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Single-player games like Howlville: The Dark Past

Below are 12 single-player Steam games similar to Howlville: The Dark Past, 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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    Crossroad Mysteries: The Broken Deal — Steam game cover

    Crossroad Mysteries: The Broken Deal

    Single-player alternative to Howlville: The Dark Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Howlville: The Dark Past.

    Anna goes to the places of her childhood. She hopes to get cured from strange disease. This is the last chance to find out the cause of her misery. Whether she ever recover and at what price?

    2017IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nocturnal Relics — Steam game cover

    Nocturnal Relics

    Single-player alternative to Howlville: The Dark Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Howlville: The Dark Past.

    In Nocturnal relics you play as May who is trying to escape a monster while trying to get out of a museum. Is the monster in her head or did she release an ancient evil into the world?

    2025IndieAdventure9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hidden Expedition: A King's Line Collector's Edition — Steam game cover

    Hidden Expedition: A King's Line Collector's Edition

    Single-player alternative to Howlville: The Dark Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and Casual with Howlville: The Dark Past.

    King Arthur’s Legend Comes Alive!

    2021AdventureCasual19.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Standard Edition — Steam game cover

    Darkarta: A Broken Heart's Quest Standard Edition

    Single-player alternative to Howlville: The Dark Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Howlville: The Dark Past.

    Haunted by mysterious curses from her orphanage days, Mary is finally forced to confront the truth behind her past. Step into the enchanted Netherworld—a realm where destiny is written in blood and every choice shapes her fate. An award-winning adventure blending mystery, emotion, and dark fantasy.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual5.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    The House of Da Vinci 3 — Steam game cover

    The House of Da Vinci 3

    Single-player alternative to Howlville: The Dark Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Howlville: The Dark Past.

    The grand finale to The House of Da Vinci trilogy is here! Solve numerous new puzzles and mind benders and explore new mystifying locations of ravishing beauty.

    2022IndieAdventure19.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Nephise Begins — Steam game cover

    Nephise Begins

    Single-player alternative to Howlville: The Dark Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Howlville: The Dark Past.

    Nephise Begins tells the player what happened at the time before Nephise was an orb collector. The main setting is forest again, but this time without snow, instead a more sunny and foggy weather.

    2017IndieAdventureCasual0.99 USDDeck PlayableSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure — Steam game cover

    Demetrios - The BIG Cynical Adventure

    Single-player alternative to Howlville: The Dark Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Howlville: The Dark Past.

    A comedic point-and-click adventure where a hungover antique dealer must solve his own robbery in Paris, dragging himself and his friends into a wildly idiotic journey!

    2016IndieAdventureFree To Play4.99 USDDeck VerifiedSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Hope Lake — Steam game cover

    Hope Lake

    Single-player alternative to Howlville: The Dark Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Howlville: The Dark Past.

    The Hope Lake Boarding School was abandoned long ago, when one of its teachers drowned by accident. Many years later, all of the female students began to disappear, one by one. Visit the place where it all began. Try to pick up the maniac's trail and put a stop to his crime spree.

    2016IndieAdventureCasual7.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    In the House of Silence — Steam game cover

    In the House of Silence

    Single-player alternative to Howlville: The Dark Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with Howlville: The Dark Past.

    In the House of Silence is a roguelike dungeon crawler RPG where your equipment is your own body parts. Mutate your body to fight otherworldly abominations as you delve deeper in the House of Silence.

    2021StrategyIndie14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Myths Of Orion: Books of Power — Steam game cover

    Myths Of Orion: Books of Power

    Single-player alternative to Howlville: The Dark Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Howlville: The Dark Past.

    Use your sharp eye and brave heart to stop a dark wizard in Myths of Orion — a richly illustrated Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure.

    2014IndieAdventure14.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby — Steam game cover

    Ashley Clark: Secret of the Ruby

    Single-player alternative to Howlville: The Dark Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Howlville: The Dark Past.

    Detective Ashley Clark is puzzled by a series of mysterious kidnappings. The only connection between these unusual disappearances is a ruby pendant. Could someone be using this sparkling ornament to send a clandestine message, or could this be the handiwork of an underground cult?

    2018IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →
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    Ashley Clark: The Secrets of the Ancient Temple — Steam game cover

    Ashley Clark: The Secrets of the Ancient Temple

    Single-player alternative to Howlville: The Dark Past — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with Howlville: The Dark Past.

    Detective Ashley Clark investigates a case in a provincial town. An accident happens in closed zoo. Zoo employee was killed by animal. At first glance - nothing unusual, but the heroine realizes that it was not an accident. Something very strange occur in zoo.

    2018IndieAdventureCasual9.99 USDSingle-playerSimilar games →