Single-player games like The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim
Below are 19 single-player Steam games similar to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, 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 Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition (2009)
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
PUBLISHER UPDATE - This is the product page for The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, released in 2009. ---The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion® Game of the Year Edition presents one of the best RPGs of all time like never before. Step inside the most richly detailed and vibrant game-world ever created.
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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
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.
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Fallout: New Vegas
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Welcome to Vegas. New Vegas. Enjoy your stay!
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The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Winner of more than 200 Game of the Year Awards, The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Special Edition brings the epic fantasy to life in stunning detail. The Special Edition includes the critically acclaimed game and add-ons with all-new features.
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ELDEN RING
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
THE CRITICALLY ACCLAIMED FANTASY ACTION RPG. Rise, Tarnished, and be guided by grace to brandish the power of the Elden Ring and become an Elden Lord in the Lands Between.
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Dragon's Dogma: Dark Arisen
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Set in a huge open world, Dragon’s Dogma: Dark Arisen presents a rewarding action combat experience.
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Dread Delusion
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Dread Delusion is an open world RPG brimming with strange places and dark perils. Carve your own path through the flying continents of a shattered land. Discover curious towns, unearth occult secrets, master powerful magic - and change the world through your choices.
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Mount & Blade: Warband
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
In a land torn asunder by incessant warfare, it is time to assemble your own band of hardened warriors and enter the fray. Lead your men into battle, expand your realm, and claim the ultimate prize: the throne of Calradia!
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GreedFall
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Engage in a core roleplaying experience, and forge the destiny of a new world seeping with magic, and filled with riches, lost secrets, and fantastic creatures. With diplomacy, deception and force, become part of a living, evolving world - influence its course and shape your story.
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Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning™
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
The minds of New York Times bestselling author R.A. Salvatore, Spawn creator Todd McFarlane, and Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion lead designer Ken Rolston have combined to create Kingdoms of Amalur: Reckoning, a new role-playing game set in a world worth saving.
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Mass Effect (2007)
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
As Commander Shepard, you lead an elite squad on a heroic, action-packed adventure throughout the galaxy.
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Horizon Zero Dawn™ Complete Edition
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Experience Aloy’s legendary quest to unravel the mysteries of a future Earth ruled by Machines. Use devastating tactical attacks against your prey and explore a majestic open world in this award-winning action RPG!
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The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind® Game of the Year Edition includes Morrowind plus all of the content from the Bloodmoon and Tribunal expansions. The original Mod Construction Set is not included in this package. An epic, open-ended single-player RPG, Morrowind allows you to create and play any kind of character imaginable.
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Kingdom Come: Deliverance
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Story-driven open-world RPG that immerses you in an epic adventure in the Holy Roman Empire. Avenge your parents' death as you battle invading forces, go on game-changing quests, and make influential choices. Explore castles, forests, villages and other realistic settings in medieval Bohemia!
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The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Remastered
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Explore Cyrodiil like never before with stunning new visuals and refined gameplay in The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion™ Remastered.
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Dragon Age: Origins
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
When history tells the story of the Fifth Blight, what will be said about the hero who turned the tide against the darkspawn? Determine your legacy and fight for Thedas as a noble dwarf, an elf far from home, a mage apprentice, or a customized hero of your own design.
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Fallout 4
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
From Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of Starfield and The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, comes Fallout 4. A landmark in open-world RPG design and winner of over 200 ‘Best Of’ honors, including the DICE and BAFTA Game of the Year.
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Starfield
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Starfield is the first new universe in 25 years from Bethesda Game Studios, the award-winning creators of The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Fallout 4.
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Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition
Single-player alternative to The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
Prepare for the Future™ With Fallout 3: Game of the Year Edition, experience the most acclaimed game of 2008 like never before. Create a character of your choosing and descend into an awe-inspiring, post-apocalyptic world where every minute is a fight for survival.