Single-player games like The Mage's Tale
Below are 15 single-player Steam games similar to The Mage's Tale, 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.
Want the full alternatives list (paid + free + Steam Deck + cheaper picks)? See the parent games like The Mage's Tale page.
Ranked picks
- 1
Vanishing Realms™
Single-player alternative to The Mage's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Mage's Tale.
Vanishing Realms is an immersive RPG designed exclusively for Virtual Reality. Grab your sword and fight life-sized monsters in epic face-to-face melee combat. Explore mystic domains, outwit magical wards, seek lost artifacts, wield sorcery and steel to take on denizens of the Undead Realm.
- 2
Legendary Tales
Single-player alternative to The Mage's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Mage's Tale.
Legendary tales is a VR Action roleplaying game with up to 4 player co-op. Collect items, enhance your abilities and fight your way through an ever changing dungeon to make your own Legendary Tales.
- 3
The Wizards - Enhanced Edition
Single-player alternative to The Mage's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Mage's Tale.
Become a powerful Wizard and take fate into your own hands! Immerse yourself in a beautiful fantasy world and destroy your enemies by casting spells with hand gestures!
- 4
The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim VR
Single-player alternative to The Mage's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Mage's Tale.
A true, full-length open-world game for VR has arrived from Bethesda Game Studios. Skyrim VR reimagines the complete epic fantasy masterpiece with an unparalleled sense of scale, depth, and immersion. Skyrim VR also includes all official add-ons.
- 5
The Wizards - Dark Times: Brotherhood
Single-player alternative to The Mage's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action with The Mage's Tale.
Face the end of the world in the sequel to The Wizards. The critically acclaimed VR spellcaster returns with a gesture-based system, challenging enemies, grand adventure, and the ever-witty narrator.
- 6
RUINSMAGUS
Single-player alternative to The Mage's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Mage's Tale.
Dive in and experience the magical world of Grand Amnis! Armed with the gauntlet, explore the mysterious Ruins beneath the city with your companion Iris, a novice researcher, as you uncover the dark secrets and prevent a terrifying future in this narrative action adventure.
- 7
Vengeful Rites
Single-player alternative to The Mage's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Mage's Tale.
Embark on an epic adventure designed exclusively for VR! Use your own hands to cast magic, fire bows and slice through your enemies on your quest to exact vengeance against the evil Dragore. Learn new spells and craft new gear to become the greatest Serafin Warrior of all time! Demo available.
- 8
The Morrigan
Single-player alternative to The Mage's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Mage's Tale.
Step into this world of beautiful stylised graphics and explore striking, handcrafted environments - torch in one hand, big axe in the other. Built exclusively for VR.
- 9
Wasteland 3
Single-player alternative to The Mage's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Mage's Tale.
Following the critically acclaimed 2014 Game of the Year winner Wasteland 2, the RPG series that pioneered the post-apocalyptic genre in video games returns with Wasteland 3.
- 10
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to The Mage's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Mage's Tale.
From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.
- 11
Wasteland 2: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to The Mage's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Mage's Tale.
From the producer of the original Fallout comes Wasteland 2. With over 80 hours of gameplay, deck out your Ranger squad with devastating weaponry, test the limits of your strategy skills, and bring justice to the Wasteland! The choices are yours…but so are the consequences.
- 12
Torment: Tides of Numenera
Single-player alternative to The Mage's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Mage's Tale.
Torment: Tides of Numenera is the thematic successor to Planescape: Torment, one of the most critically acclaimed role-playing games of all time. Immerse yourself in a single-player, isometric, story-driven RPG set in Monte Cook’s Numenera universe. What does one life matter? Find your answer.
- 13
The Bard's Tale Trilogy
Single-player alternative to The Mage's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Mage's Tale.
The Bard's Tale Trilogy is a complete remaster of the iconic series that helped define the RPG genre. Featuring updated graphics and optional quality of life gameplay features, this is the ideal way to experience the dungeon crawling challenge that made the original games beloved classics.
- 14
The Bard's Tale ARPG: Remastered and Resnarkled
Single-player alternative to The Mage's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Action and RPG with The Mage's Tale.
You are the Bard, a selfish rogue weary of pointless sub-quests and rat-infested cellars. Now includes original classic games The Bard’s Tale 1, 2 & 3!
- 15
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut
Single-player alternative to The Mage's Tale — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with The Mage's Tale.
The Bard's Tale IV: Director's Cut is the triumphant return of one of the most iconic RPG series of all-time. Delve into a tactically rich combat system that rewards creativity, solve puzzles to gain treasure and advantages, and discover a beautifully crafted world.