adventure about choice and consequence, set in parallel worlds: a cyberpunk vision of the future and a magical fantasy realm.

    2017IndieAdventure24.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hello Sunshine — Steam game cover

    Hello Sunshine

    Single-player alternative to Dustborn — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Dustborn.

    A survival mystery set in the ruins of a corporate empire. Walk in the shadow of a giant robot during the sweltering days; stay close to keep warm during the cold nights. Scavenge, craft, upgrade — and piece together the broken puzzle of a world ruled by machines that refuse to shut down.

    IndieRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →