Single-player games like The Ballad Singer
Below are 11 single-player Steam games similar to The Ballad Singer, 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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Orwell's Animal Farm
Single-player alternative to The Ballad Singer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ballad Singer.
Orwell’s Animal Farm is a text-based choice-driven narrative game where all animals are equal, but some animals are more equal than others. Immerse yourself in George Orwell's story of absolute power and corruption and follow the ups and downs of Animalism.
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Goodbye Volcano High
Single-player alternative to The Ballad Singer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ballad Singer.
Goodbye Volcano High is a cinematic narrative adventure about love, change, and the end of the world. Guide Fang through their final year of high school as they try to make things right before time is up.
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Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series
Single-player alternative to The Ballad Singer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Ballad Singer.
Game of Thrones - A Telltale Games Series is a six part episodic game series set in the world of HBO's groundbreaking TV show. This new story tells of House Forrester, a noble family from the north of Westeros, loyal to the Starks of Winterfell.
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AmaTisMo
Single-player alternative to The Ballad Singer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ballad Singer.
A visual novel about mental health, depression, and self-love. Play as Amatista, a young woman trapped in isolation, as she begins a journey she never asked for. Every choice shapes the story. Fully accessible for blind and visually impaired players.
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Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
Single-player alternative to The Ballad Singer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Ballad Singer.
Gods. Romance. Murder. Musical Numbers?! Play as Grace in a world where Greek Gods live in hiding among us. Change your fate as you draw friends, foes & lovers into song using your powers of musical persuasion to unravel the mystery of the Last Muse's death.
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Misadventures of Laura Silver
Single-player alternative to The Ballad Singer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Ballad Singer.
Need more stress in your life? Meet Laura Silver, a paranoid and insomniac detective tasked with researching Slavic mythology. Do you know anything about the Vodnik? Neither does she. Unfortunately, her incompetence won't be your biggest problem in Czechoslovakia.
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Basements n' Basilisks: Storms of Sorcery
Single-player alternative to The Ballad Singer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure and RPG with The Ballad Singer.
A visual novel paying satirical homage to the world’s greatest TTRPG. Make important choices, roll countless dice, build lasting relationships, explore magical lands and experience all the rest of the crap you expect from a fantasy game without the hassle of finding actual friends to play with!
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Astronaut: The Best
Single-player alternative to The Ballad Singer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ballad Singer.
Astronaut: The Best is an occult management adventure where people aren't just numbers: they're screwups. You must run a proper space academy using lies, witchcraft, and/or hard work. Guide cadets through a roguelite web of scandals and challenges, or the government will have you killed.
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Lone Wolf
Single-player alternative to The Ballad Singer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie and Adventure with The Ballad Singer.
Lone Wolf: A Post Apocalyptic Beat-Em Up Role Playing Game. This action/adventure game lets a player use martial arts skills, weapons, and turn into a werewolf to fight their way through a world set in the aftermath of post nuclear devastation.
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Goosebumps: The Game
Single-player alternative to The Ballad Singer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Adventure with The Ballad Singer.
The walk home from school today is going to be a lot spookier than usual… Your sleepy neighborhood’s been overrun by monsters! Werewolves prowl the woods, Gnomes roam underfoot, and scarecrows walk at midnight. But these aren’t ordinary monsters—they’re R.L.
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Alchemy Emporium
Single-player alternative to The Ballad Singer — playable solo, no multiplayer required. Shares Indie with The Ballad Singer.
Welcome, promising young alchemist, to Alchemy Emporium! Manage your new emporium and become the greatest alchemist of all time!