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Single-player games like Zanki Zero: Last Beginning

Below are 21 single-player Steam games similar to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning, 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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    Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk — Steam game cover

    Labyrinth of Refrain: Coven of Dusk

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Zanki Zero: Last Beginning.

    Beneath a small town lies an endless maze known as the Labyrinth of Refrain. Dusk Witch Dronya arrives, and with her puppet soldiers, endeavors to find something buried deep within. Embark on an adventure as you discover the secrets underground.

    2018StrategyRPG9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Haunting of the Evil Spirit - Horror Choose your own adventure Novel — Steam game cover

    Haunting of the Evil Spirit - Horror Choose your own adventure Novel

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Cursed Choices and ConsequencesHorror Visual Novel Set in a haunted house, with multiple puzzles, paths, and endings.And great atmospheric music.Choices are forgiving and let you go back without replaying big chunks of the game.Reads like a book.Approximately 3 hours of content.

    2023StrategyIndieAdventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Infinity Project: PATTERNS — Steam game cover

    Infinity Project: PATTERNS

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Zanki Zero: Last Beginning.

    Strange powers and void-like beings threaten the struggling normalcy of the Nameless City, a hopeful region at the end of the world that clings to a past life.

    2022IndieAdventureRPG9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Stranger of Sword City — Steam game cover

    Stranger of Sword City

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Zanki Zero: Last Beginning.

    Your flight crashes after passing through a mysterious portal. As the sole survivor, you awaken to an unfamiliar land lit by stars you’ve never seen. This land is Escario. Quickly marked as the Chosen One, the Stranger of Sword City, you must defend this place, and choose your allegiances carefully...

    2016RPG3.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Mind Zero — Steam game cover

    Mind Zero

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Zanki Zero: Last Beginning.

    Mind Zero is an action-packed dungeon-crawler RPG. Play as Kei, a high school student whose life turns upside down when he forms a contract with a “MIND,” a weapon/being with deadly powers.

    2016RPG7.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ray Gigant — Steam game cover

    Ray Gigant

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Zanki Zero: Last Beginning.

    Ray Gigantis a unique dungeon crawler RPG which combines dungeon crawling adventure with Japanese visual novel like story telling. Players will first be introduced to the gripping tale of Ichiyawho is a young fighter shrouded in mystery.

    2016AdventureRPGSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Etrian Odyssey HD — Steam game cover

    Etrian Odyssey HD

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Zanki Zero: Last Beginning.

    Beyond the village of Etria lies a mysterious forest with a colossal crack opening to a puzzling labyrinth. Lead a team of explorers into the dungeon with the promise of riches, fame, and adventure!

    2023AdventureRPG11.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars — Steam game cover

    Conception II: Children of the Seven Stars

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Zanki Zero: Last Beginning.

    It's time for classmating! Monsters have invaded the world of Aterra, and only a few special individuals, imbued with the power of the Star God, are equipped to fight it. Combine your Star power to make magical Star Children to boost up your forces in battle!

    2016RPG3.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Persona 3 Reload — Steam game cover

    Persona 3 Reload

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Zanki Zero: Last Beginning.

    Dive into the Dark Hour and awaken the depths of your heart. Persona 3 Reload is a captivating reimagining of the genre-defining RPG, reborn for the modern era with cutting-edge graphics and gameplay.

    2024StrategyAdventureRPG23.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Vaporum — Steam game cover

    Vaporum

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Zanki Zero: Last Beginning.

    Vaporum is a grid-based dungeon crawler RPG in an original steampunk setting, inspired by old-school classics of the genre. Stranded in the middle of an ocean, in front of a gigantic tower, the hero has to find out what the place is, what happened there, and most importantly, who he is.

    2017ActionIndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    StarCrawlers — Steam game cover

    StarCrawlers

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Zanki Zero: Last Beginning.

    StarCrawlers is a modern take on a classic cRPG dungeon crawler set in a gritty spacepunk universe. Build a crew of renegade adventurers on the fringes of space, taking jobs from megacorps to hunt bounties, sabotage rivals and conduct corporate espionage.

    2017IndieAdventureRPG19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance — Steam game cover

    Shin Megami Tensei V: Vengeance

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Zanki Zero: Last Beginning.

    Become a mighty demigod and battle through a decimated Tokyo in a war between angels and demons. Make new allies along your journey, engage in intense, turn-based combat, recruit hundreds of demons and forge your own path to dictate the fate of all existence.

    2024AdventureRPG20.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Operencia: The Stolen Sun — Steam game cover

    Operencia: The Stolen Sun

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares RPG with Zanki Zero: Last Beginning.

    Operencia: The Stolen Sun embraces everything you love about classic first-person dungeon-crawlers, enhancing the old-school turn-based RPG experience with modern sensibilities. Guide a team of memorable characters through a world inspired by Central European mythology.

    2020ActionIndieAdventure29.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO — Steam game cover

    DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    DRAGON BALL: Sparking! ZERO takes the legendary gameplay of the Budokai Tenkaichi series and raises it to whole new levels. Make yours the destructive power of the strongest fighters ever to appear in Dragon Ball!

    2024Action69.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc — Steam game cover

    Danganronpa: Trigger Happy Havoc

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Investigate murders, search for clues and talk to your classmates to prepare for trial. There, you'll engage in deadly wordplay, going back and forth with suspects. Dissect their statements and fire their words back at them to expose their lies! There's only one way to survive—pull the trigger.

    2016Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair — Steam game cover

    Danganronpa 2: Goodbye Despair

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Jabberwock Island—You and your classmates were ready for fun in the sun until Monokuma returned to restart his murderous game! Trapped in a kill-or-be-killed situation, your only hope rests in solving the island’s mysteries.

    2016Adventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony — Steam game cover

    Danganronpa V3: Killing Harmony

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    A new cast of 16 characters find themselves kidnapped and imprisoned in a school. Inside, some will kill, some will die, and some will be punished. Reimagine what you thought high-stakes, fast-paced investigation was as you investigate twisted murder cases and condemn your new friends to death.

    2017Adventure11.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    JUMP FORCE — Steam game cover

    JUMP FORCE

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Create your own avatar to fight alongside the most powerful Manga heroes in an original Story Mode, or head to the Online Lobby to challenge other players and discover lots of modes and activities.

    2019ActionSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    AI: The Somnium Files — Steam game cover

    AI: The Somnium Files

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Play as detective Kaname Date on the case of an elusive serial killer in this thrilling, sci-fi murder mystery.

    2019Adventure4.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls — Steam game cover

    Danganronpa Another Episode: Ultra Despair Girls

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Komaru Naegi has been imprisoned inside a mysterious apartment for over a year. Her rescue is derailed when hundreds of Monokumas suddenly attack. She teams up with Toko Fukawa to survive the rampaging Monokumas, escape the crafty Monokuma Kids, and uncover the secrets of the city.

    2017Action5.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Zero Escape: The Nonary Games — Steam game cover

    Zero Escape: The Nonary Games

    Single-player alternative to Zanki Zero: Last Beginning — playable solo, no multiplayer required.

    Kidnapped and taken to an unfamiliar location, nine people find themselves forced to participate in a diabolical Nonary Game by an enigmatic mastermind called Zero. Why were they there? Why were they chosen to put their lives on the line? And more importantly, who can be trusted?

    2017Adventure5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →